Biosecurity - Control

Once pests have become established, how can we best control or eradicate them?

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BRIEF: Safe, effective, and highly targeted tools for pest control

A new method to control the varroa parasite and improve honey bee health
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e-DNA Exploring Māori Data Governance & Sovereignty

Whāki webinar: e-DNA Exploring Māori Data Governance & Sovereignty   Rogena Sterling, Aimee van der Reis, Manpreet Dhami, Maui Hudson, Libby Liggins and Holden Hohaia…
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Crazy & Ambitious 4: Co-design for community surveillance

Online presentation from Crazy & Ambitious 4: Co-design for community surveillance, with Te Poari Newton, Stevee Raureti, Brayden Hohaia, and Serene Ratu, from Kāwai Kaimai.…
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Webinar

Kaurilands Summit 2021

Over 120 attendees representing community groups, iwi, research organisations, councils and government agencies came together online for the inaugural Kauriland Summit in June 2021. The…
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Wasp Wipeout

In 2016 Stuff’s Nelson office joined forces with the Department of Conservation and the Tasman Environmental Trust to target one of New Zealand’s most destructive…
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Professor Peter Dearden was part of a panel discussing genetic methods for pest control

Skip to 1.55min to hear Peter Dearden speak at the Primary Industries Summit.
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Publication

Alternatives for mammal pest control in New Zealand in the context of concerns about 1080 toxicant (sodium fluoroacetate)

The ongoing use of 1080 toxin for the control of mammal pests in New Zealand remains highly contentious. Several reviews over the last 25 years…
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Exploiting interspecific olfactory communication to monitor predators

We devised a field experiment to investigate whether dominant predator (ferret Mustela furo) body odor would alter the behavior of three common mesopredators: stoats (Mustela erminea), hedgehogs…
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The rise of invasive species denialism

Scientific consensus on the negative impacts of invasive alien species (IAS) is increasingly being challenged. Whereas informed scepticism of impacts is important, science denialism is…
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Myrtle rust found in Christchurch, more expected in region

Myrtle rust has been found on a hedge in Ōtautahi-Christchurch, the furthest south an established infection of the plant disease has been seen. RNZ spoke…
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Gene silencing for invasive paper wasp management: Synthesized dsRNA can modify gene expression but did not affect mortality

Invasive paper wasps such as Polistes dominula are a major pest and problem for biodiversity around the globe. Safe and highly targeted methods for the control of…
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Report

Small mammal control research priorities

Results of a survey assessing the research topics that are most important to improve currently available tools for small mammal pest control.
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Presentation

Ecosystem impacts of tree pathogens – Marijke Struijk

Presented as part of the Kaurilands Summit 2023, hosted by Ngā Rākau Taketake.   To find out more about the Risk Assessment & Ecosystem Impacts…
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Incursion response in New Zealand

Ecologists, land managers and policymakers continue to search for the most effective ways to manage biological invasions. An emerging lesson is that proactive management can…
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Phylogeography of Invasive Rats in New Zealand

Two species of invasive rats (Rattus norvegicus and R. rattus) arrived in New Zealand with Europeans in the mid to late eighteenth and nineteenth century…
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Assessing the role of plant trade networks in the vulnerability of forest nurseries to plant pathogens

Pathogen damage is responsible for a considerable reduction in profit to the New Zealand forest industry. An assessment of pathogen prevalence, propagation and production methods,…
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