Biosecurity - Prevention

Research focussed on keeping potentially destructive species out of Aotearoa.

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The role of the social sciences and economics in understanding and informing tree biosecurity policy and planning: a global summary and synthesis

We present available evidence on six key dimensions: (1) the role of different stakeholders and the broader public within tree health; (2) levels of knowledge…
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What is a good decision in biosecurity?

An initial review of the literature identified three perspectives in decision quality research: normative, prescriptive and descriptive. • The normative approach aims to describe how…
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Crazy & Ambitious 4: Surveillance – new tools and technologies for surveillance

Online quick-fire presentation from Crazy & Ambitious 4: Surveillance – new tools and technologies for surveillance, with Steve Pawson.
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Crazy & Ambitious 2 – 2019

A playlist of presentations given at New Zealand’s Biological Heritage Science Challenge conference, Crazy & Ambitious 2. 20 – 21 May 2019, Te Papa Wellington.
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Natural area visitor network: Suitability of existing pathogen data and opportunities for new data collection to parameterise a natural area visitor network model.

The increased access of visitors into natural areas provides new routes for the entry of pathogens into places of high biodiversity value, and could facilitate…
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Eradicating mammals on New Zealand island reserves: what is left to do? 

In 2016, the New Zealand Government announced a policy to rid the country of key introduced predators (possums (Trichosurus vulpecula), ship rats (Rattus rattus), Norway rats…
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Webinar

State-Of-The-Art Surveillance webinar

Surveillance is an essential part of protecting New Zealand’s economic assets and natural taonga from damaging exotic organisms. To strengthen our biosecurity system, researchers at BioHeritage…
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Elevating and Recognising Knowledge of Indigenous Peoples to Improve Forest Biosecurity

Current forest biosecurity systems and processes employed in many countries are, in large, constructs of Western principles, values and science knowledge that have been introduced…
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The changing role of ornamental horticulture in alien plant invasions

The number of alien plants escaping from cultivation into native ecosystems is increasing steadily. We provide an overview of the historical, contemporary and potential future…
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Moths and butterflies on alien shores: Global biogeography of non-native Lepidoptera

Aim Lepidoptera is a highly diverse, predominantly herbivorous insect order, with species transported to outside their native range largely facilitated by the global trade of…
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BRIEF: What characterises a good biosecurity decision? – Best practice from stakeholder and expert interviews

Research carried out with key stakeholders identified the most important elements that make up good decision-making. Drawn from in-depth interviews with over three dozen key…
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THESIS: Applying behavioural science to understand and support biosecurity risk assessments

Invasive species threaten the health, safety, sustainability, wellbeing, and prosperity of Aotearoa New Zealand. A key function of the biosecurity system is to comprehensively assess…
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Webinar

Crazy & Ambitious 4: Risk assessment – weeds

Online presentation from Crazy & Ambitious 4: Risk assessment – weeds, with Imogen Bassett, Auckland Council.
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Kaurilands Summit 3 – 2023

A playlist of presentations given at the Kaurilands Summit 3 held by Ngā Rākau Taketake, 9 – 12 May 2023, at Semenoff Stadium, Whangārei.
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Blurring Alien Introduction Pathways Risks Losing the Focus on Invasive Species Policy

The pathways by which alien species are introduced to new regions fall into six broad classes: deliberate release; escape from captivity; contaminant of a commodity; stowaway on a transport vector; via an…
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Invasive alien species: denialism, disagreement, definitions, and dialogue

We recently suggested in TREE that recent elements of invasion biology discourse might be categorised as cases of more general science denialism. We did not intend…
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