Biosecurity – Prevention – Page 7 – Biological Heritage NZ

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Integrating invasive species policies across ornamental horticulture supply chains to prevent plant invasions

Ornamental horticulture is the primary pathway for invasive alien plant introductions. We critically appraise published evidence on the effectiveness of four policy instruments that tackle…

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Alien and native plant richness and abundance respond to different environmental drivers across multiple gravel floodplain ecosystems

Alien and native richness and cover were shaped by different variables, so managing the ecosystem (e.g. flow regime) to mitigate aliens would not necessarily promote…

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Positioning Research to Improve Tree-Biosecurity Relations

Management of biosecurity threats to forests and indigenous trees needs to address the legacy of colonising practices that have prohibited diverse knowledges from being included.…

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Strong fitness differences impede coexistence between an alien water fern (Azolla pinnata R. Br.) and its native congener (Azolla rubra R. Br.) in New Zealand

Despite considerable evidence that alien plants impact the fecundity, productivity and abundance of native plant species, support for alien plant species causing the widespread decline…

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Considering unseen arrivals in predictions of establishment risk based on border biosecurity interceptions

Assessing species establishment risk is an important task used for informing biosecurity activities aimed at preventing biological invasions. Propagule pressure is a major contributor to…

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A review of environmental values for New Zealand biosecurity risk assessment

Biosecurity refers to keeping the environment free of unwanted organisms and controlling, managing or eradicating them should they arrive in the country. The New Zealand…

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Summary of risk-based decisions in biosecurity

Risk-based decision-making is a key component of an effective biosecurity system. This report summarises the main decision types made within New Zealand’s biosecurity system, with…

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Webinar

Crazy & Ambitious 4: What is a good decision in biosecurity?

Online quick-fire presentation from Crazy & Ambitious 4: ‘What is a good decision in biosecurity?’, with Melanie Newfield.

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Crazy & Ambitious – 2017

A playlist of presentations given at New Zealand’s Biological Heritage Science Challenge inaugural conference, Crazy & Ambitious. 8-10 May 2017, Te Papa Wellington

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Crossing Frontiers in Tackling Pathways of Biological Invasions

We review the state of the art, highlight recent advances, identify pitfalls and constraints, and discuss major challenges in four broad fields of pathway research…

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Evaluating the efficacy of regionalisation in limiting high-risk livestock trade movements

Using bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in New Zealand as a case example, we develop a novel network simulation model to predict how much the frequency of…

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A matter of trust: perceptions of the value of risk assessment

There are dozens of published pest risk assessments and pest risk assessment frameworks, but only a fraction of those published are actually used in decision-making.…

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Healing Fragmentation of Forest Biosecurity Networks: A Conceptual and Reflexive Mapping Analysis of Postcolonial Relations that Matter in Aotearoa|New Zealand and Cymru|Wales

Scientific biosecurity has become an important approach for managing the threats to Kauri trees and plant management in Aotearoa|New Zealand and Cymru|Wales, more generally. However,…

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Biosecurity - Prevention

Integrating invasive species policies across ornamental horticulture supply chains to prevent plant invasions

Alien and native plant richness and abundance respond to different environmental drivers across multiple gravel floodplain ecosystems

Positioning Research to Improve Tree-Biosecurity Relations

Strong fitness differences impede coexistence between an alien water fern (Azolla pinnata R. Br.) and its native congener (Azolla rubra R. Br.) in New Zealand

Considering unseen arrivals in predictions of establishment risk based on border biosecurity interceptions

A review of environmental values for New Zealand biosecurity risk assessment

Summary of risk-based decisions in biosecurity

Crazy & Ambitious 4: What is a good decision in biosecurity?

Crazy & Ambitious – 2017

Crossing Frontiers in Tackling Pathways of Biological Invasions

Evaluating the efficacy of regionalisation in limiting high-risk livestock trade movements

A matter of trust: perceptions of the value of risk assessment

Healing Fragmentation of Forest Biosecurity Networks: A Conceptual and Reflexive Mapping Analysis of Postcolonial Relations that Matter in Aotearoa|New Zealand and Cymru|Wales

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