BRIEF: Predators beware – Swarms of intelligent drones are coming
Advances in artificial intelligence, sensors, and robotics technologies could enhance the way we search for and remove invasive predators from Aotearoa NZ. A multidisciplinary team…
Biosecurity - Prevention
Research focussed on keeping potentially destructive species out of Aotearoa.
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Webinar
Crazy & Ambitious 4: Te Tiriti-guided national DNA reference library (Day 2)
Online presentation from Crazy & Ambitious 4 (Day 2): Te Tiriti-guided national DNA reference library, with Manpreet Dhami, from Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research Part of…
Publication
Troubling travellers: are ecologically harmful alien species associated with particular introduction pathways?
Prioritization of introduction pathways is seen as an important component of the management of biological invasions. We address whether established alien plants, mammals, freshwater fish…
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…
Publication
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…
Publication
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…
Publication
Expanding general surveillance of invasive species by integrating citizens as both observers and identifiers
Expanding general surveillance can improve invasive species detection to support eradication. Traditionally, citizens report observations to government agencies and mobile-phone-based tools provide incremental submission and…
Publication
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…
Report
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…
Webinar
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.
Video
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.
Report
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…
Publication
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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