B3 RESEARCH CONTRIBUTES TO SUCCESSFUL PEST ERADICATIONS
April 8th, 2016Better Border Biosecurity (B3) members are celebrating the official announcement of two pest eradications in December 2015, with a third successful eradication hopefully to be announced this year. B3 has worked collaboratively with MPI and other agencies to help successfully eradicate Queensland fruit fly (Qfly) from Grey Lynn and the Eucalyptus leaf beetle from Upper Hutt.
VALUABLE CONNECTIONS MADE WITH US RESEARCHERS THROUGH THE MBIE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS FUND
February 23rd, 2016B3 (Border Biosecurity for Plant Pests and Diseases) and Landcare Research (New Tools and Technologies for Invasive Animal Management) have been funded for two years from the MBIE International Relationships Fund to help coordinate priority topics and cross-cutting action items for Invasive Species Research under the NZ-US Joint Commission on Science and Technology Collaboration (or JCM).
A NEW SCION-LED MBIE PROGRAMME
December 3rd, 2015A new Scion-led MBIE programme, Protecting New Zealand’s primary sector from plant pests: a toolkit for the urban battlefield, has recently been funded.
KEEPING THE BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG OUT OF NEW ZEALAND
December 1st, 2015
KEEPING OUR UNIQUE FAUNA SAFE FROM HARM
October 2nd, 2015Understanding the potential risks to New Zealand’s invertebrate fauna will allow regulators to better assess new biological control agents before they are released into the New Zealand environment.
WHERE ARE WE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST PHYTOPHTHORA?
October 1st, 2015Scientists across Scion, Landcare Research, Plant and Food Research and universities involved in the Better Border Biosecurity (B3) collaboration, are at the forefront of the battle to stop virulent Phytophthora pathogens from entering New Zealand.
NEW ZEALAND CONTRIBUTES TO FRUIT FLY RESEARCH
August 28th, 2015Scientists from Plant & Food Research are working to protect New Zealand borders from future incursions of the Queensland fruit fly (Qfly) and support control of populations in areas of eastern Australia where it is a major pest of horticultural crops.
A NEW ZEALAND LINK TO THE CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW
By A NEW ZEALAND LINK TO THE CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW May 25th, 2015A national science collaboration, Better Border Biosecurity (B3), that involves four New Zealand Crown Research Institutes and Lincoln University, will play a small but important part in showcasing the biosecurity expertise of scientists to gardeners of the world.
PROTECTION FROM A STINKY PROBLEM
May 19th, 2015Scientists are working together with the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and industry to limit the potential for a new pest to establish in New Zealand – the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB).
STUDENT PREPARING FOR TREE RUST
March 5th, 2015Aotearoa New Zealand constantly faces threats from overseas to our economy, ecosystems and way of life.
NEW ZEALAND ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY CONFERENCE AWARDS
December 9th, 2014Ursula Torres received the "Resilience" award for her talk at the NZ Ecological Society Conference 16-20 November 2014, Palmerston North.
NEW ZEALAND ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY CONFERENCE AWARDS
December 9th, 2014Kevin Chase, our University of Canterbury PhD student, won the "Best student talk (presentation) on understanding invasive species" award at the New Zealand Ecological Society conference held at Massey University in mid-November.
