Improved tools and methodologies for identifying hazards, assessing risk, predicting impacts and ascertaining where in the system mitigation measures are best targeted for unintentional introductions.
Theme Scope:
Systems approaches for risk assessment: assess risk at any point along the pathway to determine optimal mitigations and equivalence of treatments
Risk grouping: group organisms for more efficient risk analysis
Future risks: identify emerging risks to prioritise activities
Impact prediction: predict potential impacts of unwanted organisms to inform biosecurity interventions
Current Projects
Biosecurity over the horizon: identifying invasive agricultural pests in China
Lead By Colin Ferguson (colin.ferguson@agresearch.co.nz). Duration: Project B19.3 runs from July 2019 – June 2025 (5 yr)
Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) and its New Zealand vectors
Lead By Jessica Dohmen-Vereijssen (jessica.vereijssen@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project B20.3 runs from July 2020 - June 2025 (5 years)
Assessing the risk of rapid ōhi’a death to New Zealand and the South Pacific
Lead By Virginia Marroni (virginia.marroni@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project B21.2 runs from June 2021 - June 2024 (3 years)
Pest risk evaluation framework – extended to arable, horticulture and forestry industries
Lead By Craig Phillips (craig.phillips@agresearch.co.nz). Duration: Project B21.3 runs for 2 years, from June 2021 - June 2023
Māori and Pasifika indigenous collaboration to identify pre-border biosecurity threats
Lead By Julia Soewarto (julia.soewarto@agresearch.co.nz). Duration: Project B21.4 runs from (June 2021 - June 2023) 2 years
New risk assessment and detection tools for cereal and grass pathogens on the seed import pathway (New in 2022)
Lead By Soonie Chng (Soonie.Chng@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project B22.5 runs from 2022 - 2023 (1 year)
Predicting the spillover of pests and pathogens into natural ecosystems (New in 2022)
Lead By Darren Ward (wardda@landcareresearch.co.nz) . Duration: Project B22.6 runs from 2022 - 2027 (5 years)
Further development of the Integrated Biosecurity Risk Assessment Model (IBRAM) for pathogens (New in 2022)
Lead By Nari Williams (Nari.Williams@plantandfood.co.nz). Duration: Project B22.7 runs from 2022 - 2026 (4 years)
Projects completed in 2022
Supporting pest risk assessments in natural ecosystems
Lead By Barbara Barratt (barbara.barratt@agresearch.co.nz). Duration: July 2019 – June 2022 (3 yr)
Predicting the risks and impacts of Xylella fastidiosa using sentinel plant network
Lead By Ronny Groenteman (GroentemanR@landcareresearch.co.nz). Duration: July 2019 – June 2022 (3 yr)
Global change and NZ biosecurity: risks and economics of future climates and trade patterns
Lead By Nicolas Meurisse (nicolas.meurisse@scionresearch.com). Duration: July 2020 - June 2022