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 research in this theme includes (June 2019):
Sentinel plants to forecast and future proof NZ plant systems against pests and diseases
Integrated biosecurity risk assessment models for imports