Abstract
High risk site surveillance in Australia: past, present and future
IUFRO Working Party 7.02.13 Meeting: Improving forest health on commercial plantations Book of Abstracts, p.37
IUFRO Working Party 7.02.13 Meeting: Improving forest health on commercial plantations (Punta del Este, Uruguay, 21-Mar-2018 - 23-Mar-2018)
2018
Abstract
Australia is recognised to have one of the most robust biosecurity and quarantine regimes in the world. Nonetheless, despite the existence of pre-border programs and border inspections, together with the implementation of international phytosanitary measures, such as ISPM 15, post-border incursions and establishments of exotic pests do still occur. High risk site surveillance is now a commonly recognised method to attempt to detect incursions early and enable rapid responses (early detection rapid response - EDRR) aimed at preventing establishment and spread from high risk sites into urban forests and subsequently planted or natural forests. The earlier a pest can be detected, the greater the chance for successful eradication or aggressive containment. Since the late 1990's a limited trapping program for gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) at ports has been carried out around high-risk ports, and since the mid-2000s this was expanded to include bark and wood boring insects in some states. To date, trapping for bark and wood boring insects has been carried out on a somewhat ad hoc basis and has been driven by the interest and commitment of state-based forest health professionals, rather than as a nationally standardised and coordinated activity. Testing of methodologies has been carried out experimentally and proven systems are now available for deployment. Here we review these past results, a recently completed project in Queensland focussed on pests of pine, and the development of a nationally agreed and funded strategy to deploy high risk site surveillance across all Australian states.
Details
- Title
- High risk site surveillance in Australia: past, present and future
- Authors
- Simon A Lawson (Author) - University of the Sunshine CoastManon W Griffiths (Author) - Queensland Department of Agriculture and FisheriesGeoff S Pegg (Author) - Queensland Department of Agriculture and FisheriesAngus J Carnegie (Author) - NSW Department of Primary IndustriesDavid Smith (Author) - Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and ResourcesTim Wardlaw (Author) - University of TasmaniaF Ross Wylie (Author) - University of Tasmania
- Publication details
- IUFRO Working Party 7.02.13 Meeting: Improving forest health on commercial plantations Book of Abstracts, p.37
- Conference details
- IUFRO Working Party 7.02.13 Meeting: Improving forest health on commercial plantations (Punta del Este, Uruguay, 21-Mar-2018 - 23-Mar-2018)
- Publisher
- IUFRO
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Industries Research Centre; Forest Research Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450801502621
- Output Type
- Abstract
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