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High risk site surveillance in Australia: past, present and future
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High risk site surveillance in Australia: past, present and future

Simon A Lawson, Manon W Griffiths, Geoff S Pegg, Angus J Carnegie, David Smith, Tim Wardlaw and F Ross Wylie
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
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Forestry Sciences
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.

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