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A Coordinated, Risk-Based, National Forest Biosecurity Surveillance Program for Australian Forests
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, Vol.4, pp.1-10
2022
Abstract
Australia has a comprehensive plant biosecurity system, with the Australian Government responsible for pre-border (e.g., off-shore compliance) and border (e.g., import inspections) activities, while state governments undertake a variety of post-border activities (e.g., post-border surveillance, management of pest incursions, and regulation of pests) designed to reduce alien pest and pathogen arrival and establishment. Once an alien pest or pathogen has established and spread, its management becomes the responsibility of the land manager. There has been a growing understanding among plant industries of the need to be more engaged in post-border biosecurity activities, including resourcing and undertaking early detection surveillance and contingency planning. Here we summarize Australia’s broader plant biosecurity system along with current forest-specific biosecurity surveillance activities. We describe the development of a proposed forest biosecurity partnership between the Australian Government, state governments and the forest sector to establish a post-border, risk-based National Forest Pest Surveillance Program. We outline why there is a recognized need for such a program, how it would improve biosecurity outcomes in relation to forests, its component activities, and key stakeholders and beneficiaries.
Details
- Title
- A Coordinated, Risk-Based, National Forest Biosecurity Surveillance Program for Australian Forests
- Authors
- Angus J. Carnegie (Corresponding Author) - Southern Cross UniversityFrancisco Tovar (Author) - Plant Health Australia (Australia)Susie Collins (Author) - Department of Agriculture, Water and the EnvironmentSimon A. Lawson (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Forest Research InstituteHelen F. Nahrung (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Forest Research Institute
- Publication details
- Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, Vol.4, pp.1-10
- Publisher
- Frontiers Research Foundation
- Date published
- 2022
- DOI
- 10.3389/ffgc.2021.756885
- ISSN
- 2624-893X
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2022 Carnegie, Tovar, Collins, Lawson and Nahrung. This is an openaccess article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Industries Research Centre; Forest Research Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99608307702621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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