Search Results
The Montréal Process is an initiative which arose from a resolution at the 1992 Earth Summit calling for sustainable management of forests and was further developed at a 1993 conference on temperate and boreal forests in Montreal, Canada. The Working Group on Criteria and Indicators for the…
- Last modified
Dr Bernie Hennecke is the new Australian Chief Environmental Biosecurity Officer. Credit: DAFF
You will have noticed a change in faces in the masthead portrait of this edition of the Three Chiefs Newsletter. Dr Bertie Hennecke was recently announced as…
- Last modified
First Year - 2023Meeting communiqueThe Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator the Hon Murray Watt, announced the establishment of the Australian Agricultural Traceability Governance Group (AATGG) on 2 March 2023 via media release. The AATGG provides guidance and oversight on…
- Last modified
The government of the day proposed an Onshore Biosecurity Levy as part of the 2018-19 Federal Budget. This proposal did not proceed. This page provides information on its background and work completed regarding the proposal.
Background
A Biosecurity Imports Levy was a recommendation of the 2017…
- Last modified
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization recently indicated that global agricultural production would need to increase by 70 percent by 2050 in order to meet the rising international…
- Last modified
A Sydney-based detector dog from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry kennel has been named one of the country’s top service animals at the Sydney Royal Easter Show today.Six-year-old black Labrador Retriever Vespa was honoured with The Australasian Animal Registry Service Dog…
- Last modified
The Leadership in Agricultural Industries grant program is a competitive grant process. Any questions asked and responded to while the grant is available are documented for reference.
[expand all]…
- Last modified
Detect and Protect
An Australian biosecurity podcast
Episode 1
Guests: Jeff Smith and Colleen Eiser
In this episode we talk to Jeff and Colleen about the biosecurity detector dogs. Learn about how the dogs are selected and trained, some of the interesting items they have intercepted and…
- Last modified
What is an AO?An 'AO' is a plant export Authorised Officer.AOs are individuals, trained and assessed by us and are appointed as Australian Government officials (public officials) under the Export Control Act 2020 (the Act). An AO is able to perform a range of export functions on behalf of the…
- Last modified
ABARES Working PaperPublished: 30 April 2024Authors: Haydn Valle, Shiji Zhao, Louise Capel and Will ChancellorSummaryVegetable productivity growth is inherently difficult to measure, due to the heterogeneity of outputs and subsequent challenges in aggregating price data. Standard approaches also…
- Last modified