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The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is the pre-eminent international body dealing with agriculture and forestry issues. The FAO has three main roles in information gathering and dissemination, program supervision and policy development.The FAO Forestry Department produces a…
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Exotic environmental pests are weeds, animals or diseases that are not present in Australia. Sometimes, they have recently arrived, and we are trying to eradicate them.Discover why environmental biosecurity is everyone’s business
Asian spongy moth (Lymantria…
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We are conducting a risk analysis for fresh mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana) fruit for human consumption from Malaysia.
Risk analysis:When we do a risk analysis, we:review the science on pests and diseases of concernassess and analyse biosecurity risksdevelop…
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As we have seen, there are basic calculators and other calculators that meet a specific baselining or reporting requirement (such as for an ACCU Scheme method). The basic calculators are informative and widely used but only produce general results. Also, they lack quality control over data input…
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The arrival of the Year of the Rabbit on 22 January is a reminder to be biosecurity aware this Lunar New Year.
Acting Secretary of the Department and acting Director of Biosecurity, Dr Chris Locke, said Lunar New Year gifts could be stopped at the border as they may pose an unacceptable risk to…
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Australia has just concluded its largest-ever defence exercise — Talisman Sabre 2025 — and the department played a critical role in ensuring this complex multinational operation was underpinned by strong biosecurity measures from the outset. With 19 nations participating in a series of high-tempo,…
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There’s no doubt the bond between handler and detector dog is unbreakable.Our frontline defence has been boosted with a new cohort of handlers, joining our accomplished detector dog program.Six officers successfully completed the intensive training component of their 12-week Detector Dog Handler…
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The Commonwealth of Australia, acting through the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) is making available:
the Multi-Criteria Analysis Shell for Spatial Decision Support (MCAS-S) software under the Creative Commons Attribution…
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The following list contains links to submissions received in response to the
Draft import risk analysis report for stone fruit from the USA.
StakeholderNew South Wales - Department…
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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, November 2006In February 2003, the Marine and Coastal Committee of the Natural Resource Management Standing Committee identified the need to address the…
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