FOAMAF Biosecurity Workshop

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Whats Been Achieved?
A Review of 2004 Workshop Outcomes and Other
Achievements
Bill Dyck
FOA/MAF Biosecurity Workshop Rotorua 28 Feb/1
Mar 2005
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Outline

• What we said we would do from last year
• What we actually did
• Our score for the year!

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Last years workshop
FOA/MAF 3rd Annual Forest Health Workshop

Protecting Our Forests     The Heritage,
Rotorua, 4.00pm 7.30pm, Tuesday 24th February
2004 Forest Research 8.00am 3.00pm Wednesday
25th February 2004
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What we said we would do

• Post workshop presentations to FOA website (FOA)
• Prepare and circulate workshop report to
  participants identify action items (FOA)
• Include Action Items on FHRG agenda (FOA)
• FHC to develop a strategy to address nectria
  problem (JF) and to address issues raised in DA
  presentation (FHC)
• MAF to publish draft surveillance review document
  (MAF)
• FOA to establish commitment to national forest
  condition monitoring scheme (FOA)
• FHRG to establish a contingency mechanism to
  support unexpected research needs. (FOA)
• Update economic analysis and environmental impact
  for pitch canker (MAF)
• Source funding for pitch canker research gaps
  (FHRG) (and other gaps)
• Design a vector trapping/surveillance programme
  for pitch canker response (FR)

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What we said we would do (2)

• Conduct a simulation exercise on PC in the next
  12 months (MAF).
• Update the pitch canker contingency plan! (MAF)
• Operationalise the plan. (MAF)
• Develop an FHRG Strategy based on feedback
  (FHRG)
• Formally establish FHRG (FOA)
• Formalise relationship with FHRC (FOA) and FHC
  (FOA)
• Communicate FHRG to stakeholders
• Identify trained forest biosecurity resource and
  training needs (FHC?) for website for action
  plans
• Communicate current projects to stakeholders (FR,
  CORE)
• Investigate the development or customisation of
  an e-learning training system for forest health
  (BD)

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What we actually did

• Post workshop presentations to FOA website (FOA)
  ?
• Prepare and circulate workshop report to
  participants identify action items (FOA)?
• Include Action Items on FHRG agenda (FOA)? -
  generally yes
• FHC to develop a strategy to address nectria
  problem (JF) and to address issues raised in DA
  presentation (FHC)?
• MAF to publish draft surveillance review document
  (MAF)?
• FOA to establish commitment to national forest
  condition monitoring scheme (FOA)?
• FHRG to establish a contingency mechanism to
  support unexpected research needs. (FOA) not
  officially but
• Update economic analysis and environmental impact
  for pitch canker (MAF)?
• Source funding for pitch canker research gaps
  (FHRG) (and other gaps)? post-doc on PC, other
  gaps being filled
• Design a vector trapping/surveillance programme
  for pitch canker response - not done insects
  no longer sent to FR for identification

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What we actually did (2)

• Conduct a simulation exercise on PC in the next
  12 months (MAF). planned for May
• Update the pitch canker contingency plan! (MAF)?-
  in progress
• Operationalise the plan. (MAF) in progress
• Develop an FHRG Strategy based on feedback
  (FHRG)?
• Formally establish FHRG (FOA)?
• Formalise relationship with FHRC (FOA) and FHC
  (FOA)?
• Communicate FHRG to stakeholders ?
• Identify trained forest biosecurity resource and
  training needs (FHC?) for website for action
  plans ?
• Communicate current projects to stakeholders (FR,
  CORE) ? - progressed
• Investigate the development or customisation of
  an e-learning training system for forest health
  (BD) ? - progressed

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Where we really made progress

• FBRC up and running
• Nectria problem being tackled - from FBRC
• Post-doc on Nectria
• MAF surveillance review
• New FHS scheme accepted by FOA Exec
• Expansion of molecular diagnostic capability
• New capability FR, Lincoln CORE

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Where we really made progress

• New facilities - CORE
• Improved quarantine facilities NZFRI, Lincoln,
  The Tree Lab

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Where we really made progress

• MAF incursion responses AGM, PAM etc

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Where we really made progress

• Post-doc on PC
• Improved understanding and preparedness - pitch
  canker

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Where we really made progress

• Perfecting screening methods for safe commercial
  importation of radiata pine and other species
  (TreeLab/MAF)

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So how did we do overall?

• Last year we made a C average and we thought
  that was pretty good.
• This years score.

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Scorecard for 2004/05

• Improved awareness B
• Collaboration A
• Tackling key issues A
• Filling gaps in biosecurity B
• Improving surveillance B
• Strategic approach to research A-
• Effective research A-
• Incursion response A-

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Thank you
Great effort!