FOAMAF Biosecurity Workshop

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Emerging External Influences to Forest
Biosecurity
Sixth Annual Forest Health Workshop
FOA/MAF Biosecurity Workshop Rotorua 8-9 March
2007
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Workshop Objectives

• To provide an update on new and emerging
  influences in forest biosecurity, some of which
  may be a threat to commercial plantation forestry
  and trade
• To review recent research results in forest
  biosecurity and forest health

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Agenda
Day 1 Thursday 8 March
4.004.10pm Welcome and Introduction Peter
Thomson - Workshop Chair Session Chair Brian
Richardson 4.104.30pm Opening address New
Organisms and the World of Tomorrow Dr Geoff
Ridley Science Manager, New Organisms,
ERMA 4.306.30pm FBRC Science - Whats been
done and whats been learned? ENSIS
Presentations (1 hour discussion) Lincoln
Bio-protection CORE Presentations (30
mins) 6.30pm Refreshments
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Agenda
Ensis FBRC Research 4.30pm Nectria surveys,
Cyclaneusma, PNB, Armillaria review Nursery
survey, pitch canker, surveillance efficacy -
Lindsay Bulman - 15 mins 4.45pm Nectria ecology
- Anna Hopkins - 10 mins 4.55pm Nectria DNA
trial - Tod Ramsfield - 10 mins Ensis FRST
research 5.05pm Ectomycorrhiza - Katrin
Walbert - 10 mins 5.15pm Swiss needle-cast -
Ian Hood - 10 mins 5.25pm Uraba and Paropsis
biocontrol, Cleopus - Lisa Berndt - 10
mins 5.35pm International Dothistroma Alliance -
Lindsay Bulman, Rosie Bradshaw (Massey
University) - 10 mins Lincoln University
BioProtection Centre (CoRE) 5.45pm
BioProtection of NZs Productive Ecosystems
Forestry - 30 mins - Robert Hill
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Day 2 Friday 9 March
Session Chair Mark Ross 8.308.40am Welcome and
Introduction Peter Thomson, MAF and David
Rhodes, FOA 8.408.50am Whats Been Achieved
in a Year? A review of 2006 Workshop
Outcomes and other forest health
achievements of 2006 Bill Dyck 8.509.50am Keyn
ote - Climate Change Facts and Future Scenarios
- Jim Salinger, NIWA
Keynote - Forest Pest Problems Under Climate
Change - Ecki Brockerhoff and
Darren Kriticos 9.5010.00am Discussion 10.0010
.20am Break
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10.2010.40am Auckland Urban Forests The
Sentinel City - Simon Cook 10.4011.00am Isnt
it time for another species? - Dean
Satchell 11.0011.20am Scientific curiosity as
an emerging threat the P. kernoviae
story - Mike Ormbsy 11.2011.40am Biosecuri
ty surveillance Now and the future
- Katherine Clift and Paul
Stevens 11.4012.00pm Industrys proposed
condition monitoring system -
Gordon Hosking 12.0012.20pm Discussion - Peter
Thomson, Bill Dyck, Mark Ross 12.201.00pm Lunch
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1.001.30pm SIRWG an emerging influence to
incursion response - Sarah Clinehens
1.302.00pm Environmental and social influences
to forest biosecurity - Kit
Richards and Lisa Langer 2.002.30pm Changing
forest ownership what does it mean for forest
biosecurity? - Peter
Clark 2.302.40pm Discussion - Peter Thomson,
Bill Dyck, Mark Ross 2.402.50pm Workshop
session introduction what are the key emerging
influences for forest biosecurity? How
should we deal with them? - Don
Hammond to facilitate 2.50pm
Breakout groups 3.45pm Report
back 4.15pm Workshop ends
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Report back
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Group 1 report back
Topic
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Group 2 report back
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Group 3 report back
Topic
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Group 4 report back
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Thank you