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FBRC Company Profile
The
Forest Biosecurity Research Council is an unincorporated joint venture
that has been established by the members (see Membership) to oversee
research to protect New Zealand's forests from biosecurity threats,
such as insects and fungi, and also research to ensure safe and
profitable trade in wood products. The Members considered that there
was a need to ensure that limited research funds were as well targeted
as possible at the key short- and long-term issues.
Funding
for the research programmes mainly comes from the Foundation for
Research, Science & Technology through research grants to NZ Forest
Research Institute Ltd (NZFRI) and to Lincoln Universitys
Bio-protection Centre of Research Excellence (Lincoln CORE) and from a
levy administered through the NZ Forest Owners Association.
The
FBRC's main tasks are to develop and maintain a research strategy and
to oversee its implementation through research projects, mainly
conducted by researchers within NZFRI and Lincoln CORE.
The FBRC has close links with the Forest Health Research Collaborative and the NZFOA Forest Health Committee.
FBRC Objectives
The Objectives of FBRC are to:
1. establish a forest biosecurity research, science & technology strategy;
2. manage the implementation of the strategy;
3. share
information and findings from Research Projects with all Members and,
where
appropriate, the wider forestry sector and the general public of
New Zealand;
4. work with other persons for the purpose of this Agreement;
5. provide effective management of research programmes
6. obtain funding to enable Research Projects to be undertaken, if and when required, subject
to clause.
Scope of FBRC
The
scope of the FBRC is New Zealand forestry, including commercial
plantations, indigenous forests and urban forests. The major focus is
currently on research into invertebrate pests and diseases of
commercial plantation forestry including trade (phytosanitary issues
mainly overcoming unjustified phytosanitary barriers and reducing
compliance costs), reflecting both the stakeholders main interests as
well as the current funding sources. However, indigenous and urban
forestry is still considered to be very important, as are related
aspects of commercial plantation forestry such as nutrition, weeds, and
vertebrate pests. The scope is described in the diagram (Figure 1)
This document meets the first objective of FBRC, which is to develop a Research Strategy 
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