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Unwanted Organisms
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Incursion
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General
Annual Reports and Workshop Presentations
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The
FBRC has been established to protect and improve the health
of
New Zealand's Forests and wood export trade by developing a forest
biosecurity research strategy, and managing research programmes. |
Insect pests and fungal diseases cost the New
Zealand
forest industry millions of dollars each year, mainly as a consequence
of reduced productivity, but also as costs associated with ensuring safe
trade.
Insect incursions also cost the New Zealand taxpayer millions of
dollars for eradication or control programmes, as
every effort is made to ensure our native, urban, and plantation
forests remain as healthy as possible.
Forest
biosecurity research covers two major areas, healthy forests and safe wood products trade.
Healthy Forests Research
Healthy
commercial plantation forests will not only lead to greater
profitability in the long term, but will enhance investor confidence in
the short term. Healthy indigenous and urban forests will enhance
non-economic as well as economic values including tourism and quality
of life. Research in this area will also potentially reduce the chance
of organisms moving from indigenous forestry to commercial plantation
problem. Research to achieve this goal may also reduce trade barriers
if pests and diseases are eradicated when possible and controlled and
distribution understood when not possible. Research will also reduce
crop impacts and management input costs by developing smarter ways of
managing health problems.
Safe Wood Products Trade Research
Pests
and diseases threaten safe and profitable wood products trade because
of restrictions that may be imposed by importing countries if New
Zealand hosts pests and diseases that are considered a threat to their
forests. This goal focuses research on ensuring that we understand the
risks to trade and take measures to minimise the risk.
Forest Biosecurity Research Strategy 
The
FBRC Research Strategy outlines the
key issues facing New
Zealand
forests and the research effort required to minimise the impacts of
pests and diseases on our forests. The Strategy also provides direction
to maintain research capability in forest biosecurity and to stay up to
date on relevant technology developments.
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