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Honey bees, crop pollination and varroa mite frequently asked questions

[expand all]What is varroa mite, and why is it a threat to crop pollination?Varroa mite, Varroa destructor, is a small mite, around 1 mm in diameter, that parasitises species of bees in the genus…
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The Weed Risk Assessment (WRA) process

The Weed Risk Assessment (WRA) process is a science-based biosecurity risk analysis tool for determining the weed potential of proposed new plant imports.The department conducts WRAs on all new plant…
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Land tenure of Australia 2010–11 to 2015–16, 250 m

Publication date: 29 September 2021This dataset has been superseded. See the Land tenure of Australia 2010-11 to 2020-21 for current data for all time periods and updated change products.The Land tenure of Australia 2010–11 to 2015–16, 250 m is a data package of seamless continental rasters…
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2020-54 - Authorised Officer Program – Validating supporting documents and completing plant export inspection and treatment records

12 August 2020 Purpose This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise Authorised Officers (AOs) of an update to the Work Instruction: Completing plant export inspection and treatment records and Guideline: Supporting documents for plant exports on the Plant Export Operations Manual. Summary of…
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National Biosecurity Committee Meeting 30 and Strategic Workshop 17

The National Biosecurity Committee met on 26-27 March 2019 in Toowoomba, Queensland. The Committee discussed key issues across the country, with a particular focus on the biosecurity challenges arising…
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Biosecurity Matters, Edition 5, 2019

​​​​​Biosecurity Matters   To receive an email notification of future editions, subscribe to Biosecurity Matters. Biosecurity is the management of the risk of pests and diseases entering, emerging, establishing or spreading in Australia and causing harm to animals, plants or human…
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Sudden oak death (airborne Phytophthora spp.)

PLANT PEST Leaf blight and shoot dieback on rhododendron caused by sudden oak death.Credit: Sabine Werres BBA, Braunschweig, Germany, PaDIL Sudden oak death (airborne Phytophthora spp.)Exotic to AustraliaFeatures: A disease caused by airborne species of the fungus-like organism Phytophthora that…
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Distribution and impacts of established pest animals and weeds

The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES), the science and economics division of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry conducts research on a range of topics, from land use, fisheries, forests, biosecurity, social sciences and more.In the…
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Response to the Biosecurity Australia Issues paper for the import risk analysis for fresh apple fruit from the USA - Department of Agriculture and Food Government of Western Australia

Louise van Meurs Plant Biosecurity Biosecurity Australia DAFF GPO Box 858 Canberra ACT 2601 Your Ref: Our Ref: Enquiries: S Tuten (08)9368 3434 Date: 14 July 2008 Dear Louise…
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List of countries approved for pig meat

Download List of countries approved for pig meat (PDF 113 KB) List of countries approved for pig meat (DOCX 68 KB) If you have difficulty accessing these files, visit web accessibility for assistance.
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