Preparedness and Prevention
Outcome
Prevention: Reduced incidence of harmful plant pest and disease incursions.
Goal
Decreased incidence and impact of harmful plant pest and disease incursions through contributing to the development of systems, based on risk-weighted, science-based decision making.
Indicators of Success
Economics:
New tools to improve the speed of incursion delimitation and scientific defensibility of area freedom.
Policy:
Improved transparency in policy decisions in the area of import risk assessments.
Science:
New approaches to analysing risk accepted by peers through scientific publication and invitations to present at key meetings, conferences and workshops.
Capacity/Collaboration:
New decision tools (e.g. Deliberative Multi-criteria Assessment, Quantitative Impact Assessment) available to end-users through training.
Impact/Adoption:
New tools (simulation frameworks) used by end-users to either replace or improve existing processes.
Preparedness And Prevention Research Projects
| Title | Leader |
| CRC10001: Early Warning Threat Identification | Dr David Cook |
The Early Warning Threat Identification project will effectively identify emerging plant biosecurity threats that are not detected by existing systems. The project will provide improved tools to more | |
| CRC10010: Enhanced Risk Analysis Tools | Dr David Cook |
The Enhanced Risk Analysis Tools project will develop a national methodology to analyse and prioritise biosecurity risks to support preparedness, and to provide a higher level of confidence to more | |
| CRC10068: Comparison of Quarantine Risk Analysis Systems | Prof Kerrie Mengersen |
The comparison of quarantine risk analysis systems project will initially gather and collate information from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, USA, UK, Chile and Thailand. This helps develop more | |
| CRC10071: Climate Change | Dr Jo Luck |
The project aims to determine the potential risks associated with climate change for key wheat pathogens; wheat using stripe rust, crown rot and Barley yellow dwarf virus and its aphid more | |
| CRC10073: Surveillance Simulation Platform | Professor Mark Reynolds |
| The Surveillance Simulation project will produce a simulation environment which will be used to estimate rates of spread of a disease and its time-changing extent over the landscape. It will provide more | |
| CRC10124: Forecasting Spread for Rapid Response | Dr Michael Renton |
Rapid response is crucial to minimising the cost of an incursion of an invading pest/disease organism. An essential part of a rapid response is an effective surveillance strategy, and central to more | |
PROGRAM LEADER
Dr Paul De Barro
Program Leader Preparedness and Prevention
Email: p.debarro@crcplantbiosecurity.com.au
Phone: 07 3214 2811
Fax: 07 3214 2885
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STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE
To undertake research that will provide rapid identification of plant biosecurity threats in order to decrease the cost of eradication and impacts through rapid response.
