Biosecurity is the process of detecting and controlling unwanted crop weeds, pests and diseases. Aotearoa New Zealand has a unique but fragile natural ecosystem, which developed without many of the pests that are common elsewhere in the world.
We rely on production agriculture as a key part of our economy.
Biosecurity isn’t limited to airports and seaports. Learn more about biosecurity and the role we can all play to protect our country.
- Biosecurity – article
- Biosecurity collection (find out how to make this part of your own collection)
- Kauri dieback – resource curation
- Myrtle rust – article
- Myrtle Rust Reporter – citizen science project
- Kiwifruit and PSA – article
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