All posts tagged "biosecurity"

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  Research

  What is the cost of soil-borne crop disease?

  Agriculture Victoria is calling on growers and agronomists to contribute to a national project seeking to determine the potential soil-borne diseases of...

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  News and Views

  From knowledge to know-how – motivating landholders to take management action

  Professor Don Hine and Dr Lynette McLeod are currently leading one of our Centre’s key behaviour change projects looking at how we...

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  Research

  Four in five wild dogs carry parasitic worms, study finds

  In the most comprehensive investigation to date, Australian scientists have declared that wild dogs in urban areas carry a range of parasites...

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  News and Views

  Spotted something unusual? Now what?

  There’s a new course available on Plant Health Australia’s Biosecurity Online Training (BOLT) site on the topic of reporting new pests and...

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  Science

  New biosecurity collective ready for action

  With the number of pest and disease threats that could enter our country rapidly growing, biosecurity champions from across Australia, New Zealand,...

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  Research

  What mice want

  Research is revealing new insights and understandings about mice in Australian broad acre cropping systems, especially in terms of their food preferences...

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  Research

  Designing Behaviour Change Interventions for Invasive Animal Control: A Practical Guide

  Changing behaviour using effective interventions

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  News and Views

  Rabbit virus program wins top award

  The Centre for Invasive Species Solutions (CISS) is honoured to receive one of the Australian Governments’ top biosecurity awards for its role...

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  Technology

  Wild Dog Alert prototype sends first text alerts

  The Wild Dog Alert ‘SMS 4G camera trap system’ has been turned on for testing, and in its first night has identified...

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  Science

  How to send a finch extinct

  An endangered Queensland bird is at risk of extinction because environmental legislation is failing to protect its habitat, according to a University...