An Introduction to Plant Biosecurity: Past, Present and Future

摘要: Plant biosecurity is a strategic and integrated approach that encompasses the policy regulatory frameworks analyse manage risks to plant life health, including associated environmental risk. It covers all activities aimed at managing introduction of alien species particular region mitigating their impacts should they become invasive. This includes regulation intentional (including illegal) unintentional introductions also management invasive pests (weeds, insects pathogens) by federal, state local government, industry other stakeholders. Biosecurity occur along continuum starts offshore or pre-border in order reduce posed countries, then nation’s borders stop from entering finally within post-border locate eradicate risk organisms have crossed border established region. major challenge requires knowledge analysis diverse complex this identify, prioritise apply measures coherent manner progressively risks. To illustrate challenge, both range economic as well diversity pathways with which these are introduced into new reviewed. Against background increasing biological invasions, effectiveness current tools appraised forms basis for recommendations where improvements threats be made.