New, invasive plant-destroying insects, weeds and diseases will increasingly challenge New Zealand’s borders as a warming climate and other global ‘megatrends’ make the nation’s plants and ecosystems more vulnerable.
That is why the Better Border Biosecurity (B3) research collaboration has created the ‘Global Change and New Zealand Biosecurity’ report. B3 is a national biosecurity collaboration that links world-class scientists with government agencies, industry and iwi to strengthen New Zealand’s defenses together.
According to B3 project leader Nicolas Meurisse, New Zealand is already experiencing the negative impacts of established invasive species and future changes in land use and agricultural practices will exacerbate some of these impacts. Other trends such as climate change and globally increasing pest emergences and movements will also challenge our ability to prevent future invasions.
Source: voxy.co.nz