Non-indigenous pests and diseases are increasingly recognised as a major threat to New Zealand’s environmental, economic and social values. Cawthron’s Biosecurity team has the combination of scientific knowledge and practical experience that underpins the development of management solutions to this significant problem.

Services

	Baseline environmental surveys
	Biosecurity risk analysis
	National and regional pest management strategies and Biosecurity Management Plans for regulatory agencies and industries
	Tools for surveillance, and for management of high risk vectors and pest incursions
	Expert advice to stakeholders on all biosecurity matters

Customers

	Biosecurity New Zealand and other Central Government agencies
	Regional and local authorities
	Port companies, aquaculture and other industries
	International agencies

	Research programmes in invasion biology, and the management of high risk pests and their human-mediated vectors
	Molecular methods for detection of pest species
	GIS-based tools for evaluating pest transport pathways and risks of spread
	Methods to manage high risk vectors, and for eradication and control of pest incursions
	Risk management and cost-benefit models to support biosecurity decision-making
	An extensive array of equipment for ecological and environmental investigations, including a biosecure laboratory and aquaria facilities