2023 Environmental Biosecurity Webinar Series: Connected. Resilient. Shared

2023 Environmental Biosecurity Webinar Series - Connected. Resilient. Shared.

The National Biosecurity Strategy, released in August 2022 provides a strategic roadmap and collective vision for Australia’s biosecurity system over the next ten years. We invite you to connect with us for the 2023 Environmental Biosecurity Webinar Series to explore environmental biosecurity ideas, projects, research and case studies that are contributing to a more connected, resilient, and shared biosecurity system.

Shared biosecurity culture - Thursday 23 March 12:30-2:00pm

• How citizen science is supporting Australian biosecurity - Annie Lane, Chair, Australian Citizen Science Association
• Project Spotlight: Bug Hunt - Lyall Grieve, Biosecurity and Conservation Policy Analyst, Invasive Species Council
• Working with communities to encourage pest management: Feral deer as a case study - Dr Annelise Wiebkin, National Feral Deer Coordinator, PIRSA

Stronger partnerships - Thursday 11 May 12:30-2:00pm

• Wildlife Health Australia in the Australian One Health landscape– Dr Simone Vitali, Program Manager - Emergencies, Wildlife Health Australia
• Successful invasives species management cannot be done alone, it needs coordination and strong collaboration and partnerships – Gillian Basnett, National FeralCat and Fox Management Coordinator, Centre for Invasive Species Solutions
• Assessing trends, drivers, impacts for better governance and global partnerships in protecting 1 million species from invasive ones – Dr Andy Sheppard, Co-Executive Director of DAFF-CSIRO Catalysing Australia's Biosecurity Initiative

Highly skilled workforce - Friday 28 July 12:30-2:00pm

• Plant Health Australia's training solutions - Naomi Wynn, A/Manager Learning and Development: Plant Health Australia
• the Biosecurity Training Centre: one year on! - Anthony Howden and David Mackay from DAFF’s Biosecurity Training Centre.
• Indigenous Forest Health and Biosecurity - AJ Perkins and Tilly Davis, Project Officers in Aboriginal Community Engagement: Biodiversity and Conservation, NSW Department of Planning and Environment.

Coordinated preparedness and response - Thursday 21 September 12:30-1:15pm

• Xylella preparedness - Dr Susie Collins, Plant Health Policy, DAFF
• Red Imported Fire Ants response - Ashley Bacon, QLD DAF

Sustainable investment - Tuesday 7 November 12:30-1:15pm AEDT

• Australia's proposed Biosecurity Protection Levy - Jessica Mitchell, Assistant Secretary, Biosecurity Sustainable Funding, DAFF
• New Zealand's national collective funding model for weed biocontrol - Shane Hona, Biosecurity Officer, Bay of Plenty Regional Council New Zealand

Integration supported by technology, research and data - TBC December 12:30-1:15pm AEDT

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Registration

To register your interest for the webinars, please click on the ‘Register’ button above and complete the registration form.

PLEASE NOTE: You only need to register once. Registration does not commit you to attend all 6 sessions, however you will be emailed joining information and a program for each session as it becomes available. This usually occurs a couple of weeks prior to the webinar date. We recommend you put a reminder in your calendar for the ones you would like to attend.

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2022 webinar series

Thank you to all who participated in last year's webinar series. Visit the webinar homepage to watch recorded webinars and for related information.

Further information

For any other questions or information, please email the Environmental Biosecurity Office.