Biosecurity NZ & International

Target Pest safeguards New Zealand biodiverstity through biosecurity. Protecting plants, animals and people’s health from pests and diseases is vitally important. Biosecurity is about preventing new pest organisms being introduced and eradicating or managing those invasive species already established.

Target Pest Enterprises has risen to the challenge with a comprehensive package of pest management and biosecurity services that help safeguard environments and economies from damage.

Target Pest is an independent provider of biosecurity, forest and environmental monitoring services that can assist managers by addressing many of the requirements of environmental certification systems, new pest detection models and biosecurity quarantine provisions, both in New Zealand and abroad.

Some of the current programmes of work include:

• Forest Owners Association Surveillance Programme
• Chathams Islands Biosecurity and Quarantine Project

The detailed methodologies used by Target Pest Biosecurity are scientifically based and auditable and are the result of many years experience working with central and local government, forest owners and other private organisations.

Summary of key Biosecurity services:

Plantation forest pest and disease surveys

• New pest surveillance
• Needle cast diseases (aerial and ground surveys)
• Upper mid-crown yellowing
• Wood borers
• Bark Beetles
• Defoliating insects
• Dutch Elm Disease
• Fall Web Worm
• Blight
• Painted Apple Moth
• Nectria

Contingency response capability for new or serious pest incursions

• Project management for incursions or pest problems
• Delimitation surveys
• Control operations

Forest nutrition

• Foliage and soil sampling services and advice

Tailored reporting

• All data collected transferable to a GIS
• Full GIS mapping service available

Weed and wilding tree surveys and control

• Monitoring presence or absence, density and mapping
• Specific wilding tree surveys
• Control of wildings

Condition surveys for native forest cover and reserve areas

• “The Package” is a flexible monitoring methodology specifically developed for monitoring and reporting on changes in the condition of native forest, including smaller areas of inclusions, riparian margins etc. This monitoring would be delivered with Hosking Forestry

Pest animal monitoring

• RTC, Modified McLean Scale or inexpensive customized methodologies that will meet most monitoring requirements

For further information on how TARGET PEST can help with meeting the requirements for performance and outcome based certification, condition monitoring and pest detection

New Technology

• Electronic data capture, reporting and GIS plotting

Biosecurity Monitoring and Pest Response

Target Pest have specialists to manage aerial and ground based operations for biosecurity pests. Working in both rural and urban environments we understand the importance of quality delivery in a safe and effective manner.

• Forest Health Surveillance

• Aerial Spraying

• Host Plant Destruction

• Fumigation

• Integrated Pest Management Programs

• Ground Based Control/ Spraying

• Aerial Surveillance

• Native Forest Condition Monitoring

• Active Surveillance

• Audit of Biosecurity Programs

• Full GIS and Mapping Capability

• Biosecurity Education