Zero-tolerance biosecurity protects high-conservation-value island nature reserve
Abstract Barrow Island, north-west coast of Australia, is one of the world’s significant conservation areas, harboring marsupials that have become extinct or threatened on mainland Australia as well as a rich diversity of plants and animals, some endemic. Access to construct a Liquefied Natural Gas...
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oai:doaj.org-article:323b1f5e521e4316989effb8505de52e2021-12-02T12:32:50ZZero-tolerance biosecurity protects high-conservation-value island nature reserve10.1038/s41598-017-00450-y2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/323b1f5e521e4316989effb8505de52e2017-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00450-yhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Barrow Island, north-west coast of Australia, is one of the world’s significant conservation areas, harboring marsupials that have become extinct or threatened on mainland Australia as well as a rich diversity of plants and animals, some endemic. Access to construct a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant, Australia’s largest infrastructure development, on the island was conditional on no non-indigenous species (NIS) becoming established. We developed a comprehensive biosecurity system to protect the island’s biodiversity. From 2009 to 2015 more than 0.5 million passengers and 12.2 million tonnes of freight were transported to the island under the biosecurity system, requiring 1.5 million hrs of inspections. No establishments of NIS were detected. We made four observations that will assist development of biosecurity systems. Firstly, the frequency of detections of organisms corresponded best to a mixture log-normal distribution including the high number of zero inspections and extreme values involving rare incursions. Secondly, comprehensive knowledge of the island’s biota allowed estimation of false positive detections (62% native species). Thirdly, detections at the border did not predict incursions on the island. Fourthly, the workforce detected more than half post-border incursions (59%). Similar approaches can and should be implemented for all areas of significant conservation value.John K. ScottSimon J. McKirdyJohann van der MerweRoy GreenAndrew A. BurbidgeGreg PicklesDarryl C. HardieKeith MorrisPeter G. KendrickMelissa L. ThomasKristin L. HortonSimon M. O’ConnorJustin DownsRichard StoklosaRussell LagdonBarbara MarksMalcolm NairnKerrie MengersenNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2017) |
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Abstract Barrow Island, north-west coast of Australia, is one of the world’s significant conservation areas, harboring marsupials that have become extinct or threatened on mainland Australia as well as a rich diversity of plants and animals, some endemic. Access to construct a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant, Australia’s largest infrastructure development, on the island was conditional on no non-indigenous species (NIS) becoming established. We developed a comprehensive biosecurity system to protect the island’s biodiversity. From 2009 to 2015 more than 0.5 million passengers and 12.2 million tonnes of freight were transported to the island under the biosecurity system, requiring 1.5 million hrs of inspections. No establishments of NIS were detected. We made four observations that will assist development of biosecurity systems. Firstly, the frequency of detections of organisms corresponded best to a mixture log-normal distribution including the high number of zero inspections and extreme values involving rare incursions. Secondly, comprehensive knowledge of the island’s biota allowed estimation of false positive detections (62% native species). Thirdly, detections at the border did not predict incursions on the island. Fourthly, the workforce detected more than half post-border incursions (59%). Similar approaches can and should be implemented for all areas of significant conservation value. |
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John K. Scott Simon J. McKirdy Johann van der Merwe Roy Green Andrew A. Burbidge Greg Pickles Darryl C. Hardie Keith Morris Peter G. Kendrick Melissa L. Thomas Kristin L. Horton Simon M. O’Connor Justin Downs Richard Stoklosa Russell Lagdon Barbara Marks Malcolm Nairn Kerrie Mengersen |
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John K. Scott Simon J. McKirdy Johann van der Merwe Roy Green Andrew A. Burbidge Greg Pickles Darryl C. Hardie Keith Morris Peter G. Kendrick Melissa L. Thomas Kristin L. Horton Simon M. O’Connor Justin Downs Richard Stoklosa Russell Lagdon Barbara Marks Malcolm Nairn Kerrie Mengersen |
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Zero-tolerance biosecurity protects high-conservation-value island nature reserve |
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Zero-tolerance biosecurity protects high-conservation-value island nature reserve |
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