M.A. Healey, S.A. Lawson, S. Somany, W. Tasen, Q. Dao Ngoc
International Forestry Review, 23(4):418-436 (2022)
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Currently, countries in South-East Asia have no dedicated biosecurity laws or legislation that focus on the risk and harm associated with forest invasive pests.
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The challenge is to create a biosecurity policy and implement it across relevant departments, institutes, and plant health groups in the different countries.
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Transfer of knowledge from countries with well-established biosecurity frameworks will support development of forest biosecurity laws and legislation.
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Developing technical biosecurity capacity (monitoring, surveillance, and PRA) is critical to support forest biosecurity policies.
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A regional approach to forest biosecurity law and legislation could be implemented through the formation of a forest biosecurity working group reporting on biosecurity focal points as a sub-committee of the ASEAN Forest Products Industry Club (AFPIC).
DOI/link: https://doi.org/10.1505/146554821834777215