Forest biosecurity laws in South East Asia: A review. International Forestry Review

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.

The challenge is to create a biosecurity policy and implement it across relevant departments, institutes, and plant health groups in the different countries.

Transfer of knowledge from countries with well-established biosecurity frameworks will support development of forest biosecurity laws and legislation.

Developing technical biosecurity capacity (monitoring, surveillance, and PRA) is critical to support forest biosecurity policies.

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).