NETS2005 was held 27 to 29 July 2005 at Rydges Hotel in Christchurch. The theme this year was on Biosecurity, and what we can do about in in our Neighborhood - be it urban, rural, local, regional, national or the Pacific Neighborhood.
The papers given covered a wide range of topics from new methods of vertebrate pest control, modelling of weed and insect spread, and working with the community to preventing the spread of aquatic pests. Once again the seminar attracted several international speakers from Australia, Great Britain and the Pacific Islands
The abstracts from the conference can be viewed here or downloaded as a pdf here.
Past Conferences
NETS2005
NETS2003
NETS2003 was held 9-11 July 2003, at the Rutherford Hotel, Nelson. The seminar consisted of formal presentations and informal workshops covering a number of sujects, including vertebrate, plant and marine pests. Several field trips and a visit to the Abel Tasman National Park were also undertaken.
The proceedings of the seminar are available in the members section
The proceedings of the seminar are available in the members section
NETS2007
23 to 25 July 2007 at the Wellington Town Hall.
The theme was centered on our exposure to biosecurity issues at local, national and international levels. This included looking at the effect of biosecurity on industry, protecting and impeding it; and how best to ‘expose’ the biosecurity messages to a wider audience.
Presentations were given by The Minister for Biosecurity, the Assistant-Director General MAF Biosecurity, CEO of ERMA, and international speakers from the United States of America and New Caledonia.
The presentations covered topics such as how to engage the wider community with the biosecurity industry, didymo’s impact on Meridian Energy, biocontrol of heather, possum killing and much more.
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The abstracts from the conference can be viewed here or downloaded as a pdf here.
The theme was centered on our exposure to biosecurity issues at local, national and international levels. This included looking at the effect of biosecurity on industry, protecting and impeding it; and how best to ‘expose’ the biosecurity messages to a wider audience.
Presentations were given by The Minister for Biosecurity, the Assistant-Director General MAF Biosecurity, CEO of ERMA, and international speakers from the United States of America and New Caledonia.
The presentations covered topics such as how to engage the wider community with the biosecurity industry, didymo’s impact on Meridian Energy, biocontrol of heather, possum killing and much more.
View Gallery
The abstracts from the conference can be viewed here or downloaded as a pdf here.
NETS2002
NETS2002 was held in Invercargill. Papers presented at the seminar covered topics including aquatic pest management, community involvement in pest management in New Zealand and Australia and management of specific weeds such as spartina and Darwins Barberry. Workshops held included GIS systems and new advances in vertebrate pest management.
The proceedings of the seminar is available here in .pdf format. Many of the papers are presented as abstracts with the contact addresses of the authors for those who wish further information.
The proceedings of the seminar is available here in .pdf format. Many of the papers are presented as abstracts with the contact addresses of the authors for those who wish further information.
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