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Emergency Preparedness and Response

WA Biosecurity Forum

Fremantle, December 2014

Susanna Driessen

General Manager Emergency Preparedness and Response Plant Health Australia

• Role of Plant Health Australia – who are we and what do

we do

• Australia’s biosecurity system – challengers and drivers
• PHA members addressing risk
• The national Emergency Plant Pest Response Deed

(EPPRD)

Outline of presentation

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Plant Health Australia

Who are we and what do we do?

• Not for profit, public company, member based.
• Provide national coordination to improve:
• biosecurity across Australia’s plant industries
• capacity to respond to plant pest emergencies
• Custodians of the Emergency Plant Pest Response Deed
• Work with Members to build partnership

arrangements and broker and facilitate between government and industry in the national interest.

• Our focus is on plant biosecurity.

Plant Health Australia

Plant Health Australia

Government members Industry members Associate members

Biosecurity continuum

National biosecurity Protection from risks posed by pests to industry and the environment through exclusion, eradication and control

Pre-Border

Identifying exotic pest threats Managing quarantine risks

• ffshore, inspections

Undertaking offshore research and development where pests are endemic

Australian Government Border

Implementing effective quarantine for people, machinery, plants, and goods Establishing trapping and surveillance Inspections and treatments Post entry plant quarantine Networks for pests that may bypass checkpoints

Australian Government

Post-Border

Preparing for timely detection, minimised spread and rapid response to emergency pests Domestic quarantine and market access Surveillance and Awareness Farm biosecurity

Australian Government, PHA, State governments and industry Achieved through effective partnerships between industry, government and the community

What does PHA do?

Emergency Plant Pest Response Deed PLANTPLAN Strategies Plant biosecurity snapshots Best practice awareness Pest contingency planning Biosecurity awareness material Biosecurity Planning

PHA Funding (A$’000)

• 1,000

2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 Member subscriptions Government Projects Industry Projects Interest Total

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Biosecurity in Australia

A strong biosecurity system is critical

5 000 10 000 15 000 20 000 25 000 30 000 35 000 40 000 45 000 50 000 Total crops & forestry Total crops, hay & forestry Total crops, hay, pasture & forestry Total Livestock

Agricultural Production (A$’m)

Agricultural Exports (A$’m)

5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 Crops Livestock

Not just protecting agriculture

• Globalisation – tourism and trade
• Financial constraints (more with

less, where to invest)

• Changing landscape and primary

production practices (peri- urban/urban production, northern Australia)

• Shortage of qualified professionals
• Climate change

Challenges and drivers

100000 200000 300000 400000 500000 600000 700000 Jan-1976 Nov-1976 Sep-1977 Jul-1978 May-1979 Mar-1980 Jan-1981 Nov-1981 Sep-1982 Jul-1983 May-1984 Mar-1985 Jan-1986 Nov-1986 Sep-1987 Jul-1988 May-1989 Mar-1990 Jan-1991 Nov-1991 Sep-1992 Jul-1993 May-1994 Mar-1995 Jan-1996 Nov-1996 Sep-1997 Jul-1998 May-1999 Mar-2000 Jan-2001 Nov-2001 Sep-2002 Jul-2003 May-2004 Mar-2005 Jan-2006 Nov-2006 Sep-2007 Jul-2008 May-2009 Mar-2010 Jan-2011 Nov-2011 Sep-2012 Jul-2013 May-2014

Visitors arriving (Short Term) trend

Visitors arriving (Short term) trend

(ABS data 3401.0 Overseas arrivals and departures)

Globalisation

Air freight to Australia Air mail to Australia

Border interceptions

19,070 19,040 18,578 18,618 19,810

5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Number of interceptions Year Invertebrate Disease Seed Animal Plant

Doing the wrong thing

“Rustmapper” 10 day prediction, November 4th 2012

Ug99 – should Australia be worried? Intercontinental tracking of rust pathogens

• modelling wind trajectories, Dr Dave Hodson FAO [UN]

Remoteness Index

Population: 23,702,344 Coastline: 59, 736km

Northern Australian Quarantine Strategy

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Biosecurity preparedness

What is PHA and its Members doing to reduce the risk posed by new pests?

Industry Biosecurity Plans

• Outlines risk mitigation

activities in the industry

• Documents roles and

responsibilities of stakeholder groups

• Identifies key threats to the

industry

• Risk assessment to identify

high priority pest threats

Farm Biosecurity Manuals

• Awareness of biosecurity practices
• Target audience is growers and

consultants

• Covers:
• Priority exotic pests
• Biosecurity best practice awareness
• Owner reimbursement cost

requirements

• Can be used with on-farm training

activities

Reducing risk

Emergency Plant Pest Response Deed PLANTPLAN Strategies Plant biosecurity snapshots Best practice awareness Pest contingency planning Biosecurity awareness material Biosecurity Planning

Preparing to respond if needed

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Emergency response

A coordinated Emergency Plant Pest response with engagement from all Affected Parties

There is no such thing as zero risk

HPP risk identified Early detection and notification Diagnostics available Response mechanism in place. Incursion Eradication

Emergency response arrangements

EADRA (2002) EPPRD (2005) NEBRA (2011)

GAPS? Weeds, pastures, aquatics

GIA (2014)

Joint decision making post border – Readiness and Response

• Mechanism to facilitate rapid responses to Emergency

Plant Pests (EPPs)

• An agreed mechanism for Decision Making and Cost

Sharing – legal document

• Partnership between industry

and government

• Signed by all governments

and 30 Industry Parties (latest Australian Ginger Industry Association)

Emergency Plant Pest Response Deed (EPPRD)

Key drivers for the EPPRD

• Shared role in decision making
• Sharing of costs (public vs. private benefits)
• Potential liabilities are known in advance
• Reimbursement to growers for crop destruction under

an approved Response Plan

• Nationally consistent and agreed approach to incursion

management

• Government agreement to underwrite industry liabilities
• Trained and accredited personnel to work on response
• Commitment to risk mitigation

Government members

EPPRD Parties

Associate members Industry members Government members

When does the EPPRD operate?

Clause 13.1.1. The Parties acknowledge the need for a program of risk reduction measures complimentary to the Deed… Preparedness Response

Insects Mites Nematodes Snails Pathogens (diseases) Weeds Pests (Emergency Plant Pests) Impact on Crops Bees

Decision making

Pest detection and reporting Notification of Incident Initial response actions CCEPP NMG Formal response actions (under a RP) Close out Incident

CCEPP

representative

NMG

representative

Industry Liaison Officer Industry Liaison Coordinator

Decision making

• f Cost Sharing

Who pays for eradication?

• Affected Industry and Government

Parties share the costs based on the Category of the pest

• The Category is a measure of the

public versus private good of eradicating an EPP

• The Category of the pest is NOT:
• A measure of the importance of the

pest

• Linked to the likelihood of eradication

(must be technically feasible and cost beneficial)

Public good of eradication (for example Dutch elm disease) Private good of eradication (for example Western plant bug)

vs.

Category 1 100% Government Category 2 80% Government : 20% Industry Category 3 50% Government : 50% Industry Category 4 20% Government : 80% Industry

Pest Categories

Public impact Private impact

Category Funding Examples

Sudden oak death Banana freckle Variegated cutworm Khapra beetle Default

Owner Reimbursement Costs

Owner Reimbursement Costs

• To encourage growers to report suspect EPPs
• Relate to crops or other property that is directly damaged
• r destroyed as a result of implementing an NMG-approved

Response Plan

• Payments made on an agreed valuation approach
• Consequential losses not included.

First cost shared response

• First cost shared response plan for Khapra beetle (Trogoderma

granarium) April 2007 in Western Australia.

• Important pest of grains. Threat to export trade. Categorised EPP

Category 2 (high public/private benefit)

• Grains industry signatory to the EPPRD

(one of the first signatories – 28 Oct 2004)

• Discovered in personal effects and reported

to the Department of Agriculture.

• Low cost response (less than $200,000)

shared by industry and government – wider costs potentially more.

Fast forward to 2014

• Banana industry (ABGC) signed the EPPRD at same time as grains

industry (28 Oct 2004). Took almost 10 years before needed it.

• Banana freckle (Phyllosticta cavendishii) on Cavendish bananas

Incident in the Northern Territory.

• HPP and identified as a Category 3 EPP

.

• Reported by peri-urban backyard

banana grower July 2013.

• Eradication program >$20 million.
• Industry primary $$ contribution

(50%)

Current use of EPPRD

• Chestnut blight – Eradication program

in Victoria. Chestnut industry signed up to the EPPRD and contributing part funds.

• Cocoa Pod Borer – Successfully

eradicated from Queensland 2013. Fledgling industry, government funded response.

• Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic

Virus – Primary affected industry not signatory to the EPPRD. Under consideration by other Affected Parties.

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EPPRD – where next?

Gaps and opportunities = evolution

10 year anniversary

• 2000/2001 – “The paper marks

the first time that generic mechanisms and principles for funding and compensation have been seriously investigated within the plant industry.” (foreword)

• October 2015 = 10 years since

EPPRD ratified.

• Amending and improving as we

use and learn.

Influences 2005 to 2014

• Obvious and subtle influences on EPPRD/PLANTPLAN/national

approach to biosecurity, preparedness and response.

• Incidents/responses (major or minor)
• Sugarcane smut
• Myrtle rust (environmental)
• Banana freckle (peri-urban)
• Red Witchweed (gap)
• IGAB / NEBRA came into effect
• Reviews – Beale, EI, Dunn
• Senate inquiries – Citrus canker

What have the last 5 years looked like?

Challenges in operating EPPRD

• Appreciation that it’s a partnership
• Science not always well understood
• Parties not always in agreement on impact and course of action
• Long times for eradication programs compared to animal responses (but

not as long as weeds!)

• Getting all affected parties to the table (i.e. fresh vs canned tomatoes)
• Engaging all commodity groups and the wider community
• Conflicting priorities for resources and funding
• Processes can be confronting – “Parties acknowledge the need for

goodwill and cooperation between all Parties in the operation of the mechanism”

Web sites of interest ?

• planthealthaustralia.com.au
• farmbiosecurity.com.au
• biosecurityportal.org.au
• beeaware.org.au

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