The socioeconomic dimensions of biosecurity: the New Zealand experience

Jay, Mairi; Morad, Munir

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“…Davis, 2006), ethnoecology (Clayton, 2003;Drake and Hunt, 2007;McDowall, 1994), or research at the boundary between epidemiology and ecology (compare Wilcox and Kueffer, 2008) may contribute to an integrative framework. It has been suggested that social sciences research on land-use change may have the potential to interpret many ecological global change phenomena including biotic invasions from a social science perspective (Jay and Morad, 2006;Robbins, 2004;Schneider and Geoghegan, 2006). Again, such transformations of the research field would not only have consequences for research but also for problem-solving.…”

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How to Achieve Effectiveness in Problem-Oriented Landscape Research: The Example of Research on Biotic Invasions

Kueffer¹,

Hadorn²

2008

Living Rev. Landscape Res.

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It is increasingly expected from environmental research such as landscape research that science directly contributes to the solving of pressing societal problems. However, despite increased efforts to direct research towards societal problems, it is not obvious if science has become more effective in supporting environmental problem-solving. We present in this article a framework that facilitates the analysis and design of problem-orientation in research fields. We then apply the proposed framework to a concrete example of a problem-oriented landscape research field -namely research on biotic invasions. Invasion research addresses the problem that some organisms, that have been introduced by humans to a new geographic area where they were previously not present, spread in the landscape and pose negative impacts.We argue that problem-oriented research is more than applied research. Besides research on specific questions it also encompasses boundary management, i.e., deliberations among experts and stakeholders on the framing of adequate research questions about processes, values and practices for effective problem-solving. We postulate that such research may assist problem-solving in three ways, by analysing causal relationships (systems knowledge), clarifying conflicts of interests and values (target knowledge), or contributing to the development of appropriate means for action (transformation knowledge).We show that over the past decades a broad range of different research approaches has emerged in the young field of invasion research in order to produce systems, target and transformation knowledge for invasive species management. Early research in the field was dominated by the development of systems knowledge, but increasingly the three knowledge forms are Boundary management in invasion research is mainly restricted to informal networks (communities of practice), while formal processes such as transdisciplinary research are scarce. We suggest that the paucity of structured and explicit boundary management processes will limit the future development of a more effective science for invasive species management. In particular, we envisage three obstacles that can only be removed through explicit boundary management. First, the existing theoretical frameworks are currently only partly able to integrate natural and social sciences research on the processes underlying invasions. Second, a clarification of the normative thinking about alien plant invasions is needed. Third, research on transformation knowledge has so far not fundamentally challenged the existing conceptual framing and institutional setup of invasive species management.

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How to Achieve Effectiveness in Problem-Oriented Landscape Research: The Example of Research on Biotic Invasions

Kueffer¹,

Hadorn²

2008

Living Rev. Landscape Res.

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“…As demands for high-quality, fresh agricultural products grow, so too do biosecurity concerns and strategies. Australia, like New Zealand (see Barker, 2008;Jay and Morad, 2006), has a long history of managing risks associated with species' movements. Australia, shifting discourse, now calls these efforts 'biosecurity,' or "the protection of the economy, environment and human health from the negative impacts associated with entry, establishment or spread of exotic pests (including weeds) and diseases" (Beale et al, 2008).…”

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Living without Fruit Flies: Biosecuring Horticulture and its Markets

Phillips

2013

Environ Plan A

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In this paper, informed by more-than-human and biosecurity literatures, I attend a neglected nonhuman considered a serious agricultural pest: the fruit fly. In addressing what it takes to live without fruit flies, biosecurity is theorised as ongoing, enacted achievement sustained (or not) by everyday and eventful interactions of heterogeneous spaces, strategies, and participants-human and nonhuman. Relations of fruits, flies, and people are explored through one vital attempt to biosecure life: Australia's Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone (FFEZ), a tristate pest-free area established to protect commercial horticulture from the fruit fly. Fruit flies become problematised as their appetites and mobilities confound fruit production and marketing, and affiliated biosecurity controls. Making fruit safe enrolls policy and agricultural sectors, but also more dispersed agents (travellers, residents, trees) and management sites (primarily off-farm). Since its introduction, the FFEZ's ongoing biosecuring normalised, with only occasional outbreak events. However, recent unprecedented outbreaks evoke questions about the FFEZ's future status. In such eventful times, it is worth reflecting on what kinds of living are possible in biosecurity zones-for flies, for resident human communities, and for agrifood networks.

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“…Researchers most often focus on biological or ecological effects when examining the influence that non-native marine species (NMS) have in regions where they are newly introduced (e.g., Ruiz et al, 1997Ruiz et al, , 1999Huxel, 1999;Gurevitch and Padilla, 2004). Yet NMS can also have significant real and perceived impacts on human health, economic, social, and cultural attributes and activities (e.g., Hewitt, 2003;Jay and Morad, 2006;Lui et al, 2011;Campbell and Hewitt, 2013;Davidson et al, 2015;Ojaveer et al, 2015). The inclusion of social and cultural values with perceptions when considering risk is an important tenet of sustainability (Elliott, 2013;Elliott et al, 2014;Diaz et al, 2018), as it informs environmental and biosecurity managers of citizens' expectations and political will.…”

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Which Values Do Non-Native Marine Species Affect? A Case-Study Exploration of Perceived Values at Threat in Micronesia

Campbell

Hewitt

2018

Front. Mar. Sci.

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Impact assessment of non-native species introductions tend to focus on either economic and/or environmental risks. We present work that extends these approaches bringing environmental (ecological) and economic values together with social and cultural considerations. Our approach aims to better inform future non-native species management risk analyses. A triangulation approach involving literature and museum searches, face to face discussions, and questionnaires was undertaken to identify values perceived to be at risk with the arrival of non-native marine species (NMS) in three countries in Micronesia (Guam, the Republic of Palau and Saipan). We identified value sets for a range of stakeholders and subsequently used scenario approaches to determine the values' perceived relative worth (non-monetary) and directional change of worth following a biosecurity incursion. We identified 337 value sub-elements, of which at least 40% are thought to be at risk (their worth would diminish) if a NMS introduction were to occur. Results were used to create Venn diagrams and value networks to aid in understanding the linkages between social, cultural, economic, and environmental values. Additionally the relationship between elicited values and their alignment to Ecosystem Service contribution is identified and discussed. The Venn diagrams and value networks should prove a beneficial tool for understanding citizen concerns around perceived biosecurity risks and developing effective future biosecurity risk communication strategies.

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The socioeconomic dimensions of biosecurity: the New Zealand experience

Cited by 13 publications

References 7 publications

How to Achieve Effectiveness in Problem-Oriented Landscape Research: The Example of Research on Biotic Invasions

How to Achieve Effectiveness in Problem-Oriented Landscape Research: The Example of Research on Biotic Invasions

Living without Fruit Flies: Biosecuring Horticulture and its Markets

Which Values Do Non-Native Marine Species Affect? A Case-Study Exploration of Perceived Values at Threat in Micronesia

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