Environment - Biosecurity
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Increase funding for implementing biosecurity risk assessments and invasion response measures through levying importers and people arriving at our borders Require importers to pay the full cost of eradication when negligence or non-compliance has been demonstrated Enhance our ability to prevent exotic species from entering New Zealand and the ability to respond to any incursions that do occur Give equal importance to biosecurity threats to the marine environment as to those of the terrestrial environment Require risk assessments for exotic organisms to consider their potential impacts on indigenous species and ecosystems
Continue to review and strengthen border control measures, our surveillance ability, and our capacity to fight incursions Maintain an integrated educational programme to raise New Zealand public and overseas visitor awareness of the importance of biosecurity and biosecurity precautions Ensure that the level of instant fines is high enough to act as an effective deterrent to biosecurity border breaches Review the rules around the screening and fumigation of imported cars Enhance freshwater and marine biosecurity
Increase instant fines and deport non-residents who flout biosecurity laws Ensure pest management strategies are developed and adhered to Increase surveillance, with greater emphasis on marine biosecurity Introduce a biosecurity emergency response capability Ensure container inspection methods use the latest technology Ensure the biosecurity structure is monitored regularly and is capable of adapting as new threats arise
Strengthen the Biosecurity Act to provide greater border protection and enhance New Zealand's clean green image