| Painted Apple Moth
| Case Study: | PAM in Auckland's Western suburbs | | Where: | Glendene, Auckland, NZ | | When: | Initially discovered 1999
Aerial spraying Oct 2002 - May 2004 |
Biosecurity Threat:
- Potential to severely defoliate fruit trees, natives and introduced trees
- Serious threat to gardens, crops, forests and native bush
- If widely established potential economic impact between $58 - $356 million over 20 years
Field Staff:
- GIS Analyst
- Logistics Management
- Movement Control
Action:
- Project management
- GIS / mapping geospatial services
- Surveying
- Movement control
- Trapping
- 40 aerial spray treatments between Oct 2002 and May 2004
- Logistic and supply of BTK spray
- Host removal
- Infected site monitoring operations surveillance
Result:
- March 20, 2006 West Auckland Painted Apple Moth declared eradicated
- Cost $ 62.4 million
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