Conferences

Kiwicare's research and development team regularly attend conferences on pest control and pesticides, biodiversity, biosecurity, conservation and regulations.

Kiwicare will be attending this years New Zealand Biosecurity Institute NETS conference in Queenstown. The theme for NETS 2009 is 'Remarkable Changes'. This recognises both the remarkable location of Queenstown, and that the seminar was last held there 30 years ago, under the auspices of the Institute of Noxious Plants Officers. The event will take a retrospective look at pest management, as well as discuss what biosecurity issues we may face over the coming 30 years.

The conference will feature biosecurity issues relevant to the southern South Island such as rabbits, didymo, wilding trees, and pest eradications from islands. Papers covering topics relevant to current biosecurity and pest management issues are also included.

We intend to strongly promote use of posters at this conference. This will enable a wider range of topics to be presented and provide opportunities for greater informal discussion and exchange of information over the three days.

To encourage student participation, tertiary students who presenting papers or posters at the conference received a 50% discount off the conference registration.

Join us there and learn about how biodiversity and biosecurity is protected in NZ. Check out the NZBI website www.biosecurity.org.nz for more information and registration details.

Recent conferences attended by Kiwicare staff include:

National Possum Control Agencies (NPCA) Technology Transfer Conference 2008 26th-27th November 2008, Wellington.

Sanctuaries of New Zealand Workshop 2008 September 2008, Wanganui.
Presentation by Brittain, D . The use of cholecalciferol long-life gel baits for the control of rodents

Biosecurity Institute of New Zealand National Education and Training Seminar (NETS) 23rd-25th July 2008, Hamilton.