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Introducing new plants to an area may have both positive and negative effects on the environment, economy and community.

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) is using a risk-based framework for monitoring and assessing pastoral stations, to help achieve sustainable pastoral management

Pastoral rangelands provide a range of benefits in addition to pastoralism: tourism, ecological services, mining, and cultural and heritage values for Indigenous people.

Buffel and birdwood grasses (Cenchrus ciliaris and C.

Citrus canker is a highly damaging disease of citrus crops caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri.

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is one of Australia’s greatest biosecurity risks.

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A national livestock standstill is when it is nationally agreed that specific livestock species affected by an emergency disease must not be moved.

Following diagnosis or strong suspicion of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), state and territory governments will implement a livestock standstill across Australia, including in unaffected regions.

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development's (DPIRD) Frank Wise Institute of Tropical Agriculture was established in 1945 on the grounds of the Carlton Reach Research Station, which

An evaporation basin is a natural salt lake or engineered earth structure designed to store and evaporate saline water.

Composting offers an environmentally superior alternative to using organic material for landfill because composting reduces methane production (a major source of greenhouse gas), and provides a ser

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development will be taking part in a showcase in Singapore, including a range of local Western Australian businesses.

It is illegal to feed meat, meat products and food that has been in contact with meat to pigs in Australia.

The Industrial Hemp Development in Northern Western Australia (WA) project is a 3 year project, funded by Department for Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) and AgriFutures, which a

This page summarises the land capability and groundwater resource availability and risk investigations for developing irrigated agriculture on 30 000 hectares of Cockatoo Sands on the Bonaparte Pla

Many exotic insect pests, not established in Western Australia (WA), are expert stowaways!

Pigeon paramyxovirus type 1 (PPMV1) is a contagious viral disease affecting pigeons. It was first detected in Australia in 2011 and is present in Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania.

The Pest and Disease Information Service (PaDIS) provides advisory and identification services on animal and plant pests, weeds and diseases that impact Western Australia's agriculture and food ind

Mango shoot looper is an invasive pest of mango and lychee (or litchi) trees. Rambutan, longan, cashew and pistachio trees can also be affected by this plant pest.

  

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