CEBRA non-core projects

A list of recent CEBRA non-core projects

ClientProject aim
ACIARDevelop a methodology to evaluate ACIAR’s activity in the Indo-Pacific region in terms to enhanced biosecurity, food security and adapting to the impacts of global warming
ACIAREvaluate ACIAR’s activity in the Indo Pacific region, in terms to enhanced biosecurity, food security and adapting to the impacts of global warming
AgResearch Ltd (NZ)Identify risk and mitigation strategies for tourism, biosecurity and pathways into New Zealand
AgResearch Ltd (NZ)Review database of slippage survey results for international passengers from MPI and a database of plant health incursion records from MPI
Agriculture VictoriaSupply advice on the economic analysis of shared responsibility initiatives
Agriculture VictoriaSupply advice on the design of an evaluation methodology for assessing economic value of shared responsibility initiatives
ARC DiscoveryUtilise a novel modelling framework and high-performance computing to integrate economic, land use and biodiversity models to evaluate: (i) policies and incentives for increasing national vegetation cover for carbon sequestration and habitat, and (ii) global risks to nature posed by land use change under future geopolitical scenarios
ARC DiscoveryIdentify how climate will alter forest carrying capacity across millions of hectares of the world’s forests
ARC DiscoveryInvestigate new indicators of crop biotic stress using innovative airborne remote sensing and imaging spectroscopy for biosecurity applications
Australian Customs and Border Protection ServiceDevelop a sampling regime to measure risk and performance in the international mail pathway
Australian Government Department of DefenceReviewing specific Infrastructure Security Risk Assessment
Australian Government Department of DefenceAssist Defence in assessing the effects of actions upon risk
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA)Develop a screening tool for APVMA
Australian Pork LimitedUnderstand the direct and indirect interactions between feral pigs and domestic pigs that could lead to disease transmission
Australian Research Data CommonsDevelop infrastructure to host key biosecurity software, including outcomes from CEBRA projects
Australian Research Data CommonsEnhancing models for rapid decision-support in emergency animal disease outbreaks
Biosecurity TASAssess the policy and practice of border intervention in Tasmania across five key pathways
Cawthron Institute (NZ)Provide risk assessment expertise to assist in the development of a risk-based modelling approach to (i) understand the transmission and outbreak of harmful organisms in aquaculture; and (ii) elucidate the change in risk under different aquaculture management scenarios, with consideration of the related benefits and costs
Cawthron Institute (NZ)Develop a local or farm-scale risk assessment model of flat oyster infection by Bonamia ostreae, and a biosecurity pathway risk analysis focusing on international and domestic pathways for ‘exemplar’ threats to aquaculture
Cawthron Institute (NZ)Enhance modelling representation of marine biosecurity risk by developing better models
ChevronRedesign Chevron’s Barrow Island biosecurity surveillance system
City of MelbourneUndertake canopy growth modelling of trees in the City of Melbourne using changes in canopy area data
Clean Energy RegulatorReview of National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting data holdings
DAFFExtend the capability of the Australian Animal Disease Spread Model (AADIS) model to include African Swine Fever
DAFFEnhance the AADIS model to include indirect transmission of ASF to better align with AUSVETPLAN
DAFFAdapt the AADIS model to simulate the spread and control of LSD in Australia to better understand the conditions under which LSD may, or may not, spread and establish in Australia
DAFF - Biosecurity Strategy and Reform DivisionIdentify important gaps in existing research investment and establishes direction for future CEBRA projects
DAWESimulate the logistical implications of the merger of DAFF post quarantine entry operations
DAWEComparing different Delphi approaches
DAWEPredict (theoretically) environmental concentrations of copper under different in-water cleaning scenarios within key Australian ports
DAWEDevelop a neural network to identify classifiers in biofouling images
DAWEDevelop algorithms for risk-based classification of domestic locations to enhance management of the biosecurity risk presented by shipping containers
DAWEEnhance the AADIS model to enable national-level simulation of African Swine Fever incursion scenarios, informing surveillance and post-detection responses
DAWEUndertake a Structured Expert Judgement exercise to update the estimate for Foot and Mouth Disease
DAWE - Biosecurity Operation DivisionResearch and analysis to evaluate an instance-based compliance-based inspection scheme
DAWE/DAFFIncrease the efficiency and transparency of biosecurity risk management of sea containers and their cargoes by identifying appropriate intervention rates
DAWE/DAFF - Biosecurity Operations DivisionDesign endpoint/leakage survey to enable more efficient risk management in non-commercial air cargo
DAWRDetermine how optimal surveillance effort by DAWR
DAWRUndertake assessment of alternate approaches to establishing measures for assurance about regulatory compliance of consignments of seeds imported for purposes of sowing
Department of Immigration and Border ProtectionExamine the sampling methodology used in the cargo environment to determine whether the current approach remains appropriate and identify opportunities for further improvement
SA Primary Industries and Regions, SA Research & Development InstituteAssist in developing an enhanced fruit fly risk management risk framework
Food Standards Australia New Zealand Estimate the attribution of foodborne illness costs to food commodity groups for Australia
Grains Research & Development CorporationUse modelling to provide decision support around incursion points, spread pathways, detection scenarios, and response options, across time and space
Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Improve analyses by taking advantage of (a) the wisdom of crowds, and (b) structured analytical techniques, implemented in cloud-based systems
New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)Enhance the AADIS model for application to testing surveillance regimes for use by MPI with Mycoplasma bovis
New Zealand’s SCIONAnalyse the potential impact of climate change on New Zealand and resulting changes in pest pathways through changes in international trade from the impacts of global warming
Northern Prawn FisheryAssess the risk analysis for the Northern Prawn Fishery
NSW Biosecurity and Food SafetyRedevelop risk management framework and supporting capability across animal, plant, invasive species and food safety
NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI)Review the biosecurity risk and food risk management policies and procedures of NSW DPI
NSW DPI, NSW Food AuthorityProvide an Excel and MATLAB tool to allow NSW DPI's Biosecurity and Food Safety to estimate the risk of a pest incursion, conduct a cost-benefit analysis and establish sound consequence measures for a potential incursion
NSW Environment Protection Authority (NSW EPA)Undertake a review and validation of NSW EPA's chemical prioritisation framework.
NSW EPAReview and validate NSW EPA's chemical prioritisation framework
NSW EPADevelop an expert derived risk model to guide prioritisation of chemicals of interest

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