{"id":170,"date":"2024-08-22T14:44:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T04:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nln.org.au\/?p=170"},"modified":"2024-08-22T14:44:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T04:44:54","slug":"national-biosecurity-week-26-to-30-august-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nln.org.au\/blog\/national-biosecurity-week-26-to-30-august-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"National Biosecurity Week &#8211; 26 to 30 August 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>The countdown has begun for the inaugural National Biosecurity Week (NBW), set to run from 26 to 30 August 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Biosecurity is the management of risks posed to Australia\u2019s economy, environment and communities by pests, diseases and weeds entering, establishing, and spreading in Australia.\u00a0Invasive species pose a significant threat to Australia\u2019s biodiversity and native flora and fauna. Early detection and management offer the best chance to minimise the impacts of these pests.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This annual event will highlight the collaborative efforts of government, industry, and the community in protecting our environment, food security, and our way of life. By raising awareness and advocating for the adoption of good biosecurity practices, NBW strives to strengthen our biosecurity system for the benefit of all Australians.<\/p>\n<p>Led by Plant Health Australia in partnership with Animal Health Australia, NBW is an initiative of the Decade of Biosecurity (DoB) with the support of the DoB partners, including the Queensland Government.<\/p>\n<p>Visit\u00a0<a class=\"ui-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.farmbiosecurity.com.au\/national-biosecurity-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.bioweek.org.au<\/a>\u00a0to download digital and printable promotional content and follow the hashtag #BioWeekAU for updates.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The countdown has begun for the inaugural National Biosecurity Week (NBW), set to run from 26 to 30 August 2024. Biosecurity is the management of risks posed to Australia\u2019s economy, environment and communities by pests, diseases and weeds entering, establishing, and spreading in Australia.\u00a0Invasive species pose a significant threat to Australia\u2019s biodiversity and native flora and fauna. Early detection and management offer the best chance to minimise the impacts of these pests.\u00a0 This annual event will highlight the collaborative efforts of government, industry, and the community in protecting our environment, food security, and our way of life. By raising awareness and advocating for the adoption of good biosecurity practices, NBW strives to strengthen our biosecurity system for the benefit of all Australians. Led by Plant Health Australia in partnership with Animal Health Australia, NBW is an initiative of the Decade of Biosecurity (DoB) with the support of the DoB partners, including the Queensland Government. Visit\u00a0www.bioweek.org.au\u00a0to download digital and printable promotional content and follow the hashtag #BioWeekAU for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nln.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nln.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nln.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nln.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nln.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nln.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175,"href":"https:\/\/nln.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions\/175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nln.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nln.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nln.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nln.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}