Federated Farmers Submission for Proposed Regional Pest Management Plan for Taranaki and Draft Biosecurity Strategy
We support the combination of animal and plant pest plans into a single document, along with the inclusion of a separate non-regulatory Strategy. The resulting documents are simpler and clearer. The publication of the Strategy also recognises that much of the good work done around pest management happens outside of a regulatory environment and that this is often the most appropriate form of management.
Federated Farmers has long been an advocate for robust cost benefit analysis as the foundation for good decision making, both at local and central government levels. It is therefore good to see a detailed cost benefit analysis alongside the other documents.
For more information on our submission points, see the full document