BIO639 GLOBAL BIOSECURITY

Learner Resource
SURVEILLANCE LOG

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Introduction
Observing changes in the local environment is a key component of biosecurity. Individuals can get
involved by conducting surveillance and reporting findings to local pest and disease experts and
organisations. This resource has been developed to encourage everyone to report observations of any
common, interesting or possible exotic pests as well as the absence of pests around the world.

Your task is to visit your garden or local park and report on something that looks unusual. This could be a
weed, plant pest or plant disease. Please do not make up something that does not exist. All you need is the
two-page template below, a keen eye for detail and a camera or camera-phone to capture a photograph.

It’s time to do your part to protect the environment and economy and do some pest surveillance!

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Surveillance Logs

**THE NEXT TWO PAGES SHOULD BE USED AS A TEMPLATE**

Create additional logs as required - by the end of week three of the course you should have created three
reports.

Create a naming convention for your logs. For example, the surveillance identifier below is an acronym
for: Pest & Disease Surveillance Western Australia #

You can remove this section once you have made a copy for your observations.

Surveillance identifier: PDSWA_01

Describe what you found:

Date & time of observation:

Location - Do not share the exact address:

Describe surroundings:

Describe weather conditions:

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Insert a photograph:

Add a caption for this photo:

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