Gerda data sheet

This page is designed to be printed and given to an expert to allow her to enter or edit the data for a particular incursion response or eradication programme.

Please email the completed form to gerdab3.net.nz

Target species:
Location: The location within the country (left blank if the infestation is widespread)
State: The state, province or territory in the USA, Canada or Australia (blank if the infestation is widespread or another country)
Country: The country name, as defined in ISO 3116
Latitude: °N The latitude of the epicentre of infestation, as decimal degrees north of the equator (southern hemisphere locations should have a negative value)
Longitude: °E The longitude of the epicentre of infestation, as decimal degrees north of the equator (western locations should have a negative value)
Climate: choose as many as applicable · equatorial (Köppen A) · arid (Köppen B) · warm temperate (Köppen C) · snow (Köppen D) · polar (Köppen E) The Koppen climate group(s) of the infested zone
Detection date: The date on which the incursion was detected
Reporting date: The date on which the detection was reported to the appropriate authorities
Detected by: choose one only · biosecurity service provider · scientific community · industry · general public A classification of the person who made the detection, as in Froud et al. (2008) pp. 97-110 in Surveillance for Biosecurity: Pre-Border to Pest Management ISBN 978-0-473-14188-2
Detection method: choose one only · specific diagnostic test · targeted traps or lures · untargeted (generalist) traps or lures · remote sensing · host or risk site searches · industry/scientific vigilance · passive surveillance (public vigilance) The specific surveillance method by which the incursion was first detected
Detection details: Any further information relevant to detection of this incursion
Investigating agency: The name of the official agency charged with conducting this investigation
Introduction pathway: The probable mode of introduction and any evidence for this
Delimitation actions: Details of how the geographical extent of the infestation was measured
Establishment status: choose one only · still associated with introduction pathway (e.g. imported host) · propagules found (e.g. trapped) but no local population seen · local population established beyond introduction pathway · widespread and present for many generations · unclear, as introduction pathway unknown How well established the invading population was when discovered
Infestation size: ha The area occupied by the infestation, in hectares. Enter 0 if no ground population was found
Environments infested: choose as many as applicable · industrial/commercial · residential · amenity (e.g. parks) · agricultural · protected (e.g. greenhouse) · production forestry · natural ecosystems The types of environments occupied by the infestation
Hazard assessment: choose one only · significant impacts reported from elsewhere · potential impacts unknown, but biologically feasible · direct impacts negligible, but has trade implications · negligible direct impacts expected, but easily eradicable The criterion on which the hazard posed by this taxon was judged
Deciding agency: The name of the official agency that made the decision on how to respond to this incursion
Management decision: choose one only · attempt eradication · attempt containment · pest management · no further action The management decision resulting from the incursion investigation
Reasons for eradication not being attempted: choose as many as applicable · apparently not established · already too widespread or abundant · too cryptic, or lacking effective detection tools · lacking effective control tools · open pathway for re-introduction · spread is too rapid, or inability to contain · not cost-effective (low benefit:cost ratio) · affected agencies unable to reach a consensus · other (noted below) The reasons why eradication was not attempted, if that was the case
Investigation notes: Any other relevant information on the incursion investigation
Programme start date: The operational start date of the eradication response
Programme end date: The operational end date of the eradication response
Eradication date: The date at which eradication was officially declared (if successful)
Operational agency: The name of the official agency charged with conducting the eradication
Quarantine area: ha The area (in hectares) of the quarantine zone imposed around the infestation, or 0 if no movement control was imposed
Maximum area treated: ha The maximum extent (in hectares) of eradication treatments, excluding quarantine and surveillance
Monitoring details: Details of how progress towards eradication was monitored
Cost: million The currency amount spent on the eradication programme
Cost currency: The specific currency (ISO 4217) of the amount entered above
Cost year: The year in which the above cost was calculated (so that the costs of eradication programmes can be compared over historical time)
Cost sharing: Details of how costs were shared between government and industry
Outcome: choose one only · unknown · in progress · confirmed eradication · likely eradication · declared eradicated but likely failure · failure to eradicate The outcome at the end of the eradication programme
Evidence for outcome: Evidence for the outcome stated above
Reasons for failure: choose as many as applicable · allocated budget ran out · decline in political or social will · disruption by climate or disturbance event(s) · unable to detect or delimit infestations adequately · unable to access or treat all infestations · treatments failed to achieve adequate control · local infestations spread more rapidly than anticipated · re-infestation from elsewhere · available biological information was insufficient or inadequate · program management systems were flawed · other Probable reasons for the eradication failing (if it did)
Further details: Any other relevant information
Eradication tools used: Enter details of control tools used: · pesticide/antibiotic · biopesticide · bait spray · lure and kill · mass trapping · mating disruption · sterile insect technique · host removal/destruction · removal by hand · quarantine/movement control · natural enemies · tissue culture and replacement · temperature therapy · other