Emma Warmerdam \u2013 Ministry for Primary Industries<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Emma is an Incursion Investigator in the MPI Plant Health Team and is based in \u014ctautahi. The team investigates suspected post border breaches of New Zealand\u2019s biosecurity that may impact plant health. Where the presence of an exotic organism is confirmed, they take urgent measures to eradicate it or transition it to a biosecurity response if wider coordination is needed. Emma received her Bachelor of Science in 2021 from Victoria University of Wellington majoring in Environmental Science and Marine Biology. Prior to her role as an Incursion Investigator Emma was on the MPI Graduate Development Programme gaining experience as an Analyst in Te Uru R\u0101kau \u2013 New Zealand Forest Service and a Science and Good Practice Adviser in the National Wilding Conifer Control Programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Biosecurity \u2013 Incursion Investigation and Beyond.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Come and learn about the Incursion Investigation Plant Health team. Who we are, where we fit in the Biosecurity system and why people should care about what we do. A brief overview of the Biosecurity system will also be covered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Biography Emma Warmerdam \u2013 Ministry for Primary Industries Emma is an Incursion Investigator in the MPI Plant Health Team and is based in \u014ctautahi. The team investigates suspected post border breaches of New Zealand\u2019s biosecurity that may impact plant health. Where the presence of an exotic organism is confirmed, they take urgent measures to eradicate…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2992,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vegetable-speakers"],"yoast_head":"\n