Capacity & Capability
Information Support Systems
User-friendly and relevant technology support systems can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of plant health system operations, so PHA works to develop agreed, consistent standards and methods for recording and storing plant health information, and to develop online systems that ensure the widest possible availability of information to all stakeholders.
PHA assists in the development and support of a number of information systems, including:
- APPD (Australia Plant Pest Database)
- BioSIRT (Biosecurity, Surveillance, Incident Response and Tracing)
- NPSRT (National Plant Surveillance Reporting Tool)
- PaDIL (Pest and Disease Image Library)
- PHER (Plant Health Experience Register)
- PIDD (Pest Information Document Database)
Pest specific materials including fact sheets and contingency plans are located on PHA's Pest Information Document Database (PIDD), or through PaDIL's Plant Biosecurity Toolbox.
The Australian Biosecurity Intelligence Network (ABIN) was established under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) in 2008 to deliver information technology infrastructure, better biosecurity data access and new analytical tools in support of the national biosecurity system. As part of its National Connectivity and Collaboration Program a number of proof of concept projects have been established. PHA is involved with two of these, the Fruit Fly Body of Knowledge Project and the Fruit Fly Surveillance Predictive Modelling using BIOSIRT Project.
