Center for European Studies

McCarty Hall A, Room 1151

Maria Lodovica Gullino
University of Torino

Biosecurity is a strategic and integrated approach for analysing and managing relevant risks to human, animal and plant life and health, and associated risks to the environment. Plant biosecurity aims at protecting all plant resources and the food supply from the natural or intentional introduction, establishment and spread of plant pests, pathogens and noxious weeds. Although most plant disease outbreaks have natural causes or are the result of inadvertent introductions of pathogens through human activities, the risk of a deliberate introduction of a high consequence plant pathogen cannot be excluded. The considerable amount of research promoted by the European Union – which has also involved non-EU countries such as the United States, Israel and Turkey – has made possible the development of a comprehensive set of tools covering the entire risk management cycle — from prevention to preparedness, detection, response and recovery – which are critically discussed.

Support for this Jean Monnet Chair Speaker Series talk comes from Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Chair, CES, and One Health Center of Excellence