Editorial - New approaches in Biosecurity

Welcome to the June 2010 edition of Surveillance. As I write this introduction I am struck by the words of Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass, where the Red Queen declares to Alice: “Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!” This seems so relevant to biosecurity, where we must continually innovate and improve to ensure that we protect our economy, health and environment from existing and new risks posed by pests and diseases. And there is so much at stake. Few developed countries are as highly dependent on agriculture and trade in agricultural products.