Dalziel, Paul C.Hulme, Philip E.2017-12-192016-07Dalziel, P., & Hulme, P.E. (2016). A socio-economic research plan for evaluating possible interventions in New Zealand's biosecurity networks. Research Report No. 338, prepared for the Biological Heritage, Ngā Koiora Tuku Iho National Science Challenge. Lincoln University: Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit.978-1-877519-42-01170-7682https://hdl.handle.net/10182/8856This report was prepared for the Biological Heritage National Science Challenge. New Zealand has a range of institutional arrangements for responding to a biosecurity incursion, including interventions at points in human-assisted networks such as displaying public notices, distributing information pamphlets, requiring some inspection of vehicles or passengers, or banning the transport of certain animals or commodities. Any intervention along these lines would impose costs as well as benefits. Policy advisors therefore require a robust procedure for ensuring that a possible intervention is found to be justified from a public policy perspective. The purpose of this report is to contribute to better understanding of targeted control efforts by answering the following research question: How can we evaluate the socio-economic costs and benefits, and the distribution of those costs and benefits, resulting from any proposed network intervention in response to a biosecurity incursion?1-31 (38)en© Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit. Lincoln University, New Zealand, 2016.biosecuritycost benefit analysishuman-assisted networksNew ZealandMonographANZSRC::050103 Invasive Species EcologyANZSRC::050206 Environmental MonitoringANZSRC::070603 Horticultural Crop Protection (Pests, Diseases and Weeds)ANZSRC::160505 Economic Development Policy2230-3197https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Attribution 4.0 International