Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
http://www.aciar.gov.au

ACIAR is an authority established to make a special contribution to development through sharing its agricultural research expertise overseas. ACIAR's mandate directs it to mobilise Australia's research capacity to help solve agricultural research problems of developing countries. Thus the Centre allocates much of its research and development budget to promoting bilateral development-related research collaboration between Australia and individual developing countries.

Centre for Pest Information Technology and Transfer (CPITT)
http://www.cpitt.uq.edu.au

CPITT's aim is to develop high quality, innovative software products to inform, educate and train students, practitioners and others involved in agricultural and natural resource management, particularly pest management.

CSIRO Entomology
http://www.ento.csiro.au

A large part of the research of this department involves the management and ecology of pests, weeds and beneficial insects of field crops, on reducing the current high dependence on harmful synthetic insecticides. The weed management program pages (http://www.ento.csiro.au/research/weedmgmt/weedmgmt.html) are most relevant to biological control of weeds.

Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines (NRM)
http://www.dnr.qld.gov.au

The Department of Natural Resources and Mines manages the use of the State's resources. The Land Protection Branch carries out work on the biological control of weeds with staff based at Alan Fletcher Research Station (Sherwood), the Tropical Weeds Research Centre (Charters Towers) and regional centres throughout the State.

Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (AQIS)
http://www.aqis.gov.au

The Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) provides quarantine inspection services for the arrival of international passengers, cargo, mail, animals and plants or their products into Australia, and inspection and certification for a range of animal and plant products exported from Australia.

CABI Bioscience
http://www.cabi-bioscience.org

CABI Bioscience now integrates four major international biological institutes:

Biological Control  (The Journal)
http://www.apnet.com/www/journal/bc.htm

The aim of the journal Biological Control: Theory and Application in Pest Management is to promote biological control through publication of original research articles and reviews of research and theory. The journal encompasses biological control of viral, microbial, nematode, insect, mite, weed, and vertebrate pests in agriculture, forestry, natural resources, stored products, and urban environments.

Weed Science Society of America (WSSA)
http://www.wssa.net

This society has a Biological Control of Weeds web page that can be accessed from the WSSA home page by clicking on the weed control link and then the bio-control link. The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) promotes the development and implementation of biological control methods as a component of weed management strategies.

National Biological Control Institute (USA)
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/oa/nbci

The National Biological Control Institute (NBCI) is part of the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Its function is to implement biological control, sustainable systems, and integrated pest management.