NATIONAL WEEDS STRATEGY

Goals, Objectives and Strategies

  1. Goal

    2. To prevent the development of new weed problems

    1. Objective

      2. To prevent the introduction of new plant species with weed potential

      1. Strengthen import entry protocols for assessing the weed potential of all proposed new plant imports.

      2. Initiate community education programs to increase awareness of the use of native plant species in preference to import of some new plants


    2. Objective

      3. To ensure early detection of, and rapid action against, new weed problems

      1. Initiate community education programs to increase awareness and facilitate early warning of new weed occurrences

      2. Coordinate plant identification and reporting mechanisms involving State herbaria and other expert bodies

      3. Develop guidelines for assessing the weed risk of plant material being used for breeding or selection trials prior to its release for commercial use

      4. Develop a contingency plan, identifying key groups, reporting procedures and a funding mechanism


    3. Objective

      4. To reduce weed spread to new areas within Australia

      1. Provide guidelines to States and Territories to ensure appropriate consistency in weeds legislation

      2. Facilitate adoption of the guidelines

      3. Encourage State, Territory and Local Governments to develop contingency plans for action against new weed infestations

      4. Establish effective procedures for restricting the spread of new weeds within Australia, for example, hygiene practices, machinery cleaning codes of practice, controls on nursery plant and seed sales

      5. Educate landowners, land users, industry and the general public in procedures to restrict the spread of weeds

  2. Goal

    3. To reduce the impact of existing weed problems of national significance

    1. Objective

      2. To facilitate the identification and consideration of weed problems of national significance

      1. Develop guidelines and a procedure to establish when weed problems are of national significance

      2. Strengthen existing weeds specialist networks to ensure that information to assess weed problems is readily accessible

      3. Establish procedures for assessing the relative priority of weed issues of national significance


    2. Objective

      3. To deal with established weed problems of national significance through integrated and cost effective weed management

      1. Develop mechanisms for assembling the information required to develop management strategies for the problems

      2. Establish procedures for developing cost efficient and effective management plans

      3. Establish procedures for implementing, monitoring and evaluating the management plans

      4. Provide guidelines to ensure that wherever possible, the Landcare approach (coordinated community action) be considered the appropriate delivery mechanism for much of the on ground action on weed issues implemented under this Strategy.

  3. Goal

    4. To provide the framework and capacity for ongoing management of weed problems of national significance

    1. Objective

      2. To strengthen the national research, education and training capacity to ensure ongoing cost effective, efficient and sustainable weed management

      1. Integrate and coordinate weed research, education and training programs throughout Australia

      2. Facilitate and coordinate the delivery of training and awareness programs in integrated weed management for land owners/managers and other on ground resource users

      3. Encourage tertiary institutions to emphasise, in weed science courses, the need to adopt integrated weed management practices across all ecosystems


    2. Objective

      3. To encourage the development of strategic plans for weed management at all levels

      1. Promote the benefits of developing complementary strategic plans for weed management at the State, regional, catchment, locality and property scale


    3. Objective

      4. To establish institutional arrangements to ensure ongoing management of weed problems of national significance

      1. Ministerial Councils will nominate an appropriate body to coordinate cross sectional issues and actions relating to weeds

      2. Establish a position of Coordinator: National Weeds Strategy

      3. Develop triennial plans for action on weed issues of national significance

      4. Establish a mechanism for resolving sectoral conflicts on weed issues

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