Alice Springs community leaders are calling for urgent federal intervention on buffel grass, warning the invasive grass is creating an escalating bushfire, environmental, cultural and economic threat across Central Australia.
A new Northern Territory government-commissioned economic assessment has found the costs of allowing buffel grass to spread are around 60 times greater than the benefits, adding further weight to calls for a strong, nationally coordinated response to one of Australia’s most damaging invasive species.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the South Australian Government’s announcement of a parliamentary inquiry into buffel grass, calling it a crucial opportunity to expose the true scale of the invasive weed crisis and map out the urgent resources needed to combat it.
The Invasive Species Council says recent decision by the National Biosecurity Committee to undertake further work before deciding whether buffel grass should be listed as a Weed of National Significance must be used as an opportunity to develop the strongest possible national response to one of Australia’s most damaging invasive species.
The Invasive Species Council has warned South Australia is abandoning its frontline defence against one of the state’s most destructive invasive species, with funding for the State Buffel Grass Coordinator position set to run out from today on 1 July.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the release of a new national threat abatement plan for 5 of northern Australia’s worst invasive grasses, but warned
Recent significant rainfall across South Australia has triggered an extensive and dangerous surge of buffel grass, prompting urgent calls for the state government to release its long-delayed government-wide strategy and commit to a $2 million per year, multi-year plan.
Traditional Owners are in Canberra today calling on the Australian Government to take urgent national action on buffel grass – one of the most destructive invasive weeds transforming Australia’s arid landscapes.
The Northern Territory government’s draft Buffel Grass Weed Management Plan fails to meet the scale and urgency of one of Australia’s most damaging invasive species, the Invasive Species Council says.
The Invasive Species Council is warning that a looming federal funding cut could unravel years of progress controlling gamba grass across Kakadu National Park and West Arnhem, putting wildlife, Country and communities at risk.
When I first went to Central Australia in the early nineties, the desert had a rhythm.
When I went back there last month, that rhythm was gone.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the Queensland government’s proposal to restrict Amazon frogbit under the state’s biosecurity laws but says Queensland should seize the opportunity to stop history repeating itself with other invasive aquatic weeds.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the Northern Territory government’s plan to expand Litchfield National Park but says additional, ongoing funding is critical to tackle the escalating gamba crisis.
The Invasive Species Council is warning that a popular ornamental plant still sold in Australian nurseries poses a far greater threat to native landscapes and farm productivity than previously understood – with new research showing it has the potential to spread much further and more destructively than expected.
The Invasive Species Council warns that confusion about the implications of a Weed of National Significance (WONS) listing for buffel grass could undermine efforts to tackle one of Australia’s most damaging invaders.
Alice Springs community leaders are calling for urgent federal intervention on buffel grass, warning the invasive grass is creating an escalating bushfire, environmental, cultural and economic threat across Central Australia.
A new Northern Territory government-commissioned economic assessment has found the costs of allowing buffel grass to spread are around 60 times greater than the benefits, adding further weight to calls for a strong, nationally coordinated response to one of Australia’s most damaging invasive species.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the South Australian Government’s announcement of a parliamentary inquiry into buffel grass, calling it a crucial opportunity to expose the true scale of the invasive weed crisis and map out the urgent resources needed to combat it.
The Invasive Species Council says recent decision by the National Biosecurity Committee to undertake further work before deciding whether buffel grass should be listed as a Weed of National Significance must be used as an opportunity to develop the strongest possible national response to one of Australia’s most damaging invasive species.
The Invasive Species Council has warned South Australia is abandoning its frontline defence against one of the state’s most destructive invasive species, with funding for the State Buffel Grass Coordinator position set to run out from today on 1 July.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the release of a new national threat abatement plan for 5 of northern Australia’s worst invasive grasses, but warned
Recent significant rainfall across South Australia has triggered an extensive and dangerous surge of buffel grass, prompting urgent calls for the state government to release its long-delayed government-wide strategy and commit to a $2 million per year, multi-year plan.
Traditional Owners are in Canberra today calling on the Australian Government to take urgent national action on buffel grass – one of the most destructive invasive weeds transforming Australia’s arid landscapes.
The Northern Territory government’s draft Buffel Grass Weed Management Plan fails to meet the scale and urgency of one of Australia’s most damaging invasive species, the Invasive Species Council says.
The Invasive Species Council is warning that a looming federal funding cut could unravel years of progress controlling gamba grass across Kakadu National Park and West Arnhem, putting wildlife, Country and communities at risk.
When I first went to Central Australia in the early nineties, the desert had a rhythm.
When I went back there last month, that rhythm was gone.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the Queensland government’s proposal to restrict Amazon frogbit under the state’s biosecurity laws but says Queensland should seize the opportunity to stop history repeating itself with other invasive aquatic weeds.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the Northern Territory government’s plan to expand Litchfield National Park but says additional, ongoing funding is critical to tackle the escalating gamba crisis.
The Invasive Species Council is warning that a popular ornamental plant still sold in Australian nurseries poses a far greater threat to native landscapes and farm productivity than previously understood – with new research showing it has the potential to spread much further and more destructively than expected.
The Invasive Species Council warns that confusion about the implications of a Weed of National Significance (WONS) listing for buffel grass could undermine efforts to tackle one of Australia’s most damaging invaders.
Alice Springs community leaders are calling for urgent federal intervention on buffel grass, warning the invasive grass is creating an escalating bushfire, environmental, cultural and economic threat across Central Australia.
A new Northern Territory government-commissioned economic assessment has found the costs of allowing buffel grass to spread are around 60 times greater than the benefits, adding further weight to calls for a strong, nationally coordinated response to one of Australia’s most damaging invasive species.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the South Australian Government’s announcement of a parliamentary inquiry into buffel grass, calling it a crucial opportunity to expose the true scale of the invasive weed crisis and map out the urgent resources needed to combat it.
The Invasive Species Council says recent decision by the National Biosecurity Committee to undertake further work before deciding whether buffel grass should be listed as a Weed of National Significance must be used as an opportunity to develop the strongest possible national response to one of Australia’s most damaging invasive species.
The Invasive Species Council has warned South Australia is abandoning its frontline defence against one of the state’s most destructive invasive species, with funding for the State Buffel Grass Coordinator position set to run out from today on 1 July.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the release of a new national threat abatement plan for 5 of northern Australia’s worst invasive grasses, but warned
Recent significant rainfall across South Australia has triggered an extensive and dangerous surge of buffel grass, prompting urgent calls for the state government to release its long-delayed government-wide strategy and commit to a $2 million per year, multi-year plan.
Traditional Owners are in Canberra today calling on the Australian Government to take urgent national action on buffel grass – one of the most destructive invasive weeds transforming Australia’s arid landscapes.
The Northern Territory government’s draft Buffel Grass Weed Management Plan fails to meet the scale and urgency of one of Australia’s most damaging invasive species, the Invasive Species Council says.
The Invasive Species Council is warning that a looming federal funding cut could unravel years of progress controlling gamba grass across Kakadu National Park and West Arnhem, putting wildlife, Country and communities at risk.
When I first went to Central Australia in the early nineties, the desert had a rhythm.
When I went back there last month, that rhythm was gone.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the Queensland government’s proposal to restrict Amazon frogbit under the state’s biosecurity laws but says Queensland should seize the opportunity to stop history repeating itself with other invasive aquatic weeds.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the Northern Territory government’s plan to expand Litchfield National Park but says additional, ongoing funding is critical to tackle the escalating gamba crisis.
The Invasive Species Council is warning that a popular ornamental plant still sold in Australian nurseries poses a far greater threat to native landscapes and farm productivity than previously understood – with new research showing it has the potential to spread much further and more destructively than expected.
The Invasive Species Council warns that confusion about the implications of a Weed of National Significance (WONS) listing for buffel grass could undermine efforts to tackle one of Australia’s most damaging invaders.
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Dear Project Team,
[YOUR PERSONALISED MESSAGE WILL APPEAR HERE.]
I support the amendment to the Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Heritage Management Plan to allow our incredible National Parks staff to use aerial shooting as one method to rapidly reduce feral horse numbers. I want to see feral horse numbers urgently reduced in order to save the national park and our native wildlife that live there.
The current approach is not solving the problem. Feral horse numbers have rapidly increased in Kosciuszko National Park to around 18,000, a 30% jump in just the past 2 years. With the population so high, thousands of feral horses need to be removed annually to reduce numbers and stop our National Park becoming a horse paddock. Aerial shooting, undertaken humanely and safely by professionals using standard protocols, is the only way this can happen.
The government’s own management plan for feral horses states that ‘if undertaken in accordance with best practice, aerial shooting can have the lowest negative animal welfare impacts of all lethal control methods’.
This humane and effective practice is already used across Australia to manage hundreds of thousands of feral animals like horses, deer, pigs, and goats.
Trapping and rehoming of feral horses has been used in Kosciuszko National Park for well over a decade but has consistently failed to reduce the population, has delayed meaningful action and is expensive. There are too many feral horses in the Alps and not enough demand for rehoming for it to be relied upon for the reduction of the population.
Fertility control as a management tool is only effective for a small, geographically isolated, and accessible population of feral horses where the management outcome sought is to maintain the population at its current size. It is not a viable option to reduce the large and growing feral horse population in the vast and rugged terrain of Kosciuszko National Park.
Feral horses are trashing and trampling our sensitive alpine ecosystems and streams, causing the decline and extinction of native animals. The federal government’s Threatened Species Scientific Committee has stated that feral horses ‘may be the crucial factor that causes final extinction’ for 12 alpine species.
I recognise the sad reality that urgent and humane measures are necessary to urgently remove the horses or they will destroy the Snowies and the native wildlife that call the mountains home. I support a healthy national park where native species like the Corroboree Frog and Mountain Pygmy Possum can thrive.
Dear Project Team,
[YOUR PERSONALISED MESSAGE WILL APPEAR HERE.]
I support the amendment to the Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Heritage Management Plan to allow our incredible National Parks staff to use aerial shooting as one method to rapidly reduce feral horse numbers. I want to see feral horse numbers urgently reduced in order to save the national park and our native wildlife that live there.
The current approach is not solving the problem. Feral horse numbers have rapidly increased in Kosciuszko National Park to around 18,000, a 30% jump in just the past 2 years. With the population so high, thousands of feral horses need to be removed annually to reduce numbers and stop our National Park becoming a horse paddock. Aerial shooting, undertaken humanely and safely by professionals using standard protocols, is the only way this can happen.
The government’s own management plan for feral horses states that ‘if undertaken in accordance with best practice, aerial shooting can have the lowest negative animal welfare impacts of all lethal control methods’.
This humane and effective practice is already used across Australia to manage hundreds of thousands of feral animals like horses, deer, pigs, and goats.
Trapping and rehoming of feral horses has been used in Kosciuszko National Park for well over a decade but has consistently failed to reduce the population, has delayed meaningful action and is expensive. There are too many feral horses in the Alps and not enough demand for rehoming for it to be relied upon for the reduction of the population.
Fertility control as a management tool is only effective for a small, geographically isolated, and accessible population of feral horses where the management outcome sought is to maintain the population at its current size. It is not a viable option to reduce the large and growing feral horse population in the vast and rugged terrain of Kosciuszko National Park.
Feral horses are trashing and trampling our sensitive alpine ecosystems and streams, causing the decline and extinction of native animals. The federal government’s Threatened Species Scientific Committee has stated that feral horses ‘may be the crucial factor that causes final extinction’ for 12 alpine species.
I recognise the sad reality that urgent and humane measures are necessary to urgently remove the horses or they will destroy the Snowies and the native wildlife that call the mountains home. I support a healthy national park where native species like the Corroboree Frog and Mountain Pygmy Possum can thrive.
