Submitted: April 2016
The Queensland Weed and Pest Animal Strategy can be significantly strengthened to maximise the effectiveness of invasive species control and management under the new Act.
Seven national priorities for invasive species reform that deliver long-term cost savings, stem biodiversity losses and enhance agricultural productivity.
The Invasive Species Council endorses most of the objectives and actions outlined in this comprehensive draft plan. The plan is mostly clear and succinct.
The proposed new direction is unclear, despite the value of underpinning concepts of coordination and collaboration. The paper either signifies an exciting new era or government retreat from all but a few popular causes.
The submission recommends that a threat abatement plan be prepared for the national Key Threatening Process of escaped garden plants, since the current policies have failed to systematically close pathways for weed establishment and spread and the threat from escaped garden plants remains serious.
Review of weed management in NSW: Submission to the draft report of the Natural Resources Commission April 2014 prepared by the Invasive Species Council, the Australian
This submision sets out the dimensions of NSW’s weed threat – the extent and costs of weed invasion, the rate of introductions and naturalisations, and
August 2010
A report that calls for better weed laws, policies and funding in NSW to tackle weed invasions that are overwhelming authorities and landholders.
May 2009
A paper by WWF-Australia that outlines the strategic approach, design factors and policy objectives and instruments needed to construct a strong and effective national regulatory framework for weeds.
July 2007
This report by WWF-Australia examines the threat posed by poisonous garden plants and makes five recommendations for low-cost solutions.
2005
The report by the Australian Biosecurity Group proposes a framework to strengthen Australia’s biosecurity shield to protect us from weeds, pests and diseases consisting of ten elements.
May 2004
A list of over 1,000 garden plants that are invasive and potentially invasive classified according to their national importance.
A ‘white list’ or ‘permitted list’ approach to the sale and movement of plants is the safest way to prevent the spread of potentially weedy plants.
An examination of how weeds will be affected with a changing climate.
Submitted: April 2016
The Queensland Weed and Pest Animal Strategy can be significantly strengthened to maximise the effectiveness of invasive species control and management under the new Act.
Seven national priorities for invasive species reform that deliver long-term cost savings, stem biodiversity losses and enhance agricultural productivity.
The Invasive Species Council endorses most of the objectives and actions outlined in this comprehensive draft plan. The plan is mostly clear and succinct.
The proposed new direction is unclear, despite the value of underpinning concepts of coordination and collaboration. The paper either signifies an exciting new era or government retreat from all but a few popular causes.
The submission recommends that a threat abatement plan be prepared for the national Key Threatening Process of escaped garden plants, since the current policies have failed to systematically close pathways for weed establishment and spread and the threat from escaped garden plants remains serious.
Review of weed management in NSW: Submission to the draft report of the Natural Resources Commission April 2014 prepared by the Invasive Species Council, the Australian
This submision sets out the dimensions of NSW’s weed threat – the extent and costs of weed invasion, the rate of introductions and naturalisations, and
August 2010
A report that calls for better weed laws, policies and funding in NSW to tackle weed invasions that are overwhelming authorities and landholders.
May 2009
A paper by WWF-Australia that outlines the strategic approach, design factors and policy objectives and instruments needed to construct a strong and effective national regulatory framework for weeds.
July 2007
This report by WWF-Australia examines the threat posed by poisonous garden plants and makes five recommendations for low-cost solutions.
2005
The report by the Australian Biosecurity Group proposes a framework to strengthen Australia’s biosecurity shield to protect us from weeds, pests and diseases consisting of ten elements.
May 2004
A list of over 1,000 garden plants that are invasive and potentially invasive classified according to their national importance.
A ‘white list’ or ‘permitted list’ approach to the sale and movement of plants is the safest way to prevent the spread of potentially weedy plants.
An examination of how weeds will be affected with a changing climate.
Submitted: April 2016
The Queensland Weed and Pest Animal Strategy can be significantly strengthened to maximise the effectiveness of invasive species control and management under the new Act.
Seven national priorities for invasive species reform that deliver long-term cost savings, stem biodiversity losses and enhance agricultural productivity.
The Invasive Species Council endorses most of the objectives and actions outlined in this comprehensive draft plan. The plan is mostly clear and succinct.
The proposed new direction is unclear, despite the value of underpinning concepts of coordination and collaboration. The paper either signifies an exciting new era or government retreat from all but a few popular causes.
The submission recommends that a threat abatement plan be prepared for the national Key Threatening Process of escaped garden plants, since the current policies have failed to systematically close pathways for weed establishment and spread and the threat from escaped garden plants remains serious.
Review of weed management in NSW: Submission to the draft report of the Natural Resources Commission April 2014 prepared by the Invasive Species Council, the Australian
This submision sets out the dimensions of NSW’s weed threat – the extent and costs of weed invasion, the rate of introductions and naturalisations, and
August 2010
A report that calls for better weed laws, policies and funding in NSW to tackle weed invasions that are overwhelming authorities and landholders.
May 2009
A paper by WWF-Australia that outlines the strategic approach, design factors and policy objectives and instruments needed to construct a strong and effective national regulatory framework for weeds.
July 2007
This report by WWF-Australia examines the threat posed by poisonous garden plants and makes five recommendations for low-cost solutions.
2005
The report by the Australian Biosecurity Group proposes a framework to strengthen Australia’s biosecurity shield to protect us from weeds, pests and diseases consisting of ten elements.
May 2004
A list of over 1,000 garden plants that are invasive and potentially invasive classified according to their national importance.
A ‘white list’ or ‘permitted list’ approach to the sale and movement of plants is the safest way to prevent the spread of potentially weedy plants.
An examination of how weeds will be affected with a changing climate.
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Our protected areas are being trashed, trampled, choked and polluted by an onslaught of invaders. Invasive species are already the overwhelming driver of our animal extinction rate, and are expected to cause 75 of the next 100 extinctions.
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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.
