30th November 2023
A submission to the NSW Natural Resources Commission inquiry into invasive species management, submitted November 2023, endorsed by the Australian Association of Bush Regenerators, Nature Conservation Council of NSW and National Parks Association of NSW.
In the already heavily invaded and degraded state of New South Wales, new invasive species keep arriving and establishing, emerging invaders are proliferating and spreading, and the worst extirpators and degraders haven’t let up. Climate change, habitat destruction and degradation and intensifying fire regimes are creating new opportunities for invasions.
We encourage a search for transformative solutions. Cautious incremental reforms will only reduce the rate at which decline occurs rather than suffice to stop extinctions, declines and degradation due to invasive species.
The submission makes 101 recommendations to improve invasive species management in the state.
The submission includes 10 attachments, the first being confidential due to its incomplete nature, and the 10th being a report Averting extinctions: the case for strengthening Australia’s threat abatement system.
You can download the second document that contains the following attachments here.
Attachment 2. The status of non-native species in New South Wales – introductions, naturalisations, invasions
Attachment 3. Extinctions and imminent extinctions
Attachment 4A. Invasive species and climate change
Attachment 4B. Climate change and invasive animals
Attachment 4C. Climate change and weeds
Attachment 5. Proposed considerations for biodiversity and carbon markets
Attachment 6. Strengthening regulation of plant pathways
Attachment 7. Strengthening regulation of pet pathways (excluding fish)
Attachment 8. Strengthening regulation of the aquarium fish invasion pathway
Attachment 9. Eradications – mainland, island, havens
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