Invasive species in Australia: Fact sheets, submissions and reports

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Review of the Victorian Wildlife Act 1975

15 June, 2021

Our submission to the Victorian Wildlife Act review focuses on the association between the Act and exotic animals, particularly feral deer.

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Protection of the Alpine National Park: Draft Feral Horse Action Plan April 2021

30 April, 2021

This submission is a response to Parks Victoria's 2021 draft feral horse action plan, Protection of the Alpine National Park.

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Fire ants. Photo: Mikhail Vasilyev | Unsplash

Draft implementation plan for the National Priority List of Exotic Environmental Pests, Weeds and Diseases

12 April, 2021

Overall, we strongly endorse the draft implementation plan for the Priority Exotic Environmental Pests List. However, a few important gaps in the plan need to be addressed.

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Loggers with large log Brisbane Street-Beaudesert ca 1915-Photo State Library of Queensland

Case study: Transitioning out of logging native forests

17 March, 2021

This case study of the 1999 South East Queensland Forests Agreement demonstrates an alternative path to forest conflict.

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A fleet of seven trucks and 100 men delivered 3 billion cactoblastis larvae eggs. Photo: Queensland Government Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

Case study: Taming a cactus

12 March, 2021

This case study explains Australia tamed a devastating and seemingly intractable weed with the aid of a tiny moth from South America.

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Case study: Saving seabirds from longline fishing bycatch

8 March, 2021

This case study explains how Australia managed to achieve a major reduction in the numbers of seabirds killed as bycatch.

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Cat-dependent diseases and human health

3 March, 2021

The introduction of cats to Australia has been a disaster not just for our wildlife, but has impacts on human health as well.

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Fire regimes that cause biodiversity decline: Options for a national abatement response

15 February, 2021

Listing fire regimes that cause biodiversity decline as a key threatening process could be a major step towards substantially reducing threats to nature in Australia.

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Reining in feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park

14 January, 2021

This report applies an economic lens to the impacts growing numbers of feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park are having on the NSW economy.

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Proposed Tasmanian wild fallow deer management plan

11 December, 2020

A full appreciation of the risks and costs of expanding fallow deer populations and distribution should drive a new approach to deer management in Tasmania.

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