2015-01-12 General Committee Agenda Attachment 1 to Item 7 Pest Management Plan 2015-2019

4. Challenges to effective pest management
Pest and land managers face significant challenges if efficient and effective control of pests
is to be achieved. These challenges are as follows:

          The high cost and effort required to control established pests.
          Providing adequate support and resources for community environment groups.
          Implementing efficient and effective control methods.
          Public acceptance of pest control practices.
          Dedicating resources to preventing the establishment of new pest species that are
           difficult to detect.
          Incomplete data about pest distributions and population dynamics.
          The variability of stakeholder’s priorities and resources.
          Uncontrolled pest sources on neighbouring properties.
          Improving communication and coordination between landholders, community and
           local and state bodies and ensuring cooperative programs across boundaries (both
           property and council boundaries).


5. Policy context
The Noosa Local Government Area Pest Management Plan has been developed to align
with and complement relevant federal and state policies and strategies as listed in Table 1.

Policy context for local government area pest management plan development


             Resource Management                Pest Management                   Pest Species

             Caring for Our Country 2013-2018   Australian Weeds Strategy         Strategies for Weeds of National
                                                                                  Significance
             Australia’s Biodiversity           Australian Pest Animal Strategy
Federal
             Conservation Strategy 2010-2030                                      Threat Abatement Plans

                                                                                  National Environmental Alert List

                                                Queensland Biosecurity Strategy   Queensland Wild Dog
                                                2009-2014                         Management Strategy 2011-2016

                                                Queensland Weeds Strategy 2002-   Pest management guidelines
                                                2006
State
                                                Queensland Pest Animal Strategy
                                                2002-2006

                                                State agency pest management
                                                plans

             Regional Vegetation Management     Pest Management Planning
Regional /   Plans                              Guidelines
Catchment    SEQ NRM Plan                       Mary River Aquatic Weeds
                                                Strategy

             Noosa planning scheme              Noosa Local Government Area
Local                                           Pest Management

                                                Noosa Council Local Laws

Property     Property management plans          Property pest management plans




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