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

Desired outcome                  Issues                            Specific outcomes

                                 Resources                         Efficiently and adequately
                                                                   resource weed and pest animal
                                                                   management

                                 Holistic management               Integrate pest management
                                                                   planning with other planning
                                                                   processes

Prevention, eradication and containment

Introduction, spread and         Prevention of introduction        Prevent the introduction of new
establishment of weeds and                                         weeds and pest animals
pest animals is prevented
                                 Early detection and eradication   Prevent the local establishment
                                                                   of new weeds and pest animals

                                 Containment                       Minimise the spread of weeds
                                                                   and pest animals to new areas

Integrated management

Integrated systems for           Development of management         Develop new and improve
managing the impacts of          practices                         existing management practices
established weeds and pest
animals are developed and        Adoption of management            Adopt and promote best
widely implemented               practices                         practice management

                                 Management incentives             Offer incentives for practicing
                                                                   pest management

                                 Population and impact             Reduce pest populations an
                                 management                        impacts

                                 Environmentally significant       Protect environmentally
                                 areas                             significant areas from impact of
                                                                   pests




8. The pest management planning process

       8.1.Plan development
Development of a local government area pest management plan is a statutory requirement
under the Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act 2002 and certain
aspects of the planning process are dictated by the Act. The planning process was also
guided by the Guidelines for Local Government Area Pest Management Plans (Biosecurity
Queensland, 2009).

Key statutory requirements of the planning process included the establishment of a
stakeholder group, the provision of a public submission period and certain aspects of the
approval process.

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