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

Table of Contents
1.          Executive Summary ............................................................................................................ 2
2.          Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 3
     2.1.   Background ........................................................................................................................ 3
     2.2.   Purpose of the Pest Management Plan ............................................................................... 3
     2.3.   Commencement and duration............................................................................................ 4
     2.4.   Scope ................................................................................................................................. 4
3.          Pest impacts in Noosa ......................................................................................................... 6
4.          Challenges to effective pest management ........................................................................ 10
5.          Policy context ................................................................................................................... 10
6.          Declared Pests .................................................................................................................. 14
7.          Pest Management Planning .............................................................................................. 14
     7.1.   The pest management planning framework ..................................................................... 14
     7.2.   Principles of pest management ........................................................................................ 15
     7.3.   Desired outcomes ............................................................................................................ 15
8.          The pest management planning process ........................................................................... 17
     8.1.   Plan development ............................................................................................................ 17
     8.2.   Consultation..................................................................................................................... 18
9.          Implementation of the plan .............................................................................................. 18
10.         Environmentally Significant Areas ..................................................................................... 22
11.         Communication and education ......................................................................................... 24
12.         Objectives......................................................................................................................... 24
13.         Strategic Action Plan ......................................................................................................... 24
14.         Noosa’s Priority Pest Species ............................................................................................ 34
15.         Pest Species List................................................................................................................ 36
16.         Glossary............................................................................................................................ 41
17.         Acronyms ......................................................................................................................... 42
18.         Reference List ................................................................................................................... 42




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