2015-04-28 Attachment 2 to item 5 Planning and Organisation Committee Agenda - Pest Management Plan 2015-2019

14 Glossary


Biodiversity         Biodiversity is the variety of all life   Non-declared pests     Pest plants and animals in the
                     forms (plants, animals, microor-          (as defined in this    Noosa Shire that are not listed as
                     ganisms, the genes they contain           plan)                  a declared pest under the Land
                     and the ecosystems they form part                                Protection (Pest and Stock Route
                     of.                                                              Management) Act 2002.
Climate Change       Is the change in climate attributed       Pests (as defined in   Plants and animals that are exotic
                     directly or indirectly to human           this plan)             species or native species found
                     activity that alters the composition                             outside their natural range where
                     of global atmosphere and that is, in                             these species cause (or have the
                     addition to natural climate variabil-                            potential to cause) environment,
                     ity over comparable time periods.                                agricultural and/or social impacts.
Ecological processes The interactions and connections          Sleeper weeds          Plants that appear benign for many
                     between living and non-living                                    years, but which may suddenly
                     systems, including movement of                                   spread rapidly following certain
                     energy, nutrient cycling and other                               natural events such as flood, fire,
                     chemical substances such as car-                                 drought, climate change, or change
                     bon, organisms and propagules.                                   in land or water management.
Ecosystem            A natural unit consisting of all
                     plants, animals and microor-
                     ganisms in an area, functioning
                     together with all the non-living
                     physical factors, including soil,
                     rocks, mineral, water sources and
                     the local atmosphere.
Environmentally      Environmentally Significant Areas
Significant Areas    are designated under the Land
                     Protection (Pest and Stock Route
                     Management) Act 2002 to provide
                     added protection against weeds
                     and pest animals for areas of eco-
                     logical importance.
Declared pests       A declared pest is a plant or animal
(plants and animals) that is listed Class 1, 2 or 3 in the
                     Land Protection Regulation 2003.
                     Declared pests pose a threat to
                     Queensland’s industries, natural
                     resources, environment and human
                     welfare.
Land Protection      Queensland Government leg-
(Pest and Stock      islation for the management of
Route Management) weeds, pest animals and stock
Act 2002             routes throughout Queensland.
                     It establishes a set of principles to
                     guide pest management, provides
                     a framework to pest management
                     planning and prescribes certain
                     species as being declared pests.
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