Strategic management of Aleppo Pines on Lower Eyre

1 INTRODUCTION
This report provides:
1. A recommended approach to <strong>Aleppo</strong> Pine <strong>management</strong> on lower Eyre Peninsula (EP), South
Australia, for the maximum benefit <strong>of</strong> the region’s biodiversity.
2. Practical guidelines for use by stakeholders involved in <strong>Aleppo</strong> Pine <strong>management</strong>.
3. A document to foster understanding <strong>of</strong> the importance <strong>of</strong> <strong>Aleppo</strong> <strong>Pines</strong> in the conservation <strong>of</strong>
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos on Eyre Peninsula.
4. A complement to other documents concerning <strong>Aleppo</strong> Pine <strong>management</strong> on lower EP
including:
• Ancell, D 2004, General principles and priorities for biodiversity conservation in the Eyre
Peninsula NRM region, Eyre Peninsula Natural Resource Management Group, Port
Lincoln.
• EAC 2004, Vegetation Management Plan for Wanilla Forest, a report prepared by EAC –
Ecological Evaluation for Port Lincoln Aboriginal Community Council and Threatened
Species Network SA.
• Quarmby, JP 2004, <strong>Aleppo</strong> Pine survey <strong>of</strong> Uley Wanilla, Uley South and Lincoln Basins:
report on the distribution and abundance <strong>of</strong> <strong>Aleppo</strong> Pine and recommendations for
control, SA Water Corporation.
• Map series <strong>of</strong> <strong>Aleppo</strong> Pine roadside infestations on Lower Eyre Peninsula. Available from
the Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources Management Board (EPNRM) (formerly the
Southern Eyre Animal and Plant Control Board).
The eradication <strong>of</strong> an environmental weed such as the <strong>Aleppo</strong> Pine on EP is not a straightforward
matter. Local eradication at a site-by-site priority basis, however, is achievable. <strong>Aleppo</strong> <strong>Pines</strong> are
both an environmental weed (proclaimed under the Natural Resources Management Act 2004)
threatening native vegetation and an important food source for the Critically Endangered Eyre
Peninsula Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (EPYTBC). When determining an approach to <strong>Aleppo</strong>
Pine <strong>management</strong> on EP, many issues need to be considered, including:
• impact on biodiversity
• ‘best practice’ weed <strong>management</strong>
• varying degrees <strong>of</strong> infestation and the large area affected
• relationships with other biodiversity values
• varying community attitudes towards <strong>Aleppo</strong> <strong>Pines</strong>
• constraints on time, money and resources available for <strong>management</strong>.
<strong>Strategic</strong> <strong>management</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Aleppo</strong> <strong>Pines</strong> on Lower Eyre Peninsula to maximise biodiversity conservation outcomes 1