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8 Threat Abatement Plan - Invasion of native plant communities by Chrysanthemoides monilifera of this program is to fund programs relating to the WONS, especially where this leads to onground management. In the first round of the DWM program funds were secured to produce a Boneseed Management Manual (DEC in prep.). Numerous bitou bush and boneseed applications were submitted to the second round of funding, but no decision on the success of these projects was available at the time of writing. 2.1.10 Other national legislation, policies, strategies and programs The Australian Government is a signatory to a number of international conventions, including the Ramsar convention on wetlands of international importance, migratory bird conventions including JAMBA (Japan–Australia Migratory Bird Agreement) and CAMBA (China–Australia Migratory Bird Agreement). These agreements are for the protection of migratory birds and their habitats. Many migratory birds use coastal regions (including dunes and coastal vegetation) for feeding, nest sites and roosting. While the link between bitou bush infestations and declines in migratory bird populations is not clear (see Chapter 5), some initial evidence indicates that it may be extremely important. For example, little terns will not nest in areas containing dense bitou bush infestations. Any link between bitou bush infestation and migratory bird decline or destruction of wetlands could have major consequences for the management of bitou bush, as well as wetlands and migratory birds. 2.2 NSW legislation, policies, strategies and programs The NSW-specific legislation, policies, strategies and programs that influence bitou bush management are presented below. 2.2.1 NSW Noxious Weeds Act The NSW Noxious Weeds Act 1993 (NW Act) provides for the identification, classification and control of noxious weeds in New South Wales. The NW Act aims to identify noxious weeds and their respective control measures, as well as the roles and responsibilities for their control for both public and private land managers/owners. Amendments to the NW Act in 2005 repealed the NSW Seeds Act 1982 and introduced a new classification system of weed control classes based on the degree of threat and the distribution of the introduced plant within the state. These new control classes are: Control Class 1 – State Prohibited Weeds Control Class 2 – Regionally Prohibited Weeds Control Class 3 – Regionally Controlled Weeds Control Class 4 – Locally Controlled Weeds Control Class 5 – Restricted Plants. Under this new classification system Control Class 1, 2 and 5 noxious weeds are referred to as notifiable weeds.
Threat Abatement Plan - Invasion of native plant communities by Chrysanthemoides monilifera Prior to these amendments bitou bush and boneseed were declared noxious in all designated coastal councils/control areas of New South Wales (including metropolitan Sydney). These declarations have remained under the new classification system and amended listings that came into force on 1 March 2006 (see Appendix 1). 2.2.2 NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act In January 1996 the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (TSC Act) commenced to conserve threatened species, populations and ecological communities in New South Wales. The objectives of the TSC Act are to: < conserve biological diversity and promote ecologically sustainable development < prevent the extinction and promote the recovery of threatened species, populations and ecological communities < protect the critical habitat of those threatened species, populations and ecological communities that are endangered < eliminate or manage certain processes that threaten the survival or evolutionary development of threatened species, populations and ecological communities < ensure that the impact of any action affecting threatened species, populations and ecological communities is properly assessed < encourage the conservation of threatened species, populations and ecological communities by the adoption of measures involving cooperative management. Contained within the TSC Act are three schedules: Schedule 1 contains lists of critically endangered species and communities, endangered species, populations and communities, and extinct species; Schedule 2 contains lists of vulnerable species and communities; and Schedule 3 contains a list of key threatening processes (KTPs). A KTP is eligible to be listed under the TSC Act if, in the opinion of the New South Wales Scientific Committee, it: < adversely affects two or more listed threatened species, populations or ecological communities or < could cause species, populations or ecological communities that are not threatened to become threatened. The Invasion of native plant communities by bitou bush and boneseed was listed as a KTP in March of 1999 (see NSW SC 1999a). Until the 2004 amendments to the TSC Act the preparation of a threat abatement plan (TAP) for each listed KTP was mandatory. However, this is no longer the case, with the requirement for preparation of a TAP being at the discretion of the Director General, DEC. Irrespective, a TAP must outline how the threatening process is to be managed so as to abate, ameliorate or eliminate its adverse effects on threatened species, populations or ecological communities. As a legal document under the TSC Act, a TAP requires ministers and public authorities to undertake the actions where appropriate, however a measure must not be included in a threat abatement plan for implementation by a public authority unless the authority’s CEO approves its inclusion. This plan meets the requirements of a TAP for the Invasion of native plant communities by bitou bush and boneseed as per the TSC Act. 9
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