NSW Bitou Bush Threat Abatement Plan - Department of ...

Threat Abatement Plan - Invasion of native plant communities by Chrysanthemoides monilifera
Table of contents Page
Executive summary iv
Preface vi
What is a threat abatement plan? vi
The draft Bitou TAP and this final TAP vi
The time-frame and review of the TAP vi
Acknowledgments vii
List of abbreviations used viii
1 Introduction 1
2 Relevant legislation, policies, strategies and programs 3
2.1 National legislation, policies, strategies and programs 3
2.1.1 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 3
2.1.2 Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 3
2.1.3 Biological Control Act 4
2.1.4 Commonwealth Coastal Policy 4
2.1.5 National Weeds Strategy 5
2.1.6 Weeds of National Significance 6
2.1.7 Cooperative Research Centre for Australian Weed Management 6
2.1.8 Natural Heritage Trust initiatives 6
2.1.9 Defeating the Weeds Menace initiative 7
2.1.10 Other national legislation, policies, strategies and programs 8
2.2 NSW legislation, policies, strategies and programs 8
2.2.1 NSW Noxious Weeds Act 8
2.2.2 NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 9
2.2.3 NSW Pesticides Act 10
2.2.4 Protection of the Environment Operations Act 11
2.2.5 NSW National Parks and Wildlife Act 11
2.2.6 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 12
2.2.7 Local Government Act 13
2.2.8 Catchment Management Authorities 13
2.2.9 NSW Coastal Policy 13
2.2.10 NSW Weeds Strategy 14
2.2.11 NSW Biodiversity Strategy 14
2.2.12 Strategies to manage bitou bush in New South Wales 14
2.2.13 Other NSW legislation, policies, strategies and programs 16
3 The biology and ecology of bitou bush and boneseed 17
3.1 Plant descriptions and biology 17
3.1.1 Bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. rotundata) 17
3.1.2 Boneseed (Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. monilifera) 18
3.2 Bitou bush and boneseed as environmental weeds 19
3.2.1 Arrival and spread of bitou bush in Australia 19
3.2.2 Arrival and spread of boneseed in Australia 20
3.2.3 Invasion by bitou bush and boneseed 20
3.2.4 Habitats invaded by bitou bush and boneseed 21
4 The impact of bitou bush and boneseed invasions on native plant communities 22
4.1 Bitou bush and boneseed invasions and biodiversity 22
4.1.1 Disturbance and bitou bush and boneseed invasions 23
4.2 Plant species, populations and ecological communities at risk 24
4.2.1 Why select biodiversity at risk? 24
4.2.2 Selecting and prioritising plant species at risk from invasion 24
4.2.3 High priority species 26
4.2.4 Selecting and prioritising plant populations at risk 30
4.2.5 High priority plant populations 31
4.2.6 Selecting and prioritising ecological communities at risk 32
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