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Threat Abatement Plan - Invasion of native plant communities by Chrysanthemoides monilifera
9.3.2 Actions 1.2 and 1.3
Action 1.2 At control category 1 sites, DEC and the DoL will help to develop and implement sitespecific
management plans for bitou bush control programs, based on currently available
best practice guidelines. DEC will work with councils and private landholders that agree
to Action 1.1, to develop site-specific management plans.
Action 1.3 Indigenous communities will be encouraged to assist with the development of sitespecific
management plans.
Site-specific management plans (Action 1.2)
Site-specific management plans are required for all control category 1 sites. Each plan will follow
the framework established in Chapter 7, and should be completed using the proforma presented in
Appendix 9.
Consultation with indigenous people/communities (Action 1.3)
Indigenous people/communities are encouraged to participate in the implementation of this TAP.
In the first instance indigenous people’s/communities’ views will be considered during the
development of site-specific management plans, especially relating to cultural values of sites,
species, populations and ecological communities, as well as potential impacts that may arise from
control.
Performance criteria for Actions 1.2 and 1.3
< Site-specific management plans to control bitou bush will be developed for 75% (127 sites) of
the control category 1 sites within two years of the publication date of this TAP.
< Indigenous people are involved in the development of site-specific management plans.
9.3.3 Action 1.4
Action 1.4 Control of bitou bush is to continue at both the northern and southern containment
zones in NSW.
The NSW bitou bush strategy outlines the need for the northern and southern containment zones
to prevent the spread of bitou bush (see NPWS 2001a). However, the exact location of these
containment zones and their management were not identified in the strategy. Work is currently
being undertaken at both the northern and southern most distribution of bitou bush in New South
Wales, being the Tweed and Moruya/Jervis Bay regions, respectively.
Commitment to these containment zones is crucial in limiting future impacts to biodiversity not
just in New South Wales. However, what is needed to formalise the process is to: i) define and
map the current northern and southern containment zones; ii) outline a strategy with all relevant
stakeholders to move each containment zone during the course of this plan; iii) ensure that control
undertaken in these areas follows best practice; iv) maintain controlled areas and prevent
recruiting plants from seeding; and iv) determine the success of the program by assessing the level
of recruitment within the ‘contained’ area.