Report Title - Weeds Australia

ContentsAcknowledgements.......................................................................................................... 1Summary ......................................................................................................................... 11 The challenge ....................................................................................................... 12 Background ......................................................................................................... 22.1 Biology ............................................................................................................. 22.2 History of spread .............................................................................................. 32.3 Summary of impacts ........................................................................................ 42.4 Control history ................................................................................................. 52.5 Control methods .............................................................................................. 62.6 Socioeconomic factors affecting management decisions ............................... 72.7 Legislative controls .......................................................................................... 72.8 Principles underpinning the plan ..................................................................... 92.8.1 The national program—progress to date ......................................... 112.9 Relevance to other strategies ........................................................................ 133 Strategic goals ................................................................................................... 143.1 Goal 1: Protect clean areas and eradicate outlier infestations ..................... 143.2 Goal2: Minimise impacts of prickly acacia on productivity andnatural assets ................................................................................................. 163.3 Goal 3: Maintain and enhance national commitment to manageprickly acacia .................................................................................................. 194 Monitoring, evaluation, reporting and improvement framework ........................ 215 Stakeholder responsibilities ............................................................................... 25Appendix 1 The Weeds of National Significance initiative and its phases ................... 28Appendix 2 National prickly acacia distribution and management zone map ............. 30Appendix 3 Program logic model for the prickly acacia strategic plan ........................ 31References and further reading ...................................................................................... 321