Revitalisation of the Elanora Wetlands Project. Photo: Rix Ryan Photography

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Invasive species

Review of the impacts of gambusia, redfin perch, tench, roach, yellowfin goby and streaked goby in Australia - 2008
An overview of the impacts of translocated native fish species in Australia - 2008
Enhancing the efficacy of phosphite with the addition/supplementation of other chemicals such as those known to be involved in resistance - 2008
Does the physiological status of the plant at the time of spraying affect the efficacy of phosphite? - 2008
Eradication of Phytophthora cinnamomi from spot infections in native plant communities in Western Australia and Tasmania - 2008

What are invasive species?

An invasive species is a species occurring, as a result of human activities, beyond its accepted normal distribution and which threatens valued environmental, agricultural or other social resources by the damage it causes.

Invasive species have a major impact on Australia's environment, threatening individual species and reducing overall species abundance and diversity.

Invasive species include:

Australian Government funding

The Australian Government funds a range of activities to reduce the threat of invasive species:

Commonwealth legislation

The Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts administers the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). Under the EPBC Act, the Commonwealth can, among other things:

list Key Threatening Processes. These processes threaten the survival, abundance or evolutionary development of a native species or ecological community. Examples of invasive species listed as key threatening processes are rabbits, foxes, cats, pigs, unmanaged goats, rodents on islands, red imported fire ants, Phytophthora cinnamomi, chytrid fungus and Psittacine beak and feather disease; and
develop and implement Threat Abatement Plans (TAPs). These plans outline the research, management and other actions necessary to reduce the impacts of a listed key threatening process on affected listed threatened species and ecological communities.

State Governments also have environment legislation. See our list of Australian Environment Departments.

AusBIOSEC

AusBIOSEC (Australian Biosecurity System for Primary Production and the Environment) is a framework of common principles and guidelines to enable biosecurity arrangements to be applied consistently across Australia. More about AusBIOSEC

More information

For more information on invasive species in Australia, please browse this web site, read the brochure Invasive species in Australia or read through the invasive species publications.

For general information about invasive species please contact the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts:

Community Information Unit
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601

Phone: 1800 803 772
Email: ciu@environment.gov.au

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