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National weed data collection survey

Purpose

The purpose of this survey is to gain an understanding of the data collected across Australia for national priority weeds and to determine what weeds and related issues are of importance to your group or organisation.

A role of the Australian Government in invasive species management is to provide national coordination to foster improved outcomes across Australia. The Australian Government also has a role to support the collection and collation of national weed data and information. The results of this survey will help provide a national picture of data collection for national priority weeds to inform policy and decision-making around investment of scarce resources.

We are interested in understanding which national priority weeds are a focus for your area or region, including what data collection activities are undertaken by your organisation. We would also like to know whether weed data are shared between your, and other organisations or groups.

The types of weeds we are interested in include:
  • Weeds of National Significance (WoNS), a list of 32 weeds considered to be nationally important based on a prioritisation process that assessed invasiveness, potential for spread and impacts on the environment, social amenity and the economy.
  • The National Environmental Alert list, a list of 28 non-native weeds identified based on three criteria:
    • posing a high or serious threat to the environment
    • having limited distribution within Australia
    • being amenable to successful eradication or containment programs
For further information about weeds on the National Environmental Alert List, please refer to the website: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/invasive/weeds/weeds/lists/alert.html
 
  • Agricultural Sleeper Weeds. A list of naturalised plants only present in small areas that have the potential to spread widely and could have a major impact on agriculture. The original list of 17 species was further prioritised to 10 species for which eradication was thought to be both desirable and feasible.
For further information on agricultural Sleeper Weeds, please refer to the website: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/invasive/weeds/weeds/lists/sleeper.html
 
  • Natural Resource Management (NRM)/ Catchment Management Authority (CMA)/ Local Land Services (LLS) priority weeds. These are weeds that are considered a priority for regions as they cause negative impacts to industry, the environment or social amenity. NRM/ CMA/ LLS priority weeds may include weeds on the above lists.
 
  • Emerging threats. These are weeds present in your region that are not yet widespread but could have negative impacts if not controlled. These may include weeds that have recently been introduced to the region but does not include weeds listed as WoNS, Environmental Alert or Agricultural Sleeper Weeds.

The survey will be open until Monday 21 May 2018.   We understand this survey may take you some time to complete; however, your participation is vital to creating an accurate national picture of the state of weeds in Australia. We greatly value your input!  Please note, if you need to leave the survey and return later, there is a ‘Save’ function at the very top of each page. If you have any queries or concerns about the survey at any stage, please contact nationalweedsurvey@agriculture.gov.au

After completion of the survey, we would like to provide results and feedback to participants—if you would like to receive this feedback, please provide your email address at the end of the survey.

 
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