The Centre’s National Coordinator model brings invasive species research, development and engagement to life in communities Australia-wide.

The model increases community awareness of invasive species and their impacts. It facilitates and strengthens on-ground community efforts to support strong pest and weed management approaches at national, state and local levels while fostering the adoption of support systems and tools like PestSmart and FeralScan.

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Hosting our National Coordinators

The Centre hosts three National Coordinators.

These are: Gillian Basnett, National Feral Cat and Fox Management Coordinator, Greg Mifsud, National Wild Dog Management Coordinator and Heidi Kleinert, National Feral Rabbit Management Coordinator.

What do National Coordinators do to help manage invasive species?

National Coordinators have a broad remit. Their work supports healthy environments, agricultural productivity and our way of life by:

• overseeing effective resource allocation in invasive species management and RD&E through better coordination, communication, and prioritisation
• increasing community awareness of invasive species and their impacts
• increasing and improving adoption of invasive species best practice management (like releasing new planning and glovebox guides and updating the PestSmart management toolkits)
• fostering increased collective action and community engagement.