Status: Completed
Start date: 1 April 2018
Completion date: 1 August 2019
Project code: P01-I-001
Species/Threats: Multiple
Australia must understand its roles and responsibilities relating to preventing and detecting incursions of invasive animals and plants. That includes improving recognition of required actions to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of our responses to animal and plant incursions.
Beginning in 2017, the Invasive Plants and Animals Committee endorsed a project plan, then the National Incursion Prevention and Response Facilitator facilitated two key documents being developed: the Invasive Plan Framework and its accompanying Compendium (implementation manual). The committee endorsed these ‘living documents’ in 2019.
The objectives of this project was:
This project is now complete. For invasive species with environmental and social impacts, a nationally-consistent approach to responding to new incursions at a national, state or territory and local level is being put into action. A final draft of the National Vertebrate Incursion Prevention and Response Strategy 2019-2024 has been submitted to the Environment and Invasives Committee (EIC).
An InvasivePlan Compendium was developed from the outcomes of the Invasive Plan Framework, literature searches and workshops. Engagement and awareness of the InvasivePlan and incursion science in general was delivered through presentations, interviews, articles and workshops.
After a number of workshops this project has:
Christy, MT (2024) National Preparedness Plan: Asian Black-spined Toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus). Centre for Invasive Species Solutions, Canberra. https://invasives.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ABST-preparedness-plan.pdf
Christy M (2019) National National Incursion Prevention and Response Strategy for Potentially Invasive Vertebrates. A report for Environment and Invasives Committee (EIC). https://invasives.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/National-Vertebrate-Incursion-Prevention-and-Response-Strategy-FINAL-12-March-2019.pdf
Christy M (2019) Trapping options for Corn Snakes. A report for Centre for Invasive Species Solutions, Canberra. https://invasives.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Christy-2018-Trapping-options-for-Corn-Snakes.pdf
Christy and Quinn (2019) National Incursion Prevention and Response: Incursion Data Summary 2016-2017. A report for Centre for Invasive Species Solutions, Canberra. https://invasives.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Vertebrate-Incursion-Data-Summary-2016-2017.pdf