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The number of weeds declared on the Tasmanian Weed Management Act. Declared weeds are those for which effective management requires legislative support and direction. The Tasmanian Weed Management Act provides for the management of declared weeds and promotes a strategic and sustainable approach to weed management in Tasmania. Once a weed has been declared, a draft weed management plan must be compiled within 12 months of the declaration. The declared weed list is essentially a priority list of weeds of State significance to specify where limited resources and management efforts should be directed. Thus the number of weeds listed provides a measure of management effort. That is, the greater the number of weeds declared on the Act, the greater the potential management effort is to limit their spread and manage their impacts. This assertion is not strictly accurate, as plants may be declared under the Act that are not here, or whose populations have not changed, but whose threat is recognised - the actual threat has not changed, merely its recognition.
The number of weeds listed in the Tasmanian Weed Management Act 1999 Year Number listed 2001 86 Only 50 of the 86 weed species/species aggregates are found in Tasmania (a list of weed species under the Tasmanian Weed Management Act is available for downloading). Source: Weed Management Act Click here to dowload a copy of this list. State of the Environment - Tasmanian Indicator. |
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