POLICIES 4.2 Biosecurity and management of threats to indigenous species, habitats and ecosystems
4.2 (a) Conservation management strategies and plans should identify and, where possible, prioritise the threats posed by pests to indigenous species, habitats and ecosystems.
4.2 (b) Biosecurity and pest management programmes should give priority to:
- i. preventing pests becoming established, including illegal and inadvertent transfers;
- ii. eradicating newly naturalised pests at places, where practicable;
- iii. eradicating, containing or reducing the range of pests that are established but not widespread, where practicable; and
- iv. controlling widespread pests where this is required to protect indigenous species, habitats and ecosystems, where eradication or containment of them is not practicable.
4.2 (c) Biosecurity and pest management programmes should:
- i. seek to maximise outcomes for the benefit of indigenous species, habitats and ecosystems;
- ii. provide for either single or multiple species measures where required to protect specified places;
- iii. take account of statutory pest management strategies; and
- iv. be developed in collaboration with other relevant management agencies.
4.2 (d) Biosecurity and pest management programmes may include control of indigenous species, sports fish and game birds, where necessary to protect or restore threatened populations of indigenous species or habitats and ecosystems with unique or distinctive values.
4.2 (e) Commercial hunting of wild animals and animal pests should be encouraged to maximise the effective control of them, while minimising any adverse effects of hunting on planned outcomes at places.
4.2 (f) Recreational hunting of wild animals and animal pests should be encouraged where this does not diminish the effectiveness of operations to control them and is consistent with the planned outcomes at places.
4.2 (g) The introduction of biological control organisms into public conservation lands and waters should be approved only to control species that cannot be effectively and efficiently controlled in other ways.
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