Terms of Reference
Ensure an integrated approach to all aspects of vertebrate pest management by:
- Providing national policy and planning solutions to vertebrate pest issues.
- Developing a National Vertebrate Pest Strategy and planning, coordinating and monitoring its implementation.
- Providing policy and planning advice to Natural Resource Management Standing Committee (NRMSC) and Primary Industries Standing Committee (PISC) on national vertebrate pest issues or as directed by NRMSC. Identify and facilitate implementation of action on significant vertebrate pest issues.
- Building linkages with NRMSC, PISC, Plant Health Australia, Animal Health Australia, and fisheries and research agencies in Australia and New Zealand on vertebrate pest issues.
- Identifying potential and emerging vertebrate
pest problems and recommend appropriate actions to NRMSC.
- Identifying and facilitating development, planning, coordination, implementation and monitoring of consistent national approaches to vertebrate pest management including:
- National strategies
- Codes of Practice
- Vertebrate Pest Threat Abatement Plans
- Biological control programs
- Harmonisation of relevant legislation
- Vertebrate risk assessment processes
- Research, education, extension and training
- Harmonisation of vertebrate pest data collection and management systems
- Response to emergency vertebrate pest incursions.
- To promote consistent approaches to vertebrate pest issues across all relevant jurisdictions, including:
- prevention;
- preparedness for new incursions;
- reduction of the impact of established populations;
- consistent, co-ordinated and strategic approaches to management of the economic, environmental and social impacts;
- eradication of infestations where feasible and appropriate; and
- standards for management responses.
- Developing a communications strategy for increasing the profile of vertebrate pests throughout the community, government and key stakeholders.
