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Summary of the Report on a Research and Development Strategy for the Defeating the Weed Menace Programme

Best practice for on-ground property weed detection

Around 28,000 exotic plant species have been introduced into Australia since European settlement.

This publication is one of a suite of 13 produced as part of a folder showcasing research from the Defeating the Weed Menace Research and Development program.

Improving Targeting of Weed Biological Control Projects in Australia

As part of the Defeating the Weed Menace Program, Land & Water Australia commissioned the development of a national prioritisation system for improving the targeting of biological control projects to those weeds most likely to yield significant management…

Exploring Agents of Change to Peri-urban Weed Management

The aim of this study was to particularly focus on the drivers to land use changes in relation to invasive weeds. This was achieved through the utilisation of a case study approach facilitated by the conduct of questionnaire surveys of a selected sample…

Elucidating relationships between disturbance and invasion in riparian zones

This project sought to develop improved riparian weed management strategies by analysing the linkages between disturbance from flood events and both weed invasion and tree recruitment in riparian areas. Analysis of an existing dataset containing…

Best practice for on-ground property weed detection

Weedy species will continue to enter Australia while existing species expand their range via various pathways of weed spread (the subject of Defeating the Weed Menace Project UNE61, Pathway Risk Analysis for Weed Spread within Australia).

EWeedMAT:Environmental Weed Management Action Tool

The Environmental Weed Management Action Tool (EWeedMAT) was initially developed in the South East Natural Resources Management (SENRM) region of South Australia.1 Native vegetation in the South East has been reduced to 11% of its original area and is now…

Developing a Model for Environmental Weed Management in Fragmented Landscapes

The Environmental Weed Management Action Tool, EWeedMAT, was initially developed in the South East Natural Resources Management (SENRM) Region of South Australia (Herpich, 2006). Like much of temperate Australia, remnant native vegetation in this region…

Quantifying costs and benefits of buffel grass

Buffel grass is a major environmental weed with the potential to establish in over 60% of mainland Australia.
It is also highly prized by many pastoralists as an exotic pasture grass for livestock. Within these two conflicting views there is a spectrum…

Effect of land use and peri-urban development on aquatic weeds

The primary objective of the proposed work was to understand the impacts of peri-urban development on aquatic weed invasions. We quantified aquatic weed abundance according to land use through desktop and field-based surveys and classified 24 species in a…