A working group including members of NSW Department of Primary Industries, Department of Environment and Climate Change, and Local Control Authorities have developed the NSW New Weed Incursion Plan 2009-2015. The plan sets out to address the weed component of Goals 1 & 2 of the NSW Invasive Species Plan - to exclude and eradicate or contain weed species in the state.

This plan will help coordinate the surveillance and identification of weeds and weed pathways, risk assessment of species and implementation of effective barriers to prevent their establishment. The plan will also outline how responses to weed incursions will be coordinated, implemented, monitored and reported.

The NSW Government is also committed to building the capacity of weed managers in this state. The plan identifies several new initiatives to increase the knowledge of Weeds Officers and to give them the tools and systems to manage new incursions effectively.

The NSW New Weed Incursion Plan provides a whole-of-government approach to managing new and emerging weed species in NSW, and is consistent with the goal of fostering a cooperative culture to minimise the impacts of weeds in NSW.

If you have any questions about the plan please contact:

Scott Charlton
Weed Strategy and Planning Officer, NSW DPI 
Email: scott.charlton@dpi.nsw.gov.au
Phone: 02 6391 3150