NSW Weed Risk Management system
The New South Wales Weed Risk Management (WRM) system is a tool developed to assist weed managers in NSW to determine priorities for weed management at state, regional and local levels. The WRM system is used to evaluate noxious weed declarations in NSW.
The system uses a series of questions to arrive at a score for weed risk (invasiveness, impacts, potential distribution) and feasibility of coordinated control (control costs, persistence, current distribution). Once scores are determined, a table comparing the scores directs the assessor to what management priorities may be needed for the weed.
The NSW Weed Risk Management (WRM) system is based on the Australian and New Zealand Standard that is the National Post-Border Weed Risk Management Protocol. It was developed by Industry and Investment NSW in consultation with stakeholders to meet the needs of NSW weed managers.
Guidebooks & Forms
- Background Information
545.9 kb - Instruction booklet 1.4 mb
- Manual form 414.2 kb
- Electronic form
241.5 kb
NSW WRM Assessments
- Cylindropuntia rosea (Hudson pear) 111.3 kb
- Egeria densa (Leafy elodea) 121.5 kb
- Ehrharta erecta (Panic veldgrass) 130.7 kb
- Hyparrhenia hirta (Coolatai grass) 113.4 kb
- Lantana camara (Lantana) 135.4 kb
- Lantana montevidensis (Creeping lantana) 113.5 kb
- Ligustrum lucidum (Broad-leaf privet) 143.8 kb
- Ligustrum sinense (Narrow-leaf/Chinese privet) 132.4 kb
- Macfadyena unguis-cati (Cat's claw creeper) 101.8 kb
- Olea europaea ssp. cuspidata (African olive) 146.3 kb
- Olea europaea ssp. europaea (European olive) 136.8 kb
- Parthenium hysterophorus (Parthenium weed) 111.6 kb
- Phyla canescens (Lippia) 140.4 kb
- Rubus niveus (Hill raspberry / Mysore raspberry) 116.8 kb
- Senecio madagascariensis (Fireweed) 93.8 kb
- Ulex europaeus (Gorse / Furze) 120.9 kb