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Weeds strategy and policy

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NSW Weeds Action Program

  • New South Wales Weeds Action Program Guidelines 2020-2025 (PDF, 703.2 KB)
  • NSW Weeds Action Program Report 2015-2020 (PDF, 4.9 MB)

Strategies

  • NSW Alligator weed strategy 2010-2015
  • NSW Parthenium Weed Strategic Plan
  • Orange hawkweed strategy 2011-2017
  • Australian weeds strategy
  • NSW Invasive Species Plan 2023-2028
  • NSW Parkinsonia Weed Strategic Plan

Policies and Procedures

  • Biosecurity Policy - Weed Management
  • Biosecurity Procedure - Formal Weed Inspections
  • Biosecurity Procedure - Parthenium weed carrier inspection

Forms

  • Biosecurity permit application
  • Parthenium weed carriers - Record of movement declaration
  • Application for Weeds Extranet

Handbooks

  • Biodiversity priorities for widespread weeds - Statewide framework

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 priority weed species in NSW.

  • Protocol for initial weed risk assessment of plant species in NSW
  • Background information
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  • Weed Risk
  • Feasibility of Coordinated Control
  • Further information
  • NSW Weed risk management system form (PDF, 414.2 KB)
  • NSW WRM eform (241.5 KB)
  • NSW WRM - Assessments
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