❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses dieback in Fitzgerald River National Park and Perth, inquiring about combat strategies, evaluation methods, and federal government advocacy for an updated threat abatement plan. The Minister outlines existing strategies, funding allocations, and collaborative efforts.
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DIEBACK — FITZGERALD RIVER NATIONAL PARK AND METROPOLITAN PERTH
Notice of this question was given. My question is in either three or four parts, depending on what arrived at the minister’s desk. Hon Donna Faragher : I have the answer to a four-part question. Hon GIZ WATSON : I will go with that then. I refer to the cases of dieback in the Fitzgerald River National Park and infestations in Nedlands and Perth, as reported in The West Australian on 15 July 2010. (1) What strategies does the minister have to combat dieback? (2) What additional strategies does the minister have to prevent or combat dieback in the metropolitan area? (3) How is the minister evaluating whether these strategies are actually working? (4) What steps has the minister taken to push the federal government for urgent replacement of the outdated dieback threat abatement plan? Hon DONNA FARAGHER
Notice of this question was given. My question is in either three or four parts, depending on what arrived at the minister’s desk. Hon Donna Faragher : I have the answer to a four-part question. Hon GIZ WATSON : I will go with that then. I refer to the cases of dieback in the Fitzgerald River National Park and infestations in Nedlands and Perth, as reported in The West Australian on 15 July 2010. (1) What strategies does the minister have to combat dieback? (2) What additional strategies does the minister have to prevent or combat dieback in the metropolitan area? (3) How is the minister evaluating whether these strategies are actually working? (4) What steps has the minister taken to push the federal government for urgent replacement of the outdated dieback threat abatement plan? Hon DONNA FARAGHER
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The government provides support through the Department of Environment and Conservation for efforts to identify, assess and mitigate the risks from phytophthora dieback across the state, including dieback mapping, the development of management guidelines and participation in the development of standard dieback signage and other initiatives. Under the state natural resource management program, for example, funding totalling $1.61 million has been allocated for a current priority project titled “Dieback Eradication Fitzgerald River National Park and Urgent Dieback Protection Action”. That is being undertaken by DEC in conjunction with South Coast Natural Resource Management Inc and other partners. Furthermore, in 2009, as part of the environmental community grants program, I awarded funding to the Dieback Working Group to develop a best-practice management framework for dieback in addition to funding South Coast NRM Inc and the Bungendore Park Management Committee. As part of the second round of the environmental community grants program, I also recently announced funding for four local community groups for action against the spread of dieback. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation works with local governments and groups such as the Dieback Working Group and the Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management to investigate, research and promote actions to mitigate the impacts of dieback. These actions include the use of phosphate to protect threatened flora and key plant communities and hygiene protocols to prevent its spread. In conjunction with local governments, the Dieback Working Group is currently trialling a dieback management framework, which is intended to give local government improved tools to manage dieback threats. (3) A key component of the current state NRM project referred to in the answer to (1) is the assessment of the practical application of researched control and eradication techniques in a high-value natural area. DEC has also worked over time to develop effective containment strategies and hygiene protocols to fight dieback. These are routinely applied through development approval conditions across the South West and operations on public conservation and forest lands managed by DEC. DEC is involved in ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of dieback management as key components of conservation management. (4) The state has provided considerable input into the development of the threat abatement plan and supported its completion. While the final form of the plan and its adoption under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are matters for the federal government, Western Australia has continued to adopt dieback management that is consistent with current best practice and the goals of the threat abatement plan. DEC has continued to offer advice and technical input to the commonwealth government as it considers a possible replacement for the threat abatement plan.
Hon Donna Faragher : I have the answer to a four-part question. Hon GIZ WATSON : I will go with that then. I refer to the cases of dieback in the Fitzgerald River National Park and infestations in Nedlands and Perth, as reported in The West Australian on 15 July 2010. (1) What strategies does the minister have to combat dieback? (2) What additional strategies does the minister have to prevent or combat dieback in the metropolitan area? (3) How is the minister evaluating whether these strategies are actually working? (4) What steps has the minister taken to push the federal government for urgent replacement of the outdated dieback threat abatement plan? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The government provides support through the Department of Environment and Conservation for efforts to identify, assess and mitigate the risks from phytophthora dieback across the state, including dieback mapping, the development of management guidelines and participation in the development of standard dieback signage and other initiatives. Under the state natural resource management program, for example, funding totalling $1.61 million has been allocated for a current priority project titled “Dieback Eradication Fitzgerald River National Park and Urgent Dieback Protection Action”. That is being undertaken by DEC in conjunction with South Coast Natural Resource Management Inc and other partners. Furthermore, in 2009, as part of the environmental community grants program, I awarded funding to the Dieback Working Group to develop a best-practice management framework for dieback in addition to funding South Coast NRM Inc and the Bungendore Park Management Committee. As part of the second round of the environmental community grants program, I also recently announced funding for four local community groups for action against the spread of dieback. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation works with local governments and groups such as the Dieback Working Group and the Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management to investigate, research and promote actions to mitigate the impacts of dieback. These actions include the use of phosphate to protect threatened flora and key plant communities and hygiene protocols to prevent its spread. In conjunction with local governments, the Dieback Working Group is currently trialling a dieback management framework, which is intended to give local government improved tools to manage dieback threats. (3) A key component of the current state NRM project referred to in the answer to (1) is the assessment of the practical application of researched control and eradication techniques in a high-value natural area. DEC has also worked over time to develop effective containment strategies and hygiene protocols to fight dieback. These are routinely applied through development approval conditions across the South West and operations on public conservation and forest lands managed by DEC. DEC is involved in ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of dieback management as key components of conservation management. (4) The state has provided considerable input into the development of the threat abatement plan and supported its completion. While the final form of the plan and its adoption under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are matters for the federal government, Western Australia has continued to adopt dieback management that is consistent with current best practice and the goals of the threat abatement plan. DEC has continued to offer advice and technical input to the commonwealth government as it considers a possible replacement for the threat abatement plan.
Hon GIZ WATSON : I will go with that then. I refer to the cases of dieback in the Fitzgerald River National Park and infestations in Nedlands and Perth, as reported in The West Australian on 15 July 2010. (1) What strategies does the minister have to combat dieback? (2) What additional strategies does the minister have to prevent or combat dieback in the metropolitan area? (3) How is the minister evaluating whether these strategies are actually working? (4) What steps has the minister taken to push the federal government for urgent replacement of the outdated dieback threat abatement plan? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The government provides support through the Department of Environment and Conservation for efforts to identify, assess and mitigate the risks from phytophthora dieback across the state, including dieback mapping, the development of management guidelines and participation in the development of standard dieback signage and other initiatives. Under the state natural resource management program, for example, funding totalling $1.61 million has been allocated for a current priority project titled “Dieback Eradication Fitzgerald River National Park and Urgent Dieback Protection Action”. That is being undertaken by DEC in conjunction with South Coast Natural Resource Management Inc and other partners. Furthermore, in 2009, as part of the environmental community grants program, I awarded funding to the Dieback Working Group to develop a best-practice management framework for dieback in addition to funding South Coast NRM Inc and the Bungendore Park Management Committee. As part of the second round of the environmental community grants program, I also recently announced funding for four local community groups for action against the spread of dieback. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation works with local governments and groups such as the Dieback Working Group and the Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management to investigate, research and promote actions to mitigate the impacts of dieback. These actions include the use of phosphate to protect threatened flora and key plant communities and hygiene protocols to prevent its spread. In conjunction with local governments, the Dieback Working Group is currently trialling a dieback management framework, which is intended to give local government improved tools to manage dieback threats. (3) A key component of the current state NRM project referred to in the answer to (1) is the assessment of the practical application of researched control and eradication techniques in a high-value natural area. DEC has also worked over time to develop effective containment strategies and hygiene protocols to fight dieback. These are routinely applied through development approval conditions across the South West and operations on public conservation and forest lands managed by DEC. DEC is involved in ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of dieback management as key components of conservation management. (4) The state has provided considerable input into the development of the threat abatement plan and supported its completion. While the final form of the plan and its adoption under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are matters for the federal government, Western Australia has continued to adopt dieback management that is consistent with current best practice and the goals of the threat abatement plan. DEC has continued to offer advice and technical input to the commonwealth government as it considers a possible replacement for the threat abatement plan.
I refer to the cases of dieback in the Fitzgerald River National Park and infestations in Nedlands and Perth, as reported in The West Australian on 15 July 2010. (1) What strategies does the minister have to combat dieback? (2) What additional strategies does the minister have to prevent or combat dieback in the metropolitan area? (3) How is the minister evaluating whether these strategies are actually working? (4) What steps has the minister taken to push the federal government for urgent replacement of the outdated dieback threat abatement plan? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The government provides support through the Department of Environment and Conservation for efforts to identify, assess and mitigate the risks from phytophthora dieback across the state, including dieback mapping, the development of management guidelines and participation in the development of standard dieback signage and other initiatives. Under the state natural resource management program, for example, funding totalling $1.61 million has been allocated for a current priority project titled “Dieback Eradication Fitzgerald River National Park and Urgent Dieback Protection Action”. That is being undertaken by DEC in conjunction with South Coast Natural Resource Management Inc and other partners. Furthermore, in 2009, as part of the environmental community grants program, I awarded funding to the Dieback Working Group to develop a best-practice management framework for dieback in addition to funding South Coast NRM Inc and the Bungendore Park Management Committee. As part of the second round of the environmental community grants program, I also recently announced funding for four local community groups for action against the spread of dieback. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation works with local governments and groups such as the Dieback Working Group and the Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management to investigate, research and promote actions to mitigate the impacts of dieback. These actions include the use of phosphate to protect threatened flora and key plant communities and hygiene protocols to prevent its spread. In conjunction with local governments, the Dieback Working Group is currently trialling a dieback management framework, which is intended to give local government improved tools to manage dieback threats. (3) A key component of the current state NRM project referred to in the answer to (1) is the assessment of the practical application of researched control and eradication techniques in a high-value natural area. DEC has also worked over time to develop effective containment strategies and hygiene protocols to fight dieback. These are routinely applied through development approval conditions across the South West and operations on public conservation and forest lands managed by DEC. DEC is involved in ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of dieback management as key components of conservation management. (4) The state has provided considerable input into the development of the threat abatement plan and supported its completion. While the final form of the plan and its adoption under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are matters for the federal government, Western Australia has continued to adopt dieback management that is consistent with current best practice and the goals of the threat abatement plan. DEC has continued to offer advice and technical input to the commonwealth government as it considers a possible replacement for the threat abatement plan.
(1) What strategies does the minister have to combat dieback? (2) What additional strategies does the minister have to prevent or combat dieback in the metropolitan area? (3) How is the minister evaluating whether these strategies are actually working? (4) What steps has the minister taken to push the federal government for urgent replacement of the outdated dieback threat abatement plan? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The government provides support through the Department of Environment and Conservation for efforts to identify, assess and mitigate the risks from phytophthora dieback across the state, including dieback mapping, the development of management guidelines and participation in the development of standard dieback signage and other initiatives. Under the state natural resource management program, for example, funding totalling $1.61 million has been allocated for a current priority project titled “Dieback Eradication Fitzgerald River National Park and Urgent Dieback Protection Action”. That is being undertaken by DEC in conjunction with South Coast Natural Resource Management Inc and other partners. Furthermore, in 2009, as part of the environmental community grants program, I awarded funding to the Dieback Working Group to develop a best-practice management framework for dieback in addition to funding South Coast NRM Inc and the Bungendore Park Management Committee. As part of the second round of the environmental community grants program, I also recently announced funding for four local community groups for action against the spread of dieback. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation works with local governments and groups such as the Dieback Working Group and the Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management to investigate, research and promote actions to mitigate the impacts of dieback. These actions include the use of phosphate to protect threatened flora and key plant communities and hygiene protocols to prevent its spread. In conjunction with local governments, the Dieback Working Group is currently trialling a dieback management framework, which is intended to give local government improved tools to manage dieback threats. (3) A key component of the current state NRM project referred to in the answer to (1) is the assessment of the practical application of researched control and eradication techniques in a high-value natural area. DEC has also worked over time to develop effective containment strategies and hygiene protocols to fight dieback. These are routinely applied through development approval conditions across the South West and operations on public conservation and forest lands managed by DEC. DEC is involved in ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of dieback management as key components of conservation management. (4) The state has provided considerable input into the development of the threat abatement plan and supported its completion. While the final form of the plan and its adoption under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are matters for the federal government, Western Australia has continued to adopt dieback management that is consistent with current best practice and the goals of the threat abatement plan. DEC has continued to offer advice and technical input to the commonwealth government as it considers a possible replacement for the threat abatement plan.
(2) What additional strategies does the minister have to prevent or combat dieback in the metropolitan area? (3) How is the minister evaluating whether these strategies are actually working? (4) What steps has the minister taken to push the federal government for urgent replacement of the outdated dieback threat abatement plan? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The government provides support through the Department of Environment and Conservation for efforts to identify, assess and mitigate the risks from phytophthora dieback across the state, including dieback mapping, the development of management guidelines and participation in the development of standard dieback signage and other initiatives. Under the state natural resource management program, for example, funding totalling $1.61 million has been allocated for a current priority project titled “Dieback Eradication Fitzgerald River National Park and Urgent Dieback Protection Action”. That is being undertaken by DEC in conjunction with South Coast Natural Resource Management Inc and other partners. Furthermore, in 2009, as part of the environmental community grants program, I awarded funding to the Dieback Working Group to develop a best-practice management framework for dieback in addition to funding South Coast NRM Inc and the Bungendore Park Management Committee. As part of the second round of the environmental community grants program, I also recently announced funding for four local community groups for action against the spread of dieback. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation works with local governments and groups such as the Dieback Working Group and the Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management to investigate, research and promote actions to mitigate the impacts of dieback. These actions include the use of phosphate to protect threatened flora and key plant communities and hygiene protocols to prevent its spread. In conjunction with local governments, the Dieback Working Group is currently trialling a dieback management framework, which is intended to give local government improved tools to manage dieback threats. (3) A key component of the current state NRM project referred to in the answer to (1) is the assessment of the practical application of researched control and eradication techniques in a high-value natural area. DEC has also worked over time to develop effective containment strategies and hygiene protocols to fight dieback. These are routinely applied through development approval conditions across the South West and operations on public conservation and forest lands managed by DEC. DEC is involved in ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of dieback management as key components of conservation management. (4) The state has provided considerable input into the development of the threat abatement plan and supported its completion. While the final form of the plan and its adoption under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are matters for the federal government, Western Australia has continued to adopt dieback management that is consistent with current best practice and the goals of the threat abatement plan. DEC has continued to offer advice and technical input to the commonwealth government as it considers a possible replacement for the threat abatement plan.
(3) How is the minister evaluating whether these strategies are actually working? (4) What steps has the minister taken to push the federal government for urgent replacement of the outdated dieback threat abatement plan? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The government provides support through the Department of Environment and Conservation for efforts to identify, assess and mitigate the risks from phytophthora dieback across the state, including dieback mapping, the development of management guidelines and participation in the development of standard dieback signage and other initiatives. Under the state natural resource management program, for example, funding totalling $1.61 million has been allocated for a current priority project titled “Dieback Eradication Fitzgerald River National Park and Urgent Dieback Protection Action”. That is being undertaken by DEC in conjunction with South Coast Natural Resource Management Inc and other partners. Furthermore, in 2009, as part of the environmental community grants program, I awarded funding to the Dieback Working Group to develop a best-practice management framework for dieback in addition to funding South Coast NRM Inc and the Bungendore Park Management Committee. As part of the second round of the environmental community grants program, I also recently announced funding for four local community groups for action against the spread of dieback. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation works with local governments and groups such as the Dieback Working Group and the Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management to investigate, research and promote actions to mitigate the impacts of dieback. These actions include the use of phosphate to protect threatened flora and key plant communities and hygiene protocols to prevent its spread. In conjunction with local governments, the Dieback Working Group is currently trialling a dieback management framework, which is intended to give local government improved tools to manage dieback threats. (3) A key component of the current state NRM project referred to in the answer to (1) is the assessment of the practical application of researched control and eradication techniques in a high-value natural area. DEC has also worked over time to develop effective containment strategies and hygiene protocols to fight dieback. These are routinely applied through development approval conditions across the South West and operations on public conservation and forest lands managed by DEC. DEC is involved in ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of dieback management as key components of conservation management. (4) The state has provided considerable input into the development of the threat abatement plan and supported its completion. While the final form of the plan and its adoption under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are matters for the federal government, Western Australia has continued to adopt dieback management that is consistent with current best practice and the goals of the threat abatement plan. DEC has continued to offer advice and technical input to the commonwealth government as it considers a possible replacement for the threat abatement plan.
(4) What steps has the minister taken to push the federal government for urgent replacement of the outdated dieback threat abatement plan? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The government provides support through the Department of Environment and Conservation for efforts to identify, assess and mitigate the risks from phytophthora dieback across the state, including dieback mapping, the development of management guidelines and participation in the development of standard dieback signage and other initiatives. Under the state natural resource management program, for example, funding totalling $1.61 million has been allocated for a current priority project titled “Dieback Eradication Fitzgerald River National Park and Urgent Dieback Protection Action”. That is being undertaken by DEC in conjunction with South Coast Natural Resource Management Inc and other partners. Furthermore, in 2009, as part of the environmental community grants program, I awarded funding to the Dieback Working Group to develop a best-practice management framework for dieback in addition to funding South Coast NRM Inc and the Bungendore Park Management Committee. As part of the second round of the environmental community grants program, I also recently announced funding for four local community groups for action against the spread of dieback. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation works with local governments and groups such as the Dieback Working Group and the Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management to investigate, research and promote actions to mitigate the impacts of dieback. These actions include the use of phosphate to protect threatened flora and key plant communities and hygiene protocols to prevent its spread. In conjunction with local governments, the Dieback Working Group is currently trialling a dieback management framework, which is intended to give local government improved tools to manage dieback threats. (3) A key component of the current state NRM project referred to in the answer to (1) is the assessment of the practical application of researched control and eradication techniques in a high-value natural area. DEC has also worked over time to develop effective containment strategies and hygiene protocols to fight dieback. These are routinely applied through development approval conditions across the South West and operations on public conservation and forest lands managed by DEC. DEC is involved in ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of dieback management as key components of conservation management. (4) The state has provided considerable input into the development of the threat abatement plan and supported its completion. While the final form of the plan and its adoption under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are matters for the federal government, Western Australia has continued to adopt dieback management that is consistent with current best practice and the goals of the threat abatement plan. DEC has continued to offer advice and technical input to the commonwealth government as it considers a possible replacement for the threat abatement plan.
Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The government provides support through the Department of Environment and Conservation for efforts to identify, assess and mitigate the risks from phytophthora dieback across the state, including dieback mapping, the development of management guidelines and participation in the development of standard dieback signage and other initiatives. Under the state natural resource management program, for example, funding totalling $1.61 million has been allocated for a current priority project titled “Dieback Eradication Fitzgerald River National Park and Urgent Dieback Protection Action”. That is being undertaken by DEC in conjunction with South Coast Natural Resource Management Inc and other partners. Furthermore, in 2009, as part of the environmental community grants program, I awarded funding to the Dieback Working Group to develop a best-practice management framework for dieback in addition to funding South Coast NRM Inc and the Bungendore Park Management Committee. As part of the second round of the environmental community grants program, I also recently announced funding for four local community groups for action against the spread of dieback. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation works with local governments and groups such as the Dieback Working Group and the Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management to investigate, research and promote actions to mitigate the impacts of dieback. These actions include the use of phosphate to protect threatened flora and key plant communities and hygiene protocols to prevent its spread. In conjunction with local governments, the Dieback Working Group is currently trialling a dieback management framework, which is intended to give local government improved tools to manage dieback threats. (3) A key component of the current state NRM project referred to in the answer to (1) is the assessment of the practical application of researched control and eradication techniques in a high-value natural area. DEC has also worked over time to develop effective containment strategies and hygiene protocols to fight dieback. These are routinely applied through development approval conditions across the South West and operations on public conservation and forest lands managed by DEC. DEC is involved in ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of dieback management as key components of conservation management. (4) The state has provided considerable input into the development of the threat abatement plan and supported its completion. While the final form of the plan and its adoption under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are matters for the federal government, Western Australia has continued to adopt dieback management that is consistent with current best practice and the goals of the threat abatement plan. DEC has continued to offer advice and technical input to the commonwealth government as it considers a possible replacement for the threat abatement plan.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The government provides support through the Department of Environment and Conservation for efforts to identify, assess and mitigate the risks from phytophthora dieback across the state, including dieback mapping, the development of management guidelines and participation in the development of standard dieback signage and other initiatives. Under the state natural resource management program, for example, funding totalling $1.61 million has been allocated for a current priority project titled “Dieback Eradication Fitzgerald River National Park and Urgent Dieback Protection Action”. That is being undertaken by DEC in conjunction with South Coast Natural Resource Management Inc and other partners. Furthermore, in 2009, as part of the environmental community grants program, I awarded funding to the Dieback Working Group to develop a best-practice management framework for dieback in addition to funding South Coast NRM Inc and the Bungendore Park Management Committee. As part of the second round of the environmental community grants program, I also recently announced funding for four local community groups for action against the spread of dieback. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation works with local governments and groups such as the Dieback Working Group and the Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management to investigate, research and promote actions to mitigate the impacts of dieback. These actions include the use of phosphate to protect threatened flora and key plant communities and hygiene protocols to prevent its spread. In conjunction with local governments, the Dieback Working Group is currently trialling a dieback management framework, which is intended to give local government improved tools to manage dieback threats. (3) A key component of the current state NRM project referred to in the answer to (1) is the assessment of the practical application of researched control and eradication techniques in a high-value natural area. DEC has also worked over time to develop effective containment strategies and hygiene protocols to fight dieback. These are routinely applied through development approval conditions across the South West and operations on public conservation and forest lands managed by DEC. DEC is involved in ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of dieback management as key components of conservation management. (4) The state has provided considerable input into the development of the threat abatement plan and supported its completion. While the final form of the plan and its adoption under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are matters for the federal government, Western Australia has continued to adopt dieback management that is consistent with current best practice and the goals of the threat abatement plan. DEC has continued to offer advice and technical input to the commonwealth government as it considers a possible replacement for the threat abatement plan.
(1) The government provides support through the Department of Environment and Conservation for efforts to identify, assess and mitigate the risks from phytophthora dieback across the state, including dieback mapping, the development of management guidelines and participation in the development of standard dieback signage and other initiatives. Under the state natural resource management program, for example, funding totalling $1.61 million has been allocated for a current priority project titled “Dieback Eradication Fitzgerald River National Park and Urgent Dieback Protection Action”. That is being undertaken by DEC in conjunction with South Coast Natural Resource Management Inc and other partners. Furthermore, in 2009, as part of the environmental community grants program, I awarded funding to the Dieback Working Group to develop a best-practice management framework for dieback in addition to funding South Coast NRM Inc and the Bungendore Park Management Committee. As part of the second round of the environmental community grants program, I also recently announced funding for four local community groups for action against the spread of dieback. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation works with local governments and groups such as the Dieback Working Group and the Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management to investigate, research and promote actions to mitigate the impacts of dieback. These actions include the use of phosphate to protect threatened flora and key plant communities and hygiene protocols to prevent its spread. In conjunction with local governments, the Dieback Working Group is currently trialling a dieback management framework, which is intended to give local government improved tools to manage dieback threats. (3) A key component of the current state NRM project referred to in the answer to (1) is the assessment of the practical application of researched control and eradication techniques in a high-value natural area. DEC has also worked over time to develop effective containment strategies and hygiene protocols to fight dieback. These are routinely applied through development approval conditions across the South West and operations on public conservation and forest lands managed by DEC. DEC is involved in ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of dieback management as key components of conservation management. (4) The state has provided considerable input into the development of the threat abatement plan and supported its completion. While the final form of the plan and its adoption under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are matters for the federal government, Western Australia has continued to adopt dieback management that is consistent with current best practice and the goals of the threat abatement plan. DEC has continued to offer advice and technical input to the commonwealth government as it considers a possible replacement for the threat abatement plan.
(2) The Department of Environment and Conservation works with local governments and groups such as the Dieback Working Group and the Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management to investigate, research and promote actions to mitigate the impacts of dieback. These actions include the use of phosphate to protect threatened flora and key plant communities and hygiene protocols to prevent its spread. In conjunction with local governments, the Dieback Working Group is currently trialling a dieback management framework, which is intended to give local government improved tools to manage dieback threats. (3) A key component of the current state NRM project referred to in the answer to (1) is the assessment of the practical application of researched control and eradication techniques in a high-value natural area. DEC has also worked over time to develop effective containment strategies and hygiene protocols to fight dieback. These are routinely applied through development approval conditions across the South West and operations on public conservation and forest lands managed by DEC. DEC is involved in ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of dieback management as key components of conservation management. (4) The state has provided considerable input into the development of the threat abatement plan and supported its completion. While the final form of the plan and its adoption under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are matters for the federal government, Western Australia has continued to adopt dieback management that is consistent with current best practice and the goals of the threat abatement plan. DEC has continued to offer advice and technical input to the commonwealth government as it considers a possible replacement for the threat abatement plan.
(3) A key component of the current state NRM project referred to in the answer to (1) is the assessment of the practical application of researched control and eradication techniques in a high-value natural area. DEC has also worked over time to develop effective containment strategies and hygiene protocols to fight dieback. These are routinely applied through development approval conditions across the South West and operations on public conservation and forest lands managed by DEC. DEC is involved in ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of dieback management as key components of conservation management. (4) The state has provided considerable input into the development of the threat abatement plan and supported its completion. While the final form of the plan and its adoption under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are matters for the federal government, Western Australia has continued to adopt dieback management that is consistent with current best practice and the goals of the threat abatement plan. DEC has continued to offer advice and technical input to the commonwealth government as it considers a possible replacement for the threat abatement plan.
(4) The state has provided considerable input into the development of the threat abatement plan and supported its completion. While the final form of the plan and its adoption under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are matters for the federal government, Western Australia has continued to adopt dieback management that is consistent with current best practice and the goals of the threat abatement plan. DEC has continued to offer advice and technical input to the commonwealth government as it considers a possible replacement for the threat abatement plan.
Hon Donna Faragher : I have the answer to a four-part question. Hon GIZ WATSON : I will go with that then. I refer to the cases of dieback in the Fitzgerald River National Park and infestations in Nedlands and Perth, as reported in The West Australian on 15 July 2010. (1) What strategies does the minister have to combat dieback? (2) What additional strategies does the minister have to prevent or combat dieback in the metropolitan area? (3) How is the minister evaluating whether these strategies are actually working? (4) What steps has the minister taken to push the federal government for urgent replacement of the outdated dieback threat abatement plan? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The government provides support through the Department of Environment and Conservation for efforts to identify, assess and mitigate the risks from phytophthora dieback across the state, including dieback mapping, the development of management guidelines and participation in the development of standard dieback signage and other initiatives. Under the state natural resource management program, for example, funding totalling $1.61 million has been allocated for a current priority project titled “Dieback Eradication Fitzgerald River National Park and Urgent Dieback Protection Action”. That is being undertaken by DEC in conjunction with South Coast Natural Resource Management Inc and other partners. Furthermore, in 2009, as part of the environmental community grants program, I awarded funding to the Dieback Working Group to develop a best-practice management framework for dieback in addition to funding South Coast NRM Inc and the Bungendore Park Management Committee. As part of the second round of the environmental community grants program, I also recently announced funding for four local community groups for action against the spread of dieback. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation works with local governments and groups such as the Dieback Working Group and the Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management to investigate, research and promote actions to mitigate the impacts of dieback. These actions include the use of phosphate to protect threatened flora and key plant communities and hygiene protocols to prevent its spread. In conjunction with local governments, the Dieback Working Group is currently trialling a dieback management framework, which is intended to give local government improved tools to manage dieback threats. (3) A key component of the current state NRM project referred to in the answer to (1) is the assessment of the practical application of researched control and eradication techniques in a high-value natural area. DEC has also worked over time to develop effective containment strategies and hygiene protocols to fight dieback. These are routinely applied through development approval conditions across the South West and operations on public conservation and forest lands managed by DEC. DEC is involved in ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of dieback management as key components of conservation management. (4) The state has provided considerable input into the development of the threat abatement plan and supported its completion. While the final form of the plan and its adoption under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are matters for the federal government, Western Australia has continued to adopt dieback management that is consistent with current best practice and the goals of the threat abatement plan. DEC has continued to offer advice and technical input to the commonwealth government as it considers a possible replacement for the threat abatement plan.
Hon GIZ WATSON : I will go with that then. I refer to the cases of dieback in the Fitzgerald River National Park and infestations in Nedlands and Perth, as reported in The West Australian on 15 July 2010. (1) What strategies does the minister have to combat dieback? (2) What additional strategies does the minister have to prevent or combat dieback in the metropolitan area? (3) How is the minister evaluating whether these strategies are actually working? (4) What steps has the minister taken to push the federal government for urgent replacement of the outdated dieback threat abatement plan? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The government provides support through the Department of Environment and Conservation for efforts to identify, assess and mitigate the risks from phytophthora dieback across the state, including dieback mapping, the development of management guidelines and participation in the development of standard dieback signage and other initiatives. Under the state natural resource management program, for example, funding totalling $1.61 million has been allocated for a current priority project titled “Dieback Eradication Fitzgerald River National Park and Urgent Dieback Protection Action”. That is being undertaken by DEC in conjunction with South Coast Natural Resource Management Inc and other partners. Furthermore, in 2009, as part of the environmental community grants program, I awarded funding to the Dieback Working Group to develop a best-practice management framework for dieback in addition to funding South Coast NRM Inc and the Bungendore Park Management Committee. As part of the second round of the environmental community grants program, I also recently announced funding for four local community groups for action against the spread of dieback. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation works with local governments and groups such as the Dieback Working Group and the Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management to investigate, research and promote actions to mitigate the impacts of dieback. These actions include the use of phosphate to protect threatened flora and key plant communities and hygiene protocols to prevent its spread. In conjunction with local governments, the Dieback Working Group is currently trialling a dieback management framework, which is intended to give local government improved tools to manage dieback threats. (3) A key component of the current state NRM project referred to in the answer to (1) is the assessment of the practical application of researched control and eradication techniques in a high-value natural area. DEC has also worked over time to develop effective containment strategies and hygiene protocols to fight dieback. These are routinely applied through development approval conditions across the South West and operations on public conservation and forest lands managed by DEC. DEC is involved in ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of dieback management as key components of conservation management. (4) The state has provided considerable input into the development of the threat abatement plan and supported its completion. While the final form of the plan and its adoption under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are matters for the federal government, Western Australia has continued to adopt dieback management that is consistent with current best practice and the goals of the threat abatement plan. DEC has continued to offer advice and technical input to the commonwealth government as it considers a possible replacement for the threat abatement plan.
I refer to the cases of dieback in the Fitzgerald River National Park and infestations in Nedlands and Perth, as reported in The West Australian on 15 July 2010. (1) What strategies does the minister have to combat dieback? (2) What additional strategies does the minister have to prevent or combat dieback in the metropolitan area? (3) How is the minister evaluating whether these strategies are actually working? (4) What steps has the minister taken to push the federal government for urgent replacement of the outdated dieback threat abatement plan? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The government provides support through the Department of Environment and Conservation for efforts to identify, assess and mitigate the risks from phytophthora dieback across the state, including dieback mapping, the development of management guidelines and participation in the development of standard dieback signage and other initiatives. Under the state natural resource management program, for example, funding totalling $1.61 million has been allocated for a current priority project titled “Dieback Eradication Fitzgerald River National Park and Urgent Dieback Protection Action”. That is being undertaken by DEC in conjunction with South Coast Natural Resource Management Inc and other partners. Furthermore, in 2009, as part of the environmental community grants program, I awarded funding to the Dieback Working Group to develop a best-practice management framework for dieback in addition to funding South Coast NRM Inc and the Bungendore Park Management Committee. As part of the second round of the environmental community grants program, I also recently announced funding for four local community groups for action against the spread of dieback. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation works with local governments and groups such as the Dieback Working Group and the Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management to investigate, research and promote actions to mitigate the impacts of dieback. These actions include the use of phosphate to protect threatened flora and key plant communities and hygiene protocols to prevent its spread. In conjunction with local governments, the Dieback Working Group is currently trialling a dieback management framework, which is intended to give local government improved tools to manage dieback threats. (3) A key component of the current state NRM project referred to in the answer to (1) is the assessment of the practical application of researched control and eradication techniques in a high-value natural area. DEC has also worked over time to develop effective containment strategies and hygiene protocols to fight dieback. These are routinely applied through development approval conditions across the South West and operations on public conservation and forest lands managed by DEC. DEC is involved in ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of dieback management as key components of conservation management. (4) The state has provided considerable input into the development of the threat abatement plan and supported its completion. While the final form of the plan and its adoption under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are matters for the federal government, Western Australia has continued to adopt dieback management that is consistent with current best practice and the goals of the threat abatement plan. DEC has continued to offer advice and technical input to the commonwealth government as it considers a possible replacement for the threat abatement plan.
(1) What strategies does the minister have to combat dieback? (2) What additional strategies does the minister have to prevent or combat dieback in the metropolitan area? (3) How is the minister evaluating whether these strategies are actually working? (4) What steps has the minister taken to push the federal government for urgent replacement of the outdated dieback threat abatement plan? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The government provides support through the Department of Environment and Conservation for efforts to identify, assess and mitigate the risks from phytophthora dieback across the state, including dieback mapping, the development of management guidelines and participation in the development of standard dieback signage and other initiatives. Under the state natural resource management program, for example, funding totalling $1.61 million has been allocated for a current priority project titled “Dieback Eradication Fitzgerald River National Park and Urgent Dieback Protection Action”. That is being undertaken by DEC in conjunction with South Coast Natural Resource Management Inc and other partners. Furthermore, in 2009, as part of the environmental community grants program, I awarded funding to the Dieback Working Group to develop a best-practice management framework for dieback in addition to funding South Coast NRM Inc and the Bungendore Park Management Committee. As part of the second round of the environmental community grants program, I also recently announced funding for four local community groups for action against the spread of dieback. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation works with local governments and groups such as the Dieback Working Group and the Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management to investigate, research and promote actions to mitigate the impacts of dieback. These actions include the use of phosphate to protect threatened flora and key plant communities and hygiene protocols to prevent its spread. In conjunction with local governments, the Dieback Working Group is currently trialling a dieback management framework, which is intended to give local government improved tools to manage dieback threats. (3) A key component of the current state NRM project referred to in the answer to (1) is the assessment of the practical application of researched control and eradication techniques in a high-value natural area. DEC has also worked over time to develop effective containment strategies and hygiene protocols to fight dieback. These are routinely applied through development approval conditions across the South West and operations on public conservation and forest lands managed by DEC. DEC is involved in ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of dieback management as key components of conservation management. (4) The state has provided considerable input into the development of the threat abatement plan and supported its completion. While the final form of the plan and its adoption under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are matters for the federal government, Western Australia has continued to adopt dieback management that is consistent with current best practice and the goals of the threat abatement plan. DEC has continued to offer advice and technical input to the commonwealth government as it considers a possible replacement for the threat abatement plan.
(2) What additional strategies does the minister have to prevent or combat dieback in the metropolitan area? (3) How is the minister evaluating whether these strategies are actually working? (4) What steps has the minister taken to push the federal government for urgent replacement of the outdated dieback threat abatement plan? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The government provides support through the Department of Environment and Conservation for efforts to identify, assess and mitigate the risks from phytophthora dieback across the state, including dieback mapping, the development of management guidelines and participation in the development of standard dieback signage and other initiatives. Under the state natural resource management program, for example, funding totalling $1.61 million has been allocated for a current priority project titled “Dieback Eradication Fitzgerald River National Park and Urgent Dieback Protection Action”. That is being undertaken by DEC in conjunction with South Coast Natural Resource Management Inc and other partners. Furthermore, in 2009, as part of the environmental community grants program, I awarded funding to the Dieback Working Group to develop a best-practice management framework for dieback in addition to funding South Coast NRM Inc and the Bungendore Park Management Committee. As part of the second round of the environmental community grants program, I also recently announced funding for four local community groups for action against the spread of dieback. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation works with local governments and groups such as the Dieback Working Group and the Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management to investigate, research and promote actions to mitigate the impacts of dieback. These actions include the use of phosphate to protect threatened flora and key plant communities and hygiene protocols to prevent its spread. In conjunction with local governments, the Dieback Working Group is currently trialling a dieback management framework, which is intended to give local government improved tools to manage dieback threats. (3) A key component of the current state NRM project referred to in the answer to (1) is the assessment of the practical application of researched control and eradication techniques in a high-value natural area. DEC has also worked over time to develop effective containment strategies and hygiene protocols to fight dieback. These are routinely applied through development approval conditions across the South West and operations on public conservation and forest lands managed by DEC. DEC is involved in ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of dieback management as key components of conservation management. (4) The state has provided considerable input into the development of the threat abatement plan and supported its completion. While the final form of the plan and its adoption under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are matters for the federal government, Western Australia has continued to adopt dieback management that is consistent with current best practice and the goals of the threat abatement plan. DEC has continued to offer advice and technical input to the commonwealth government as it considers a possible replacement for the threat abatement plan.
(3) How is the minister evaluating whether these strategies are actually working? (4) What steps has the minister taken to push the federal government for urgent replacement of the outdated dieback threat abatement plan? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The government provides support through the Department of Environment and Conservation for efforts to identify, assess and mitigate the risks from phytophthora dieback across the state, including dieback mapping, the development of management guidelines and participation in the development of standard dieback signage and other initiatives. Under the state natural resource management program, for example, funding totalling $1.61 million has been allocated for a current priority project titled “Dieback Eradication Fitzgerald River National Park and Urgent Dieback Protection Action”. That is being undertaken by DEC in conjunction with South Coast Natural Resource Management Inc and other partners. Furthermore, in 2009, as part of the environmental community grants program, I awarded funding to the Dieback Working Group to develop a best-practice management framework for dieback in addition to funding South Coast NRM Inc and the Bungendore Park Management Committee. As part of the second round of the environmental community grants program, I also recently announced funding for four local community groups for action against the spread of dieback. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation works with local governments and groups such as the Dieback Working Group and the Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management to investigate, research and promote actions to mitigate the impacts of dieback. These actions include the use of phosphate to protect threatened flora and key plant communities and hygiene protocols to prevent its spread. In conjunction with local governments, the Dieback Working Group is currently trialling a dieback management framework, which is intended to give local government improved tools to manage dieback threats. (3) A key component of the current state NRM project referred to in the answer to (1) is the assessment of the practical application of researched control and eradication techniques in a high-value natural area. DEC has also worked over time to develop effective containment strategies and hygiene protocols to fight dieback. These are routinely applied through development approval conditions across the South West and operations on public conservation and forest lands managed by DEC. DEC is involved in ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of dieback management as key components of conservation management. (4) The state has provided considerable input into the development of the threat abatement plan and supported its completion. While the final form of the plan and its adoption under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are matters for the federal government, Western Australia has continued to adopt dieback management that is consistent with current best practice and the goals of the threat abatement plan. DEC has continued to offer advice and technical input to the commonwealth government as it considers a possible replacement for the threat abatement plan.
(4) What steps has the minister taken to push the federal government for urgent replacement of the outdated dieback threat abatement plan? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The government provides support through the Department of Environment and Conservation for efforts to identify, assess and mitigate the risks from phytophthora dieback across the state, including dieback mapping, the development of management guidelines and participation in the development of standard dieback signage and other initiatives. Under the state natural resource management program, for example, funding totalling $1.61 million has been allocated for a current priority project titled “Dieback Eradication Fitzgerald River National Park and Urgent Dieback Protection Action”. That is being undertaken by DEC in conjunction with South Coast Natural Resource Management Inc and other partners. Furthermore, in 2009, as part of the environmental community grants program, I awarded funding to the Dieback Working Group to develop a best-practice management framework for dieback in addition to funding South Coast NRM Inc and the Bungendore Park Management Committee. As part of the second round of the environmental community grants program, I also recently announced funding for four local community groups for action against the spread of dieback. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation works with local governments and groups such as the Dieback Working Group and the Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management to investigate, research and promote actions to mitigate the impacts of dieback. These actions include the use of phosphate to protect threatened flora and key plant communities and hygiene protocols to prevent its spread. In conjunction with local governments, the Dieback Working Group is currently trialling a dieback management framework, which is intended to give local government improved tools to manage dieback threats. (3) A key component of the current state NRM project referred to in the answer to (1) is the assessment of the practical application of researched control and eradication techniques in a high-value natural area. DEC has also worked over time to develop effective containment strategies and hygiene protocols to fight dieback. These are routinely applied through development approval conditions across the South West and operations on public conservation and forest lands managed by DEC. DEC is involved in ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of dieback management as key components of conservation management. (4) The state has provided considerable input into the development of the threat abatement plan and supported its completion. While the final form of the plan and its adoption under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are matters for the federal government, Western Australia has continued to adopt dieback management that is consistent with current best practice and the goals of the threat abatement plan. DEC has continued to offer advice and technical input to the commonwealth government as it considers a possible replacement for the threat abatement plan.
Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The government provides support through the Department of Environment and Conservation for efforts to identify, assess and mitigate the risks from phytophthora dieback across the state, including dieback mapping, the development of management guidelines and participation in the development of standard dieback signage and other initiatives. Under the state natural resource management program, for example, funding totalling $1.61 million has been allocated for a current priority project titled “Dieback Eradication Fitzgerald River National Park and Urgent Dieback Protection Action”. That is being undertaken by DEC in conjunction with South Coast Natural Resource Management Inc and other partners. Furthermore, in 2009, as part of the environmental community grants program, I awarded funding to the Dieback Working Group to develop a best-practice management framework for dieback in addition to funding South Coast NRM Inc and the Bungendore Park Management Committee. As part of the second round of the environmental community grants program, I also recently announced funding for four local community groups for action against the spread of dieback. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation works with local governments and groups such as the Dieback Working Group and the Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management to investigate, research and promote actions to mitigate the impacts of dieback. These actions include the use of phosphate to protect threatened flora and key plant communities and hygiene protocols to prevent its spread. In conjunction with local governments, the Dieback Working Group is currently trialling a dieback management framework, which is intended to give local government improved tools to manage dieback threats. (3) A key component of the current state NRM project referred to in the answer to (1) is the assessment of the practical application of researched control and eradication techniques in a high-value natural area. DEC has also worked over time to develop effective containment strategies and hygiene protocols to fight dieback. These are routinely applied through development approval conditions across the South West and operations on public conservation and forest lands managed by DEC. DEC is involved in ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of dieback management as key components of conservation management. (4) The state has provided considerable input into the development of the threat abatement plan and supported its completion. While the final form of the plan and its adoption under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are matters for the federal government, Western Australia has continued to adopt dieback management that is consistent with current best practice and the goals of the threat abatement plan. DEC has continued to offer advice and technical input to the commonwealth government as it considers a possible replacement for the threat abatement plan.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The government provides support through the Department of Environment and Conservation for efforts to identify, assess and mitigate the risks from phytophthora dieback across the state, including dieback mapping, the development of management guidelines and participation in the development of standard dieback signage and other initiatives. Under the state natural resource management program, for example, funding totalling $1.61 million has been allocated for a current priority project titled “Dieback Eradication Fitzgerald River National Park and Urgent Dieback Protection Action”. That is being undertaken by DEC in conjunction with South Coast Natural Resource Management Inc and other partners. Furthermore, in 2009, as part of the environmental community grants program, I awarded funding to the Dieback Working Group to develop a best-practice management framework for dieback in addition to funding South Coast NRM Inc and the Bungendore Park Management Committee. As part of the second round of the environmental community grants program, I also recently announced funding for four local community groups for action against the spread of dieback. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation works with local governments and groups such as the Dieback Working Group and the Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management to investigate, research and promote actions to mitigate the impacts of dieback. These actions include the use of phosphate to protect threatened flora and key plant communities and hygiene protocols to prevent its spread. In conjunction with local governments, the Dieback Working Group is currently trialling a dieback management framework, which is intended to give local government improved tools to manage dieback threats. (3) A key component of the current state NRM project referred to in the answer to (1) is the assessment of the practical application of researched control and eradication techniques in a high-value natural area. DEC has also worked over time to develop effective containment strategies and hygiene protocols to fight dieback. These are routinely applied through development approval conditions across the South West and operations on public conservation and forest lands managed by DEC. DEC is involved in ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of dieback management as key components of conservation management. (4) The state has provided considerable input into the development of the threat abatement plan and supported its completion. While the final form of the plan and its adoption under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are matters for the federal government, Western Australia has continued to adopt dieback management that is consistent with current best practice and the goals of the threat abatement plan. DEC has continued to offer advice and technical input to the commonwealth government as it considers a possible replacement for the threat abatement plan.
(1) The government provides support through the Department of Environment and Conservation for efforts to identify, assess and mitigate the risks from phytophthora dieback across the state, including dieback mapping, the development of management guidelines and participation in the development of standard dieback signage and other initiatives. Under the state natural resource management program, for example, funding totalling $1.61 million has been allocated for a current priority project titled “Dieback Eradication Fitzgerald River National Park and Urgent Dieback Protection Action”. That is being undertaken by DEC in conjunction with South Coast Natural Resource Management Inc and other partners. Furthermore, in 2009, as part of the environmental community grants program, I awarded funding to the Dieback Working Group to develop a best-practice management framework for dieback in addition to funding South Coast NRM Inc and the Bungendore Park Management Committee. As part of the second round of the environmental community grants program, I also recently announced funding for four local community groups for action against the spread of dieback. (2) The Department of Environment and Conservation works with local governments and groups such as the Dieback Working Group and the Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management to investigate, research and promote actions to mitigate the impacts of dieback. These actions include the use of phosphate to protect threatened flora and key plant communities and hygiene protocols to prevent its spread. In conjunction with local governments, the Dieback Working Group is currently trialling a dieback management framework, which is intended to give local government improved tools to manage dieback threats. (3) A key component of the current state NRM project referred to in the answer to (1) is the assessment of the practical application of researched control and eradication techniques in a high-value natural area. DEC has also worked over time to develop effective containment strategies and hygiene protocols to fight dieback. These are routinely applied through development approval conditions across the South West and operations on public conservation and forest lands managed by DEC. DEC is involved in ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of dieback management as key components of conservation management. (4) The state has provided considerable input into the development of the threat abatement plan and supported its completion. While the final form of the plan and its adoption under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are matters for the federal government, Western Australia has continued to adopt dieback management that is consistent with current best practice and the goals of the threat abatement plan. DEC has continued to offer advice and technical input to the commonwealth government as it considers a possible replacement for the threat abatement plan.
(2) The Department of Environment and Conservation works with local governments and groups such as the Dieback Working Group and the Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management to investigate, research and promote actions to mitigate the impacts of dieback. These actions include the use of phosphate to protect threatened flora and key plant communities and hygiene protocols to prevent its spread. In conjunction with local governments, the Dieback Working Group is currently trialling a dieback management framework, which is intended to give local government improved tools to manage dieback threats. (3) A key component of the current state NRM project referred to in the answer to (1) is the assessment of the practical application of researched control and eradication techniques in a high-value natural area. DEC has also worked over time to develop effective containment strategies and hygiene protocols to fight dieback. These are routinely applied through development approval conditions across the South West and operations on public conservation and forest lands managed by DEC. DEC is involved in ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of dieback management as key components of conservation management. (4) The state has provided considerable input into the development of the threat abatement plan and supported its completion. While the final form of the plan and its adoption under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are matters for the federal government, Western Australia has continued to adopt dieback management that is consistent with current best practice and the goals of the threat abatement plan. DEC has continued to offer advice and technical input to the commonwealth government as it considers a possible replacement for the threat abatement plan.
(3) A key component of the current state NRM project referred to in the answer to (1) is the assessment of the practical application of researched control and eradication techniques in a high-value natural area. DEC has also worked over time to develop effective containment strategies and hygiene protocols to fight dieback. These are routinely applied through development approval conditions across the South West and operations on public conservation and forest lands managed by DEC. DEC is involved in ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of dieback management as key components of conservation management. (4) The state has provided considerable input into the development of the threat abatement plan and supported its completion. While the final form of the plan and its adoption under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are matters for the federal government, Western Australia has continued to adopt dieback management that is consistent with current best practice and the goals of the threat abatement plan. DEC has continued to offer advice and technical input to the commonwealth government as it considers a possible replacement for the threat abatement plan.
(4) The state has provided considerable input into the development of the threat abatement plan and supported its completion. While the final form of the plan and its adoption under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are matters for the federal government, Western Australia has continued to adopt dieback management that is consistent with current best practice and the goals of the threat abatement plan. DEC has continued to offer advice and technical input to the commonwealth government as it considers a possible replacement for the threat abatement plan.
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