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Photographer: B. Salau.

Contents

Introduction
1. Threat abatement plan for predation, habitat degradation, competition and disease transmission by feral pigs (Sus scrofa) (2017)
1.1. Description of the process and its impacts
1.2. Managing the threat
1.3 Threat abatement plans
1.4. Implementation
2. Objectives and actions
Objective 1: Prioritise key species, ecological communities, ecosystems and locations across Australia for strategic feral pig management.
Objective 2: Encourage the integration of feral pig management into land management activities at regional, state and territory, and national levels.
Objective 3: Encourage further scientific research into feral pig impacts on nationally threatened species and ecological communities, and feral pig ecology and control.
Objective 4: Record and monitor feral pig control programs, so their effectiveness can be evaluated.
Objective 5: Build capacity for feral pig management and raise feral pig awareness amongst landholders and land managers.
Objective 6: Improve public awareness about feral pigs and the environmental damage and problems they cause.
3. Duration, cost and evaluation of the plan
3.1 Duration
3.2 Investment in the plan
3.3 Costings
3.3 Evaluating implementation of the plan
Glossary
Appendix A: Commonwealth legislation relevant to threat abatement plans
Appendix B: EPBC-Listed Species and ecological communities impacted by feral pigs

Introduction
In 2001 the Australian Government listed 'Predation, habitat degradation, competition and disease transmission by feral pigs (Sus scrofa)' as a key threatening process under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).

This listing initiated the development of the 'Threat abatement plan for predation, habitat degradation, competition and disease transmission by feral pigs (Sus scrofa) (2005)' which was made in 2005 and reviewed in 2011. This revised plan provides a national framework for feral pig management, research and education. It also aims to capture scientific research and other developments that have occurred since the first threat abatement plan was made, and capture changing priorities for feral pig management.

While this threat abatement plan aims primarily to abate the threat to key environmental assets (threatened species and ecological communities listed under the EPBC Act and other matters of national environmental significance), it also recognises that feral pigs have wider environmental impacts as well as social, cultural and economic impacts.

This document should be read in conjunction with the Background document, which provides information about feral pigs, their impacts on the environment, their economic impacts, their economic and social values, and their current management.

1. Threat abatement plan for predation, habitat degradation, competition and disease transmission by feral pigs (Sus scrofa) (2017)
1.1. Description of the process and its impacts
Feral pigs are found in all states and territories of Australia, particularly in association with wetlands and river systems. An estimate of the size of the nation's feral pig population