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this threat abatement plan will be determined by the level of resources that stakeholders commit to managing the problem.

Budgetary and other constraints may affect the achievement of the objectives of this threat abatement plan and, as knowledge changes, proposed actions may be modified over the life of this threat abatement plan. Australian Government funds may be available to implement key national environmental priorities, such as relevant actions listed in this threat abatement plan, and actions identified in regional natural resource management plans that are consistent with this threat abatement plan. Achievement of the overarching goal of this threat abatement plan will require ongoing management beyond the life of the threat abatement plan. Ongoing support by all partners is therefore essential.

3.1 Duration
This plan reflects the fact that the threat abatement process will be ongoing, as there is no possibility of nationally eradicating feral pigs in the life of this plan. The plan lays out measures that should be taken in the next five years to reduce the impact from the key threatening process of predation, habitat degradation, competition and disease transmission by feral pigs. Within the life of this threat abatement plan the focus is on suppressing and managing the impacts of feral pigs in targeted areas where they pose the greatest threat to biodiversity.

Threat abatement plans have a statutory review point at intervals of not longer than five years. Depending on the degree of implementation and the success of that implementation, some or many of the objectives and actions in this plan may be varied following this review.

3.2 Investment in the plan
Investment in many of the threat abatement plan actions will be determined by the level of resources that stakeholders commit to management of the problem. The Commonwealth is committed, via the EPBC Act, to implement the threat abatement plan to the extent to which it applies in Commonwealth areas. However, it should be noted that the Australian Government is unable to provide funding to cover all actions in this threat abatement plan across all of Australia and requires financial and implementation support from stakeholders. Partnerships amongst and between governments, non-government organisations, community groups and individuals will be key to successfully delivering significant reductions in the threats posed by feral pigs.

3.3 Costings
Outlined below are some estimates of costs of implementation of the actions within the plan. They have been obtained from multiple agencies and individuals actively engaged in feral pig control; in some instances more than one costing has been provided for an activity. Costings have been placed in this section instead of against each objective because it is difficult to fully cost the implementation of each action because of unknown variables.