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pathogen. The involvement of stakeholders from across Australia in the strategic planning of Phytophthora dieback management will help inform and implement effective and meaningful management activities.

         Development of this Plan has been possible through the contribution and cooperation of a broad range   of stakeholders, but the making or adoption of this Plan does not necessarily indicate the commitment of individual stakeholders to any specific actions. As understanding of the organism responsible for Phytophthora dieback and its impacts develops, it may be necessary to modify proposed actions.

         The Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy (the Department) is responsible for preparing this Plan. Its development has been informed by:
•       a review and evaluation of the 2001 Plan (EA, 2001) undertaken by the Australian Government (CPSM, 2006)
•       information provided by key stakeholders between 2014 and 2018
•       the 2014 Plan, which this Plan replaces.

         This Plan should be read in conjunction with its associated Background document: Threat abatement plan for disease in natural ecosystems caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi (the background document) (DoEE, 2018a). The background document provides information on the scope of the problem; the characteristics, biology and distribution of the pathogen; impacts on the environment; and management practices (as at 2018).

         The goal of this Plan is to identify and protect environmental assets (threatened species and ecological communities listed under the EPBC Act and other matters of national environmental significance) from the impacts of Phytophthora dieback. It integrates strategies to prevent Phytophthora from spreading into areas that are free of disease; strategies to reduce the impacts in infested areas; recovery actions for the conservation of biodiversity assets currently being impacted; and research actions towards mitigating the impact of Phytophthora dieback.

         The Department recognises that a number of the state and territory governments that own land impacted by Phytophthora have developed management plans and operational guides to abate this threat within their own jurisdictions. This Plan aims to complement state and territory approaches to managing Phytophthora dieback.

               1. It is now understood that P. cinnamomi is not a fungus. This was the name of the key threatening process when it was registered under the EPBC Act

           Although this Plan applies to P. cinnamomi, the Department acknowledges that other species of Phytophthora
           are present in Australia. Some of these species may be widespread and can lead to disease impacts similar to
           P. cinnamomi within native ecosystems. For further information on these species, a reference list is provided at Appendix A in the background document (DoEE, 2018a). The control of pathways for the spread of Phytophthora, especially through good hygiene, and the development of improved control and remediation tools and techniques will also reduce the potential spread and impacts of other