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2008

Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage
and the Arts

ISBN: 978-0-642-554178

© Commonwealth of Australia 2008

This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Commonwealth, available from the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to:

Assistant Secretary
Biodiversity Conservation Branch
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage
and the Arts
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601

This publication and its background document are available on the internet at:
http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/tap-approved.html

They are also available by emailing the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Community Information Unit at ciu@environment.gov.au or freecall 1800 803 772.

This plan should be cited as: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA) (2008). Threat abatement plan for competition and land degradation by unmanaged goats, DEWHA, Canberra.

Front cover illustration: Unmanaged goats on northern Kangaroo Island, March 2008, by Michael Cresshill

Technical editing and production management: Biotext Pty Ltd

Design and artwork: Design Direction

Contents

1 Introduction 1

 1.1 Threat abatement plans 1

 1.2 Threat abatement plan for unmanaged goats 2

  1.2.1  The threat 2

  1.2.2  The impacts 2

  1.2.3  Managing the threat 2

  1.2.4  The review of the 1999 TAP 3

  1.2.5  Involvement of stakeholders 3

2 Objectives and actions 5

 Objective 1 5

 Objective 2 6

 Objective 3 7

 Objective 4 8

 Objective 5 10

3 Duration, cost, implementation and evaluation of the plan 11

 3.1 Duration and cost of the plan 11

 3.2 Implementing the plan 11

 3.3 Evaluating implementation of the plan 11

Appendix A   Species affected by unmanaged goats 13

Glossary 16

Acronyms and abbreviations 18

References 19

1. Introduction

This threat abatement plan (TAP) establishes a national framework to guide and coordinate Australia's response to the impacts of unmanaged goats (Capra hircus) on biodiversity. It identifies the research, management and other actions needed to ensure the long-term survival of native species and ecological communities affected by competition and land degradation caused by unmanaged goats. It replaces the TAP for competition and land degradation by feral goats published in 1999 (EA 1999a).

This plan should be read in conjunction with the publication Background document for the threat abatement plan for competition and land degradation by unmanaged goats (DEWHA 2008). The background document provides information on unmanaged goat characteristics, biology and distribution; impacts on environmental, economic, social and cultural values; and current management practices and measures.

1.1  Threat abatement plans

Under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), the Australian Government develops TAPs and facilitates their implementation. To progress the main