Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00160:reg:2008:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00160
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2008 (pt 6/19)
Character Range: 15920–18917

to:

  1. prevent unmanaged goats occupying new areas in Australia and eradicate them from high-conservation-value 'islands'
  2. promote the maintenance and recovery of native species and ecological communities that are affected by competition and land degradation by unmanaged goats
  3. improve knowledge and understanding of unmanaged goat impacts and interactions with other species and other ecological processes
  4. improve the effectiveness, target specificity and humaneness of control options for unmanaged goats, and
  5. increase awareness of all stakeholders of the objectives and actions of the TAP, and of the need to control unmanaged goats.

Each objective is accompanied by a set of actions, which, when implemented, will help to achieve the goal of the plan. Performance indicators have been established for each objective. Progress will be assessed by determining the extent to which the conditions set in the performance indicators have been met.

The sections below provide background on each objective, followed by a table listing the actions required to meet the objective. Twenty actions have been developed to meet the five objectives.

Priorities for each action are given in the tables below, categorised as 'very high', 'high' or 'medium'. Each action has also been assigned a timeframe within which the outcome could be achieved once the action has commenced. Timeframes are categorised as short term (i.e. within three years), medium term (i.e. within three to five years) or long term (i.e. five years or beyond).

   Objective 1

Prevent unmanaged goats occupying new areas in Australia and eradicate them from high-conservation-value 'islands'

Key actions for Objective 1 include identifying 'islands' of high conservation value, ranking the risk to such areas posed by unmanaged goats, and developing and implementing management plans to protect such areas from them. The actions are designed to prevent unmanaged goats from extending their range in Australia, and to remove them from high-conservation-value 'islands' if eradication is feasible. The actions focus on off-shore islands and on mainland 'islands' that are isolated or currently do not have unmanaged goats. All the actions are of high to very high priority and could be achieved within three to five years.

Action 1.1 focuses on collating data on conservation values of island areas, the likelihood of significant biodiversity impacts from unmanaged goats, and the risk that competition and land degradation from them will become a threat in these areas. DEWHA is establishing a national database of introduced animals across Australian offshore islands that will complement this work.

Action 1.2 develops contingency plans for preventing, monitoring and, if an incursion occurs, containing and eradicating unmanaged goats in areas with high conservation values. Action 1.3 implements these plans. All planning and implementation work would recognise that unmanaged goats are one of many pests