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grasses.
Key threatening process                        A threatening process listed under the EPBC Act that meets any of the following criteria:
                                                   * could cause a native species or an ecological community to become eligible for listing in any category, other than conservation dependent
                                                   * could cause a listed threatened species or a listed threatened ecological community to become eligible to be listed in another category representing a higher degree of endangerment
                                                   * adversely affects two or more listed threatened species (other than conservation dependent species) or two or more listed threatened ecological communities.
KTP                                            Key threatening process.
Matter of national environmental significance  A matter defined and protected under the EPBC Act. In 2012 there
                                               were eight:
                                                   * World Heritage properties
                                                   * National Heritage places
                                                   * wetlands of international importance (listed under the Ramsar Convention)
                                                   * listed threatened species and ecological communities
                                                   * migratory species protected under international agreements
                                                   * Commonwealth marine areas
                                                   * the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
                                                   * nuclear actions (including uranium mines).
TAP                                            Threat abatement plan.
Threat                                         A plan made or adopted under section 270B of the EPBC Act which establishes a national framework to guide and coordinate Australia's response to the impacts of a KTP.
abatement plan
Threatened ecological community                An ecological community listed under the EPBC Act as being critically endangered, endangered or vulnerable.
Threatened species                             A species listed under the EPBC Act as being critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent.
Threatening process                            A process listed under the EPBC Act that threatens or may threaten the survival, abundance or evolutionary development of a native species or ecological community.
Weed                                           A plant that requires some form of action to reduce its harmful effects
                                               on the economy, the environment, human health and amenity
                                               (NRMMC, 2006).

References

Australian Weeds Committee (AWC) 2011, National Weed Spread Prevention Action Plan.

AWC – see Australian Weeds Committee.

Beeton RJS, Buckley K, Jones G, Morgan D, Reichelt R & Trewin D 2006, Australia State of the Environment 2006, independent report to the Australian Government Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage, Canberra.

Campbell SD & Grice AC 2000, 'Weed biology: a foundation for weed management', Tropical Grasslands,
vol. 34, pp. 271–279.

Douglas MM, Setterfield SA, Rossiter N, Barratt J & Hutley LB 2004, 'Effects of mission grass (Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult.) invasion on fuel loads and nitrogen availability in a northern Australia tropical savanna', in Sindel BM & Johnson SB (eds), Proceedings of the 14th Australian Weeds Conference, Wagga Wagga, NSW, pp. 179–181.

Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council (NRMMC) 2006, The Australian Weeds Strategy: A national strategy for weed management in Australia, Australian Government Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Canberra.

NRMMC – see Natural