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application encouraged at jurisdictional, regional and local levels within 6 months of the prioritisation tool being agreed by the VPC.

Objective 2 - Reduce the impact on populations of native species and ecological communities

Under Objective 1, actions to determine the priorities for the application of resources to the management of cane toads and their impacts will be developed. Listings and mapping of threatened ecological communities and species will be undertaken. The Australian Government will address those ecological communities and species that are on land under its control or are Matters of National Environmental Significance, in cooperation with state and territories. These listings and maps will also enable stakeholders to determine state, regional and local priorities and apply appropriate resources to their protection.

The purpose of Objective 2 is to promote effective tools that can be used to reduce the impact of cane toads on native species. The tools will cover all aspects of cane toad management at the planning and response stages, and be broadly applicable.

Use of these tools and guidelines will be the responsibility of all stakeholders, in particular those with land and water management responsibilities in areas identified as being of priority for protection against cane toads. The Australian Government will be monitoring the uptake of management actions in each of the identified priority areas. Where the Australian Government and state/territory governments have mutual obligations (e.g. some Ramsar Wetlands) negotiation of appropriate actions and funding of management actions will be undertaken.

While the purpose of this TAP is not to develop specific cane toad control tools, such as poisons, research is underway that could result in a larger toolkit becoming available over the life of this TAP. These could include:
       * development and registration of a humane lethal spray for toads
       * use of a larval alarm pheromone to manage cane toad populations within water bodies (Hagman and Shine 2009c; Hagman et al. 2009a)
       * use of a parasitic nematode of cane toads (Rhabdias pseudosphaerocephala) identified as present in established populations of Australian cane toads (Dubey and Shine 2008; Shine 2009b)
       * development of better traps.

As such tools become available, information about them will be included on the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (DSEWPaC) cane toad webpage.

The Australian Government is a signatory to the Australian Pest Animal Strategy which includes as one of its principles that 'Where there is a choice of methods, there needs to be a balance between efficacy, humaneness, community perception, feasibility and emergency needs".

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  Action 2.1 Focus management of cane toad impacts by Australian Government agencies on designated high priority native species and ecological communities, and seek cooperative action on priorities by jurisdictions