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via its links to the Vertebrate Pests Committee will serve as a major coordination point for actions undertaken under this TAP. Major outcomes will be communicated from this group to local government, natural resource management agencies, conservation groups, industry and entrepreneurs, conservation bodies and community groups in each jurisdiction.

Ongoing delivery of awareness and capacity building programs in natural resource management will be required at national, state and regional levels and will make a significant contribution to national implementation of this TAP.

Implementation of some of the objectives of this TAP (e.g. identification and prioritisation of native species and ecological communities) will require specific efforts from the Australian Government and jurisdictions. However, as information is collated, and priorities determined, other stakeholders will have strong locally focused responsibilities for ensuring actions are undertaken to protect biodiversity assets that are impacted by cane toads.

The Cane toads in Communities study (Bureau of Rural Sciences 2009) consulted Indigenous groups and the Indigenous Advisory Committee has advised on suitable communication approaches for Indigenous stakeholders.

1.3 Definition of priority native species and ecological communities
For the purposes of this TAP, priority native species and ecological communities are those that have been determined through peer-reviewed research to be highly vulnerable at population level to negative impacts from the presence of cane toads.

At the national level, relevant Matters of National Environmental Significance and the National Reserve System will also be considered. For state and territory agencies, this TAP can guide investment based on state or regional conservation priorities. It will be important that managers assess the impacts of cane toads and allocate adequate resources to achieving effective management at all priority sites (national, jurisdictional, regional, local) and that outcomes are measured and assessed on an on-going basis.

Jurisdictional governments, natural resource management groups and community groups will need to determine more localised priority assets and the means by which they will undertake protection and management actions.

2. Objectives and actions

This TAP has three objectives:
  •          identify priority native species and ecological communities at risk from the impact of cane toads
  •          reduce the impacts of cane toads on populations of priority native species and ecological communities
  •          communicate information about cane toads, their impacts and this TAP.

Supporting actions to implement these objectives are listed below.

Objective 1 – Identify priority native species and ecological communities at risk from the impact of cane toads
There are neither the resources nor an appropriate broad-scale control that can be applied to the management of cane toads in a way that would lead to containment and/or eradication of cane toads across their range. However, the Australian Government has a responsibility to manage cane toads on land under its