Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine land management/production objectives
- Other land users, regional land management bodies, landcare committees and relevant stakeholders are consulted regarding regional and local objectives.
- Outcomes of consultation incorporating regional and local objectives are recorded according to enterprise guidelines.
- Objectives address major land uses and production activities affected by the impacts of the target pests.
- Objectives relate to the problem definition and the reduction in the pest impacts and associated losses.
- Objectives comply with national, State and regional strategies for land and pest management.
- Estimate costs and advantages for the management units most affected by the target pests
- The diversity of land management and production values that the target pests affect within the affected region or area is defined.
- The likely costs of preferred options for control of pest populations and/or changes to land management or production activities associated with each value are documented.
- The likely costs of control are compared with the impacts and losses caused by the target pests.
- The management units most affected, both actually and potentially, by the target pests are defined and prioritised.
- Define the performance criteria for each land management/production objective
- Select management options for the target pests
- Options for controlling pest populations and/or changing land management or production practices are assessed and documented in terms of economic factors, technical difficulty, practical feasibility, social and/or environmental acceptability.
- A range of management options are assessed in terms of current and future financial support, when control activities are to be implemented, level of target pests population reduction required, and the most suitable control methods and techniques.
- A management option is selected in accordance with sustainable land use principles, economic feasibility, integrated pest management principles, environmental acceptability, and statutory requirements for pest control.
- Negotiate strategies with relevant stakeholders in the affected area
- The strategy is based on the definition of the problem using data from measurement of abundance and impacts.
- The strategy clearly documents the pest problem, the objectives, the prioritised management units, the performance criteria, and the most suitable management options.
- Strategies are agreed and confirmed through relevant stakeholder consultation and negotiation.
- Strategies are published and distributed to relevant stakeholders, organisations and interest groups.