Lantana (Lantana camara L.)

5 Stakeholder responsibilities

Australian Government

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  Ensure strategic lantana control is undertaken on all Commonwealth-owned and managed lands.
  
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  Prevent further imports of Lantana spp. through the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (now Biosecurity Australia).
  
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  Provide research support through the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Commonwealth Weeds Research Group.
  
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  Administer the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
  
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  Promote the status of lantana as a WoNS, its impacts and the importance of management.
  

Australian Weeds Committee

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  Provide a mechanism for identifying and resolving weed issues at a national level.
  
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  Provide advice to the National Biosecurity Committee on weeds issues.
  
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  Provide planning, coordination and monitoring of the implementation of the Australian Weeds Strategy.
  
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  Facilitate coordination between the Australian Government and state and territory governments on weed management policy and programs.
  
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  Provide governance processes for the effective delivery of the WoNS initiative.
  
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  Oversee the implementation of the activities described in the WoNS strategies.
  
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  Promote the importance and benefits of the WoNS initiative to all levels of government.
  
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  Collect and report the achievements of the WoNS initiative and recommended improvements to upper level government at state, territory and national levels.
  

State and territory agencies

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  Maintain appropriate legislation and policies to achieve state and territory-based objectives for managing lantana (e.g. a national ban on the sale of the plant).
  
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  Administer and enforce legislation where applicable.
  
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  Coordinate lantana control and management at a jurisdictional level to complement the management and delivery of the Lantana National Strategic Plan.
  
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  Undertake lantana management on state lands in line with agreed national priorities.
  
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  Work with natural resource management groups, local governments, communities and other stakeholders to prevent and minimise the impacts of lantana.
  
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  Identify strategic management areas and associated objectives.
  
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  Promote consistency with this strategy in jurisdictional pest management plans.
  
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  Facilitate the inclusion of strategic lantana management in pest management planning processes.
  
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  Contribute to priority weed research initiatives.
  
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  Source funding for strategic management programs and research.
  
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  Implement monitoring and reporting protocols in line with the monitoring, evaluation, reporting and improvement plan and provide relevant information the Australian Weeds Committee.
  
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  Develop and implement communication and extension tools, where appropriate.
  
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  Undertake any necessary planning and mapping, and contribute to national mapping initiatives.
  
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  Ensure, where appropriate, participation on the National Lantana Management Group or similar national WoNS taskforce.
  
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  Improve knowledge of the identification, impacts and best-practice management of lantana.
  
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  Identify lantana and other weeds threatening public lands.
  
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  Implement weed hygiene and other best-practice management to minimise spread of lantana.
  

Research institutions (e.g. CSIRO, universities, government agencies)

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  Undertake appropriate research to address priority national strategic requirements.
  
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  Identify research gaps and seek innovative solutions for the management of lantana.
  
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  Seek new and ongoing funding and support for research requirements.
  

Local governments

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  Incorporate Lantana Strategic Plan objectives in relevant pest management plans and monitor implementation.
  
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  Administer and enforce legislation where applicable.
  
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  Undertake surveying and mapping, particularly in relation to outlying lantana infestations.
  
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  Establish local management policies to contribute to strategic control, containment and/or asset protection objectives.
  
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  Improve community awareness of impacts and identification, and promote early detection.
  
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  Strategically control lantana on local government-managed or owned land
  
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  Facilitate the removal of urban plantings of lantana in strategically important areas.
  
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  Source funding and/or contribute to strategic control programs.
  

Natural resource management groups and catchment management authorities

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  Administer and enforce legislation where applicable (e.g. in South Australia).
  
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  Source funding and/or contribute to strategic control programs.
  
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  Improve regional awareness of impacts and identification, and promote early detection.
  
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  Contribute local and regional perspectives to lantana management.
  
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  Contribute to the development, implementation and/or review of local and regional pest management plans.
  
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  Incorporate lantana actions in relevant pest management plans and monitor implementation.
  
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  Promote and contribute to local and regional containment and/or management programs in partnership with relevant stakeholders.
  
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  Support and/or develop lantana projects consistent with national priorities and seek funding to implement projects.
  
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  Participate in local and regional mapping initiatives and contribute to state, territory and national map production.
  
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  Promote awareness and best-practice management through event coordination and product distribution.
  

Community, conservation and other interest groups

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  Contribute local and regional perspectives to lantana management, including community perspectives.
  
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  Contribute to the development, implementation and/or review of local and regional pest management plans.
  
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  Support and/or develop lantana projects consistent with national priorities and seek funding to implement projects.
  
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  Participate in local and regional mapping initiatives, and contribute to state, territory and national map production.
  

Industry

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  Promote and adopt best-practice management of lantana.
  
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  Contribute to research and development of management practices to support industry members.
  
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  Ensure awareness of sale and movement restrictions (this may differ between states) of lantana by industry members.
  
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  Improve community awareness of impacts and identification, promote early detection and hygiene protocols, and discourage use of lantana.
  

Private land owners

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  Manage and control lantana on private lands in accordance with state, territory or local government legislation and policy.
  
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  Improve knowledge of the identification, impacts and best-practice impacts of lantana.
  
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  Identify lantana and other weeds threatening the property.
  
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  Undertake any necessary planning and mapping.
  
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  Implement best-practice management.
  
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  Implement weed hygiene and other management practices to minimise spread of lantana.
  

Appendix 1 The Weeds of National Significance initiative and its phases¹

Following the reviews, the Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council (Resolution 15.7, 21 May 2009) endorsed a three-phased approach to national management of WoNS species (Figure 4). This ‘phased approach’ aims to provide the most cost-effective use of limited ‘national coordination’ resources.

The phased approach recognises the need for reduced national coordination (‘phasing down’) of WoNS species that are under effective national management, and allows for further weed species to be nominated for consideration as additional WoNS. The AWC is implementing these reforms, and national coordination of the inaugural 20 WoNS species has already transitioned to phase 2 or 3, depending on the species. No species have yet been removed from the WoNS list. The AWC is developing a protocol to guide future decisions about when this should occur on a case-by-case basis.

In 2010, jurisdictions nominated additional candidate WoNS species. These species were independently assessed, and the AWC endorsed 12 additional ‘species’ to be listed as WoNS. The AWC Chairman, Dr Jim Thompson, announced these additional plant species as WoNS on 20 April 2012. Additional information on the selection of these species and the phased approach is available on www.weeds.org.au/WONS.

Appendix 2 National lantana distribution and management zone map, 2011

Appendix 3 Program logic model for the lantana strategic plan

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