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Managing weeds and pests to protect our region
Invasive plants and animals have the potential to cause significant impacts on the Sunshine Coast’s values.
Protecting our region against invasive species is an ongoing priority for Council and in October 2024, Council adopted the Biosecurity Plan 2024, replacing the previous 2017 plan.
This five-year plan provides a framework for managing invasive plants and animals. Under the Biosecurity Act 2014 everyone in Queensland has a general biosecurity obligation (GBO). This GBO requires everyone to manage biosecurity risks under their control.
The Act requires local governments to prepare a biosecurity plan. This is to assist community and land managers to meet their GBO for weeds and pest animals.
The Biosecurity Plan includes information to assist landholders with invasive species management. This helps to focus efforts and effectively allocate time and resources to weed and pest management.
The Plan presents the highest priority invasive plants and animals for the Sunshine Coast. These were determined by assessing all species (listed in the Act) that are impacting or threatening our region. The Plan also identifies alert and locally significant species. These are species that are not listed in the Act but have the potential to impact our region.
Learn more about the plan here.
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13. Managing our invasive plants and animals
A collaborative, effective and efficient response to the management of invasive species.