The Draft Gold Coast Biosecurity Plan 2025 to 2032 supports the City to meet its statutory obligations under the Queensland Biosecurity Act 2014while helping to preserve the city’s lifestyle and environment.
The plan determines the risk and the feasibility of controlling an invasive plant or animal at a citywide scale. These scores were then used to allocate each invasive plant and animal a citywide desired management objective.
Our four desired management objectives are:
Prevention – invasive species not known to be established in the city.
Eradication – an effective strategy when the invasive species population is small, all individuals are exposed to effective controls, no immigration occurs and individuals are always removed at a rate exceeding their rate of increase (Cromarty et al., 2002).
Containment – the most effective strategy when the pest has an established population within parts of the city but can be eradicated from new sites.
Asset protection – successful management of widespread invasive species is measured by a reduction in impacts to the asset being protected.
This plan will be implemented by everyone dealing with invasive plants and animals (risk owners) developing action plans to meet the desired management objectives.
The City and Biosecurity Queensland will monitor the implementation of action plans through approved biosecurity surveillance and prevention and control programs.
Community engagement runs from 15 October to 28 October 2024.
The Draft Gold Coast Biosecurity Plan 2025 to 2032 supports the City to meet its statutory obligations under the Queensland Biosecurity Act 2014while helping to preserve the city’s lifestyle and environment.
The plan determines the risk and the feasibility of controlling an invasive plant or animal at a citywide scale. These scores were then used to allocate each invasive plant and animal a citywide desired management objective.
Our four desired management objectives are:
Prevention – invasive species not known to be established in the city.
Eradication – an effective strategy when the invasive species population is small, all individuals are exposed to effective controls, no immigration occurs and individuals are always removed at a rate exceeding their rate of increase (Cromarty et al., 2002).
Containment – the most effective strategy when the pest has an established population within parts of the city but can be eradicated from new sites.
Asset protection – successful management of widespread invasive species is measured by a reduction in impacts to the asset being protected.
This plan will be implemented by everyone dealing with invasive plants and animals (risk owners) developing action plans to meet the desired management objectives.
The City and Biosecurity Queensland will monitor the implementation of action plans through approved biosecurity surveillance and prevention and control programs.
