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Pest risk assessments
Pest risk assessments are produced by Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries to:
- increase understanding of key weeds and pest animals in Queensland
- facilitate best practice management of these species
- provide an objective, evidence-based foundation for policy development.
Pest risk assessments synthesise information from a range of sources to examine aspects of the pest species or group, including:
- description, taxonomy and general biology
- history of introduction and spread in Queensland
- current and potential distribution
- current and potential costs and benefits
- management options including current control practices and legislation.
These reviews help in deciding on the management of pest animals and weeds in the state, such as:
- whether to declare a species as a pest and to which class it should belong
- best allocation of resources to particular species or locations
- feasibility of eradication
- the value and location of containment lines
- appropriate control methods
- research needs.
Weeds
- Aleman grass (Echinochloa polystachya)
- Athel pine (Tamarix spp.)
- Bellyache bush (Jatropha gossypiifolia)
- Bitter weed (Helenium amarum)
- Blue morning glory (Ipomoea indica)
- Blue stars (Aristea ecklonii)
- Candyleaf (Stevia ovata)
- Cabomba (Cabomba spp.)
- Chilean needle grass (Nassella nessiana)
- Cotton-tails (Froelichia floridana and F. gracilis)
- Dense waterweed (Egeria densa)
- Gamba grass (Andropogon gayanus)
- Glush weed (Hygrophila costata)
- Hairy sicklepod (Senna hirsuta)
- Hymenachne (Hymenachne amplexicaulis)
- Ivy gourd (Coccinia grandis)
- Kahili ginger (Hedychium gardnerianum)
- Kidneyleaf mudplantain (Heteranthera reniformis)
- Kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata)
- Leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala)
- Lippia (Phyla canescens)
- Mesquite (Prosopis spp.)
- Mexican bean tree (Cecropia spp.)
- Mexican feather grass (Nassella tenuissima)
- Miconia (Miconia calvescens)
- Navua sedge (Cyperus aromaticus)
- Neem tree (Azadirachta indica)
- Physic nut (Jatropha curcas)
- Prickly acacia (Acacia nilotica)
- Rubber vine (Cryptostegia grandiflora)
- Sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia)
- Stinkwort (Dittrichia graveolens)
- St John's wort (Hypericum perforatum)
- Water mimosa (Neptunia oleracea)
Pest animals
- African serval (Leptailurus serval) (PDF, 406 kB)
- Camel (Camelus dromedarius) (PDF, 752 kB)
- Deer (family Cervidae) (PDF, 425 kB)
- Feral goat (Capra hircus) (PDF, 358 kB)
- Feral pigs (Sus scrofa) (PDF, 155 kB)
- House mouse (Mus domesticus) (PDF, 158 kB)
- Locusts in Queensland (PDF, 430 kB)
- Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) (PDF, 1.4 MB) (complete document)
- Savannah cat (Leptailurus serval and felis catus) (PDF, 341 kB)
- Vertebrate pests of built-up areas (PDF, 380 kB)
- Water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) (PDF, 353 kB)
Further information
- local government weed control/environmental staff
- Biosecurity Queensland staff, phone 13 25 23
- Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act 2002
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