Threat Abatement Plan for the biological effects, including lethal toxic ingestion, caused by cane toads. (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Section 270B Making of a Threat Abatement Plan

I, TONY BURKE, Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, under section 270B(2) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, hereby make the threat abatement plan for the listed key threatening process specified below.

Listed Key Threatening Process Threat Abatement Plan The biological effects, including lethal toxic ingestion, caused by Cane Toads (Bufo marinus). Threat Abatement Plan for the biological effects, including lethal toxic ingestion, caused by cane toads. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities; Commonwealth of Australia 2011

The Threat Abatement Plan for the biological effects, including lethal toxic ingestion, caused by cane toads (2011) will come into force on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Dated this…eighth day of …June 2011.

………………………. Tony Burke Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

Threat abatement plan for the biological effects, including lethal toxic ingestion, caused by cane toads

Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

June 2011

Summary Rationale Objectives for the threat abatement plan Implementation of the threat abatement plan 1. Introduction 1.1 Threat abatement plans 1.2 Threat abatement plan for cane toads 1.2.1 The threat History and spread Ecological impacts 1.2.2 Managing the threat 1.2.3 Involvement of stakeholders 1.3 Definition of priority native species and ecological communities 2. Objectives and actions Objective 1 – Identify priority native species and ecological communities at risk from the impact of cane toads Ecological communities Species Recommended actions and priorities Performance indicators Objective 2 - Reduce the impact on populations of native species and ecological communities Performance indicators Objective 3 – Communicate information about cane toads, their impacts and this TAP Performance indicators 3. Duration, implementation and evaluation of the plan 3.1 Duration of the plan 3.2 Cost of the plan 3.3 Implementing the plan 3.4 Evaluating and reviewing the plan References Appendices