There are 35 priority actions under the "develop and implement protocols and guidelines" threat abatement strategy. These actions apply to 26 key threatening processes (KTPs).
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Name | Type of threat | Priority actions
Show only: high | medium | low priority | | Alteration of habitat following subsidence due to longwall mining | Habitat loss/change | 1. Prepare guidelines outlining key factors that should be considered when assessing impacts of new longwall mines on biodiversity. (High priority)
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| Bushrock Removal | Habitat loss/change | 1. In consultation with industry groups and other public authorities, investigate options for reducing the impact of bushrock removal on biodiversity through incentive schemes, regulation and/or the development of codes of practice. (Medium priority)
2. Prepare a National Parks & Wildlife policy directive on the use of bushrock in national parks. (Medium priority)
3. Prepare and distribute environmental impact assessment guidelines for activities that involve bushrock removal. (Medium priority)
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| Clearing of native vegetation | Habitat loss/change | 1. Develop a Biodiversity Offsets and Banking Scheme (BioBanking), a market based instrument designed to ensure that where biodiversity offsets are used they are implemented consistently and strategically. (Medium priority)
2. Develop a Private Native Forestry Code of Practice for industry as a regulation under the Native Vegetation Act 2003. (Medium priority)
3. Prepare guidelines to address various environmental planning initiatives, including EPI preparation for biodiversity certification. (Medium priority)
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| Competition and grazing by the feral European rabbit | Pest animal | 1. Develop best practice guidelines for the use of RHD virus/baits; develop best practice guidelines for monitoring the effectiveness of control programs. (High priority)
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| Competition and habitat degradation by feral goats | Pest animal | 1. Develop and implement best practice guidelines for goat management. (Medium priority)
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| Competition from feral honeybees | Pest animal | 1. No detailed action specified at this stage. (Medium priority)
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| Death or injury to marine species following capture in shark control programs on ocean beaches | Other threat | 1. Review strategies to respond to marine mammal and turtle capture and work with Department of Primary Industries to coordinate strategies to limit the incidental entanglement of marine mammals and turtles. (High priority)
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| Ecological consequences of high frequency fires | Habitat loss/change | 1. Develop protocols for minimising risk to fire-sensitive species and ecosystems when undertaking fuel-reduction burning. (High priority)
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| Herbivory and environmental degradation caused by feral deer | Pest animal | 1. Implement best practice guidelines for deer management in Royal National Park. (High priority)
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| Human-caused Climate Change | Habitat loss/change | 1. Assist proponents assess the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions from project proposals. (Medium priority)
2. Foster relationships with relevant authorities, research institutes and other States to improve understanding of impacts of climate change and potential management. (Medium priority)
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| Importation of red imported fire ants into NSW | Pest animal | 1. Develop protocols for reporting new incursions of the Red Imported Fire Ant. (High priority)
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| Infection by Psittacine circoviral (beak & feather) disease affecting endangered psittacine species | Disease | 1. Develop emergency response plan to guide response to disease outbreaks in wild populations. (High priority)
2. Foster relationships with relevant authorities, research institutes and other States to improve understanding of the disease and potential methods of control. (Medium priority)
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| Infection of native plants by Phytophthora cinnamomi | Disease | 1. With reference to the National Best Practice Guidelines, prepare phytosanitary protocols which document the practices and strategies that can be applied in NSW to reduce the risk of the pathogen being inadvertently spread. (High priority)
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| Introduction of the large earth bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) | Pest animal | 1. Develop a process for responding to incursions of significant invertebrate pests including bumblebees. (High priority)
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| Invasion and establishment of the Cane Toad | Pest animal | 1. With relevant industries, develop codes of practice to reduce the risk of cane toads being transported outside their established range. (Medium priority)
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| Invasion of native plant communities by bitou bush & boneseed | Weed | 1. At high priority sites specified in the threat abatement plan develop site-specific management plans for bitou bush control programs, based on currently available best practice guidelines. (High priority)
2. At the completion of the bitou bush TAP develop new protocol based on the outcomes of the TAP. (High priority)
3. Indigenous communities will be encouraged to assist with the development of site-specific management plans. Encourage indigenous communities to participate in the management of priority sites. (High priority)
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| Invasion of native plant communities by exotic perennial grasses | Weed | 1. Develop best practice guidelines for managing exotic perennial grasses. (Medium priority)
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| Invasion of the yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes) | Pest animal | 1. With Lord Howe Island Board and NSW Maritime Authority, develop and implement protocols to minimise the movements of yellow crazy ants to shipping destinations e.g.. Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island. (High priority)
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| Invasion, establishment and spread of Lantana camara | Weed | 1. Develop best practice guidelines for managing Lantana. (High priority)
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| Loss and/or degradation of sites used for hill-topping by butterflies | Habitat loss/change | 1. Develop habitat identification, management and enhancement guidelines. (Medium priority)
2. Prepare guidelines to assist environmental impact assessment of potential butterfly hill-topping sites. (Medium priority)
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| Loss of Hollow-bearing Trees - key threatening process | Habitat loss/change | 1. Adopt appropriate policies for recruitment tree ratios with a stipulated minimum retention density in areas of forestry operations. (High priority)
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| Predation by feral cats | Pest animal | 1. Develop best practice guidelines for managing feral cats. (Low priority)
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| Predation by the European Red Fox | Pest animal | 1. Continue to review and implement best practice guidelines for the control of foxes. (High priority)
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| Predation by the ship rat (Rattus rattus) on Lord Howe Island | Pest animal | 1. Develop quarantine and response plan to prevent and control reintroductions. (High priority)
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| Predation, habitat degradation, competition and disease transmission by Feral Pigs (Sus scrofa) | Pest animal | 1. Develop best practice guidelines for the management of feral pigs. (Medium priority)
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| Removal of dead wood and dead trees | Habitat loss/change | 1. Finalise policy on firewood collection on land reserved under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974. (Low priority)
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