DEC | NSW threatened species - Invasion, establishment and spread of Lantana camara

A total of 11 threat abatement strategies have been identified to help tackle this key threatening process. Each of these strategies has a number of priority actions within it. The table below shows these strategies and priority actions. You can also see details of the broad geographic regions each priority action applies to in New South Wales.

For more general information about this key threatening process, see a detailed threat profile.

Description of priority action	Priority
Threat abatement strategy: Community and land-holder liaison/ awareness and/or education
Develop and distribute educational materials e.g. Lantana Manual.	Medium
Threat abatement strategy: Develop and implement protocols and guidelines
Develop best practice guidelines for managing Lantana.	High
Threat abatement strategy: Establish management agreements with public authorities CMAs and land managers/owners
No detailed action specified at this stage.	Medium
Threat abatement strategy: Measure response to control
Develop and implement monitoring program at priority sites.	High
Threat abatement strategy: Prepare Statement of Intent
Develop statement of intent explaining how Lantana will be managed by 2007.	High
Threat abatement strategy: Prioritise control actions
Develop and use model to rank priority sites for control of Lantana.	High
Threat abatement strategy: Research
Conduct research on the biocontrol of Lantana.	High
Conduct research on the use of remote sensing to survey and map Lantana distribution.	Low
Threat abatement strategy: Review and amend or adopt existing legislation and policies
List Lantana as a noxious weed under the Noxious Weeds Act 1993 and as a key threatening process under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995.	High
Threat abatement strategy: Review evidence of impacts
Develop and use model to rank biodiversity threatened by Lantana.	High
Threat abatement strategy: Survey/Mapping and Habitat assessment
Map distribution and abundance of Lantana in NSW.	Medium
Threat abatement strategy: Undertake control actions
Continue existing control programs until site model has been developed; continue further releases of biocontrol.	High

Invasion, establishment and spread of Lantana camara - Priority actions