)SA Pest Animal risk assessment
The SA Pest Animal Risk Management Guide was developed by the NRM Biosecurity Unit of the Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity, in cooperation with staff of Rural Solutions SA and Natural Resources Management Boards, to help in prioritising established pest animals for control programs.
A risk assessment guide has been developed to assess terrestrial exotic mammals and birds only. It is not suitable to risk assess exotic amphibians or reptiles. At this stage there are no exotic reptiles or amphibians that have established populations in SA. Separate guides may be developed to assess reptiles and amphibians at a later stage if required.
A series of questions are answered to compare the relative risk and feasibility of control of different pest animals. Pest animals are assessed separately for various land uses, so that the most important pest animals of different land uses can be identified.
The guide is based on and consistent with the SA Weed Risk Assessment System developed by Dr John Virtue for the former Animal & Plant Control Boards in South Australia (now integrated into regional Natural Resource Management Boards). The pest animal risk assessment system can be broadly applied to many geographic scales and for any land use.
- Page URL: http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/biosecuritysa/nrm_biosecurity/pest_animal/sa_pest_animal_risk_assessment
- Page Last Modified: November 8, 2011