Addressing weed threats to biodiversity – Theme: Delivery
Addressing research priorities
Would you like to undertake high-impact research that really makes a difference? WABSI consults extensively with end users and stakeholders to identify priority biodiversity science knowledge needs. This helps us develop timely and relevant programs that address critical needs and have a strong pathway to adoption.
Developing projects that address key end user priorities can help maximise project funding opportunities and will lift the impact of your research.
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Addressing weed threats to biodiversity – THEME: DELIVERY – FOCAL AREA 7 – PRIORITISATION
| OUTCOMES | OBJECTIVES | PRIORITY TOPICS |
| Weed prioritisation lists enable effective, adaptable and relevant weed control at a range of scales across Western Australia Weed control programs factor in direct impacts of weeds, as well as the vulnerability and resilience of recipient communities being impacted Transparency, accountability and objectivity are improved in weed program delivery focused on mitigating impacts on biodiversity as a significant driver of investment Compliance regulations are best practice, fit for purpose and widely implemented as well as followed | Develop frameworks and delivery mechanisms that ensure weed control lists are context specific, regularly updated and cover all regions as well as dealing with area-, community- and speciesspecific prioritisation Ensure that weed lists underpin best practice weed management, which necessarily involves improving the transparency of prioritisation decisions, removing subjectivity and finding ways to unlock ineffective control programs that are driven by compliance regulations rather than impact mitigation Ensure compliance regulations are relevant | Research Topic 24: Making weed lists more relevant Research Topic 25: Improving the transparency of weed control prioritisation |
Addressing weed threats to biodiversity – THEME: TOOL KIT – FOCAL AREA 8 – IMPLEMENTATION
| OUTCOMES | OBJECTIVES | PRIORITY TOPICS |
| Land managers in Western Australia are able to deploy evidence-based control programs against a far broader suite of priority weeds Weed control programs explicitly factor in scale and context to deliver more effective outcomes Weed control programs involving Indigenous land managers are underpinned by two-way design and are implemented widely across the State | Devise and synthesise management guidelines for a greater range of threatening weeds to improve evidence-based management programs and to identify knowledge gaps for further research Determine how to address and manage the issue of scale and context in delivering weed control programs, particularly for remote regions with high costs and low relative returns, and for highly impacted but restricted areas in vast landscapes Assess the impacts and threat of weeds to Indigenous values, and refine and resource more effective approaches to two-way design with Indigenous land managers for programs on country | Research Topic 26: Data driven management guidelines Research Topic 27: Scale and context for effective weed control Research Topic 28: Enhancing outcomes with Indigenous engagement |