Environmental weed control policy in Australia: current approaches, policy limitations and future directions

摘要: Plant invasions of natural systems threaten biodiversity and ecosystem processes across many biomes. Historically most plant have been facilitated by human activities such as industry, transport landscape modification. Consequently, both causes management weed invasion are dependent on behaviour advice provided ecologists needs to take account this fact. This paper assesses current environmental control policy in Australia asks: government, land managers the scientific community using available social levers achieve optimal management? We do comparing aspects with a generalized resource framework. Adequacy issue characterization framing discussed particular reference public perceptions problem, scaling defining principles goals. The implementation Instruments, including regulation, VOluntary incentives, education, Information, motivational instruments, property-right instruments pricing mechanisms reviewed. Limitations potential options improve instrument effectiveness discussed. Funding arrangements for also reported: generally represents an external cost economic markets which has resulted relatively low funding levels operations. Finally, review monitoring procedures programmes addressed. Rigorous important effective, adaptive where techniques continually refined ecological outcomes. utility maintaining links between project outcomes inputs along methods implementing appropriate