The Weeds and Rabbits Project has invested in 15 different community projects, worth a total of $860,000. These are being delivered through our project partners, the Community Pest Management Groups for blackberry, gorse, rabbits and serrated tussock.
In addition, the project team are also rolling out a number of initiatives on community participation, leadership and compliance.
A complete list of the projects and initiatives is shown below.
Project title | Project lead agency |
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The compliance project | Agriculture Victoria |
Youth engagement in established invasive species management | Agriculture Victoria |
Master class on leadership for community engagement | Agriculture Victoria |
Improving digital information for community-led invasive species management | Agriculture Victoria |
Demonstrating collective learning in community-led blackberry management | VBT |
Development of a diagnostic tool for purple blotch disease of wild blackberry | VBT |
Using a systems approach to improve integrated blackberry management in Victoria | VBT |
What do they want? Surveying community needs and strengthening the systems approach for gorse management | VGT |
Strengthening community capacity and raising awareness of established weeds and rabbits across Victoria | VGT |
Strengthening community capacity to define the geographic scale of gorse in Victoria through citizen science | VGT |
Expanding community engagement to maximise the effect of RHDV K5 release in Victoria | VRAN |
Extending the knowledge and changing behaviour for rabbit management | VRAN |
Victorian rabbit strategy | VRAN |
Development of a guide for land managers in relation to integrated rabbit management and evaluation | VRAN |
Support and empower community groups who are actively managing core serrated tussock infestations | VSTWP |
Motivating disengaged landowners: social science research for serrated tussock | VSTWP |
Improve current management practices for serrated tussock: applied science research | VSTWP |
Implementing effective community engagement for serrated tussock management | VSTWP |
Serrated tussock management field day in the core | VSTWP |