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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |