A Review Of The Control Of Feral Goats Capra Hircus In New Zealand

Author : NZ) NEW ZELAND. Department of Conservation (Wellington
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ISBN 13 : 9780478019551
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Department of Conservation National Feral Goat Control Plan 1995-2004 written by NZ) NEW ZELAND. Department of Conservation (Wellington and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This plan is the third National Wild Animal Control Plan formulated by the Department of Conservation (DOC) under the Wild Animal Control Act 1977, following plans to control Himalayan thar and possums. These control plans guide DOC's actions in conservation management and protection of natural areas. Any National or Regional Pest Management Strategies that may be produced under the Biosecurity Act 1993 to control goats to protect conservation values shall be consistent with the principles set out in this plan. The planning process for the national plan began in 1990 when Parliament allocated funds to DOC for goat control. The Department has administered these funds through a tagged budget, the National Priority Pool Fund-Feral Goats (NPP-FG). The rules for how these funds will be spent once this plan is formally adopted are described in this national plan. This plan, in draft form, has been used by department staff since 1994. The plan is in three parts: Part 1 lists the objectives of a national feral goat control plan. It describes the general nature of the conservation problems posed by feral goats and the general legal and management responsibilities for dealing with these problems. Part 2 describes the strategies and management solutions to feral goat problems, different control methods, and how to plan, conduct, and monitor the operations funded by this plan. Part 3 lists the goat control opertions conducted since 1990. It also lists and ranks all areas of land administered by the Department of Conservation known to have feral goats that coulb be eradicated or controlled in the future. One measure of success of the plan will be the number of these unfunded operations that join the list of treated areas over the next decade. The plan is constructed so that information on the impacts of goats, the rules on how DOC will control them, and the lists of control operations can be updated as circumstances change. Finally, Implementation of this plan will assist in the achievement of the relevant conservation goal in the Department's Strategic Business Plan. The Natural Heritage Goal 1.1 on Integrated Management aims - "to conserve and restore the ecosystems in protected natural areas on land, through integrated management actions."