Regional Pest Management Approach 2020-2025 | Page 6

4. Our Approach

VISION Through cooperative partnerships, enhance and protect the natural, economic, cultural and social values of the Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM region.
MISSION To have a diverse network of stakeholders collectively focused on reducing the impact of pest species in the Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM region
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Cooperative stakeholder partnership and coordination
Support for research and best practice
Community engagement and capacity building
Operational project planning and implementation
GOAL
By 2025, the RPMG has made an on-going commitment to maintaining coordinated pest management actions.
By 2025, the RPMG is actively involved in researchbased initiatives to improve knowledge in best practice and to resolve identified research gaps.
By 2025, there is an increase in the understanding and uptake of best practice pest management by the Burdekin Dry Tropics community.
By 2025, collaborativelyresourced RPMG operational projects and programs have reduced the impact of priority pest species on high-value regional assets.
By 2023, there is a formal commitment from all local government organisations on the RPMG committee, to support the coordinated delivery of the RPMS and its projects and programs.
By 2025, the RPMG has diversified its research connections by developing new strategic collaborative partnerships with universities, national or state collaborative research organisations, societies and committees.
By 2025, RPMG stakeholders with the support of their respective organisations, are skilled in effective communication for community engagement in the field of pest management.
All pest management stakeholders are committed to RPMG-led projects and to regional biosecurity programs linked to the pest management targets of Local Government Area biosecurity plans.
OBJECTIVES
By 2025, the RPMG has dedicated time to partnership preservation, stakeholder engagement and the development of new partnerships, across the spectrum of pest management stakeholders in the region, including local Traditional Owner groups.
By 2025, the RPMG has invested time and resources to support the delivery of collaborative research initiatives.
By 2025, the RPMG has engaged the community through the delivery of strategic communications and events, and has documented community feedback to ensure continual improvements in engagement effectiveness.
All current and future planned RPMG projects apply best practice pest management principles and where identified, integrate research to support continual project improvement.
All RPMG-led projects and programs are supported by promotional and educational resources aimed at the Burdekin Dry Tropics community.
The RPMG maintains an up-to-date work plan which details the key actions to be delivered by the group. A copy of the most up-to-date work plan is available upon request. The work plan includes information regarding stakeholder roles and responsibilities, timeframes, and activity status.
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