Corporate strategy

A total investment of close to $100 million will be made over seven years. We have the following operational targets for the period 2005-2011:

Improving the environment for business and biodiversity

•  A benefit of $29 million p.a. by reducing the impacts of fox and wild dogs by 10%*
•  A benefit of $16 million p.a. by reducing feral pig damage by 15%
•  A benefit of $7 million p.a. by reducing rodent damage by 20%
•  Reduced impacts and rates of spread of carp and other pest fish species (improved water quality)
•  Deliver innovative, practical control measures against cane toads
•  Reduced impact of feral cats over five million hectares; and
•  Improved integration of existing biological, conventional and newly-developed control options for rabbits.

Reducing risk

We aim to reduce the risk of:

• disease transfer from invasive animals to livestock and humans; and
• economic losses, environmental damage and social stress by forecasting and responding to potential, new, expanding or emerging invasive animal problems.

Building capacities and new industries

This will be achieved through:

• growth in Australian invasive animal pest control industries. Through industry collaboration on the registration, marketing, export and community uptake of new products the CRC will enhance control of problem species
• increased professional and practical skills base in invasive animal management through education, training and community awareness
• established national and local benchmarks for invasive animal impact, density and distribution from which performance on delivery of all outcomes can be assessed; and
• efficient management ofresources to achieve the CRCs research, education, commercialisation and technology transfer outcomes.

* Percentage improvements refer to Australia,  benchmarked against McLeod (2004) Counting the Cost: Impact of Invasive Animals in Australia.

Demonstrating benefits