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1. Reducing feral camel impacts across remote
Australia:
Australian Feral Camel Management Project
21st November 2013, Parliament House Theatre, Canberra

2. Session One: From Science to Solution
Speakers:
Tom Calma, AO – Chair Ninti One
Glenn Edwards – Northern Territory Government
Quentin Hart – Ninti One, Australian Feral Camel Management
Project
Roger Smith – Chair Australian Feral Camel Management Project
Steering Committee

3. Feral camels:
a nationally-significant
pest animal requiring a
national management
approach
Quentin Hart

4. Nationally-significant pests
• Origins with first 20 Weeds of National
Significance in 1999 (World-first) –
selected from 3000 species!
• Selection based on invasiveness,
current and potential spread and
environmental, social and economic
impacts

5. Established Pest Animals of National
Significance (EPANS)
• Concept gained traction with Australian
Pest Animal Strategy (2007)
• Key criteria:
> ‘Established’
(not eradicable)
> VPC assess that national
coordination is required

6. Requirements for EPANS plans:
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Define pest animal problem
Outline management objectives/actions
Involve all stakeholders
Integrate plan with other NRM plans
Consider all management approaches,
training requirements, legislation
• Promote coordinated action
• Incorporate monitoring and evaluation

7. Feral camels as an EPANS
candidate?
• 2008 DKCRC report provided the
blueprint to address these requirements
• Because of this proactive work, feral
camels were ‘first cab off the rank’
• A compelling case for nationallycoordinated action…

8. Feral camel attributes
• Established and
growing>>
• Extremely mobile>>
• Low rate of
reproduction

9. Feral camel attributes
• Good removal
options>>
• Will amongst all land managers to do
something
• A good information base

10. National Feral Camel Action Plan
• In 2010, the NRM Ministerial Council
endorsed the National Feral Camel
Action Plan as a national plan for an
Established Pest of National
Significance in accordance with the
Australian Pest Animal Strategy.

11. NFCAP Objectives:
• Develop Australian and international
understanding and support for humane
management of feral camels
• Address feral camel impacts through
immediate, substantial and sustained
reduction in their numbers
• Establish a platform for the ongoing
humane management of feral camels
• Develop partnerships and social
capacities for feral camel management

15. AFCMP
• Not formally linked to NFCAP…but
effectively the main resourced activity to
date
• Has incidentally addressed most
NFACP objectives/actions but ongoing
work required

16. AFCMP: has demonstrated the potential of the
nationally-coordinated approach to feral camel
management…but is only the first step – sustained
action required

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