Weed management policy

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Key recommendations

That Auckland City adopts the Principles, Goals and Objectives for Weed Management contained in Section 2.0 of this report.
That Auckland City adopts the criteria for the selection of weed and site priorities for weed management, and the priority species and sites selected on these criteria, as contained in Section 7.1, and in Appendix five - Weed species priorities in Auckland City (33kb PDF) and Appendix six - Weed site priorities in Auckland City (12kb PDF) of this report.
That Auckland City progressively reduce the use of herbicides in accordance with the current herbicide policy and chemical reduction programme, and as proposed in the programme set out in Section 11.1.2 of this report.
That the status quo be retained for the Waiheke, Great Barrier and Ellerslie herbicide use policies.
That Auckland City recognises that there will be significant budget increases required to implement changes to non-herbicide control methods, and that a transitional implementation plan will be prepared to account for this.
That Auckland City, by December 1998, begin preparation of action plans for weed management in its natural areas, in accordance with Section 11.1.2 of this report, and with the priorities set out in Appendix five- Weed species priorities in Auckland City (33kb PDF) and Appendix six - Weed site priorities in Auckland City (12kb PDF).
That Council officers, by July 1998, initiate a Weed Management Group whose role and responsibilities are in accordance with Section 11.1.2 of this report.
That Auckland City annually reviews the progress of implementing the Weed Management Policy for Auckland City.
That Auckland City recognise that the development and implementation of the Weed Management Policy will be an ongoing process, and that the directions and recommendations contained in this report are the first steps in this process.

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Reviewed - October 2006