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PROJECT DIEBACK SOCIAL ADVANCES
Stakeholder Engagement for Behavioural
Change in the South Coast NRM Region of
Western Australia
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Phytophthora Dieback
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Project Dieback
ONE MILLION HECTARES
 Established 2005, collaboratively with DEC,
DCC, Murdoch CPSM and other groups.
 Cross land tenure approach to Phytophthora
Dieback management.
 Build capacity to manage the threat
across/within 5 of WA NRM regions.
Project Dieback Strategic Mapping 2008
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South Coast NRM Region – Priority Areas
WESTERN AREAS
Walpole
Wilderness
& Mt Lindesay
National Park
Dieback Free
Fitzgerald River
Biosphere Group
EASTERN AREAS
Alexander Bay, Kennedy’s Shire Reserves,
Cape Arid National Park
& Priorities on Private Property
Dieback
South Coast NRM Region
Regional Priority Areas
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Helping to Protect Priority Areas
ALEXANDER BAY to CAPE ARID
NATIONAL PARK
Engaging Key Stakeholders
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Photo courtesy E Adams/DEC
Dieback Mapping of Priority Area
& Road Works Programs
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Behaviour Change - NOT the Grim Reaper !
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Stakeholder Baseline Survey
Why doesn’t your organisation undertake dieback hygiene
practices?
A. Don’t really understand what good dieback hygiene is
and how I can apply it to my organisation.
B. Hygiene takes too much time and the cost can’t be
justified.
C. Don’t have anywhere to wash down vehicles and
machinery.
D. Dieback hygiene is not effective in fighting the spread of
dieback.
A
B
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D
C
Training & Information
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Stakeholder Engagement Plan
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Wash Down Signage & Equipment
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Integrated Shire Reserve Signs
Stay on Tracks
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Cape Arid National Park Signage
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Media Articles
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‘Dieback Warriers’ - School Education
Program
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A Dirty Weekend Can Last Forever !...
Stubby holder design
was also converted
into an advertisement
to go on local tourist
maps produced for the
Fitzgerald Biosphere
Reserve.
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Engaging the Community to Protect the
FITZGERALD RIVER
NATIONAL PARK
from Phytophthora Dieback
Key Activities
• Communication and Engagement
Shires, Tourism, Community
• Detection and Mapping
• Road Risk Reduction and Hygiene
Integration
• Washdown Facilities
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Engaging High Risk Groups - Shires
• The FRNP is surrounded by
extensive network of
(largely unsealed) roads.
SHIRE OF
RAVENSTHORPE
• Managed by the Shires of
Jerramungup (west) and
Ravensthorpe (east).
• Shires have limited
resources, very low rate
base
• No in-house environmental
staff
• A long way from the public
eye
SHIRE OF
JERRAMUNGUP
Fitzgerald River NP & Priority Areas
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Shire Boundary
Engaging High Risk Groups - Shires
Provision of dieback mapping within Fitzgerald Biosphere Reserve road network.
Production of dieback occurrence maps as posters for operational planning.
As well as Shires, worked with Main Roads and contractor staff.
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Engaging High Risk Groups - Shires
Key activities with the Shires:
Shire participation on dieback project steering group.
Fitz ‘Values and Threats’ tour for councilors and staff, including Bell Track.
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Engaging High Risk Groups - Shires
Shire of Jerramungup participation in Fitzgerald River NP Improvement road works
to increase workforce dieback awareness
Purchase of mobile wash down unit for use onsite.
Now in use by Shire of Jerramungup and Ravensthorpe works crews
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Communication & Engagement
Numerous displays at community market days, fairs and other events
throughout four towns in Fitzgerald Biosphere Reserve.
Workshops on dieback aimed at tourism industry staff and volunteers.
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Communication & Engagement
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Protecting the Protectable
WALPOLE WILDERNESS
and MT LINDESAY
Protecting Uplands, Peaks and Special Value Areas
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Walpole Wilderness
Protecting Uplands, Peaks and Special Value Areas
Dieback Protection Area
Contains some of the most significant dieback free areas in the southern region.
Two-thirds is still dieback free (>200,000ha).
Dieback widespread throughout lowlands of the wilderness.
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Mt Lindesay
A Threatened Ecological Community – Special Value Area
Dieback Protection Area
Over 70% of the mountains are affected by Phytophthora Dieback.
Mt Lindesay-Little Lindesay TEC retains all of its flora and fauna values.
Only link to montane habitats north of Denmark prior to the introduction of dieback.
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Walpole Wilderness
Protecting Uplands, Peaks and Special Value Areas
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Stakeholder Engagement
Department of Environment and Conservation
Key activities with DEC Frankland
Implementation of management plans for priority areas.
Development of dieback brochures.
Presentations and workshops.
Feral pig control in protectable and buffer areas
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Stakeholder Engagement
Community Groups and Recreational Users
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Proposed Motor Cycle Enduro
Denmark Motor Cycle Club – DEC Frankland – South Coast NRM
Mt Lindesay
Identified small pockets of protectable areas.
Alternative routes proposed.
Potential to develop joint venture template for other user groups.
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Awareness, Tools, Project Planning
SOUTH COAST
& STATEWIDE
for Phytophthora Dieback
M.D. Crisp 2007
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Every Step Counts…
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Dieback Protocols for Biodiversity Investment
Project Planning,
Development &
Operational Strategies
• Project Planning Process
• Determining Activity Threat
• Level of Dieback
Assessment Required
• Operational Strategies
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Dieback Information Delivery and
Management System (DIDMS)
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Acknowledgements
Team effort by a number of government agencies, stakeholders and
community groups.
Annabelle Bushell
Alison Lullfitz
Rob Wright
Robyn Cail
Liz Edmonds
Tim Brett
Joanna Young
Gary Muir
www.dieback.net.au
[email protected]
0428 717 685
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