QUEENSLAND Minister for Primary Industries, Fisheries, Tim Mulherin says the State’s scientists are using satellite technology to pinpoint the locations of some of its most invasive weeds.
According to the Minister, local landholders have helped by finding the outbreaks and identifying the best access routes, as there were around a thousand species of invasive weeds across the State. Including prickly acacia, cactus and rubber vine.
The Minister says Biosecurity Queensland and the Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) are working together to map some of the state's worst weeds to further improve control efforts.
Mulherin says invasive weeds cost the State around $600m each year in lost production and control methods. They also have a detrimental impact on the environment, reducing water quality in our rivers and dams, affecting biodiversity in our rainforests and increasing soil erosion.
The results of the project are said to be released in the next few months.
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