Boobook Declaration: Environment groups call for action in 2010 International Year of Biodiversity

4 December 2009. The Invasive Species Council has joined 40 environment groups from across Australia to call on the Australian Government to act decisively to protect biodiversity in 2010, the United Nations International Year of Biodiversity.

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Biofuels push could unleash one of the world's worst weeds on to Aussie soils

19 November 2009. Biofuels will become a catastrophe for Australia if governments fail to exercise more responsibility, an international conference organised by the CSIRO and OECD will be told today.

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NSW Government should tear up Shooters Party game bill

8 September 2009. The Invasive Species Council today called on the NSW Government to reject the Shooters' Party bill that would open national parks to hunting, establish private game reserves and release feral birds into the natural environment.

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Tasmania ill-prepared for climate change super invaders

13 August 2009. Tasmania is ill-equipped to deal with potentially massive weed invasions sparked by climate change, environment groups have warned ahead of a major weeds forum in Campbell Town today.

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NSW game council claims lack substance

2 June 2009. The Invasive Species Council is perplexed by a media release issued today by Game Council NSW headlined "Declare Invasive Species Council feral, not wild deer".

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NSW and Victoria should declare deer feral pests - in line with Queensland and SA

27 May 2009. The Invasive Species Council (ISC) today urged the Victorian and NSW governments to declare deer feral pests and implement control programs to protect the environment and agriculture - in line with states across their borders.

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ISC welcomes launch of national invasive species alliance

22 May 2009. The Invasive Species Council today welcomed the launch of the Stop Invasive Species Alliance, a coalition of 17 national and state environment groups of which ISC is a founding member.

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Professional, not amateur, deer control needed

26 February 2009. The opening this weekend of the NSW deer hunting season has sparked a call from conservation groups for professional deer control programs to replace the ad hoc, unplanned and ineffective efforts of recreational hunting on public land as a means of controlling the pest animal problem.

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Bitou bush is bad now, but wait until climate change hits

23 January 2009. As Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett today launches a guide to tackle the spread of one of Australia's most destructive weeds along New South Wales coastline the Invasive Species Council has warned that weed problems will get much worse under climate change.

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