 The Australian Weeds Committee published a Draft Madeira Vine Strategy in August 2012  which is aimed at preventing the spread and reducing the impacts of this vine throughout Australia.Madeira vine can climb 40 m into the tree canopy, smothering and collapsing mature trees.Mature vines are controlled using the "scrape and paint" method, where the bark is scraped to expose the cambium layer and painted with herbicide.