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Developing and maintaining an emergency response capability requires sufficient resources and highly trained personnel. Well-trained and resourced staff are required to ensure this ‘insurance’ capability. G2.2 G2.3 Information on invasive species is held by a range of agencies and organisations and may not be readily available to all parties. Improved systems of information storage and retrieval, and for sharing of this information between partners, are required. G5.1 Biosecurity knowledge is at risk of diminishing with smaller, dispersed agency levels. Generational transfer of new knowledge becomes more difficult. Generating new knowledge through partnership arrangements and use of web-based information systems will assist in enhancing effective knowledge transfer. G5.1 is a mixed understanding across governments, industry, landholders and the wider community about the ‘big picture’ for the invasive species situation in WA, and respective roles and responsibilities of all parties for invasive species management, resulting in poorly uncoordinated effort. An important requirement is for all parties to have a shared understanding, and accept and act upon their roles and responsibilities. G1.2 G2.2 G2.3 G2.4 G3.1 G3.2 G3.3 G4.2 G5.1 The resources for invasive species management will always be constrained. A sound process for identifying priorities for investment, based on a robust understanding of the impact of invasive species, will ensure resources are used most effectively. G1.1 G1.2 G1.3 G2.3 G2.4 G3.2 G3.3 In some cases, asset-based control is too expensive to generate sufficient benefits from reduced impacts. Continued investment in researching more control technologies is required. G1.3 While regulation is necessary to address aspects of invasive species management, it is expensive and on its own is insufficient for meeting objectives. Improved legislative capacity, coupled with collaborative management by partnerships between government, industry, landholders and the wider community, will be more effective in the long run. G4.1 G4.2 efficient
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