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monitoring to enable the evaluation of the effectiveness of feral pig control. Monitoring of appropriately chosen sites will allow the effectiveness of feral pig control to be evaluated, and will allow land managers to change feral pig control actions as necessary. In particular, monitoring of threatened species/ecological communities being impacted by feral pigs can determine whether changes in feral pig abundance caused by feral pig control are resulting in a positive response in those threatened species/ecological communities. Sharing information on effectiveness of control actions will allow other land managers to learn from it. priority. Years 1–5. actions include site monitoring and effectiveness. Increased use of FeralPigScan to improve this platform’s information base and usefulness. refine feral pig control actions. undertaking control programs or contractors working for land managers. Action 4.2: Develop further effective monitoring techniques. High priority. Effective monitoring techniques that can be used by non-specialist land managers. Information to judge the effectiveness of feral pig control techniques. State and territory agencies. Research institutions. Action 4.3: Encourage the use of the existing FeralPigScan platform for centralised recording platform of feral pig control actions and any monitoring/recording of their effectiveness. Issues of data standards, data security and data access may need to be considered. Medium priority. Years 1–5. Increased use of FeralPigScan to improve this platform’s information base and usefulness. Data on where and how feral pigs are controlled available for regional, state/territory and national planning and prioritisation. Australian, state and territory governments to determine feasibility. If this is implemented land managers will need to provide information.
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