reduce rabbit Biocontrol agents numbers. made available. 3.3 Develop and register new High Measurable Additional biocontrol Government and biocontrol agents and priority, and continued agents are available to product products. long term reduction in registered land manufacturers. and ongoing the number of managers. rabbits through use of biocontrol agents. 3.4 Increase understanding of High A clear Research papers and Researchers and the seasonal patterns of priority, understanding reports on RCV-A1 Government and its interaction with long term of the and its interaction RHDV. interaction with RHDV are between published. and RHDV. Future biocontrol research takes into account, and aims to reduce interactions of RCV-A1 with RHDV. 3.5 Increase understanding of Medium A clear Research papers and Researchers the long term effect of priority, understanding reports on virus evolution and genetic long term of the virus’ evolution and its role resistance to biocontrol evolution and in genetic resistance agents. role in genetic are published. resistance. Future biocontrol programs are strengthened by taking account of the rate of evolution and development of genetic resistance. 3.6 Conduct pre and post High Biocontrol A clear understanding Government, monitoring to determine priority, agents of the effectiveness, researchers and success of biocontrol releases medium continue to be or otherwise, of each land managers across a range of landscapes term effective in biocontrol agent reducing release, and its rabbit environmental numbers and impacts. their impact
reduce rabbit numbers. Biocontrol agents made available. 3.3 Develop and register new biocontrol agents and products. High priority, long term and ongoing Measurable and continued reduction in the number of rabbits through use of biocontrol agents. Additional biocontrol agents are available to registered land managers. Government and product manufacturers. 3.4 Increase understanding of the seasonal patterns of and its interaction with RHDV. High priority, long term A clear understanding of the interaction between and RHDV. Research papers and reports on RCV-A1 and its interaction with RHDV are published. Future biocontrol research takes into account, and aims to reduce interactions of RCV-A1 with RHDV. Researchers and Government 3.5 Increase understanding of the long term effect of evolution and genetic resistance to biocontrol agents. Medium priority, long term A clear understanding of the virus’ evolution and role in genetic resistance. Research papers and reports on virus evolution and its role in genetic resistance are published. Future biocontrol programs are strengthened by taking account of the rate of evolution and development of genetic resistance. Researchers 3.6 Conduct pre and post monitoring to determine success of biocontrol releases across a range of landscapes High priority, medium term Biocontrol agents continue to be effective in reducing rabbit numbers and their impact A clear understanding of the effectiveness, or otherwise, of each biocontrol agent release, and its environmental impacts. Government, researchers and land managers
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