Description
The Chatham Islands Pest Management Plan (RPMP) sets out how specific pest species will be managed in the Chatham Islands Territory. It is managed by Chatham Islands Council.
Note that inclusion of a species on a RPMP does not necessarily mean that the species is managed across the whole region. To find out how a particular weed species is managed in your area, refer to the RPMP on the Chatham Islands Council website.
Taxonomy note
SWAT uses the global Catalogue of Life taxonomy, which does not always align with the taxonomies used in New Zealand. As a result, the species names or synonym relationships in the RPMP may differ from those used in SWAT. To see how the species in this RPMP are represented in SWAT, refer to the species list by management programme.
Management agencies
Weeds in this RPMP are managed under the following programmes:
- Exclusion: Aims to prevent pests that are not yet present in the region from establishing
- Eradication: Aims to completely remove the pest from the region over time
- Progressive Containment: Aims to reduce the area over which a pest is spread gradually
- Sustained Control: Ongoing control to reduce the pest’s impacts and limit its spread to other properties
- Organism of Interest: Advisory species that don't yet have official pest status in the RPMP