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RESEARCH ARTICLE
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Management of weeds in Australian rangelands: a basis for evaluating projects

T. G. Martin A B and A. C. Grice C D
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A CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems.

B Current address: Centre for Applied Conservation Research, Department of Forest Sciences, University of British Columbia, 3041-2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada. Email: Tara.Martin@ubc.ca

C Co-operative Research Centre for Australian Weed Management, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Private Bag PO Aitkenvale, Qld 4814, Australia.

D Corresponding author. Email: Tony.Grice@csiro.au

The Rangeland Journal 28(1) 77-81 https://doi.org/10.1071/RJ06018
Submitted: 13 April 2006  Accepted: 27 April 2006   Published: 29 May 2006

Abstract

There is presently no generally accepted way of evaluating weed related projects across Australian rangelands from the proposal through to the project completion stage, despite substantial investment in these activities. As a result, it is not possible to assess the overall effectiveness of many weed related investments. In order to better guide weed investment in the future, we propose a set of criteria on which to evaluate project objectives, methodologies, resources and achievements, whether the project is completed, underway, or in the proposal stage.

Additional keywords: impacts, investment, monitoring.


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