5.6 Hygiene Biosecurity hygiene practices shall be implemented to avoid the spread, proliferation and/or introduction of weeds and pathogens. These include ensuring tools, equipment, boots, vehicles and machinery are cleaned before arriving to site. • To manage the risk of weed introduction on the long-term health and viability of translocated plants, a strict weed hygiene protocol will be implemented for the translocation and monitoring phases. Disturbed areas within the broader project area are infested with a variety of weeds. Therefore, there is a risk that vehicles travelling through such areas may pick up and spread propagules of these weeds. • The weed hygiene protocol shall include the following controls, as a minimum: o All vehicles and machinery are to undergo a thorough weed washdown and inspection at an appropriate washdown facility before commencing work on site, to prevent the potential introduction and spread of weeds within the impacted sites and the recipient site. o When travelling between impact sites and the recipient site, all vehicles and machinery shall keep to graded roads as far as possible and avoid travelling through areas infested with invasive weeds. o Training and inductions shall be provided for contractors and workers about the importance of weed hygiene, including a briefing on weed issues in the local landscape and appropriate hygiene measures.
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Mundic Gully TSF Translocation Project - Grevillea hockingsii
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