The National Priority List of Exotic Environmental Pests, Weeds and Diseases (abbreviated to the Exotic Environmental Pest List (EEPL)) was released in November 2020. The development of the EEPL delivers on a key recommendation of the 2017 ‘Priorities for Australia’s biosecurity system’ report, to strengthen environmental biosecurity and develop a national approach to address biosecurity risks to Australia’s environment.
Australia is one of 17 ‘megadiverse’ countries in the world. Our rich and delicate biodiversity is made up of more than 600,000 organisms, and many are not found anywhere else on earth.
Invasive species are one of the key threats to Australia’s environment and biodiversity.
Invasive species have been, and continue to be, hugely damaging to Australia’s unique ecosystems, as well as to the agriculture sector.
Exotic invasive species are those species not present in Australia. If these species became established, they could cause significant damage to our environment including our unique native plants, animals and First Nations heritage sites. Our environmental assets sustain us, support our economy and are central to our culture and national identity. Environmental biosecurity makes sure we have a strong and focussed defence against exotic invasive species arriving or becoming established in Australia. Check out the outbreak website for information on pests, diseases and weeds that are under national eradication programs.
The EEPL
The EEPL contains 168 exotic species of significant environmental and social amenity risk to Australia.
Species listed on the EEPL must:
- be a pest, weed or disease that has potential for, or demonstrated, negative impacts on the environment or social amenity and,
- be exotic to Australia i.e., the pest, weed or disease is not currently known to be present in Australia, or, if present, is subject to nationally agreed eradication and,
- have at least one known or potential pathway of entry to Australia and,
- have the potential to establish and spread in Australia.
The listing of environmental biosecurity risk species in the EEPL will:
- identify the species of most environmental biosecurity risk and facilitate education, communication, and discussion on the topic
- help highlight common and closely aligned objectives of other biosecurity programs and improve collaborations across government, industry and community groups
- guide, establish and expand surveillance activities to maximise spatial surveillance coverage for exotic environmental biosecurity species and minimise the time before incursions are detected
- strengthen preparedness and response capabilities to respond effectively when an incursion is identified
- inform research, development and extension activities to create new capabilities for assessing risk, species detection, identification, eradication, and incursion management.
EEPL implementation
An EEPL implementation plan is currently being finalised, which will identify and prioritise actions to reduce the risk of entry, establishment, and spread of exotic environmental biosecurity species in Australia.
The structure and composition of the EEPL
The EEPL identifies 168 exotic pests, weeds and diseases that pose a risk to Australia’s natural environment and are categorised into one of 8 biological groups:
- Aquatic animal diseases
- Freshwater invertebrates
- Marine pests
- Plant diseases
- Terrestrial invertebrates
- Vertebrates
- Weeds and freshwater algae
- Native animal diseases (wildlife diseases)
Each group contains 17 – 24 entries that are either a single species, a genus, or a small set of closely related species. A subset list containing 42 higher risk species that pose the greatest risk to Australia’s environmental biosecurity has been compiled from the top 5 - 6 species in each of the 8 biological groups. This subset list of 42 is referred to as the ‘higher-risk EEPL’.
A number of EEPL species can also be found in other priority lists that primarily focus on agricultural risks. These species present a risk to both agriculture and the environment. They are listed in the EEPL so risk reducing measures specifically focusing on the environmental risk can be developed and delivered.
The risk ranking of EEPL species between biological groups is not directly comparable but can provide another perspective to help prioritise risk reduction work.
The EEPL does not list all organisms that pose an environmental biosecurity risk to Australia. However, the list covers such a broad range of organisms that any unlisted environmental biosecurity risk species will most likely fit within one of the 8 biological groups in the EEPL.
Many actions and measures that mitigate the risk of EEPL species to Australia based on biological groupings and pathways of entry can also reduce the risk posed by unlisted and unrecognised risk species of the same biological group or pathway.
Higher-risk EEPL species
Listed alphabetically per thematic group.
| Common name(s) | Species name | Organism type | Host / Vector |
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Aquatic Animal Diseases |
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| Bonamiosis | Bonamia ostreae | unicellular eukaryote - (cercozia) | crustaceans |
| Crayfish plague | Aphanomyces astaci | water mould (oomycete) | Freshwater crustaceans |
| Megalocytiviruses | Infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus (ISKNV), and Red sea bream iridovirus (RSIV) |
virus | marine fish |
| White spot syndrome | White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) | virus | crustaceans |
| Yellow head disease | Yellow head virus-1 (YHV1) | virus | crustaceans |
Freshwater Invertebrates |
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| Asian clam | Corbicula fluminea | Freshwater shellfish | |
| Chinese mystery snail and Japanese mystery snail | Cipangopaludina chinensis and Cipangopaludina japonica |
Freshwater snail | |
| Golden apple snail and island apple snail | Pomacea canaliculate and Pomacea maculata |
Freshwater snail | |
| Quagga mussel and zebra mussel |
Dreissena bugensis and Dreissena polymorpha |
Freshwater shellfish | |
| Quilted melania | Tarebia granifera | Freshwater snail | |
Marine Pests |
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| Asian green mussel | Perna viridis | Marine shellfish | |
| Black-striped false mussel | Mytilopsis sallei | Marine shellfish | |
| Carpet sea squirt | Didemnum vexillum | Sea squirt | |
| Chinese mitten crab | Eriocheir sinensis | Freshwater and marine crustacean | |
| Lady crab / Asian paddle crab | Charybdis japonica | Marine crustacean | |
Native Animal Diseases |
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| Duck viral enteritis / Duck plague | Anatid herpesvirus-1 | virus | Birds |
| Exotic West Nile Virus Disease | West Nile virus (WNV) (other than WNV lineage 1b (Kunjin virus)) |
virus | Birds<>Mosquitoes |
| Pacheco’s disease and Internal papillomatosis disease | Psittacid alphaherpesvirus-1 (PsHV-1) | virus | psittacine (parrots) |
| Proventricular dilatation disease | Parrot bornavirus (PaBV) | virus | psittacine (parrots) |
| White nose syndrome | Pseudogymnoascus destructans | fungi | bats |
Plant Diseases |
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| Ceratocystis wilt | Ceratocystis manginecans (and other exotic Ceratocystis spp.) |
fungi | Plant products |
| Myrtle rust | Austropuccinia psidii (exotic strains) |
fungi | Plant products |
| Fusarium wilt | Fusarium euwallaceae | fungi | Polyphagous shot hole borer (beetle) Euwallacea fornicatus |
| Sudden oak death / ramorum blight | Phytophthora ramorum | Unicellular eukaryote (oomycete) | Plant products |
| Teratosphaeria leaf blight / Teratosphaeria stem canker | Teratosphaeria destructans and T. zuluensis |
fungi | Plant products |
| Xylella | Xylella fastidiosa | bacteria | Plant products / leafhopper insects |
Terrestrial Invertebrates |
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| Asian spongy moth | Lymantria dispar | insect | |
| Formosan subterranean termite | Coptotermes formosanus | insect | |
| Giant African snail | Achatina fulica | Land snail | |
| Harlequin lady beetle / multicolored Asian lady beetle | Harmonia axyridis | insect | |
| Invasive ants – (red imported fire ant and electric ant) | Solenopsis invicta and Wasmannia auropunctata |
insect | |
Vertebrates |
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| Asian black-spined toad | Duttaphrynus melanostictus | amphibian | |
| Boa constrictor | Boa constrictor | reptile | |
| Climbing perch | Anabas testudineus | fish | |
| Corn snake | Pantherophis guttatus | reptile | |
| Red-eared slider turtle | Trachemys scripta elegans | reptile | |
| Silver carp | Hypophthalmichthys molitrix | fish | |
Weeds and Freshwater Algae |
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| Didymo | Didymosphenia geminata | Algae (Chromista - freshwater diatom) |
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| Manchurian wild rice | Zizania latifolia | plant | |
| Mikania | Mikania micrantha | plant | |
| Mouse-ear hawkweed | Pilosella officinarum | plant | |
| Spiked pepper | Piper aduncum | plant | |
The National Priority List of Exotic Environmental Pests, Weeds and Diseases - (EEPL)
Listed alphabetically per thematic group.
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Aquatic Animal Diseases
| Common Name(s) | Species Name |
|---|---|
| *Bonamiosis | Bonamia ostreae |
| *Crayfish plague | Aphanomyces astaci |
| Grouper iridoviral disease | Singapore grouper iridovirus (SGIV) and Grouper iridovirus (GIV) (genus Ranavirus) |
| Infectious hematopoietic necrosis | Infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) (genus Rhabdovirus) |
| Infectious myonecrosis | Infectious myonecrosis virus (IMNV) (genus Totivirus) |
| Infectious pancreatic necrosis | Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) (genus Aquabirnavirus) |
| Marteiliosis (Aber disease) | Marteilia refringens |
| *Megalocytivirus | Infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus (ISKNV) and Red sea bream iridovirus (RSIV) (genus Megalocytivirus) |
| Mikrocytosis (Denman Island disease) |
Mikrocytos mackini |
| Necrotising hepatopancreatitis | ‘Candidatus Hepatobacter penaei’ |
| Perkinsosis (Dermo disease) | Perkinsus marinus |
| Protozoic whirling disease | Myxobolus cerebralis / Microsporidium takedai |
| Taura syndrome | Taura syndrome virus (TSV) (genus Aparavirus) |
| Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia | Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus (VHSV) (genus Novirhabdovirus) |
| *White spot syndrome |
White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) (genus Whispovirus) |
| Withering syndrome (of abalones) | ‘Candidatus Xenohaliotis californiensis’ |
| *Yellow head disease | Yellow head virus genotype-1 (YHV1) (genus Okavirus) |
* indicates a higher risk species.
Freshwater Invertebrates
| Common Name(s) | Species Name |
|---|---|
| *Asian clam | Corbicula fluminea |
| Assassin snail | Clea / Anentome spp. |
| Bloody-red mysid shrimp | Hemimysis anomala |
| Chinese mitten crab | Eriocheir sinensis |
| *Chinese mystery snail and Japanese mystery snail | Cipangopaludina chinensis and C. japonica |
| Danube crayfish / Turkish crayfish | Astacus leptodactylus |
| Freshwater mussel | Cristaria plicata |
| Freshwater snails Biomphalaria genus | Biomphalaria spp. |
| Freshwater snails Bulinus genus | Bulinus spp. |
| Freshwater snails Oncomelania genus | Oncomelania spp. |
| *Golden apple snail and Island apple snail | Pomacea canaliculata and P. maculata |
| Golden mussel | Limnoperna fortunei |
| Horn snail | Indoplanorbis exustus |
| Land snails Radix genus | Exotic Radix spp. |
| Louisiana red crayfish / Red swamp crayfish | Procambarus clarkii |
| Mud snail | Galba truncatula |
| Northern crayfish / Virile crayfish | Orconectes virilis |
| *Quagga mussel and Zebra mussel | Dreissena bugensis and D. polymorpha |
| *Quilted melania | Tarebia granifera |
| Rusty crayfish | Orconectes rusticus |
| Serrate crownsnail | Pyrgophorus platyrachis |
| Signal crayfish | Pacifastacus leniusculus |
| Spinycheek crayfish | Orconectes limosus |
* indicates a higher risk species.
Marine Pests
| Common Name(s) | Species Name |
|---|---|
| Asian brackish-water clam / Overbite clam | Potamocorbula amurensis |
| *Asian green mussel | Perna viridis |
| Atlantic oyster drill | Urosalpinx cinerea |
| *Black-striped false mussel | Mytilopsis sallei |
| Brown mussel | Perna perna |
| Brush-clawed shore crab | Hemigrapsus takanoi |
| *Carpet sea squirt | Didemnum vexillum |
| Centric diatom | Chaetoceros concavicornis |
| *Chinese mitten crab | Eriocheir sinensis |
| Comb jelly | Mnemiopsis leidyi |
| Harris’ mud crab | Rhithropanopeus harrisi |
| Japanese shore crab | Hemigrapsus sanguineus |
| Japanese skeleton shrimp | Caprella mutica |
| Japanese wireweed | Sargassum muticum |
| *Lady crab / Asian paddle crab | Charybdis japonica |
| New Zealand green-lipped mussel | Perna canaliculus |
| Rapa whelk | Rapana venosa |
| Red-gilled mudworm | Marenzelleria neglecta |
| Soft shelled clam | Mya arenaria |
| Toxic dinoflagellate | Dinophysis norvegica |
* indicates a higher risk species.
Native Animal Diseases
| Common Name(s) | Species Name |
|---|---|
| Avian paramyxovirus-3 (PMV3) and Avian paramyxovirus-5 (PMV5) | Avian paramyxovirus-3 (PMV3) and Avian paramyxovirus-5 (PMV5) |
| Bubonic plague | Yersinia pestis |
| Exotic novel nidovirus strains in reptiles | Exotic novel coronavirus, including python nidovirus (order Nidovirales, family Coronaviridae) |
| Deformed wing virus in bees | Deformed wing virus (DWV) (family Iflaviridae) |
| *Duck viral enteritis / duck plague | Anatid herpesvirus-1 |
| Exotic Flaviviruses (Bagaza and Usutu) | Exotic Flaviviruses – Bagaza virus and Usutu virus |
| Exotic novel herpesviruses of reptiles | Family Herpesviridae, subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae |
| Exotic highly pathogenic avian influenza | Exotic Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAI) |
| Ophidian paramyxovirus (OPMV) / Fer-de-lance virus - infection of snakes | Subfamily Paramyxovirinae, genus Ferlavirus |
| *Pacheco’s disease and internal papillomatosis disease | Psittacid alphaherpesvirus-1 (PsHV-1) |
| Phocine distemper | Phocine distemper virus (PDV) (genus Morbillivirus) |
| *Proventricular dilatation disease | Parrot bornavirus (PaBV) |
| Psittacine pox virus | Psittacine pox virus (PsPoV) (genus Avipoxvirus) |
| Rabies virus | Rabies virus / Rabies lyssavirus (genus Lyssavirus) |
| Screwworm fly | Chrysomya bezziana and Cochliomyia hominivorax |
| Severe Perkinsea infection in frogs | Pathogenic Perkinsea clade of frogs |
| Snake fungal disease | Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola |
| Surra | Trypanosoma evansi |
| *West Nile virus infection | Exotic West Nile virus lineages - other than 1b (WNV Kunjin) |
| *White nose syndrome (of bats) | Pseudogymnoascus destructans |
* indicates a higher risk species.
Plant Diseases
| Common Name(s) | Species Name |
|---|---|
| Annosus root and butt rot | Heterobasidion annosum |
| Armillaria root rot | Armillaria mellea |
| Blood disease of banana and clove wilt | Ralstonia syzygii |
| *Ceratocystis wilt | Ceratocystis manginecans |
| Ceratocystis wilt | Ceratocystis albifundus |
| Chestnut blight | Cryphonectria parasitica |
| Chrysoporthe canker / Eucalyptus canker | Chrysoporthe austroafricana |
| Coconut lethal yellowing | ‘Candidatus phytoplasma palmae’ |
| Dutch elm disease | Ophiostoma ulmi sensu lato |
| Elm yellows / Elm phloem necrosis | ‘Candidatus phytoplasma ulmi’ |
| *Fusarium wilt | Fusarium euwallaceae |
| Huanglongbing / Citrus greening | ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’, ‘Candidatus Liberibacter africanus’ and ‘Candidatus Liberibacter americanus’ |
| *Myrtle rust (exotic strains) | Austropuccinia psidii – exotic strains |
| Oak wilt | Ceratocystis fagacearum |
| Phytophthora blight | Phytophthora kernoviae |
| *Sudden oak death / Ramorum blight | Phytophthora ramorum |
| Teratosphaeria canker | Teratosphaeria gauchensis |
| *Teratosphaeria leaf blight / Teratosphaeria stem canker | Teratosphaeria destructans / T. zuluensis |
| Texas root rot | Phymatotrichopsis omnivora |
| *Xylella | Xylella fastidiosa |
* indicates a higher risk species.
Terrestrial Invertebrates
| Common Name(s) | Species Name |
|---|---|
| Africanised honeybee | Apis mellifera scutellata and its hybrids |
| Annona mealybug / Pineapple mealybug | Dysmicoccus neobrevipes |
| Asian / Yellow-legged hornet | Vespa velutina |
| Asian bee mite | Tropilaelaps clareae |
| Asian bee mite | Tropilaelaps mercedesae |
| *Asian spongy moth | Lymantria dispar (Lymantria dispar asiatica, Lymantria dispar japonica and Lymantria dispar dispar) |
| Brown marmorated stink bug | Halyomorpha halys |
| Cape honeybee | Apis mellifera capensis |
| Common eastern bumblebee | Bombus impatiens |
| Cycad aulacaspis scale | Aulacaspis yasumatsui |
| Delta wasp | Delta pyriforme |
| Dichroplus grasshopper | Dichroplus elongatus and D. maculipennis |
| *Electric ant | Wasmannia auropunctata |
| *Formosan subterranean termite | Coptotermes formosanus |
| *Giant African snail | Achatina fulica |
| Gold dust weevil | Hypomeces squamosus |
| *Harlequin lady beetle/ Multicolored Asian lady beetle | Harmonia axyridis |
| Honey bee tracheal mite | Acarapis woodi |
| Oriental powderpost beetle | Lyctoxylon dentatum |
| Picnic beetle | Glischrochilus fasciatus and G. quadrisignatus |
| *Red imported fire ant | Solenopsis invicta |
| Rosy predator snail | Euglandina rosea |
| Shot hole borer | Euwallacea fornicatus complex |
| Western drywood termite | Incisitermes minor |
* indicates a higher risk species.
Vertebrates
| Common Name(s) | Species Name |
|---|---|
| African pygmy hedgehog | Atelerix albiventris |
| *Asian black-spined toad | Duttaphrynus melanostictus |
| Asian painted frog | Kaloula pulchra |
| *Boa constrictor | Boa constrictor |
| Burmese python | Python bivittatus |
| Chinese carp | Ctenopharyngodon idella |
| *Climbing perch | Anabas testudineus |
| Common snapping turtle | Chelydra serpentina |
| *Corn snake | Pantherophis guttatus |
| Fire bellied newt | Cynops orientalis |
| Flat-tailed house gecko | Hemidactylus platyurus |
| Green iguana | Iguana iguana |
| Grey squirrel | Sciurus carolinensis |
| House crow | Corvus splendens |
| Nile tilapia | Oreochromis niloticus |
| Oriental garden lizard | Calotes versicolor |
| Pacific rat | Rattus exulans |
| *Red-eared slider turtle | Trachemys scripta elegans |
| *Silver carp | Hypophthalmichthys molitrix |
| Snakeheads | Channa spp. (including Channa striata) |
| Stoat | Mustela erminea |
| Veiled chameleon | Chamaeleo calyptratus |
| Walking catfish | Clarias batrachus |
* indicates a higher risk species.
Weeds and Freshwater Algae
| Common Name(s) | Species Name |
|---|---|
| Asiatic sand sedge | Carex kobomugi |
| Black sage | Cordia curassavica |
| Black swallow-wort | Vincetoxicum nigrum |
| Brittle naiad | Najas minor |
| Cane tibouchina | Tibouchina herbacea |
| *Didymo | Didymosphenia geminata |
| Halogeton | Halogeton glomeratus |
| Karoo thorn | Vachellia karoo |
| Lagariosiphon | Lagarosiphon major |
| Leafy spurge | Euphorbia esula |
| *Manchurian wildrice | Zizania latifolia |
| *Mikania | Mikania micrantha |
| *Mouse-ear hawkweed | Pilosella officinarum |
| Nepalese browntop | Microstegium vimineum |
| Portuguese broom | Cytisus striatus |
| Slangbos | Seriphium plumosum |
| South African ragwort | Senecio inaequidens |
| *Spiked pepper | Piper aduncum |
| Water primrose | Ludwigia grandiflora |
| Wiregrass | Ventenata dubia |
* indicates a higher risk species.
Management and governance of the EEPL
The National Biosecurity Committee endorsed the final EEPL in October 2020 prior to its release in November 2020.
The Australian Chief Environmental Biosecurity Officer (ACEBO) is the custodian of the EEPL and will administer its use and manage any ad hoc and planned reviews.
The entire EEPL list is scheduled for review 2023-2024 and every 5 years thereafter. The composition of the EEPL can also be updated outside of this review cycle based on the availability of new information, changed circumstances in the field, and revised threat and consequence assessments.
The Environment and Invasives Committee (EIC) has policy oversight of the EEPL. When developing, reviewing, and amending of the EEPL, the EIC will consult with:
- Plant Health Committee,
- Animal Health Committee,
- Marine Pest Sectoral Committee
- other relevant stakeholders as appropriate.
How the EEPL was developed
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) and the department led the development of the EEPL through an extensive national multi-staged expert elicitation and public consultation process.
Experts and key stakeholders were brought together to identify those exotic species that are considered the greatest threat to the environment and, or social amenity at the national level.
The approach for identifying species for inclusion on the EEPL involved:
- developing a database of exotic invasive species that have the potential to have environmental impacts in Australia (see the approach to identifying exotic species with environmental impacts)
- reviewing prioritisation methods from across the world
- consulting with list makers to provide options to experts on methods for developing the EEPL
- participants jointly agreeing on the purpose of the list, its use, audience and methodology; and testing a suitable methodology during workshops
- experts shortlisting candidate species for assessment for the EEPL
- using a structured expert elicitation and semi-quantitative methodology to assess and prioritise species.
Candidate exotic species were rated against 5 aspects of risk and ranked per biological group. The risk ratings were comprised of:
- likelihood of entry
- likelihood of establishment
- likelihood of spread
- impact on the environment
- impact to social amenities dependent on the environment.
The ratings for these 5 factors were then added to generate an overall risk rating per biological group.
Full details about the development of the EEPL are provided in the information paper at the list below. The risk ratings for the risk factors for each EEPL entry are available here.
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Questions and Answers
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Is funding available for research, prevention and preparedness activities relating to species identified on the EEPL?
The CEBO manages an Environmental Biosecurity Project Fund and welcomes proposals that seek to improve the research on, and Australia’s ability to undertake prevention and preparedness activities for, species identified on the EEPL.
Why is ‘species X’ not on the list?
Species may have been excluded from the EEPL because:
- they are unlikely to enter Australia,
- there is unsuitable habitat and/or climate,
- they have no known hosts in Australia,
- the species taxonomy is uncertain, very little is known about them or their potential impacts in Australia,
- they are allowed to be privately kept by state or territory laws (this does not include species in highly contained environments such as zoos), and, or
- they are already established in Australia.
We used a collaborative, rigorous and evidence-based process to identify priority species.
This process accounted for overall impact, along with the likelihood of entry, establishment and spread. Around 170 species across 8 biological groups were shortlisted for prioritisation assessment. Experts shortlisted these species from lists of over 1000 species, depending on the group.
The process ensures that the EEPL can be built upon as new information arises, with ad hoc amendments able to be made to the list, including assessment of new high-risk species.
But species X is already in Australia – why is it on the list?
This list focuses on species not yet established in Australia. Exotic species are defined as those that are not introduced, or if they have been, are under an official eradication program. Some species on the list are under official eradication and are therefore still classed as exotic. If a species is no longer under eradication and is instead being ‘managed’ it would no longer meet the criteria for the list and will be removed.
The process also ensures that the EEPL can be built upon as new information arises, with ad hoc amendments able to be made to the list, including the removal of species.
Why are there only five higher risk species for each thematic group on the list?
The 5 - 6 species of highest risk in each thematic group were compiled into an additional list referred to as higher-risk species. This list of 42 species will be used to focus communications and increase awareness of the key environmental biosecurity threats facing Australia.
The higher risk species will also guide the prioritisation and identification of actions required to reduce the risk of entry, establishment, and spread of these species on a national scale.
However, for most environmental biosecurity functions including prevention, preparedness, surveillance, identification, response, communication and management, the entire EEPL list of 168 species will be used.
How does this list relate to other priority lists?
The EEPL doesn’t replace other national lists or processes. Other priority lists exist that have been developed for different purposes. State and territory governments also have compiled priority pest lists to meet regulatory obligations.
Other national priority lists include:
- National list of notifiable animal diseases
- National list of reportable diseases of aquatic animals
- National priority plant pest list 2016
- Australian priority marine pest list
Other lists developed in Australia include (but are not limited to):
- Live import list
- List of exotic vertebrates in Australia
- Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy (NAQS) target list (pests, diseases and weeds)
Future updates and reviews
The composition of the EEPL is not static. It will be updated based on new information, changed circumstances in the field, and better threat and consequence assessments.
Species may also be added or removed on an ad hoc basis, including when new evidence becomes available.
The first review of the EEPL will also occur within three years of its release (i.e., by November 2023). Subsequent reviews will be conducted at 5-year intervals.
The EEPL, its underpinning purpose, listing criteria and methodology will also be considered during these reviews.
Stay in touch
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