Publication Date
6-2009
Publisher
Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
City
Perth
ISBN
978-0-646-51517-5
Abstract
Barrow Island, the second largest island in Western Australia, is a Class A Nature Reserve and home to a variety of rare and endangered fauna and flora, some of which occur nowhere else. The island lies about 70 km off the north-west coast of Western Australia and 150 km west of Karratha.
Oil discoveries in the 1960s and the development of massive Northwest Shelf gas reserves since the 1990s made Barrow Island an important site for these industries. Strict environmental and quarantine conditions are placed on industry seeking permits to drill oil wells and construct gas processing plants. Oil production on Barrow Island began in the 1960s and more than 900 oil wells and associated infrastructure have been put in place.
Most importantly, Barrow Island's full suite of native species remains intact and the introduction of plants and animals has been managed and prevented. This is not due to luck but a rigorous environmental management programme that has been developed and refined over 40 plus years. The Gorgan Project will have people and equipment arriving from all over the world. Stringent quarantine measures are required to stop pests and weeds getting onto Barrow Island with the increased flow of workers and materials.
This guide provides information about insects, spiders, millipedes and snails that are well Known travellers in world trade. It is essential that these are detected in the unlikely event that they get past all the layers of the quarantine system.
Number of Pages
258
Keywords
Barrow island, Western Australia, Nature Reserve, Non-indigenous species, Invasive species
Disciplines
Biosecurity | Entomology | Environmental Education | Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment | Environmental Monitoring | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Population Biology | Survival Analysis | Sustainability
Recommended Citation
Grimm, M,
Collett, K,
Davis, P,
Widmer, M,
Szito, A,
Emery, R,
and
Mangano, P.
(2009), Barrow island Ute guide - Non-Indigenous insects, spiders and snails. Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia, Perth. Report.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/bs_publishedrpts/69
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