The strategy identifies, and calls for action on the “top ten” challenges to invasive plant management in British Columbia:
- Improve cooperation among all orders of government, landowners and land users by establishing a body to provide province-wide leadership.
- Provide the necessary resources for provincial Crown lands to increase the level of invasive plant management undertaken by the provincial government.
- Enact provincial legislation to manage invasive species not classified as noxious weeds, and federal legislation to prevent the introduction of new invasive species to British Columbia.
- Improve compliance with current legislation regarding the introduction, spread and control of invasive plants.
- Increase management of invasive plants on federal land, with direct funding for First Nations reserve lands.
- Coordinate a system for the early detection and eradication of new invasive species that arrive in the province and monitor these populations’ impact and any expansion.
- Establish a comprehensive provincial inventory of invasive plants in British Columbia.
- Ensure that all areas of the province implement a regional approach to invasive plant management.
- Improve the management of invasive aquatic species through the necessary technical expertise and funding resources.
- Identify and promote coordinated research to increase knowledge and awareness about invasive plant biology, ecology, and management options and ecosystem restoration.
