The situation is dire for native predators that are threatened by the Cane toad invasion. The toads are marching into some of the last biodiversity strongholds in tropical Australia.

 

The Cane Toad Coalition is a powerful consortium made up of professional research, conservation and land management organisations concerned about this looming threat and committed to trialling the largest cane toad mitigation effort to date. Each organisation brings a unique set of resources, expertise and networks to the table to tackle this threat head-on.  Through our combined networks, The Cane Toad Coalition is also affiliated and works closely with many other reputable organisations, researchers and communities in this effort.

 

Never before have these organisations joined forces in such a way, leveraging off each other to give our wildlife the best fighting chance they can have.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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In 2017 Professor Rick Shine and Dr. Georgia Ward-Fear, then at the University of Sydney, (now at Macquarie University), in conjunction with this consortium of organisations,  applied for and received funding from the Australian Research Council to undertake this ambitious conservation project from 2017 to 2021. Due to the involvement of multiple organisations, efforts are spread over a large geographical area and target many native species. Adaptive management at its finest, the strategy is directed by over 20 years of Cane toad research - in particular, recent research into the learning ability of our  native animals.

 

The strategy has been widely successful with reptiles and roll is ongoing.