Animals
Native plants
Weeds
Weeds can have serious negative impacts on the economy and the environment.
They can also negatively impact social and cultural activities such as fishing, boating, swimming, bush walking and hunting.
A weed can be described as any plant growing out of place. Usually, weeds are introduced and spread by people. Most weeds grow in disturbed areas but they can also grow in native bush environments. In some cases, they can even change the landscape.
Weeds can be both a symptom and a cause of land damage.
Environment data and maps
Environment protection, recycling and waste
Home gardens
Soil, land and vegetation
Water
How water is managed, the controller, control districts, plans and committees
How to apply, rules and responsibilities for licence and permit holders
Learn about our water sources, water quality, aquatic plants and animals monitoring
Testing, collecting, saving water and keeping it safe to use
Biosecurity
Changes to the Livestock Act 2008
From early April 2024, new biosecurity laws will apply to the livestock and agricultural industries in the NT.
Read about these changes.
If you're a Northern Territory (NT) producer, land manager, researcher, industry professional or resident, you can find out about biosecurity alerts and other information.
Current alerts
Read below for the current alerts for the NT.
Animals
- African swine fever
- ehrlichia canis
- foot-and-mouth disease
- Japanese encephalitis
- lumpy skin disease
- swine brucellosis.
Read more about other notifiable diseases in animals.
Plants
- American foulbrood
- American serpentine leafminer
- banana freckle
- browsing ant
- fall armyworm
- mango shoot looper
- papaya mealybug.
Read more about other exotic plant pests, pests and diseases.
Aquatic
Read more about marine and aquatic pests.
Weeds
Contacts
Read below for the hotline numbers.
- Emergency Animal Disease Watch: 1800 675 888
- Plant Pest: 1800 084 881
- Fisheries Aquatic Biosecurity: 0413 381 094
- Biosecurity: 1800 084 881
For biosecurity alerts and updates, go to the Biosecurity NT Facebook page.