Who is fighting it? 

Department of Environment & Conservation

DEC is a State Government agency that aims to conserve Western Australia 's rich diversity of native plants, animals and natural ecosystems, and many of its unique landscapes. DEC manage more than 24 million hectares, including more than nine per cent of WA's land area: its national parks, marine parks, conservation parks, regional parks, State forests and timber reserves, nature reserves, and marine nature reserves. As such DEC have a large role in the management of Phytophthora dieback within the south-west of Western Australia .

DEC provides broad conservation and land management services to the WA community. Services provided by the Department on a Statewide basis include:

• conservation of ecosystems and species; management of native plants and animals; production and implementation of land and wildlife management plans; production and implementation of recovery programs for threatened species of plants and animals;
• protection of natural ecosystems from degradation by fire; protection of people and facilities on Department-managed and adjacent lands from fire; protection of forest resources from fire and disease; protection of native plants and animals from disease, feral predators and pests; and
• management of national, marine, regional and conservation parks for conservation and recreation; management of nature reserves for conservation; management of hardwood State forests for conservation, tourism and recreation, water catchment protection and timber production.

For more information on DEC go to http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/.