Editing Weed control (section)

== Weed societies ==
Internationally, weed societies help collaboration in weed science and management. In North America the [[Weed Science Society of America]] (WSSA) was founded in 1956 and publishes three journals: ''Weed Science'', ''Weed Technology'', and ''Invasive Plant Science and Management.'' In Britain, European Weed Research Council was established in 1958 and later expanded their scope under the name European Weed Research Society<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ewrs.org/|title=European Weed Research Society (EWRS) - Home Page|last=Cloutier|first=Daniel|website=www.ewrs.org|access-date=2018-09-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=EWRS Heritage |url=https://www.ewrs.org/en/info/About-us/EWRS-Heritage |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=EWRS - European Weed Research Society |language=en}}</ref> The main journal of this society is Weed Research.<ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/13653180 Weed] Research - Wiley Online Library</ref> Moreover, the Council of Australasian Weed Society (CAWS) <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://caws.org.au/|title=CAWS · The Council of Australasian Weed Societies Inc.|website=caws.org.au|access-date=2018-09-11}}</ref>  serves as a centre for information on Australian weeds, while New Zealand Plant Protection Society (NZPPS) facilitates information sharing in New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Zealand Plant Protection Society – Protecting Plants with Science |url=https://nzpps.org/ |access-date=2022-11-10 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> 

Strategic weed management is a process of managing weeds at a district, regional or national scale. In Australia the first published weed management strategies were developed in Tasmania,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Weedplan, putting the pieces together : a Tasmanian weed management strategy / issued by the Ministerial Working Group for the Development of the Tasmanian Weed Management Strategy - Details |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21506651 |access-date=2018-09-11 |website=Trove |language=en}}</ref> New South Wales<ref>{{Cite book |last=(N.S.W.) |first=Noxious Weeds Advisory Committee |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/28981627 |title=New South Wales weeds strategy : coordinating the fight |date=1997 |publisher=[Orange, N.S.W.] : NSW Agriculture |language=en}}</ref> and South Australian 1999,<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Committee |first1=South Australia Weed Strategy |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/34186375 |title=A weed strategy for South Australia |last2=Australia |first2=Natural Resources Council of South |date=1999 |publisher=[Adelaide : Natural Resources Council of South Australia] |language=en}}</ref> followed by the National Weeds Strategy in 1999.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The national weeds strategy : a strategic approach to weed problems of national significance |date=1997 |publisher=[publisher not identified] |others=Agriculture and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand., Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council. |isbn=0642214018 |location=[Commonwealth of Australia] |oclc=37565115}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Australian Weeds Strategy |url=http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/pest-animals-and-weeds/review-aus-pest-animal-weed-strategy/aus-weeds-strategy |access-date=11 September 2018 |website=Australian Weeds Strategy}}</ref>