This report provides a preliminary “first cut” assessment of the conclusions likely to arise from a more complete assessment of the economic, financial and social implications of environmental flow enhancement.

Establishing a robust, transparent regulatory water accounting framework that protects the integrity of entitlements.

As part of the Land Stewardship project, this document forms part of a set of papers that contribute to discussion and debate underpinning the preparation of Land Stewardship policy and program proposals. EMS and the potential of its application as a property-level environmental management tool...

Past irrigation development has lead to rising salt loads in the River Murray and its floodplains, and reduced river flows. Even in the absence of any further development, river and floodplain salt loading as the result of this irrigation is anticipated to grow over the decades. Any new...

Volume 1 (Main Report), Consultancy report for the National Land and Water Resources Audit, Theme 6.1. This report presents new datasets developed through the National Land and Water Resources Audit that relate to economic aspects of natural resource management in Australia. There is a focus on...

First stage report to the Murray-Darling Basin Commission.

The focus of this report is on implementing institutional arrangements for the efficient allocation and management of water. Water is an input into human use including economic production and recreation activities that generate many externalities. It also provides many valuable ecosystem...

This report is about the search for an economically efficient and equitable system of defining, allocating, and managing use of natural resources that proves to be robust. Robust in the sense that the fundamental principles and foundations upon which it is based remains unchanged over time. We...

A Way forward from the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists.

As part of the Land Stewardship project, this document forms part of a set of papers that contribute to discussion and debate underpinning the preparation of Land Stewardship policy and program proposals. This paper focuses on opportunities to define environmental duty of care and use of this...