MEETING NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TARGETS

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Project

This project involved a major economic assessment of the costs of a business as usual approach to NRM in SEQ compared to meeting the targets outlined in the SEQ NRM Plan. The assessment estimated economic impacts on key sectors reliant on the natural resource base for the period 2009 and 2031. The assessment also included a major choice modeling component to estimates the social costs of losses in resource condition. Outputs included recommendations on practical pathways for achieving improved catchment health, and strategic advice on policy options to meet the ecosystem function and ecosystem service targets underpinning the SEQ NRM Plan.