Engaged by the Queensland’s Department of Natural Resources, Mining and Energy NCEconomics was asked to examine the impacts of different groundwater and salinity management options in the Lower Burdekin Groundwater region. We utilised groundwater modelling outputs to map out groundwater levels and impact on sugarcane...
Dr Neil Byron led a review panel established by the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder (CEWH) to evaluate the CEWH’s operation and business processes. The CEWH operates in partnership with other water holders and managers of planned environmental water, river managers and infrastructure operators (usually formal...
The purpose of this project was to research and assess the key opportunities and constraints for the sustainable development of the Lockyer Valley Food Bowl. A major emphasis of this project was the analysis of key supply chains, the prerequisites for greater value adding in...
The Living Murray – a Commonwealth-State joint venture for managing the Murray-Darling basin – had accumulated 500 Gigalitres of water entitlements to be used for environmental purposes. The issue was the feasibility and commercial viability of engaging in counter-cyclical trade with agricultural irrigators when water...
Director Neil Byron was a member of the Marine Estate Expert Knowledge Panel from 2013 to early 2017 and Director Quentin Grafton has served as the Chair of the Panel since 2014. The Panel has been instrumental in developing leading methods in threat and risk assessment...
We were engaged (in conjunction with Rural Water Advisory) to develop business cases for five water supply augmentations in regional NSW. For each project this included undertaking a cost-benefit analysis, an assessment of user charges and affordability for each project, and a simplified social and...
We were engaged by Building Queensland (BQ) review the demand forecasts, economic analysis (cost-benefit analysis and economic impact assessments) and the commercial and financial analysis for two major irrigation projects (combined capital cost > $700 million). Both projects would augment supplies for irrigated agriculture and...
Bulky scrap metal is a major problem across many Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs), as incomes rise and the incidence of vehicle and whitegoods ownership increases. NCE was engaged to work with waste agencies across 19 PICTs to estimate current generation rates and stockpiles...
We were engaged to undertake two projects to underpin long-term planning within the Isaac Regional Council. The first project identified, assessed and developed recommendations for the long-term suitable prospects for development of the agricultural sector. Pastoral, irrigation, dryland cropping and horticulture were all assessed. Market...
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...