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Identifying and Characterising the Social Assets of the NRM System

The paper provides an initial description of the social assets within the NRM system and discusses the conceptual and methodological issues associated with identifying and describing these assets.

Identifying and characterising the social assets of Australia

The term ‘social assets’ describes those characteristics of the social system which enable the longer term conservation, repair or replenishment of natural assets (NRM outcomes), and comprises those characteristics of the social system which include specific social entities, such as resource managers, NRM organisations and institutions; the attributes or characteristics of social entities, which may also reflect their capacity to adopt sustainable (more)...

Signposts for Australian Agriculture – Review of social components of the framework

Final report prepared for the Bureau of Rural Sciences

Signposts for Australian Agriculture is a project coordinated by the National Land and Water Resources Audit, with initial funding from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Recognising the importance of this initiative, the Bureau of Rural Sciences has allocated its own funding to support Signposts. The 2005-06 funding includes provision to carry out a review of the social components of the Signposts for Australian Agriculture Framework. This review follows on from a review carried out (more)...

Workshop Report North Rockhampton

Economic, Environmental and Social Costs and Benefits of Buffel Grass and its Management

Buffel grass is valued in many regions for its contribution to livestock production, while also being regarded as a threat to biodiversity assets, often within the same region. As part of this research, we (CSIRO) ran a workshop in Rockhampton in November…

Economic assessment of selected investments of the National Program for Sustainable Irrigation (Phase1)

return on investment report

The National Program for Sustainable Irrigation (NPSI) required cost-benefit analyses to be undertaken on a number of its research investments from Phase 1 of the Program. Phase 1 of NPSI ran from July 2002 to June 2007. Eleven investments from Phase 1 were identified by NPSI as having potential for analysis, and these 11 investments were scanned by Agtrans using six criteria to further determine their suitability (more)...

Irrigation Insights 6 - Irrigation Decisions: from enterprise planning to the paddock

This publication combines the experiences and insights of irrigation consultants and extension officers with that of social, agronomic and engineering scientists. The resultant publication is targeted at those who advise, support and supply irrigation dependent enterprises with new information, tools and equipment.

Irrigation Ecological Risk Assessment Project

NPSI Factsheet No. 1

Irrigated agriculture is a major contributor to the economic and social well being of Australia. Each year it produces around $10 billion of agricultural output or 50% of the country’s net agricultural profit. However, the sustainability of this important activity is currently under serious challenge. Irrigation uses 75% of the water extracted from Australia’s rivers and groundwater systems. It also contributes to the pollution load in these rivers. In response to (more)...