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Natural Resource Management Governance for change

Revisiting ‘good’ governance through an adaptive lens

This paper is an addendum to the Pathways to good practice in NRM governance Phase 1 series of reports and scholarly papers funded by Land & Water Australia from 2005 to 2008. As part of a second phase of the project, we undertook to undertake a comparative analysis of the various natural resource management (NRM) audit and assessment instruments; and test the applicability of our Standard (more)...

Governance principles for natural resource management

Sustainable natural resource use and management make novel demands on governance arrangements, the design of which requires normative guidance. Although governance principles have been developed for diverse contexts, their availability for sustainable natural resource governance is so far limited. In response, we present a suite of governance principles for natural resource governance that, while developed in an Australian multi-level context, has general applicability and significance at local, (more)...

Governance assessment framework for Terrestial Protected Areas

A protected area is a clearly defined geographical space, recognised, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. Six categories (one of which has two sub-categories) of protected area are recognised: I(a) Strict Nature Reserve, I(b) Wilderness Area, II. National Park, III. Natural Monument, IV. (more)...

Dynamic non market valuation of Ecosystem Services

We all agree that valuing ecosystem services is crucial for better management of the ecosystem. We don’t seem to agree on how to do it. Current methods do not model the dynamics of economic or ecological systems. Dr Greg Hertzler’s (USyd) research project developed a dynamic model to value ecosystem services and natural resources. It found natural resource managers (who often value the ecosystem using their preferences and knowledge) are crucial, particularly if they consult (more)...

Mr Gary Stoneham

Gary Stoneham has played a leading role in developing the use of market-based instruments for allocating scarce resources in natural resource management.

An applied policy economist for more than 25 years, Gary has helped to better harness and target market forces so that they work to reward more sustainable practices by landholders and others. He is currently Chief Economist with the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment.

A virtual farming experience

Lawry Pitman is a farmer from Corrigin in Western Australia. Lawry served his community for many years at the national, state and local levels on community, industry and government committees covering topics as diverse as land management, farm safety and commodity groups.

Integrated catchment management in the Lake Eyre Basin

For over four years Kate worked in one of the most isolated parts of Australia with graziers, farmers, tourism operators, government and conservationists to try to reach agreement on how to better manage the vast Lake Eyre Basin. It wasn’t easy bringing such a disparate group of individuals together. ‘Over the last decade communities and stakeholders of the Lake Eyre Basin moved from a situation of fear and antagonism to working together’ writes Kate. What began (more)...

Integration of water and land use planning

There has been substantial legal reform in natural resource management over the last 15 or more years. This research was concerned with examining the new legal arrangements for catchment and water planning. Legislation was analysed to assess the extent to which the principles of ecologically sustainable development had been incorporated into planning processes. Land use, water and catchment plans were then examined to assess the extent to which reform had flowed into practice.