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- Australia's Markets for Ecosystem ServicesCSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems; The Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation; Land & Water Australia (2007-06-19)Excerpt from Project Overview (available: http://www.ecosystemservicesproject.org/html/markets/overview/index.htm):
- Carbon and elemental sequestration and regulation in the wet tropics: Regional patterns and landscape dynamicsCSIRO Land and Water (2006-10-10)Project objectives:
- Murrumbidgee Catchment, New South Wales: Recharge Trading and Targeting Markets pilot studiesMarkets for Ecosystem Services Project (2007-06-18)There are two 'markets for ecosystem services' pilot studies in the Murrumbidgee Catchment of New South Wales, Australia. The first, "Recharge Trading", aims to develop a market-based instrument to resolve the issue of salinization caused by excess groundwater recharge from irrigated agriculture. The second, "Targeting Markets", explores the factors and conditions that make market-based approaches more or less suitable for addressing a natural resource management issue. The study suggests that greater heterogeneity in socio-economic factors, biophysical conditions, and management options makes market-based approaches more appropriate.
- Water regulation as an ecosystem serviceCSIRO Land and Water (2006-10-10)The project will undertake research which: