Impact of native vegetation retention on ecosystem services in Brisbane River catchment
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2006-10-10
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This case study will examine the economic tradeoffs involved between implementing pollution mitigation strategies on farmland and the treatment costs for downstream consumers. As a result, minimum value estimate of the native vegetations filtering capacity will be provided.
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Economic analyses, Payments for environmental services, Surface water, Agricultural ecosystems, Environmental services, Water quality, Vegetation retention, Pollution mitigation, Filtering, Landscape design, Native vegetation, Watershed