NSW Department of InfrastrucutrePlanning and Natural Resources (DIPNR)the Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority (MCMA)CSIRO Land and WaterColeambally Irrigation CooperativeMarkets for Ecosystem Services Project2016-04-192016-04-192007-06-18http://hdl.handle.net/10919/66799Metadata only recordThere 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.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightStakeholdersGroundwaterPayments for environmental servicesWaterloggingSalinizationIrrigated farmingMarketsConservation incentivesWater qualityNatural resource managementWater useIntegrated resource managementGroundwater rechargeIntegrated market mechanismMarket-Based Instruments (MBI)HeterogeneityRapid assessment toolSalinityBiophysical impactProperty rightsBiophysical modelSwagman ModelEcosystem Farm/Enterprise ScaleAbstract