Mathematical programming provides a very useful method of analysis for assessing the profitability of new grazing systems and pasture species. A large number of production options can be described, in addition to the resources constraints confronting farmers. This capacity enables the whole farming system to be represented, including the interrelatedness of production enterprises, such as rotational influences on crop and pasture production and input levels. For these reasons mathematical programming models were applied to the economic analysis of SGSL data.

This fact sheet presents the key findings and recommendations from the Land & Water Australia managed project: Restoring landscapes with confidence an evaluation of the science, the methods and their on-ground application.

This edition is focusses on on the research being funded through the National River Contaminants Program, a joint initiative of Land & Water Australia and the Murray-Darling Basin Commission. The research being funded covers a range of different issues related to understanding and managing contaminants in our river systems. Also included a large range of new products for you to access, for example climate prediction tools groundwater models and two new irrigation insights reports that make interesting readin

The National Climate Variability R&D Program aims to work with the Australian agricultural sector to develop and implement profitable and sustainable management strategies which prepare the sector to respond to the major opportunities and risks arising from climate variability.

New ideas and techniques in economics open up the possibility of making significant improvements in environmental policy mechanism. It is now possible to design, test and create new policy mechanisms such as tradeable emissions permits, specialised markets

The Australian Shallow Waters Spectral Library initiates an Australia-wide, single method approach to remote sensing based habitat mapping.

This publication is one of a suite of 13 produced as part of a folder showcasing research from the Defeating the Weed Menace Research and Development program.

This fact sheet outlines six projects on market-based instruments commissioned by Land & Water Australia, and explains why it is an important area for ongoing research and investment.

Market-based instruments for achieving conservation outcomes are being implemented by Australian governments and regional natural resource management organisations with increasing regularity. Their benefits are argued to include: increased flexibility in resource management, improved individual incentives and application of specialist site knowledge to management, achievement of outcomes at lower cost, and greater adaptability to ever changing goals. This fact sheet is based on the report Barriers to and opportunities for increasing participation in conservation auctions by Stuart Whitten, Andrew Reeson, Jill Windle and John Rolfe.