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Practice
Min std
for
incentive
Current average practice
Best practical practice
Private benefit( H, M, L, 0 or negative)
Public benefit( H, M, L, 0)
Technical feasibility( H, M, L, 0)
Adoptability( H, M, L, 0, negative)
Nonprofit related barriers
Upfront cost
($/ unit)
On-going maintenance costs needed?($/ unit)
Should incentives to landholders be considered?
( includes fencing and destocking)
$ 41,200 / km excl rock shute( Skull et al., 2016)
$ 4,500-9,000 / km and add $ 10-30,000 / km if hydroseeding is included( Wilkinson e t al., 2015)
Remediation of active gullies – includes and major earth works
D
D
B
Zero
to negative
H( 70 % effectiveness, Wilkinson et al. 2015)
M
Zero to negative
L
Andrew Brooks assumption $ 700,000 / farm
Alternatively assume $ 66,200 / km( Skull et al., 2016)
Probably yes
Maybe or no. Comments for previous, only harder
Drop structure: $ 30,000 – 50,000 per gully head, reshaping and seeding: $ 10,000 per gully head( Wilkinson et al., 2015).
Alluvial gullies
Erosion prevention( fencing to achieve reduced / controlled livestock access and linear features management
C
B
B
Negative
M( 30 % effectiveness, Wilkinson et al. 2015)
M
Zero to L
L
As for hillslope
gullies
As for grazing fencing
Yes
Remediation of active gullies- minor works / management actions – no major reshaping
D
D
B
Negative
H( 50 % effectiveness, Wilkinson et al. 2015)
M
Zero to negative
N / A
$ 6 million($ 20,000 / ha for 300 ha gullies on an assumed 20,000 ha farm, Brooks, pers. comm)
Probably yes
Maybe
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