Practice |
Min std
for
incentive
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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) |
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$ 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 |
|
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)
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Probably yes |
Maybe or no. Comments for previous, only harder |
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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 |
|
|
As for grazing fencing |
Yes |
Remediation of active gullies- minor works / management actions – no major reshaping |
|
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 |