Contents
Acknowledgments........................................................................................................................... v Executive summary......................................................................................................................... vi 1 Introduction...................................................................................................................... 11 2 Background....................................................................................................................... 13 2.1 Sediment and the Bowen Broken Bogie Catchment........................................... 13 2.2 What needs to change?....................................................................................... 15 2.3 Who needs to change?........................................................................................ 16 2.4 What factors influence adoption?....................................................................... 16
3 How to motivate change? Investigating incentives for land management change in the BBB............................................................................................................................. 18
3.1 Types of incentives.............................................................................................. 18 3.2 Factors to consider when choosing an incentive( or mix)................................... 19 3.3 Potential incentives for the LDC.......................................................................... 40
4 Recommendations............................................................................................................ 42 4.1 Recommendations for the LDC project to manage for big gullies...................... 42
4.2 Recommendations for the LDC project for the management of large gullies and the improvement of ongoing land management............................................................. 43
4.3 Recommendations to influence longer-term outcomes..................................... 47 References............................................................................................................................. 50 Appendix A Practice change and public: private benefits...................................................... 53 Appendix B Adoption of new agricultural practices............................................................... 70 Appendix C Incentive mechanisms......................................................................................... 78 Appendix D Lessons learnt from previous programs.............................................................. 90 Appendix E Incentives currently available to BBB landholders.............................................. 97 Appendix F Stakeholder consultation.................................................................................. 105
ii | Landholders driving change: Exploring new incentives