Overview and timeline of LDC project
Landscape remediation
Gully erosion causes about 65 per cent of
the fine sediment load that comes from the
BBB.
The landscape remediation program aims
to develop fast, effective and economical
approaches to gully remediation.
Demonstration sites are being established
to showcase different methods of treating
large-scale features, as well as smaller scale
ones.
Influencing other land managers
A key aim is to develop a successful model
for effectively engaging with non-agricultural
land managers.
Although 92 per cent of the land in the
BBB is used for grazing, other areas include
National Parks, State forests and coal mines.
Four local councils operate in the
catchment which also features major
infrastructure such as power transmission
lines, local and main roads, and rail lines.
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Exploring new incentives
LDC will work closely with landholders
to investigate incentives to reward good
practice.
Incentives could include market-based
approaches such as grants, concessional
loans, insurance mechanisms, stewardship
payments, rate rebates or non-financial
rewards.
Policy engagement
This program aims to support BBB
landholders to cut through regulatory red
tape that may be preventing them from
adopting practice changes. Aligned with
the exploring new incentives program, it wil
work with landholders to identify the most
relevant and feasible regulation and policy
issues to pursue.
It will also support graziers to comment
on regulations during public consultation
opportunities and will coordinate
engagement between government and
landholders on policy and regulatory issues