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Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2022
DOI: 10.1016/J.JENVMAN.2022.116414
Abstract: The potential link between certified organic farming and bio ersity and conservation remains unexplored in Australia, despite the country having the world's largest amount of certified organic farmland and unprecedented bio ersity loss. This study modelled the spatial effects of organic farming (intensity of local farming systems), environmental heterogeneity, and urbanisation on two widely studied environmental taxa - vascular plant and bird species richness (surrogate measures of bio ersity) - in South Australia, using a unique certified organic farming postcode level dataset from 2001 to 2016 (N = 5440). The spatial Durbin error model results confirmed the positive spatial congruence of organic farming with greater vascular plant species richness, whereas only weak to no significant evidence was found for bird species richness. Landscape features (habitat heterogeneity) and green vegetation (a proxy indicator of resource availability) - rather than organic farming - appeared to be most associated with bird species richness. Both plant and bird species richness were positively associated with habitat heterogeneity (land cover ersity and elevation range), plant productivity and proportion of conservation land and water bodies. Whereas, increased anthropogenic land use for cropping and horticultural farming, soil type ersity and proximity to the coast significantly reduced species richness of both taxa. The results suggest that a multi-scale spatially refined bio ersity conservation strategy, with spatial targeting that promotes low intensive farming systems and increases landscape heterogeneity to provide quality habitat (a whole of landscape approach by incorporating private agricultural landholders), could be beneficial for bio ersity conservation.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-1970
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 28-11-2016
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2022
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2020
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 13-08-2009
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2020
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 17-09-2020
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2013
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2017
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2021
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Date: 2014
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 27-05-2008
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170507002128
Abstract: Research has shown that agricultural professionals are one of the major influences on farmer adoption of agricultural innovations. Genetic engineering and organic farming represent two vastly different innovations in agriculture, and both assert to have important sustainability outcomes. This paper presents the views from a telephone survey of agricultural scientists, extension officers and academics in Australia ( n =185) on the barriers to further adoption of organic farming and agricultural genetic engineering, as well as exploring where they obtain their information about the two innovations. Many professionals believe that market issues (in terms of small market size and the extent that consumers are willing to pay premiums) will limit the size of farmer adoption of organics in Australia, while on-farm issues (in terms of production difficulties and pest and disease problems) are named as the second largest barrier to further adoption. On the other hand, professionals from the targeted s le, who were more knowledgeable about organic farming, named information needs and lack of government support as the major barrier facing further diffusion of organic farming. In contrast, public attitudes and negative media portrayal are named as the largest barrier facing further adoption of genetic engineering in Australia. The uncertainty surrounding the research into genetic engineering (and the lack of long-term research) is believed to be the second largest barrier facing further diffusion of genetic engineering while market problems are seen as the third largest barrier.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2014
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Date: 2014
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Date: 24-08-2018
Abstract: Higher efficiency rarely reduces water consumption
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 27-03-2014
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2018
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 14-09-2017
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 16-11-2019
DOI: 10.3390/W11112408
Abstract: The influence of gender in participatory irrigation management reforms has been the subject of significant research in the past. Whilst there is some understanding of what hinders women and marginalized groups from participating in irrigation management, there is limited understanding of how male and female farmers vary in their perceptions on the effectiveness of participation in irrigation affairs. There is also limited understanding around the interaction on gender and the overall success of participatory irrigation management programs. Based on the information obtained from 128 households surveyed through separate male and female questionnaires in Pakistan in 2018 (Sindh and Punjab provinces), we studied the country’s experience in engaging gender into its participatory irrigation management program. We found there was a significant difference in participatory irrigation management perceptions across both gender and locational jurisdiction. Overall, women generally perceive the performance and impact of farmer organizations to be significantly less effective than men. Our study emphasizes the importance of putting findings in a historical context to inform the theory, policy, and practice of mainstreaming gender into irrigation management.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2014
Publisher: WIT Press
Date: 11-12-2012
DOI: 10.2495/SI120391
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 20-03-2017
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 13-06-2022
Publisher: WIT Press
Date: 11-12-2012
DOI: 10.2495/SI120031
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2008
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2019
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 02-10-2022
Abstract: Although a variety of interventions in many countries have been developed to increase park use and to improve public participation in physical activities in parks, knowledge of their overall effectiveness is lacking. A systematic literature review was undertaken to further understand the effectiveness of various interventions that aim to increase the use of parks and physical activity participation in parks. This systematic review utilized the standard Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis procedure, and of the 3801 studies identified, 60 studies were reviewed in-depth, with 44 studies assessed for quality of evidence and risk of bias. Most of the 44 reviewed studies found that various interventions had positive impacts on park use and physical activity participation in parks. Interventions were classified into both demand and supply, with more studies focusing on the supply side. The strongest evidence on the effectiveness of various interventions was found for park prescriptions safe access to parks playgrounds, and park renovation and renewal/design. However, the assessment of quality of evidence and risk of bias showed that most studies suffer from potential biases and evidence weaknesses, suggesting a need to further establish external validity.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2013
Publisher: WIT Press
Date: 27-05-2008
DOI: 10.2495/SI080071
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 31-05-2021
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 11-01-2023
DOI: 10.1108/MEDAR-05-2022-1679
Abstract: Australian agriculture is facing increasingly uncertain weather patterns which is impacting financial performance, exacerbated by worsening terms of trade and a decline in commodity prices. Increasing the resilience and adaptive capacity of the primary production sector is of key importance. Governments and farmer groups often depict technology adoption as the salvation of farming, frequently ignoring the importance of decision-making processes and soft information skills and needs. The purpose of this study is to explore farmer decision-making and resilience and, in doing so, address ongoing challenges with soft information, including the inaccessibility of accounting data and a lack of awareness of its formal role in strategic decisions. Drawing on a strategic choice perspective, we explore the links between farmer characteristics, attitudes, technology orientation, decision-making and financial performance to investigate how accounting data and tools could better support growers’ adaptive capacity. Detailed on-farm interviews were conducted with 25 grape growers across the Riverland in South Australia, with information thematically and descriptively analysed. Results show that farmers with low operating profit margins spend double the time making decisions and struggle with minimising variable costs, especially water costs. Lower profit growers were also less likely to perceive climate change as a threat and demonstrated lower resilience. The results highlight the potential for accountants to make more use of data-driven technological advances and for this information to be used to enhance on-farm strategic decision-making and support innovative business models. Simply packaged biophysical and financial data could also support strategic decisions and adaptation of farmers struggling to make a profit.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 24-07-2007
DOI: 10.1007/S10899-007-9070-8
Abstract: Although there has been much speculation about the possible links between gambling and crime rates, relevant quantitative evidence has been practically non-existent in Australia to date. This paper reports the results of research that utilised a model designed to investigate the potential relationship between electronic gaming machine expenditures and property (income-generating) crime rates reported to police in local areas in South Australia in 2002-2003. The research found that the higher the expenditures on gaming machines in a particular local area per adult, the higher the income-generating crime rate in that area. No such relationship was found between gaming machine expenditure and non-income-generating crime rates. However, further research is required before any policy-relevant conclusions can be drawn.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 05-2016
DOI: 10.1002/APP5.128
Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Date: 07-2013
DOI: 10.1002/WRCR.20323
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 11-2019
DOI: 10.3390/SU11216097
Abstract: There has been little work conducted on how landholders’ farm management approaches and financial capital (specifically (i) farm method such as organic farming and (ii) financial profitability) may impact mental health. In particular, there is emerging evidence that an increase in natural farm capital and environmental conditions may improve farmers’ wellbeing. We used a 2015–2016 survey, which randomly s led 1000 irrigators from the southern Murray–Darling Basin, to model the drivers of irrigators’ psychological distress. Results highlight that worsening financial capital (namely, lower farmland value, higher farm debt, lower percentage of off-farm income, lower productivity change over the past five years, and lower net farm income) was the most statistically significant factor associated with increased irrigator distress. In addition, there was some evidence that being a certified organic irrigator was also associated with lower psychological distress however, it was only weakly significant in our overall model, with the most significance within the horticultural industry model. Contrary to expectations, drought and water scarcity were not the main drivers of psychological distress in the time-period studied, with their influence seemingly through reducing financial capital as a whole.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 21-11-2018
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 27-10-2009
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 14-11-2014
DOI: 10.3390/W6113457
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2022
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 2020
DOI: 10.1093/OXREP/GRZ032
Abstract: Water markets are promoted as a demand-management strategy for addressing water scarcity. Although there is an increasing literature on the institutional preconditions required for successful formal water markets, there has been less focus on understanding what drives participation after establishment of the basic enabling conditions. Participation can be measured in terms of either trading activity (conducting either a permanent or temporary water trade) and/or trade volumes across time and market products. Australia’s water markets in the Southern and Northern Basins of the Murray-Darling Basin provide a notable ex le of a ‘tale of two water markets’, offering insights about the economic policy levers that can drive participation across different hydrological, irrigation, and socioeconomic contexts. Key lessons include: distribution of initial property rights in resource allocation the need to prepare for and seize opportunities to strengthen property rights and robust monitoring and compliance requirements—all of which will reduce transaction costs and increase participation.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2019
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 02-12-2019
Abstract: Recently, concern has increased globally over farmers’ mental health issues. We present a systematic review of the outcomes, locations, study designs, and methods of current studies on farmers’ mental health. In particular, this review aims to fill an important gap in understanding of the potential key risk factors affecting farmers’ mental health around the world. 167 articles on farmer mental health were included in a final systematic review using a standardized electronic literature search strategy and PRISMA guidelines. The four most-cited influences on farmers’ mental health in the reviewed literature respectively were pesticide exposure, financial difficulties, climate variabilities/drought, and poor physical health ast injuries. The majority of studies were from developed countries, most specifically from the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Comparative studies on the mental health of farmers and other occupational workers showed mixed results, with a larger portion identifying that psychological health disturbances were more common in farmers and farm-workers. Knowledge of farmer psychological disorder risk factors and its impacts are essential for reducing the burden of mental illness. Further research will be required on climate change impacts, developing country farmers’ mental health, and information on how to reduce help-seeking barriers amongst farmers.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 08-09-2022
DOI: 10.1002/WAT2.1608
Abstract: Increasingly, irrigation infrastructure upgrades have been regarded in global policy as a solution for both water scarcity and low agricultural productivity. However, these technical “fixes” may ultimately prove to be dangerous shortcuts that do little to address the concerns of irrigators, Indigenous People, environmental groups, and local communities about water scarcity, access, security, and sustainability. In the absence of transparent and rigorous governance safeguards, irrigation efficiency upgrades can result in higher water consumption, demand, and ultimately, increased water scarcity. Upgraded irrigation systems also tend to capture return flows and redistribute them to “high value” consumptive water uses, potentially displacing other users and uses, including Indigenous Peoples. In this article, we critique current approaches to governing irrigation efficiency, using a water justice lens to identify four key insights and their implications for governance. We propose new governance pathways and options that take into consideration hydrological realities and the full range of water demands and needs. This article is categorized under: Human Water Water Governance Water and Life Conservation, Management, and Awareness Human Water Water as Imagined and Represented
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 15-04-2015
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 25-09-2015
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2019
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2018
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2017
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 18-02-2019
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 30-01-2008
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2020
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 03-12-2020
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2019
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 08-01-2014
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2020
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 2007
DOI: 10.1071/EA06294
Abstract: Most research about genetic engineering and organic agriculture has concentrated on the views of consumers and farmers. Given the important role that scientists, extension officers and academics play in creating innovations, influencing farmer adoption and informing the public, a telephone survey targeting these in iduals (n = 185) was conducted in mid 2004. The purpose of this survey was to identify the beliefs of agricultural professionals employed in the Australian public sector towards organic agriculture and genetic engineering. The beliefs of agricultural professionals about the benefits and costs of organic agriculture and genetic engineering are compared and contrasted, providing an important benchmark on their views towards these innovations. More professionals believe in the positive net benefits of genetic engineering than those who believe in the positive net benefits of organic agriculture. They believe that genetic engineering will play a vital role in influencing the sustainability of Australian agriculture in the future, namely by increasing production and improving pest and disease management. However, many professionals voiced concerns about the potential costs of genetic engineering, with many citing risk and uncertainty issues and the lack of long-term testing. At the same time, beliefs towards organic agriculture in Australia by agricultural professionals seem to be changing, with nearly two-fifths of those surveyed saying that their beliefs had become more positive towards organic agriculture in the past 5 years. The main benefit of organic agriculture is seen to be a reduction in chemicals. The main limitations are seen to be economic and production difficulties.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 19-10-2011
Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt
Date: 14-02-2017
DOI: 10.1142/S2382624X16500429
Abstract: Hydro-economic modeling is the combination of economic principles and hydrological modeling to achieve a more integrated representation of water resource management. In the Murray–Darling Basin (MDB), hydro-economic modeling has been widely used to analyze and inform basin-wide water policy. A growing but uneven literature base has prompted this review of MDB hydro-economic studies published over the past three decades to identify innovations and avenues for advancement. We focus particularly on the treatment of uncertainty, which is inherent in all modeling. While consideration of uncertainty is increasing in prominence, our review indicates the robust treatment of epistemic and stochastic uncertainty have not been fully integrated in the hydro-economic modeling literature. When hydro-economic modeling results are used to inform policy, treatment of uncertainty has both technical and political implications. We conclude that the methodological rigor of MDB hydro-economic modeling can be vastly improved with greater attention to quantifying, reducing and communicating uncertainties inherent in the modeling of water resources.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2023
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-06-2017
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-2013
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Date: 2014
DOI: 10.1039/C3RA46641H
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2022
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 31-10-2014
Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Date: 02-2018
DOI: 10.1002/2017EF000760
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2019
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 12-12-2012
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2019
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2014
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2022
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2021
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 10-2011
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2020
Publisher: WIT Press
Date: 23-05-2011
DOI: 10.2495/WRM110521
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 04-2021
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-2013
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 09-05-2023
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 25-07-2023
Abstract: Australia, like most countries worldwide, faces increasing issues with burgeoning waste generation and its appropriate disposal. Hence, effective policies and programmes are needed to change household waste generation and recycling behaviour, thereby reducing waste into landfill. To date, however, there has been little academic research on the potential effects of various policies on waste generation. We employ a rare data set and the fixed‐effects linear regression model with autoregressive disturbances to investigate how a variety of public policies (namely education c aigns, roll‐out of food ersion systems and provision of food caddies) influence monthly waste generation and ersion in Adelaide, South Australia, from 2006 to 2020. The results show that the introduction of food waste caddies and ersion systems was associated with increased ersion rates, saving local councils the gross equivalent of AUD$4.67 million in reduced solid waste landfill levies. However, education c aigns regarding food waste and recycling alone were found to have no significant association with reduced waste or increased recycling.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 29-07-2015
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 27-09-2021
DOI: 10.1002/AEPP.13082
Abstract: Little is known about the interdependence between surface and groundwater extractions and trade. Groundwater metered extraction was modelled at the bore level (n = 1,890) in the Goulburn‐Murray Irrigation District, Victoria, from 2007–08 to 2016–17 to understand its associations with hydrologic, location, climatic, and economic factors. Surface and groundwater extractions were found to be substitutes for each other, with groundwater extractions statistically significantly increasing when: (i) bores were closer to surface water watercourses, (ii) surface water allocations and rainfall were lower, and (iii) surface water temporary market prices and entitlement trade out‐of‐zone volumes were higher. Other key groundwater extraction influences included pumping costs and commodity prices.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2014
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 09-10-2019
Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt
Date: 03-2016
DOI: 10.1142/S2382624X16500041
Abstract: Irrigators in the Murray–Darling Basin (MDB) of Australia face a salinity triple threat, namely: dryland salinity, surface-water, and groundwater salinity. Water trading has now been adopted to the point where it is a common adaptation tool used by the majority of irrigators in the Basin. This study uses a number of unique water market and spatial databases to investigate the association between the severity and extent of areas which suffer from salinity and permanent trade over time, holding other regional characteristics constant. It was found that larger volumes of permanent water were likely to be sold from areas suffering from higher dryland salinity. In addition, increases in the concentration of groundwater salinity was found to decrease volumes of surface-water entitlements sold, providing evidence that groundwater entitlements (where they are viable substitutes) have been increasingly used as substitutes for surface-water entitlements in recent years. Other key influences on water sales included water market prices and net rainfall.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 16-02-2021
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 31-03-2023
Publisher: Annual Reviews
Date: 05-10-2018
DOI: 10.1146/ANNUREV-RESOURCE-100517-023039
Abstract: We review recent water reforms and the consequences of water recovery intended to increase stream flows in the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB), Australia. The MDB provides a natural experiment of water recovery for the environment that includes ( a) the voluntary buy-back of water rights from willing sellers and ( b) the subsidization of irrigation infrastructure. We find that ( a) the actual increase in the volumes of water in terms of stream flows is much less than claimed by the Australian government ( b) subsidies to increase irrigation efficiency have reduced stream and groundwater return flows ( c) buy-backs are much more cost effective than subsidies ( d) many of the gains from water recovery have accrued as private benefits to irrigators and ( e) more than a decade after water recovery began, there is no observable basin-wide relationship between volumes of water recovered and flows at the mouth of the River Murray.
Publisher: Elsevier
Date: 2016
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2010
Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Date: 05-2019
DOI: 10.1029/2018WR023483
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2016
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2014
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2021
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 22-04-2015
DOI: 10.1093/ERAE/JBU003
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 14-08-2015
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 07-12-2011
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2014
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-02-2021
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 10-01-2008
DOI: 10.1007/S00267-007-9060-8
Abstract: This article describes how options for managing dairy effluent on the Lower Murray River in South Australia were evaluated using multiple criteria analysis (MCA). Multiple criteria analysis is a framework for combining multiple environmental, social, and economic objectives in policy decisions. At the time of the study, dairy irrigation in the region was based on flood irrigation which involved returning effluent to the river. The returned water contained nutrients, salts, and microbial contaminants leading to environmental, human health, and tourism impacts. In this study MCA was used to evaluate 11 options against 6 criteria for managing dairy effluent problems. Of the 11 options, the MCA model selected partial rehabilitation of dairy paddocks with the conversion of remaining land to other agriculture. Soon after, the South Australian Government adopted this course of action and is now providing incentives for dairy farmers in the region to upgrade irrigation infrastructure and/or enter alternative industries.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 07-06-2020
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2020
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 24-05-2016
DOI: 10.1111/AGEC.12238
Publisher: WIT Press
Date: 23-05-2011
DOI: 10.2495/WRM110541
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 12-2001
Publisher: WIT Press
Date: 20-05-2010
DOI: 10.2495/SI100171
Publisher: Elsevier
Date: 2015
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2014
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2012
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2013
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 11-11-2012
Publisher: CRC Press
Date: 10-07-2014
DOI: 10.1201/B17168-16
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2015
Publisher: CRC Press
Date: 10-07-2014
DOI: 10.1201/B17168
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 15-12-2016
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2019
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 02-09-2022
Abstract: Australia, and particularly the Murray–Darling Basin (MDB), has the most mature and adopted water markets globally. Water trading is an important policy tool to deal with water scarcity issues, demonstrating allocative, dynamic and productive efficiency benefits. At the same time, water markets have been controversial in Australia. Markets have been blamed for a range of issues, including claims of unsustainability, inequity, farm bankruptcy, farmer distress and farm exit. This study reviews the MDB water trade literature and finds little evidence to support such myths. Arguably, the biggest misconception is that critics do not separate water markets from the meta‐governance institutional structures that define them. Perceived water market failures are often due to governance issues – not water trade per se. This is not to say that market failure does not exist, it does, and indeed, there are also serious distributional issues that need addressing (e.g., water property entitlements for indigenous stakeholders). As such, water market design and governance need to adapt and evolve as problems arise and the market matures. However, in an era of increasing water scarcity, enabling water trade remains one of the most important instruments available to assist in water sharing, reallocation and farm adaptation to climate change.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2018
DOI: 10.1016/J.JENVMAN.2018.04.116
Abstract: To date, the majority of environmental assets studied in the economic valuation literature clearly have high amenity and recreational use values. However there are many cases where small, but nevertheless unique and important, ecosystems survive as islands amongst large areas of modified, productive, or urban, landscapes. Development encroaches on the landscape and as urban landscapes become more concentrated these types of conservation islands will become increasingly more important. Previous experience with economic valuation suggests that lower total values for smaller contributions to conservation are more liable to be sw ed by survey and hypothetical bias measures. Hence there needs to be more understanding of approaches to economic valuation for small and isolated environmental assets, in particular regarding controlling stated preference biases. This study applied the recently developed method of Inferred Valuation (IV) to a small private wetland in South-East Australia, and compared willingness to pay values with estimates from a standard Contingent Valuation (CV) approach. We found that hypothetical bias did seem to be slightly lower with the IV method. However, other methods such as the use of log-normal transformations and median measures, significantly mitigate apparent hypothetical biases and are easier to apply and allow use of the well-tested CV method.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 26-12-2019
Publisher: WIT Press
Date: 23-05-2011
DOI: 10.2495/WRM110531
Publisher: Elsevier
Date: 2017
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2017
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-2011
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 15-06-2016
DOI: 10.1093/AJAE/AAV022
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2022
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