Re-inventing Sustainability: A Climate for Change

As part of the ANZSEE conference CSIRO and ANZSEE will be launching a new book MOTIVATING CHANGE IN THE CATCHMENT: A guide to revegetation design and incentives for catchment management bodies'* A practical and easy to read handbook intended to be used by catchment managers as a guide to assessing whether or not and what type of incentive program for biodiversity enhancement is appropriate in their catchment*

To coincide with the launch of this new CSIRO handbook, we invite you to take part in a Masterclass that will provide a step by step guide to using the handbook and assist in choosing the right incentive program for your catchment. The development of the handbook was supported by the Australian Government Department of Environment and Water Resources. The Masterclass is relevant to catchment managers, natural resource practitioners and policy makers.

*The handbook outlines the key issues involved with tackling problems related to enhancing biodiversity. It starts with encouraging catchment managers to assess the environmental problems confronting their regions and to consider whether or not revegetation is the appropriate remedy for these particular problems or whether other solutions should be sought. If revegetation is considered the most appropriate course of action, the handbook then encourages catchment managers to consider the various forms of incentives available to them (e.g. stewardship payments, auctions, suasive instruments) to encourage landowners to provide effective revegetation strategies. The handbook then gives a complete and thorough overview of the various incentives available for them to use in different situations and under different contextual circumstances that may be related to the problem at hand and the types of people that they will be dealing with. Often a package of incentive types may be more appropriate than one alone. Also different types of incentives may work better than others depending on the community that is being targeted and so it is important to get a good understanding of the type of community that will be involved in the scheme and incorporate them in the process of choosing incentives and how these will be implemented. A set of questions is provided to select and tailor an appropriate incentives framework and a range of principles provided to test whether the chosen scheme is appropriate for the purpose. The appendices contain extensive information on the types of incentives available, suggested survey and community consultation processes and important references for further information.

 

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