Project 4.9.4 - Integrating ecology, economics and people in forest and landscapes
Project Leaders: Dr Nick Emtage & Associate Professor
John Herbohn, The University of Queensland
Project 4.9.4 will develop an understanding and application of
how to integrate complex social, economic and environmental
considerations in maintaining and developing sustainable forest
landscapes in the Wet Tropics.
Key objectives of this Project are to:
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Develop tools to assist landholders, managers and researchers in
decision making about investments in forest restoration and to help
identify the resulting economic, social and environmental
benefits;
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Produce a comprehensive set of profiles (typology) of
landholders in relation to Natural Resource Management (NRM)
practices on private land in the Wet Tropics region that will
facilitate effective design and delivery of NRM and rural
development programs by public agencies; and
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Investigate financial performance, risk profiles, plus the
broader social, environmental and economic impacts of revegetation
plantings suitable for use in the Wet Tropics.
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