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Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water

Incentives database

The Queensland natural resource management (NRM) incentives databaseLinks to an external site which may not be a government site. is a database of funding opportunities and incentives available for NRM. The searchable database lists incentives offered by local councils, regional NRM bodies, state and federal government agencies and non-government organisations.

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Regional natural resource management - The social and economic dimensions - CD

This compact disc (CD) resource is based on three years of collaborative social and economic research and development conducted as part of the Social and Economic State-wide Investment Projects (S&E SIPs), which were coordinated by the Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water, and funded by the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality.

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Innovations fund for designing, implementing and monitoring incentives

The innovations fund supported research on economic incentives within a working partnership between regional NRM bodies, researcher/s and the Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water.

Funding was provided for:

  • detailed design of incentive mechanisms.
  • communication and liaison with incentive target stakeholders.
  • legal advice and contract design.
  • operation components of monitoring.
  • detailed incentive program evaluation including expert input, surveying participants, analysis of effectiveness and compliance.

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The Designer Carrots symposium

This symposium was held to share learnings from a number of MBIs trials

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