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The Queensland Government has a number of staff who can assist you with your questions about market-based instruments (MBIs). You can search for these practitioners using the Little Orange Book, entering Queensland and Government into the search fields or you can contact the Social and Economic Unit within the Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water with your question.
Alternatively, if it is a general enquiry about MBIs you can set up a forum in the members area and this will be available for comments from everyone in the members area.
There is also a frequently asked question section on this website which may assist you in answering your questions.
EcoExchange is a proposed offsets exchange facility for Queensland. The program is an initiative of the Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water and the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency. Echoexchange will provide:
- an Exchange Service which will inform the market of, and provide searchable information on, potential demand and supply opportunities
- an Investment Service which will receive financial payments for coordinating and securing offset requirements in certain circumstances.
More information can be accessed here: http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/vegetation/offsets/green_invest.html 
Under the national Coastal Catchments Initiative, the Australian and Queensland Governments are investigating the feasibility of using nutrient trading options between sources in Moreton Bay catchments to obtain water quality targets cost-effectively.
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NatureAssist is the incentive component of Queensland’s Nature Refuge Program. NatureAssist provides financial assistance for landholders who actively manage the natural and/ or cultural assets of their property.
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The Vegetation Incentives Program was a $12 million program designed to provide incentives to support landholders to maintain and manage native vegetation, including high value regrowth, as part of their operations. The program protected 22,400 hectares of high value native vegetation under perpetual voluntary conservation agreements. The Vegetation Incentives Program has now been integrated with the Environmental Partnerships Scheme as a part of the Queensland Government's contribution to the Blueprint for the Bush. See Nature Assist for information on this new financial incentives program.
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