Proceedings of the National Conservation Incentives Forum
La Trobe University Melbourne (Bundoora) Campus
Tuesday 5 – Friday 8 July, 2005
ISBN 0 6425 5173 1
Welcome
Welcome – on behalf of the Trust for Nature, the Department of the Environment and Heritage, a steering committee drawn from experts across Australia and sponsors – La Trobe University, Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering & Melbourne Wildlife Sanctuary. I am pleased to welcome you to the National Conservation Incentives Forum.
The Forum has been developed as part of a Natural Heritage Trust national project, 'Taking Advantage of Conservation Opportunities and Encouraging Philanthropy'. It is a valuable opportunity for you to explore and share knowledge, skills and experience in managing conservation incentive programs.
The program emphasises interactive workshops and training sessions that provide an understanding of the range of incentives available and workshops and seminars on planning for and implementing incentive programs. The conference day (Thursday) includes keynote addresses and a range of smaller symposia on issues including engaging and working with landholders, Local Government use of incentives, conservation covenants and philanthropy. As the Forum takes place during National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) Week, the first evening of the Forum will celebrate Indigenous culture.
We hope you enjoy the excellent social program and the many opportunities for participants to network with colleagues from around Australia.
Dr Michael Looker, Director, Trust for Nature
David Borthwick, Secretary, Department of the Environment and Heritage
Background
The National Conservation Incentives Forum was developed as part of a Natural Heritage Trust project, 'Taking Advantage of Conservation Opportunities and Encouraging Philanthropy'. It is a valuable opportunity for you to explore and share knowledge, skills and experience in managing conservation incentive programs.
The Forum is aimed at anyone involved in designing or implementing on ground incentive programs for natural resource conservation, including at the catchment level. It is a four-day program that brings together experts from around Australia. It provides a mix of plenary and workshop sessions. Topics include engaging and working with landholders, local government, use of incentives, conservation covenants and philanthropy. Workshops explore market based instruments, landscape planning and ongoing management and stewardship arrangements.
The Forum is jointly presented by Trust for Nature (Victoria) and the Commonwealth Department of Environment and Heritage, in partnership with La Trobe University Melbourne (Bundoora) Campus.
Conservation incentives
Conservation incentives are mechanisms that encourage or motivate people to participate in conservation activities. They can be financial or non-financial in nature, and are typically offered by governments as part of an environmental program. Some incentives are linked to management plans, covenants or conservation agreements, or to other permanent protection tools such as formal reservation.
Incentives offered by the Australian Government include:
- Grants and funding
- Tax concessions
- Market based instruments
- EPBC Act Conservation Agreements
- Maintaining Australia's Biodiversity Hotspots Programme
- National Reserve System
Incentives offered by other governments and organisations can include:
- Rate rebates
- Tender based approaches and auctions for conservation payments
- Conservation covenants
- Trading and offset schemes
- Revolving funds
For more general information about conservation incentives, contact the Department of the Environment and Heritage at incentives@deh.gov.au
Day 1 - Tuesday 5 July 2005
Day One focused on the design and implementation of conservation incentives, with examples of innovative approaches from state governments, local government, regional bodies and the non-government sector.
- Incentive design
- Setting the scene (PDF - 2,938 KB) - Stuart Whitten, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems
- International keynote (PDF - 103 KB) - Naomi Standing, Centre for International Economics
- National keynote (PDF - 561 KB) - Drew Collins, BDA Group
- Workshop Summaries
- Incentive Delivery
- Victoria (PDF - 706 KB) - David Parkes, Department of Sustainability & Environment
- From boffins to breakthroughs - translating incentive ideas into on-ground actions, Queensland (PDF - 2,653 KB) - Jim Binney, Department of Natural Resources and Mines
- New South Wales (PDF - 3,026 KB) - Natasha Herron, Dept. of Infrastructure, Planning and Resources
- You call that an incentive! (PDF - 1,876 KB) - Steven Gatti, Onkaparinga Catchment Water Management Board
- Catchment care/Tender trial (PDF - 4,283 KB) - Steven Gatti, Onkaparinga Catchment Water Management Board
- NGO's (PDF - 3,171 KB) - Dr Chris Williams, Trust for Nature
- Local Government Shire Council (Qld) (PDF - 1,252 KB) - Mike Berwick, Douglas Shire Council
Day 2 - Wednesday 6 July 2005
On Day Two participants explored the specifics of market based instruments landscape planning, ongoing management and stewardship and targeting investment.
- WE1 Market based instruments introduction - Drew Collins BDA Group
- WE1-A Auctions and tenders - Stuart Whitten, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems
- Auction exercise intro (PDF - 850 KB)
- Auction exercise instruction (PDF - 1,262 KB)
- Auction for landscape recovery (PDF - 4,302 KB)
- Bid calc (Xls - 106 KB)
- Bid calc baseline (Xls - 177 KB)
- Environmental & production gains (PDF - 3,208 KB)
- Price based market-based instruments (PDF - 3,956 KB)
- Liverpool plains LMC tenders trial (PDF - 4,878 KB)
- Goulburn CMA (PDF - 2,282 KB)
- Onkaparinga CWMB (PDF - 1,321 KB)
- Victorian Volcanic Plains tender (PDF - 1,556 KB)
- Auction exercise feedback (PDF - 1,332 KB)
- Auction exercise plenary feedback (PDF - 1,188 KB)
- WE1-B Other MBIs including tradeable permits (incl. salinity carbon) & offsets (PDF - 834 KB) - Drew Collins, BDA Group
- WE2 Landscape planning approach (5S Model) (Xls - 4,587 KB) - Trust for nature - Chris Williams & Natalie Holland, Trust for Nature & Jora Young, The Nature Conservancy (USA)
- WE4 Targeting investment for conservation outcomes - exchange - national vegetation knowledge service - Mark Butz, Futures By Design, Carl Binning, Greening Australia
- Incentives program design (PDF - 1,664 KB)
- Incentives forum case study (PDF - 2,950 KB)
- Targeting investment for conservation outcomes (PDF - 1,513 KB)
- The new bird atlas (PDF - 2,978 KB)
- Incentives monitoring & evaluation concepts (PDF - 4,221 KB)
- Incentives overview (PDF - 1,094 KB)
- Conservation planning at local & regional scales (PDF - 1,737 KB)
- Practical applications of adaptive management (PDF - 5,182 KB)
- Levy/Biodiversity Offset Scheme (PDF - 1,011 KB)
- Mapping of vegetation enhancement activities (PDF - 2,460 KB)
- WE5 Ongoing management and stewardship - Jane Elix & Judy Lambert, Community Solutions
- Ongoing stewardship training manual (PDF - 637 KB)
- Ongoing stewardship workshop report (PDF - 92 KB)
- Queensland Department of Natural Resources & Mines
- Tax information for landholders (PDF - 104 KB)
- Onsite visit to The Melbourne Wildlife Sanctuary at La Trobe University: Practical conservation objectives for remnant bushland - Tim New, Michael Clarke & George Paras, La Trobe University
- Seminar - The challenge of philanthropy in the 21st Century (PDF - 28 KB) - Dennis Tracey, Swinburne University of Technology
Day 3 - Thursday 7 July 2005
Day Three focused on the opportunities (or need) to manage biodiversity conservation and development within high-pressure zones. Through a series of keynote speakers and workshops, participants explored the future facing conservation of our resources in rapidly urbanising environments.
- Keynote
- David Borthwick (PDF - 30 KB) - Secretary, Department of the Environment and Heritage
- Dr Neil Byron (PDF - 986 KB) - Productivity Commissioner, Trust for Nature Foundation Trustee
- Gerald Miles/Jora Young (PDF - 3,000 KB) - The Nature Conservancy, USA
- Greg Bourne (PDF - 37 KB) - CEO, WWF Australia
- Professor Michael Buxton (PDF - 620 KB) - RMIT
- TH1 Local government incentives - issues and options - Rick Galbraith Crows Nest Shire Council
- Coorong DC (PDF - 2,344 KB)
- Crows Nest NCI (PDF - 3,317 KB)
- Eurobodalla SC (PDF - 3,628 KB)
- Gold Coast CC (PDF - 1,331 KB)
- Local Govt (PDF - 639 KB)
- WA Local Govt (PDF - 3,344 KB)
- Biodiversity Incentive Program (PDF - 32 KB)
- CNSC paper (PDF - 101 KB)
- Coorong DC paper (PDF - 206 KB)
- Workshop summary (PDF - 130 KB)
- TH2 Using covenants & revolving funds in coastal and peri-urban environments (PDF - 3,214 KB) - Tom Perrigo National Trust of Australia (WA), Alan Briggs, The National Trust of Australia (WA) & Anthea Jones, Dept of Conservation and Land Management, Peter Moulton & Sue Mudford (Trust for Nature)
- TH3 Indigenous perspectives on coastal conservation & land management partnerships - Winda-Mara Aboriginal Corporation
- TH4 Working with lifestyle land owners/hobby farmers - Rod Safstrom Environs Consulting Pty Ltd
- TH5 & TH6 Working together - collaborate now: avoid the rush - Jane Elix & Judy Lambert, Community Solutions & Michael Williams, NSW Nature Conservation Trust/Michael Williams & Associates Pty Ltd
Day 4 - Friday 8 July 2005
A repeat of workshops from Day Two. See Day 2 - Wednesday 6 July 2005. Addressing Barriers to Implementation presented outcomes from the Targeting Investment workshop.
- FR4-A & FR4-B Addressing barriers to implementation (PDF - 94 KB) - Exchange - National Vegetation Knowledge Service - Mark Butz, Futures By Design & Greening Australia
Additional material
- National Conservation Incentives Forum - handbook (PDF - 3,515 KB)
- Choosing between incentive mechanisms for natural resource management: a practical guide for regional NRM bodies
- Gifts that keep on giving: a landholder's guide to land protection and conservation options
- Covenants for conservation
- Welcome presentation (PDF - 2,279 KB)
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