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If you wish to be updated as progress is made on pilot markets please register via our feedback page The Markets Project will develop at least two pilot markets to basic proof-of-concept stage for each of three case study regions. For each of the six pilot markets, additional funding is being sought to further develop and test these pilot markets. The following sections provide basic information on the three case study regions, and the two pilots under development in each region. The Blackwood Basin, Western AustraliaThe two pilot studies in this catchment will be closely linked
to the award winning natural resource management programs operated
by the Blackwood
Basin Group. The BBG is a community-managed, constituted and
independent landcare organisation with a membership representative
of groups with an interest in catchment management in the Blackwood
catchment. The philosophy of the BBG is simply that 'community
ownership of catchment problems will produce appropriate solutions
given adequate resources and expertise'. Thus the markets project
seeks to build capacity in the region to utilise market based
instruments and ecosystem services to improve management. The Goulburn Broken Catchment, VictoriaWork in this catchment will build on that completed by The
Ecosystem Services Project which focused on a detailed
assessment of all of the ecosystem goods and services, the
development of scenarios and biophysical models to evaluate the
impact of various land uses on ecosystems and their ability to
continue to provide goods and services. The oucomes will provide
a strong underpinning for the operation of selected pilot markets.
The Murrumbidgee Catchment, NSWWorking with the NSW Department of Infrastrucutre, Planning and Natural Resources and the Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority, the project seeks to address resource issues in an integrated manner. This is in line with the wider Total Catchment Management ethos of linking community and government to reduce duplication of work and promote integrated resource management. The Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority is tasked with
setting environmental targets and management options, strategies
and actions to achieve these targets. The case study seeks to
identify issues and develop pilot market mechanisms to help the
MCMA and DIPNR achieve these targets.
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