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The Goulburn Broken Catchment, VictoriaWork in this catchment is the most advanced of all the case study regions. In the Goulburn Broken, the project will focus on a detailed assessment of all of the ecosystem goods and services, and 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. Working very closely with community stakeholders and undertaking
numerous communication activities in order to raise awareness
of the value of ecosystem services is also integral to the project.
Atherton QueenslandFour ecosystem service projects focusing on the Wet Tropics are underway in the Atherton region, and they include;
Rangelands of NSWThis project will focus on a valuation of Ecosystem Services
at Regional and Local Scales in the western region of NSW. Gwydir Valley, NSWThis project aims to increase awareness of the Gwydir community's dependence on ecosystem services, the value of those services, and management options to enhance ecosystem services and avoid deleterious impacts. This study will generate biophysical data (by both collating
existing data and by studies in areas identified as important
by the scoping study) and apply these data to models to extrapolate
economic values for various ecosystem services. The Blackwood Catchment of Western AustraliaThe Blackwood Basin Group is a community-based organisation in south-west Western Australia extending from Augusta on the coast to Kukerin in the wheat belt. The Blackwood Basin Group is a community-operated organisation that delivers assistance to achieve sustainable land management across the Blackwood Basin. The group specialises in accelerating on-ground action through coordination of natural resource management and education. In partnership with the group, a markets for ecosystem services study will take place within the Blackwood Basin. Brisbane River CatchmentThis project is aiming to value the impact of retaining native
vegetation on farms on water quality and other ecosystem services
in the upper Brisbane River Catchment. The project is part of
a larger program of research that is establishing landscape design
principles in agricultural catchments. Brigalow region of QueenslandThis case study is examining ecosystem services and the sustainable
use of remnant vegetation in the Brigalow Bioregion of southern
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