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Burdekin Grazing BMP and extension support project – a cost benefit analysis
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Author
Moravek, T.
Nelson, B.
Publisher
Australian Rangeland Society
Publication Year
2015
Body

This paper reports on a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) completed for the Queensland Government’s Reef
Plan Grazing Best Management Practice (BMP) extension project in the Burdekin catchment,
covering the period from June 2011 to June 2014.
The Grazing BMP and extension support project aims to encourage beef producers to adopt practices
that result in productive and profitable grazing systems that also have improved water quality
outcomes for the Great Barrier Reef. This work is part of a concentrated response with industry
aimed at reversing the decline in water quality entering the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) that

Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Poster
Additional Information
It is recommended that papers in the conference proceedings be cited in the following manner:
Bastin, G, Sparrow, A, Scarth, P., Gill, T. Barneston, J. and Staben G. (2015). Are we there yet? Tracking state and change in Australia's rangelands. In Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Alice Springs (Ed M.H. Friedel) [Australian Rangeland Society: Perth]
Collection
Australian Rangelands
Keywords
Australia
extension and education
grazing bmp.
Project evaluation
Queensland