Choice Modelling in the development of natural resources management strategies in NSW Kasia Mazur
Outline Issue Objectives Methodological issues Conclusion
Issues No consistent methodology for the assessments of NRM investments Previous methods: MCA, CUA, CEA Non-market values and community preferences for resource allocation ignored Net welfare changes- difficult to identify Complexity of the interactions between environmental, social and economic systems
Objectives Estimate the welfare changes using BCA Determine readily transferable environmental estimates using CM Integrate environmental values into a optimisation tool (MOSAIC)
Methodological issues Scope effect Incentive compatibility issues
Case studies Hawkesbury – Nepean Lachlan Namoi
Conclusion The study will: identify socially–optimal NRM investments identify easily transferable environmental values Develop a decision making tool that can provide future cost and time savings for similar assessments Investigate new approaches for dealing with scope and incentive compatibility issues