@article{Star:235624,
      recid = {235624},
      author = {Star, Megan and Rolfe, John and Beutel, Terry and  McCosker, Kev and Ellis, Robin and Coughlin, Tom},
      title = {Natural resource management planning: can more cost  effective outcomes be achieved.},
      address = {2016-02},
      number = {427-2016-27382},
      pages = {21},
      year = {2016},
      abstract = {The decline in health of the Great Barrier Reef and the  pressure on allocating funds efficiently has resulted in  the catchments adjacent to the reef revising their Water  Quality Improvement Plans. The Fitzroy basin and coastal  catchments is 152,000km2 and geographically diverse, past  work has identified the need to prioritise funds to achieve  cost effective outcomes. For this paper we aim to present  an alternative approach to effective prioritisation of  sediment reductions. The approach integrates spatial  information regarding the sediment source and process,  levels of adoption, bare ground cover, and cost into a  function to rank neighbourhood catchments. The results  identify particular areas of the catchment and also  demonstrate the complexity of the issue and the challenge  the Fitzroy Basin Association faces when allocating funds.  It does however demonstrate that there are effective  opportunities in particular areas within the catchment,  proving it to be a useful approach in understanding where  in the catchment to focus efforts for different sediment  reductions.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/235624},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.235624},
}