Given the short agricultural history, long lead times and low population density, diffuse source (non-point) water quality problems are only now emerging in Australia. The Great Barrier Reef (Waterhouse et al. 2010), Gippsland Lakes (Roberts et al. 2012), Peel-Harvey Inlet (Summers et al. 1999) and the Murray-Darling system (Ryan et al. 2009) are notable examples, […]

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Following on from our recent work, assisting the West Gippsland CMA in the development of the Corner Inlet Water Quality Improvement Plan, Natural Decisions has recently commenced a new project undertaking an INFFER assessment of the Corner Inlet Ramsar site. Corner Inlet is one of 64 wetland areas in Australia that have been recognised under the […]

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Located in tropical north eastern Queensland, the Wet Tropics NRM region is an expansive area of some 2.2 million hectares. It is a place of great beauty and possibly the world’s greatest ecological diversity, and is the only region to boast two contrasting World Heritage Areas side by side – the Wet Tropical rainforests and […]

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Bushfire management involves making decisions about complex issues that involve people, communities, stakeholders and organisations with many different values, perceptions and objectives, and who variably and differentially bear some of the costs and benefits involved in most strategies and actions undertaken. The Natural Decisions team has just commenced a new project for the Bushfire CRC […]

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Over the past few months Anna Roberts and Geoff Park from the Natural Decisions team have been working with the West Gippsland CMA to finalise the Corner Inlet Water Quality Improvement Plan (WQIP). The Corner Inlet Ramsar Site includes the areas known as Corner Inlet and Nooramunga and is the most southerly marine embayment and […]

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mixing a little theory, logic and common sense leads to better outcomes. Earlier this year, David Pannell started a series of short articles on his Pannell Discussions blog, on the topic of ‘ranking environmental projects’. To quote David … ” My intention was go through the basic process, step by step, outlining the logic and […]

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Natural Decisions is delighted to be partnering with the Burnett-Mary Regional Group and Trop Water to develop the Burnett-Mary Water Quality Improvement Plan (WQIP). The Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG) is the peak body for natural resource management (NRM) for a region comprising the Burnett and Mary river catchments and the associated sub catchment areas […]

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by Geoff Park Natural Decisions has a strong commitment to improving environmental decision-making through delivery of education activities in a number of University programs. This includes teaching at graduate and post-graduate levels at the University of Western Australia and Melbourne University, in a number of courses, across economics, restoration ecology and catchment management. I’ve recently completed two days of […]

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Natural Decisions has just completed an interesting piece of work examining the feasibility of conserving woodland birds in central Victoria. The woodland dependent  bird community is threatened across much of south-eastern Australia, largely from threats such as habitat loss and fragmentation, over grazing and inappropriate fire regimes. An INFFER analysis conducted for the Connecting Country […]

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The Natural Decisions team is working on a fascinating project for the Bow River in Alberta, Canada.

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