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REIMBURSING THE FUTURE:

An evaluation of motivational, voluntary, price-based, property-right, and regulatory incentives for the conservation of biodiversity

PART 2 - Appendices

A report by M.D. Young, N. Gunningham, J. Elix, J. Lambert, B. Howard, P. Grabosky and E. McCrone
Prepared by CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology, the Australian Centre for Environmental Law, and Community Solutions
January 1996

Biodiversity Series, Paper No. 9
Biodiversity Unit


Table 2.1.2 Nature, Extent and Cost of Land Degradation in the WA Wheatbelt


Degradation            % of Cleared      Cost ($m/yr)    
                       Area                              

Salinity - Land        3                 61              

Salinity - Public                        41              
Works                                                    

Waterlogging           11                90              

Water Erosion          5                 21              

Wind Erosion           0.3               21              

Total                                    234             

Source: Adapted from Department of Agriculture (1991)

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