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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 2.1.3 Net Cash Returns from WA Wheatbelt Remnant Vegetation (1992/93)


Use                  $ per operator  $ per         
                     day worked      hectare       

Wildflower           Up to 250       125 - 230     
Production                                         

Ecotourism           50 - 90         5 - 1,500     

Timber Products      150 - 575       NA            
(fence posts)                                      

Timber Products      65              20            
(firewood)                                         

Brushwood            NA              10 - 100      

Seed Collection      15 - 120        NA            

NA - not available or not applicable.

Source: ACIL (1993)Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use Objectives

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