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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 2.2.5 Area Irrigated and Water Used (Macquarie, Cudegong and Bogan Valleys)


Year                            Area                                Allocated Water      
                                Irrigated                           Used                 

        Cotton (%)  Cereal (%)   Cotton (ha)     Cereal      All          Total ML       
                                                  (ha)       (ha)                        

77/78       15          63            7600        32500     51475          436000        

78/79       16          66            8200        33000     49970          371000        

79/80       21          61          11600         33900     55885          392000        

80/81       25          31          13100         16000     51740          288000        

81/82       21          47            7800        17750     37885          228000        

82/83       18          48            8100        21750     45320          297000        

83/84       21          40          12000         22250     55910          192000        

84/85       18          36            8100         1650     46050          348000        

85/86       29          33          21800         24700     75410          376000        

86/87       22          34          12300         18700     54870          357000        

87/88       40          23          23400         13400     58360          448000        

88/89       46          16          21400          7400     46635          344000        

89/90       44          19          26880         11900     61035          435000        

90/91                                                                      494000        

91/92                                                                      511000        

92/93                                                                      431000        

93/94                                                                      543000        

94/95                                                                      508000        

Source: Dept. Water Resources NSW (NSW DWR) (1991) and Johnson (pers com.)

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