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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
Forum Responses (%)
Overall General Forums Ecotourism
Mean Mean Agriculture Environment Mean
Preventing habitat loss
Best social mechanism
Education/extension 63 63 63
Voluntary management 24 20 20
agreements
Accreditation schemes 7 5 7
Prizes & awards 2 2 2
Best regulatory mechanism
Legislated protection 63 64 59
Licence conditions 12 11 20
Fines 7 5 13
Best financial mechanism
Tax deductions 33 32 34 28 39
Environmental levies 25 24 12 32 30
Local rate reductions 16 16 19 22 15
Preventing habitat decline
Best social mechanism
Community dev. of regional 38 37 41
plans
Education/extension 30 32 24
Landcare schemes 22 21 26
Prizes and awards 1 1 -
Best regulatory mechanism
Contract management 33 34 31
agreements
Easements &/or covenants 22 22 22
Lease conditions 17 -
Licence conditions 6 9 5
Fines 4 4 6
Best financial mechanism
Tax credits 31 31 33 30 33
Environmental fees/levies 21 19 17 22 31
Tied grants 16 16 13 21 17
Tradeable rights 11 11 12 8 9
Reducing direct species
attacks
Best social mechanism
Education and/or extension 55 55 54 55 57
Biological controls 31 30 29 27 31
Prizes & awards 1 1 0 3 2
Best regulatory mechanism
Laws to control ferals & 33 32 37
weeds
Contractual manage't 29 29 28
agreements
Laws regulating taking of 24 24 24
species
Best financial mechanism
Grants 32 34 24
Commercialisation of pest 29 26 44
species
Bounties 12 11 17
Reducing genetic loss
Best social mechanism
Education &/or extension 89 89 89
Prizes and awards 2 2 2
Best regulatory mechanism
Permits to harvest pests 44 41 52 33 59
Bans on harvesting native 23 25 17 26 19
species
Best financial mechanism
Develop't of commercial 35 32 40 23 44
markets
Grants or compensation 35 35 28 44 35
Payment for 'prospecting' 6 7 10 8 2