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Motivating People

Motivating People. Incentives for Australians to participate in… Sustainable Land and Water Management. Carl Binning + Many others CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems Greening Australia BHP Billiton Iron Ore. Structure of Talk. Why bother? 7 Themes from 20 years of innovation

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Motivating People

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  1. Motivating People Incentives for Australians to participate in… Sustainable Land and Water Management Carl Binning + Many others CSIRO Sustainable EcosystemsGreening Australia BHP Billiton Iron Ore

  2. Structure of Talk • Why bother? • 7 Themes from 20 years of innovation • 7 Themes for the future

  3. Percentage of regions protected Region & code region % protected AA Australian Alps 18.9% AV Avon Wheat belt (WA) 0.5% CK Central Kimberley (WA) 0.0% FIN Finke (NT) 0.0% GC Gibson Desert (WA) 12.0% HAM Hampton (SA) 28.6% MGD Mitchell Grass Downs (Qld) 0.3% WSW West and South-West (Tas) 49.0% YAL Yalgoo (WA) 1.1% NSS South West Slopes (NSW) 0-1%

  4. % of vegetation cleared in bioregions

  5. Theme 1: Regionalism56 NRM Regions – Good or Bad?

  6. Hierarchy of Institutions

  7. Theme 2: The Policy Mix

  8. Theme 3: Duty of Care

  9. Theme 4: Current Regulation Destroys motivation

  10. Regulate at an appropriate scale

  11. Theme 4:Voluntarism vs Payment for Services Intrinsic motivation, revealed preference, crowding out

  12. Theme 5:Involvement of 3rd Sector Advisory Government Advisory Bodies Advocacy Think Tanks Non Government Sector Service Providers Media Large Conservation Trusts and Organisations Corporations Philanthropic Organisations Research Organisations Regional Groups Indigenous Landholders Local Groups Individuals • On Ground Management

  13. Theme 6: Public vs Private Markets • 3 Farms and adjoining land (2200 ha) • Commercially unviable • Significant environmental degradation (30%) • Wool business • Too small scale • Poor cost management • Lack of capital to invest

  14. Biodiverse Carbon Plantings

  15. Business Case Economics - NPV(3) Probability Weighted Base Case $Million, 20 Years 41.1 6.1 Land Purchased Carbon Credits Regeneration Costs(2) Subdivision Costs Lifestyle Land Subdivision 30.9 Farming Land 4.2 (1) • Note: (1) 8% discount rate • (2) Regeneration of Kyoto compliant land • (3) One off land purchase and scenario

  16. Theme 7: Pragmatic Adaptive Management

  17. 7 Themes for the future • Actively managed landscapes • Clear objectives for production, conservation and reconstruction • Clear Metrics • Eg water – return flows, biodiversity value • Regulation that motivates • Beyond development approvals • Environmental markets (flexible regulation) • Fish, water, carbon, biodiversity • Private market formation • Driven through sustainable enterprises • Continued philanthropy and NGO growth • Private conservation greater than public • Sustained Voluntarism • Community effort not crowded out • Australians willing to pay (eg carbon price)

  18. Key success factors • An audacious vision • An interesting and important landscape • Passionate lunatics • Good organisational credibility • Diplomacy and tact • Flexibility and intuitiveness • Effective but minimalist planning • Patience and timing • Get some early runs on the board • Independent income

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