Integrating economics and science for land, water and biodiversity policy

澳大利亚政府的土地和水资源保护计划涉及数十亿美元的支出，加上计划参与者的更大贡献。然而，这些方案存在各种问题。这项研究将帮助项目投资者更好地确定资金目标，采用更合适的政策机制，并以具有成本效益的方式运作，实现可用预算所能实现的最有价值的环境成果。该项目将开发更好的理论、框架和经济模型，整合来自物理、生物和社会科学的信息，以及供环境决策者使用的决策工具。

Australian government programs for land and water conservation involve expenditure of billions of dollars, combined with much larger contributions from program participants. However, various problems with these programs have been identified. This research will assist program investors to better target funding, to employ more appropriate policy mechanisms, and to operate in a cost-effective way, achieving the most highly valued environmental outcomes that can be achieved with the available budget. The project will develop improved theories, frameworks and economic models, integrating information from physical, biological and social sciences, and decision tools for use by environmental decision makers.