15. Landscape Futures Analysis – regional benefits and costs
Policy options
Go Best for Best for Most Cost Sustain -
Indicators Anywhere Cheapest Biodiversity NRM Effective ability Ideal
Ecological Restoration (ha)
Total Biodiversity Benefits (Remnant
vegetation) ($)
Total Wind Erosion Benefits ($)
Net Economic Returns ($/yr) -$64.1M -$3.8M -$38.3M -$39.5M -$33.8M -$92.4M
No option is economically better than current practice!
Landscape science and NRM
Lower Murray Landscape Futures