Social and economic aspects of NRM
A healthy environment is only one of many necessary ingredients for a healthy region—a healthy community and healthy economy are also vital.
The community and the economy are both an affect of, and are affected by, the way we manage our natural resources.
Social and economic impact assessments help predict the effects of a policy or action on the community and the economy. This helps policy makers reduce the negative effects and promote the positive ones.
The National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality includes five social and economic state-wide investment projects (the social and economic SIPs). These projects are helping institutionalise social and economic impact assessment in regional NRM, collect social and economic data, undertake social and economic research, provide information and trial incentives, as well as market-based instruments to improve NRM.
The social and economic SIPs have developed information about conducting a social and economic impact assessment, integrating social and economic considerations into regional planning, and assessing the social and economic impact of weeds in Queensland.
Last updated 12 December 2008