Policy engagement

The INFFER project is working closely with several governments to assist them to improve the design or implementation of environmental policy. The Commonwealth and many state government agencies have shown significant interest in the framework, as detailed below. Links to papers are also included where possible.

Australian Government

  • Numerous meetings with and presentations to policy officials
  • Member of Scientific Advisory Panel of Caring for our Country (Dave Pannell)
  • INFFER listed as a suggested planning tool on Caring for our Country web site
  • INFFER discussed positively by NRM departments in submission to Senate Inquity into NRM
  • Discussion paper: INFFER and “Caring for our Country”, the Australian Government program here

Victoria

  • Numerous meetings with and presentations to policy officials
  • Strong support from Department of Sustainability and Environment and Department of Primary Industries
  • Training of DSE staff
  • Participation of DSE and DPI staff in various INFFER assessments
  • The Biodiversity White Paper (date) included the following statements:

“INFFER will be utilised for the next five years or until an alternative is developed”.

“Utilise INFFER and further develop other decision support tools for applying asset-based approaches to planning and investment”.

“Provide training and support in the application of INFFER and other decision support tools by 2011″.

Western Australia

  • Numerous meetings with and presentations to policy officials
  • Support for INFFER to be the implementation tool for the State NRM Strategy
  • Training of staff from several agencies
  • Participation of DEC and DAFWA staff in various INFFER assessments

Other states

  • Numerous meetings with and presentations to policy officials
  • Participation of NSW agency staff in various INFFER assessments and in training workshops
  • Interest from South Australian government officers and support for presentations to two regional NRM Boards

Journal papers about policy engagement

Pannell, D.J. and Roberts, A.M. (2009). Conducting and delivering integrated research to influence land-use policy: salinity policy in Australia, Environmental Science and Policy 12(8): 1088-1099. Full paper (94K)

Pannell, D.J. (2004). Effectively communicating economics to policy makers. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 48(3): 535-555. Full journal paper (138K pdf)

Discussion papers about policy

  • “Delivering on the promise of Caring for our Country” here (13K html)
  • Policy implications from the SIF3 project Seven pager (61K pdf)
  • Additionality in environmental programs here
  • Why don’t environmental managers use decision theory? here
  • Economic questions for environmental managers here

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