TY - JOUR
T1 - The Control of Nutrient Run-Off from Agricultural Areas
T2 - Insights into Governance from Australia's Sugarcane Industry and the Great Barrier Reef
AU - Hamman, Evan
AU - Deane, Felicity
N1 - Funding Information:
This article is based on research undertaken as a result of funding through the Institute of Future Environments, QUT Catapult programme. The authors would like to thank the anonymous reviewers who made helpful suggestions about how this article might be improved. The authors would also like to acknowledge the research services of Ilana Bolingford. Hamman Evan * Deane Felicity ** * Queensland University of Technology , Brisbane, Qld ( Australia ). Email: [email protected] . ** Queensland University of Technology , Brisbane, Qld ( Australia ). Email: [email protected] . 27 03 2018 11 2018 7 3 451 468 © Cambridge University Press 2018 2018 Cambridge University Press
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© 2018 Cambridge University Press.
PY - 2018/3
Y1 - 2018/3
N2 - Many parts of the world rely on nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus to improve farming production and increase yields. There are significant food security as well as socio-economic issues at stake. However, it is also clear that fertilizer loads are particularly damaging to aquatic environments, including lakes, rivers, coral reefs, and wetlands. This article explores governance approaches to fertilizer practices that impact on aquatic environments (eutrophication) by examining a case study of the Great Barrier Reef. Governance involves any and all forms of state and non-state control over a given set of issues. It can include, but is not limited to, rule-based approaches like regulation, although it can also involve market-driven measures like nutrient trading schemes, government grants and other financial incentives. So, which approach to governance works best to combat this particular policy question? What other insights into the design of effective regulation and governance can be gathered? In this article, the authors make three broad arguments for change: firstly, it is crucial that regulation features within government strategies; secondly, there must be a rigorous systematic evaluation of the strategies to ensure that the desired behavioural change is achieved along with the desired outcomes; thirdly, and most importantly, the strategies and the evaluation methods must be appropriate for the culture of the industry they are designed to regulate.
AB - Many parts of the world rely on nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus to improve farming production and increase yields. There are significant food security as well as socio-economic issues at stake. However, it is also clear that fertilizer loads are particularly damaging to aquatic environments, including lakes, rivers, coral reefs, and wetlands. This article explores governance approaches to fertilizer practices that impact on aquatic environments (eutrophication) by examining a case study of the Great Barrier Reef. Governance involves any and all forms of state and non-state control over a given set of issues. It can include, but is not limited to, rule-based approaches like regulation, although it can also involve market-driven measures like nutrient trading schemes, government grants and other financial incentives. So, which approach to governance works best to combat this particular policy question? What other insights into the design of effective regulation and governance can be gathered? In this article, the authors make three broad arguments for change: firstly, it is crucial that regulation features within government strategies; secondly, there must be a rigorous systematic evaluation of the strategies to ensure that the desired behavioural change is achieved along with the desired outcomes; thirdly, and most importantly, the strategies and the evaluation methods must be appropriate for the culture of the industry they are designed to regulate.
KW - Eutrophication
KW - Governance
KW - Great Barrier Reef
KW - Nutrients
KW - Queensland
KW - Regulation
KW - Sugarcane
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85044464967&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S2047102518000018
DO - 10.1017/S2047102518000018
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85044464967
SN - 2047-1025
VL - 7
SP - 451
EP - 468
JO - Transnational Environmental Law
JF - Transnational Environmental Law
IS - 3
ER -