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Understanding rural landholder responsesto climate changeRik Thwaites, Allan Curtis, Nicki Mazur and Digby RaceNovember 2008Institute for Land, Water & SocietyCharles Sturt UniversityReport No. 48Prepared for:North Central Catchment Management Authority
Publication detailsInstitute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, NSWAll rights reserved. The contents of this publication are copyright in all countriessubscribing to the Berne Convention. No parts of this book may be reproduced in anyform or by any means, electronic or mechanical, in existence or to be invented,including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system,without written permission of the authors, expect where permitted by law.Title:ISBN:Understanding rural landholder responses to climate change/ Rik Thwaites ... [et al.].9781864672084 (pbk.)Series: Institute for Land, Water and Society report ; no. 48Notes:Subjects:Bibliography.Climatic changes--Environmental aspects--Australia.Climatic changes--Risk assessment--AustraliaFarm management--AustraliaOther Authors/Contributors:Thwaites, Rik.Charles Sturt University. Institute for Land Water andSociety.Dewey Number: 333.730994AcknowledgementsFinancial support for this research was provided by the Australian Government‟sNational Action Plan (NAP) for Salinity and Water Quality and Natural HeritageTrust (NHT), via the North Central Catchment Management Authority (NCCMA).The authors would like to thank the interviewees for their generosity with their timeand responses, as well as participants in key stakeholder workshops for assistance inresearch development and identifying potential participants. North Central CatchmentManagement Authority staff Sonia Colville, Rohan Hogan and Geoff Park have madevaluable contributions to this research, as have project partners from Department ofSustainability and Environment (DSE – Victoria) and CSIRO. The field research andcompletion of the report was ably assisted by Chris Harrington, Michael Mitchell,Royce Sample and Eloise Seymour.DisclaimerThe views expressed in this report are solely the authors‟, and do not necessarilyreflect the views of Charles Sturt University, NCCMA or people consulted during theresearch project.Cover photo: Rural scene from Kamarooka district (R Thwaites)ii
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employing contractors; and adopting
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to sign up again (futures contract)
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Kamarooka landholders were also gen
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Landholder characteristicsPersonal
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ReferencesBarr, Neil, Roger Wilkins
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Appendix 1: Interview scheduleEcosy
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