The Economic Impact of Weeds in Australia: Report to the CRC for Australian Weed Management

Title
The Economic Impact of Weeds in Australia: Report to the CRC for Australian Weed Management
Publication Date
2004
Author(s)
Sinden, JA
Jones, R
Hester, S
Odom, D
Kalisch, C
James, R
Cacho, OJ
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1542-4442
Email: ocacho@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:ocacho
Type of document
Book
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
CRC Weed Management
Place of publication
Adelaide, Australia
Edition
1
Series
CRC for Australian Weed Management Technical Series
UNE publication id
une:1000
Abstract
1. - Weeds have a wide variety of impacts on society, theenvironment and the economy. Some of the economicimpacts are benefits but most are costs.2. - The costs of particular weeds in given areas have beenestimated by many writers in a rich literature on theassessment of the impacts in agriculture. Only Combellack(1987) has attempted to estimate the nationwide impactof weeds in general.3. - In his innovative study, Combellack valued the economiccosts of weeds in 1981–82 to be $2,096m. New methodsof weed control and techniques of farm managementhave since been developed, and new weed species nowoccur. Therefore the current costs of impacts cannot bereadily compared with those of 1981–82.4. - The nationwide impact of weeds needs to bere-estimated to provide a more recent benchmark thatreflects current costs, prices and technologies, and thecurrent distribution of impacts within the community.A current estimate provides useful information fordecisions on the allocation of resources, cost sharing,and management of specific weed problems.5. - In this report, we attempt to estimate the economiccosts of weeds across Australia. In addition, we offer aneconomic framework to help consider the problems thatweeds create, and the generation and use of informationto resolve those problems.
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ISBN
192093247X

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