The Institute for Rural Futures
The Institute for Rural Futures is an independent research centre located on campus at the University of New England. The Institute provides socio-economic survey research and statistical analysis services tailored to the specific needs of public and private sector clients.
The focus of Institute research is on understanding pressures of change, both positive and negative, on social, economic and ecological systems as a whole. It is only through understanding the processes and impacts of change that rural and regional communities, along with government, can plan for the future.
These complex systems are inseparably entwined. Interactions of social-ecological systems create positive and negative pressures on landscapes, communities and economies. The effects create or limit future options for policy and action, in society's necessary transition towards sustainable futures. This area of applied trans-disciplinary research is known as sustainability science.
The Institute incorporates the UNESCO Centre for Bioregional Resource Management, and publishes the International Journal of Rural Crime.
Fireweed Control Research
The Institute hosts the web pages of the Fireweed Control Research project, a two year research project being conducted by the University of New England and CSIRO.
Recent Publications
| Spatially bounded regions for resource governance
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| Multi-level governance and on-farm adoption of conservation practices in three Australian regions
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| Community-based, Regional Delivery of Natural Resource Management: Building system-wide capacities to motivate voluntary farmer adoption of conservation practices
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| Extending INFFER to account for community and other capacity spillovers in economic evaluation of environmental investments
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| Weed Detection and Control on Small Farms: A Guide for Owners
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| Using context in novel community-based natural resource management: landscapes of property, policy and place
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| Factors influencing the adoption of biosecurity activities on broiler and layer farms in Indonesia
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Recent Projects
| Regional Alternative Landscape Futures for the Northern Rivers of NSW
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| Improving Economic Accountability when using Decentralised, Collaborative Approaches to Environmental Decisions
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| Improving our Understanding of the Effects of Low Carbon Policies on the Australian Economy and Regions
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| Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment: Hunter & Central Coasts
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| Extending Weed Detection and Control Best Practice to Small Farm Owners
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| Cost-Effective Biosecurity for Non-Industrial Commercial Poultry Operations in Indonesia
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| Indicators of Community Vulnerability, Resilience and Adaptive Capacity across the Murray-Darling Basin
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