Signposts - A stocktake of the surveys and programs

Summary

​The key output from this study has been the formation of a mapping framework that will allow MLA, moving forward, to be able to assess their contribution to the environment. The only way that MLA can realistically assess their contribution to the environment is through their impact upon the adoption of environmentally sustainable management practices. In undertaking a stocktake of surveys, this study has been able to confirm that an adoption profile can be constructed for seven management practices.
This study has also assessed whether it will be feasible to allocate the project costs associated with the promotion of these management practices, and environmentrelated projects more generally, to the framework. Given the current availability of information, it is not possible to allocate costs at the management practice level. In assessing the feasibility, this study has shown that it is only possible to allocate costs at a very high level, and even then, these values only represent project costs, not contribution to the environment per se.