NESP TWQ Project 4.12 - Measuring cost-effectiveness and identifying key barriers and enab

NESP TWQ Project 4.12 data from the Australian Ocean Data Network aims to develop methodologies for assessing cost-effectiveness in data-challenging situations. The project evaluates completed programs for reducing nitrogen runoff from cane production in Reef catchments and identifies barriers to stakeholder engagement and lasting behavioral change. This dataset, last updated in July 2026, seeks to inform future environmental investment decisions.

Use Cases

• Evaluate cost-effectiveness of nitrogen runoff reduction programs based on described program assessments.
• Identify key barriers to stakeholder engagement in agricultural programs based on described analysis of recent and current initiatives.
• Compare evaluation methods for measuring engagement based on the described targeted individual and within-project stakeholder approaches.
• Inform investment decisions for future environmental projects based on described characteristics of cost-effective programs.

Strengths

• Project focuses on a specific environmental issue: reducing nitrogen runoff from cane production in Reef catchments.
• Analysis covers both completed programs and ongoing initiatives for measuring engagement.
• Dataset metadata includes a specific last updated timestamp: 2026-07-10 14:50:33.903410.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the specific Reef catchment programs studied.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Methodologies developed for assessing cost-effectiveness and evaluating completed programs.

Time Range

2018-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-10 14:50:33.903410; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Reef catchments (likely Great Barrier Reef region, Australia)