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INFFER is a tool for developing and prioritising projects to address environmental issues such as water quality, biodiversity, environmental pests and land degradation. It aims to achieve the most valuable environmental outcomes with the available resources. 

Introduction

New to INFFER? Read this first here

Introductory overview of INFFER here

Graphical overview of the process (steps 1-4) here

Frequently Asked Questions here

Common misconceptions about INFFER here

Users, training and engagement

Organisations with INFFER experience here

INFFER training course here

Policy engagement here

INFFER in Canada here

Publications

Journal article describing INFFER: here

Practical and theoretical underpinnings: here

Other publications from the project here

Awards: INFFER has won a number of awards during 2009-10.

Eureka Prize for Interdisciplinary Research. UWA media release

Future Farming Systems Research Science Award of the Department of Primary Industries, Victoria, to Anna Roberts, Jenny Alexander and April Curatolo.

AARES award for "Quality of Research Discovery" to Dave Pannell for Public: Private Benefits Framework, a component of INFFER

Victorian Landcare Award to Geoff Park, for various contributions, including his role in INFFER. Photo

Agricultural Economics Society (UK) prize essay competition 2010 to Graeme Doole for analysis of water quality policy issues.

Loddon Medal, awarded by local Landcare community to Geoff Park, March 2010. Photo

At the AARES 2010 conference dinner, Dave Pannell was given this award

INFFER makes the local newspaper in Central West NSW here

INFFER report on Gippsland Lakes published on Gippsland Lakes Taskforce web page here

Changes since version 17

Introductory overview of the INFFER process: html (24K)

Step 1. Identifying significant assets: doc (2611K) | pdf (5042K)

Step 2. Filtering significant assets: doc (441K) | pdf (389K)

Step 3. Project assessment:
Project assessment form: doc (662K) | pdf (182K)
Instruction manual: doc (976K) | pdf (791K)
Frequently Asked Questions html
Benefit: Cost Index Calculator: xls (33K)
See a completed example below.

New: On-line version of the Project Assessment Form, including example projects, is available for you to explore. See instructions: doc (1360K) | pdf (171K)

Step 4. Selection of priority projects: doc (97K) | pdf (77K)

Step 5. Investment plans or funding proposals: doc (83K) | pdf (73K)

Step 6. Implementing funded projects: doc (62K) | pdf (84 K)

Step 7. Monitoring, evaluation and adaptive management: doc (89K) | pdf (113K)

Ways to use INFFER doc (125K) | pdf (121K) (Discusses alternatives to undertaking the full seven-step process.)

“The logic behind the assessment is really clear and thorough. I like the way you can’t ‘fudge’ it. Anywhere you have fudged it, whether intentionally or not, it’s glaringly apparent and that forces you to go back and rethink and redefine your goals or proposed actions, which makes the overall assessment much more robust. And I like the fact that what you end up with at the end stands on its own and is really easy to justify. When finished, you have the why, what, how, when, by who and also the feasibility stuff to measure likelihood of success. Every process has its limitations and assumptions which can’t help but compromise the outcome to some degree but of all the things I’ve seen over the last 11 years or so, this is the most simple and the most comprehensive.”  

 Melanie Strang, EcoEdge Environmental Consulting

Photos

York Plains (North Central Victoria): doc (1018K) | pdf (642K)

Hamersley Ranges (Rangelands, WA): doc (994K) | pdf (452K)

Lake Muir-Unicup (South-West WA): doc (1581K) | pdf (705K)

Upper Lachlan (Lachlan NSW): doc (987K) | pdf (682K)

Background and Overview here (1342K ppt)

Graphical overview of the process (steps 1-4) here (603K ppt)

Benefit: Cost Index here (290K ppt)

Public: Private Benefits Framework here (286K ppt)

Public: private benefits framework

Helps choose appropriate policy mechanism or delivery mechanism. This is embedded within INFFER, but can also be used as a stand-alone tool: Home page

Adoption of conservation practices

See www.ruralpracticechange.org for a wealth of further information relevant to adoption of conservation practices.

Pannell, D.J., Marshall, G.R., Barr, N., Curtis, A., Vanclay, F. and Wilkinson, R.(2006). Understanding and promoting adoption of conservation practices by rural landholders. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 46(11): 1407-1424. http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/72/paper/EA05037.htm 

SIF3

The Salinity Investment Framework III (SIF3), from which INFFER evolved: Home page

Discussion papers

•  Using incentives to buy land-use change in agriculture for environmental benefits here

•  Using communication and education to encourage land-use change in agriculture for environmental benefits here

•  Scale in natural resource management here

•  Other discussion papers here

"Biodiversity Priorities for Widespread Weeds" project, NSW

Comparison of INFFER and this projects, prepared jointly by weed staff from Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water and Industry and Investment NSW and the INFFER team. here

TOOLS2

Comparison of INFFER and TOOLS2, prepared jointly by Greg Summerell and the INFFER team. here

The Policy Choice Framework

Comparison of INFFER and PCF, prepared jointly by the INFFER and PCF project teams. here

Market-based instruments

Comparison of INFFER with MBIs and other tools of DSE Economics group, prepared jointly by David Pannell and Gary Stoneham here

Diagram showing how various tools (INFFER, Market-Based Instruments, eFarmer and the Catchment Modelling Framework) fit together, prepared for (and with input from) the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment. here

Capacity spillovers project

Graham Marshall (University of New England) has prepared a report on research he conducted, investigating an approach to extending INFFER to include representation of the capacity spillovers from projects. here (718K pdf)

Commissioned reviews

Wintle, B.A., (2008). A review of biodiversity investment prioritization tools, A report to the Biodiversity Expert Working Group toward the development of the Investment Framework For Environmental Resources. School of Botany, University of Melbourne. (This review was commissioned by the INFFER project as part of our consideration of investment prioritisation for biodiversity) (790K pdf). here

Rattray, D. (2008). Review of Water Quality Modelling Tools for the Investment Framework For Environmental Resources (INFFER), Natural Solutions Environmental Consultants, Brisbane. (This review was commissioned by the INFFER project as part of our consideration of investment prioritisation for water quality) (1MB pdf). here

The INFFER project team comes from three organisations:

The University of Western Australia

David Pannell^1,2, Sally Marsh^2,3, Maksym Polyakov², Morteza Chalack², Graeme Doole²

Department of Primary Industries, Victoria

Anna Roberts^1,2, Jenny Alexander¹, Alexei Rowles², Olga Vigiak², Glenn Morrison³

North Central Catchment Management Authority

Geoff Park¹, April Curatolo¹

Several of us (Pannell, Roberts, Park, Rowles) are also affiliated with the Future Farm Industries CRC, which is a partner in the project.

¹Delivery, ²Research, ³Support

As well as funding from our affiliated organisations (above), the project is funded by:

Australian Research Council (Federation Fellowship program)

Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (CERF program)

Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria