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Abstract
Government and non-government conservation agencies have long-term goals and objectives to
provide environmental services, such as conserving the biodiversity of Australian native
vegetation. In addition to national parks and reserves, private lands are often included in
conservation programs to achieve these objectives. Formal contracts are entered into between
the private landholder and the conservation agency to provide environmental services, or more
commonly to provide inputs that are likely to lead to environmental services. The paper
examines the costs and benefits of monitoring these conservation contracts when biodiversity
change is stochastic.