Economic costs and benefits of locust control in Eastern Australia
To assist in planning for future locust outbreaks, the Commission is interested in assessing the net benefit of its recent activities, in particular, the benefits of controlling locust populations before they reach plague proportions. This publication summarizes the studies undertaken by ABARE in Agust 2005 to analyze costs and benefit of its locust control activities from 1999-2000 to 2004-05, specially focusing on 2004-05.