Interoperable Models for Land and Water Framework selection and preliminary design

This report presents a proposal for the development of an interoperable modelling system suitable for integrated spatial assessment the economic, production and environmental implications of land use and land use change, operating at farm to catchment scales. Stage 1, the subject of this report, establishes a plan for work to be undertaken in Stages 2 and 3. Stage 2 will take place from August 2017 to June 2019, and will focus on fully implementing and demonstrating the initial set of models and data within the framework, and will also prepare a plan for Stage 3.