Coal seam gas mining costs farmers millions, CSIRO study finds

There are more than 5,000 active
CSG wells in Queensland.

A CSIRO study has for the first time put a dollar figure on the losses to farmers due to coal seam gas (CSG) mining on their land.

According to the model used by the CSIRO, a sample area averaged a loss of $2.17 million over 20 years when CSG mining activity was present.

The study, to be published in Land Use Policy at the end of December, measured the losses to productive land under 24 different scenarios.

It found the biggest cause of losses to agricultural production was from gas industry access tracks and lease areas.

Read the ABC Rural story - “Coal seam gas mining costs farmers millions, CSIRO study finds.”