Multiple Techniques. Most companies use multiple techniques for all of their capital budgeting decisions. There are a number of minor methods, such as profitability index and sensitivity analysis, which can also be employed in making decisions.
Hiring an excavation or land clearing company to clear flat land with light vegetation and few trees might cost $20-$200 per acre; clearing more sloping land with overgrown brush and a few trees might cost $500-$2,000 per acre; and clearing heavily wooded or forested land can cost $3,000-$6,000 or more an acre, depending on conditions and whether the resulting debris will be burned (illegal in many areas and strictly limited in others), stacked in designated spots for later disposal or ...
Land clearing in Australia. Since the 1980s, the rate of land clearing has declined due to changing attitudes and greater awareness of the damaging effects of clearing. Clearing is now controlled by legislation in Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, and to a lesser degree in Queensland. Land clearing controls differ substantially between jurisdictions, and despite growing awareness of the effect of land degradation, controls on clearing have been generally opposed by farmers.