Completed Projects - Environment

Recent Projects

Developing the Carbon Neutral Investment Model for Local Government Confernece Paper (2011). More details...

Marine Parks Regional Impact Statement: Proposed Method and Template (2011). More details...

Economic Impact of Roaring 40s Wind Farms: Construction Phase (2011). More details...

Carbon Neutral 2013 – emissions reduction pathways and investment modelling (2010). More details...

“Drivers of Land Use Change” presented to the 2010 Connecting the Catchments Forum (2010). More details...

Economic Assessment of the Yellabinna Regional Reserve (2009). More details...

Economic Assessment of the Nullarbor Regional Reserve (2009). More details...

Economic and Environmental Indicators for South Australia and its Regions (2009). More details...

Economic and Environmental Indicators for South Australia and its Regions: Conference Presentation (2009). More details...

Investigation of potential market based instruments to minimise the effect of stormwater on Adelaide’s coastal water quality (2009). More details...

Feasibility assessment of market based measures for SA water recovery for the Living Murray (2007). More details...

Lower Murray Drought Impact Study: Economic Impact of Low River Flows (2007). More details...

Economic Impacts of Trends in Groundwater Levels and Groundwater Salinity on the Tatiara District (2006). More details...

Review of Policy Mechanisms for Delivering Strategic Conservation Outcomes on Private and Public Land (2006). More details...

A Feasibility Study on Nutrient Load Reductions for the Upper Cox Creek Catchment (2005). More details...

Economic Impacts of Landuse Changes in the Mount Lofty Ranges Watershed (2004). More details...

Social, Economic and Environmental Values and Indicators for the Lower Murray Region (2003). More details...

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AARES Annual Conference Presentation

8 - 10 February 2012: Lisa Rippin presented a poster on the Economic Indicators for the SA Charter Boat Fishery at the 56th Annual Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference held in Fremantle.

FRDC Fisheries Economic Workshop

30 January - 3 February 2012: Lisa Rippin attended a FRDC funded fisheries economics workshop at the University of Tasmania in Hobart. The course focused on bioeconomic modellling of fisheries, vessel and fleet level productivity and efficiency, recreational fishing and biodiversity conservation, non-market valuation techniques and approaches to analysing fisher’s behaviour and the role of experimental economics.

Presentation on Developing the Carbon Neutral Investment Model for Local Government

December 2011: Heather Bailey (EconSearch) and Ben Heard (ThinkClimate Consulting) presented a paper entitled Developing the Carbon Neutral Investment Model for Local Government to the 35th annual conference of the Australian and New Zealand Regional Science Association International held in Canberra. This paper presented the work that EconSearch and ThinkClimate Consulting completed for the City of Onkaparinga.

RISE Modelling Presentation

2 December 2011: Imran Zawwar, a recent intern research officer with EconSearch, presented a paper on the basic method and introduction to the RISE model to policy makers, consultants, researchers, managers and students with interests in regional economics at Carnegie Mellon University, Adelaide.

Fishing for Sustainability

December 2011: Julian Morison along with Tor Hundloe, Kate Brooks and Andrew Sullivan co-authored a book titled Fishing for Sustainability, will your grandchildren have the option to eat seafood. The book, published by Bond University Press, illustrates how the integration of ecology, economics and sociology can assist commercial fishers and their government managers in preserving the seafood industry.

Projects by EconSearch Service

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