Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy

Recent news, activities and upcoming events for the Centre.

Recent news and activities

• Developed by team members from three different organisations, INFFER is the winner of this year's Australian Research Council Eureka Prize for Excellence in Research by an Interdisciplinary Team.
  
  The group comprises of Professor David Pannell and Sally Marsh, Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy, University of Western Australia; Dr Anna Roberts and Jennifer Alexander, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria and Geoff Park, North Central Catchment Management Authority, Victoria
  
  The Australian Museum Eureka Prizes are the most prestigious awards in Australian science. The winners were announced last night [August 18, 2009] in Sydney, at a star-studded formal dinner, attended by the country's most inspiring minds.
  
• Dr Graeme Doole wins wins the “Heading West Award" and the prize for best article in the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the AARES 53rd Annual Conference in February 2009.
  Article: ‘Optimal management of annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum Gaud.) in lucerne-wheat rotations in the Western Australian wheatbelt’, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 52, pp. 339-362.
• Professor David Pannell wins the “Quality of Research Discovery Award”. 
  Paper: Pannell, D.J. (2008). Public benefits, private benefits, and policy intervention for land-use change for environmental benefits, Land Economics 84(2): 225-240.
  Available from Professor David Pannell's website.
• Professor David Pannell wins the “Quality of Communication Award" for a paper on futures markets.
  Paper: Pannell, D.J., Hailu, G. Weersink, A., and Burt, A. (2008). More reasons why farmers have so little interest in futures markets, Agricultural Economics 39(1): 41-50.
  Available from Professor David Pannell's website.
• The Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy was officially launched on 8 July 2009 at the University Club. The centre brings together researchers, scholars, practitioners and government agencies. It develops innovative theories, frameworks and economic models and decision tools. The director is internationally-recognised Federation Fellow Professor David Pannell, who has an outstanding track record of linking research to policy to enhance natural resource management outcomes.

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