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Paul Mwebaze presented his research on biosecurity inspections in Australia. This work is a collaboration with Michael Springborn. This International shipping is recognised as a major pathway for transporting invasive species between countries ...

Pierce Donovan, Michael Springborn and coauthors published a new paper on the cost-effective control of an invasive species in Land Economics. Disastrous outcomes, such as the population collapse of an endangered species ...

Cameron Birchall presented his research on fishing rights market.  Despite robust evidence that catch share programs reduce the risk of fishery collapse, we do not have similarly robust evidence that catch share programs improve fishery value. Using fishing rights transactions data in New Zealand, ...

Kailin Kroetz, Fellow of Resources for the Future, presented her research on ecosystem-based fisheries management. This work is a collaboration with Matthew Reimer, James Sanchirico, Daniel Lew and Justine Huetteman. Ecosystem-based fisheries management provides a framework for incorporating ecological linkages between fisheries into policymaking. However, relatively little attention has been given to economic linkages between fisheries...

Corey Lang, Associate Professor of Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Economics, University of Rhode Island, presented his research on voting for conservation. Voting is one of the main determinants of public good provision (Fischel 2001) and an important source of data for examining revealed preferences for environmental goods. Dating back to at least Deacon and Shapiro (1975), economists have often used aggregated voting data ...

Pierce Donovan presented his research on shadow value viability and bycatch management. Efficient management of a bycatch species requires people to know its shadow value, which is hard to measure. With commercially exploited stocks...

Amanda Lindsay presented her research on marine reserve. Reserves and protected areas are often touted as tools to achieve both conservation and poverty alleviation objectives in developing countries. However...

Xiurou Wu presented her research on joint production of market and non-market goods of working landscapes.  Working landscapes offer market and non-market ecosystem services at the same time. However...

Curtis Morrill presented his research on political rent-seeking and deforestation in Indonesia. Theory predicts that politicians reduce corruption in office when the value of reelection is greater. His research will test this theory using budget shocks generated by a large decentralization reform in Indonesia ...

Paul Mwebaze presented his research on cassava production in sub-Saharan Africa. A key constraint to cassava production in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the African cassava whitefly. This is a group of at least three cryptic species within Bemisia tabaci (sensu latu)...