In the European Union, as in many parts of the world, there is increasing pressure to demonstrate that environmental projects achieve expected outcomes and are cost-effective. In recent times we have collaborated with a team from the University of Florence to examine the application of INFFER to agro-environmental assets in the Mugello and Valdisieve areas read more »
read more...mixing a little theory, logic and common sense leads to better outcomes. Earlier this year, David Pannell started a series of short articles on his Pannell Discussions blog, on the topic of ‘ranking environmental projects’. To quote David … ” My intention was go through the basic process, step by step, outlining the logic and read more »
read more...Some time ago we were invited to submit a paper to the journal CSIRO Wildlife Research. Our paper, ‘Designing a practical and rigorous framework for comprehensive evaluation and prioritisation of environmental projects’ has just been published, as part of a Special Issue [Wildlife Research, 2013, 40] on Prioritising and evaluating biodiversity projects. The overall goal for read more »
read more...A key aim of our INFFER work is to have an impact on the way that environmental decision-making happens in Australia and beyond. At times it feels like a hard slog, so it’s nice to receive acknowledgement that we may in fact be making a real difference! A few months back we made a submission read more »
read more...This year, Les McNamara, formerly from the Office of Environment and Heritage in NSW and now with Landcare Research in New Zealand, will use INFFER to assess the costs and benefits of several species-based biodiversity conservation projects and programmes underway on Banks Peninsula, New Zealand. Les and his colleagues at Landcare Research will work closely read more »
read more...Last month Melanie Strang and Geoff Park spent the week with the Northern Agricultural Catchment Council (NACC) helping with the development of their new NRM plan. In collaboration with NACC staff, led by Marieke Jansen and CEO Shelley Spriggs we conducted four workshops to identify and filter assets across the Northern Agricultural Region (NAR). The read more »
read more...Led by Prof. Qiang Yu from the University of Technology Sydney, Anna Roberts, Geoff Park and Melanie Strang visited China in May 2012 to explore the interest of developing a collaborative research project to assess the usefulness of INFFER to assist the Chinese government in making cost-effective decisions about environmental protection. The major places visited and read more »
read more...The North Central Catchment Management Authority (NCCMA) in Victoria has recently released its third Regional Catchment Strategy (RCS3) for public comment. RCS3 is a key planning document that will set regional priorities for the future management of natural resources across the North Central CMA region. The strategy seeks to “provide a clear road map for the read more »
read more...The INFFER team has been working successfully with the Burnett-Mary Regional Group (BMRG) in Queensland over the past two years. Last week they held their first community asset identification workshop in Kingaroy. The workshop was terrific with 20 passionate locals contributing knowledge on important environmental features in the Kingaroy district. A range of assets were identified including read more »
read more...Members of the INFFER team have just enjoyed a terrific conference in Fremantle. The 56th Annual AARES (Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society) conference brings together a diverse range of people who share an interest in agricultural, resource and environmental economics. At this years event the INFFER project featured in a number of presentations ranging read more »
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In the European Union, as in many parts of the world, there is increasing pressure to demonstrate that environmental projects achieve expected outcomes and are cost-effective. In recent times we have collaborated with a team from the University of Florence to examine the application of INFFER to agro-environmental assets in the Mugello and Valdisieve areas read more »