Economically efficient strategies for the conservation of Australian biodiversity
Dr Michael Ward
Crawford School of Public Policy
E: michael.ward@anu.edu.au
An economically efficient conservation strategy accounts for differences in the ecology and economic opportunity for various land areas. Ecologists often use a regional species-area relationship, which models the connection between land conservation and bio-diversity abundance. This allows one to estimate the biological impact from loss of conservation land in various ecological regions. A long-term ecological impact model will be built, taking into account very fine-grained ecological data at the GIS level. This low-level analysis will account for such niche features as soil type, micro-climate, elevation, current vegetation, and so on.
Presentations:
- ACBEE Presentation - Value of information in risk-return analysis [PDF, 107KB]
- 2010 Hub Workshop Presentation - Impact of climate change on Australian agriculture: Evidence from property values [PDF, 3278KB]
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