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Here is a chronological list of past Pannell Discussions.

• 13/05/13: 237 – Ranking environmental projects 3: With vs without
• 06/05/13: 236 – Ranking environmental projects 2: Divide by costs
• 01/05/13: 235 – Ranking environmental projects 1
• 25/03/13: 234 – The benefits of environmental research
• 03/03/13: 233 – Journal refereeing
• 22/02/13: 232 – Agricultural extension in 10 years
• 11/02/13: 231 – Selecting environmental projects: prioritizing really matters
• 16/12/12: 230 – Future climate change and wheat yields in Western Australia
• 10/12/12: 229 – Past climate change and wheat yields in Western Australia
• 22/11/12: 228 – Majority opinion
• 22/10/12: 227 – ‘Disadoption’ after a project ends
• 16/10/12: 226 – Modelling versus science
• 05/10/12: 225 – It was 50 years ago today
• 16/09/12: 224 – Torturing ourselves over discounting
• 02/09/12: 223 – Leadership
• 26/08/12: 222 – Technology versus labour in agriculture
• 22/07/12: 221 – Valuing environmental intangibles, part 4: The upshot
• 08/07/12: 220 – Valuing environmental intangibles, part 3: The cons
• 01/07/12: 219 – Valuing environmental intangibles, part 2: The pro’s
• 26/06/12: 218 – Valuing environmental intangibles, part 1: The options
• 18/06/12: 217 – Artificial scarcity
• 21/05/12: 216 – Diminishing marginal benefits of economics
• 14/05/12: 215 – However
• 07/05/12: 214 – The perils of asking people
• 30/04/12: 213 – The environmental planning fallacy
• 22/04/12: 212 – Wildlife corridors: the next big thing?
• 10/04/12: 211 – Water policy book
• 19/03/12: 210 – Under-estimating the costs of environmental protection
• 05/03/12: 209 – The economics of the music industry
• 27/02/12: 208 – Ecological thresholds, uncertainty and decision making
• 20/02/12: 207 – Are sharks more valuable dead or alive?
• 13/02/12: 206 – Award for Pannell Discussions
• 06/02/12: 205 – Chinese television
• 30/01/12: 204 – Describing changes in percentages
• 17/01/12: 203 – Predicting adoption of new farming practices
• 09/01/12: 202 – The cost of umbrellas
• 15/12/11: 201 – Reasoning with probabilities
• 28/11/11: 200 – Blog
• 14/11/11: 199 – Three Gorges Dam
• 17/10/11: 198 – Chinese air pollution
• 10/10/11: 197 – The Danish fat tax
• 03/10/11: 196 – The web vs journals
• 26/09/11: 195 – Publishing persistence
• 12/09/11: 194 – “With respect, …”
• 05/09/11: 193 – Transaction costs workshop
• 29/08/11: 192 – Transaction costs
• 22/08/11: 191 – Crowding out
• 26/07/11: 190 – Helping Canada with environmental decisions
• 15/06/11: 189 – Donna Brennan commemoration
• 05/06/11: 188 – When is a carbon tax not a carbon tax?
• 30/05/11: 187 – Public attitudes to climate policy
• 23/05/11: 186 – Submissions to government
• 05/05/11: 185 – Problems with environmental project prioritisation
• 11/04/11: 184 – The optimal scale of environmental projects
• 28/03/11: 183 – Diminishing marginal benefits of environmental projects
• 21/03/11: 182 – Increasing marginal costs of environmental projects
• 07/03/11: 181 – Answering questions after presenting a seminar or conference paper
• 28/02/11: 180 – New book: Changing Land Management
• 22/02/11: 179 – Discounted milk prices
• 22/11/10: 178 – Betting on wheat prices
• 15/11/10: 177 – Split infinitives
• 08/11/10: 176 – The Murray-Darling Basin Plan
• 25/10/10: 175 – Environmental valuation: policy challenges
• 18/10/10: 174 – Assessment of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality
• 11/10/10: 173 – Indirect influences of policy on environmental outcomes
• 04/10/10: 172 – Peak oil
• 27/09/10: 171 – Lifestyle landholders
• 20/09/10: 170 – Social capital
• 06/09/10: 169 – If I were a government minister …
• 30/08/10: 168 – Telling farmers how to adapt to climate change
• 29/03/10: 167 – Broad versus targeted environmental investment
• 14/12/09: 166 – Best albums of the past decade
• 14/12/09: 165 – ClimateGate part 3: Reactions and implications
• 07/12/09: 164 – ClimateGate part 2: What is revealed?
• 30/11/09: 163 – ClimateGate part 1: Background
• 23/11/09: 162 – CSIRO and the Clive Spash controversy
• 16/11/09: 161 – Climate policy: an alternative approach
• 19/10/09: 160 – Tokenistic climate policy
• 28/09/09: 159 – The cost of inaccurate data
• 21/09/09: 158 – Using the wrong metric to prioritise projects is very costly
• 14/09/09: 157 – Is the community an environmental “asset”?
• 24/08/09: 156 – Eureka!
• 25/05/09: 155 – Another Symposium on “Understanding Practice Change by Rural Landholders”
• 04/05/09: 154 – “Asset-based” environmental management
• 27/04/09: 153 – Best Management Practices (BMPs)
• 20/04/09: 152 – “Understanding practice change” videos and podcasts
• 13/04/09: 151 – Additionality in environmental programs
• 06/04/09: 150 – Why don’t environmental managers use decision theory?
• 30/03/09: 149 – Cost sharing for environmental works
• 21/03/09: 148 – The Economics of Environmental Payments
• 16/03/09: 147 – PowerPoint tips
• 23/02/09: 146 – Charles Darwin: Surprising Truths, part 4
• 16/02/09: 145 – Charles Darwin: Surprising Truths, part 3
• 09/02/09: 144 – Charles Darwin: Surprising Truths, part 2
• 02/02/09: 143 – Charles Darwin: Surprising Truths, part 1
• 08/12/08: 142 – The “Caring for our Country” Business Plan
• 01/12/08: 141 – Thinking strategically about practice change
• 27/10/08: 140 – Renewable energy in a carbon market
• 20/10/08: 139 – Free-rider problems: milk in the office fridge
• 13/10/08: 138 – Practice change by farmers: National symposium
• 29/09/08: 137 – Engaging with researchers: tips for policy makers
• 22/09/08: 136 – Engaging with policy: tips for researchers
• 15/09/08: 135 – Differences between the worlds of research and policy
• 08/09/08: 134 – Why is it hard for research to influence policy?
• 01/09/08: 133 – Environmental budgets: two distinct questions
• 25/08/08: 132 – The mainstream media
• 18/08/08: 131 – Triage in environmental management
• 11/08/08: 130 – Mac versus Windows
• 04/08/08: 129 – The public: private benefits framework
• 28/07/08: 128 – Compensation to carbon emitters
• 07/07/08: 127 – Sequestering carbon in agricultural soils
• 23/06/08: 126 – Sensitivity analysis with economic models
• 16/06/08: 125 – Adoption of conservation practices – paper tops the charts
• 09/06/08: 124 – Linking natural resource research to the real world
• 14/04/08: 123 – Crisis? What crisis?
• 24/03/08: 122 – Effective environmental policy
• 17/03/08: 121 – New environment policy “Caring for our Country”
• 03/03/08: 120 – The Landcare boom
• 25/02/08: 119 – The policy zeitgeist
• 11/02/08: 118 – Farmers over-using chemicals
• 28/01/08: 117 – Research jobs available
• 21/01/08: 116 – Capacities of regional NRM bodies
• 14/01/08: 115 – Scale in natural resource management
• 29/10/07: 114 – Localised vs dispersed natural-resource assets
• 22/10/07: 113 – MIDAS model 25th anniversary
• 15/10/07: 112 – Advanced studies in economics and policy for natural resources and the environment
• 08/10/07: 111 – Tornado politics and abortion politics
• 01/10/07: 110 – Science and policy
• 03/09/07: 109 – Long jump world champion 2007
• 27/08/07: 108 – Setting policy targets
• 30/07/07: 107 – Why don’t farmers use futures markets more?
• 16/07/07: 106 – The Great Global Warming Swindle
• 09/07/07: 105 – A carbon tax?
• 02/07/07: 104 – How would a carbon market work?
• 25/06/07: 103 – Influences on technology adoption in different phases
• 18/06/07: 102 – A national market for biodiversity?
• 11/06/07: 101 – Outsourcing farm management?
• 28/05/07: 100 – A jolly good Fellow
• 14/05/07: 99 – Environmental policy: Canada vs Australia
• 30/04/07: 98 – Agricultural research for the poor
• 09/04/07: 97 – Regional environmental management in Australia
• 02/04/07: 96 – Economic questions for environmental managers
• 26/03/07: 95 – Linking research to policy
• 19/03/07: 94 – Environmental stewardship payments
• 12/03/07: 93 – Thinking like an economist 24: With and without
• 19/02/07: 92 – Future Natural Resource Management policy in Australia
• 12/02/07: 91 – Environmental monitoring – why bother?
• 29/01/07: 90 – Skin cancer
• 13/11/06: 89 – Farmers as “consumers” of nature conservation
• 06/11/06: 88 – Thinking like an economist 24: Flat-earth economics
• 30/10/06: 87 – Economics and the future
• 23/10/06: 86 – Adoption of conservation practices by rural landholders: implications for research and extension
• 16/10/06: 85 – Adoption of conservation practices by rural landholders: implications for policy
• 09/10/06: 84 – Estonia and Latvia
• 24/07/06: 83 – “Water Resource Policy” workshop
• 03/07/06: 82 – Seeking more effective NRM policies
• 26/06/06: 81 – The cult of the asterisk
• 19/06/06: 80 – Public benefits, private benefits: the final framework
• 12/06/06: 79 – Public benefits, private benefits, and technology development
• 05/06/06: 78 – Public benefits, private benefits, and negative incentives
• 29/05/06: 77 – Comments on Channel 9′s salinity exposé
• 22/05/06: 76 – Public benefits, private benefits, and extension
• 15/05/06: 75 – Public benefits, private benefits, incentives and lags to adoption
• 08/05/06: 74 – Public benefits, private benefits, and incentives for changing land management
• 01/05/06: 73 – Public benefits, private benefits, and the choice of policy tool
• 17/04/06: 72 – Headaches
• 10/04/06: 71 – Thinking like an economist 23: Agonising decisions
• 27/03/06: 70 – Thinking like an economist 22: Risky decision making
• 06/02/06: 69 – Climate change
• 16/01/06: 68 – Seeking multiple outcomes in environmental programs
• 24/10/05: 67 – Using communication and education to encourage land-use change in agriculture for environmental benefits
• 17/10/05: 66 – Thinking like an economist 21: Using incentives to buy land-use change in agriculture for environmental benefits
• 15/08/05: 65 – Thinking like an economist 20: Challenges for policy economists
• 08/08/05: 64 – Compliance with Kyoto
• 01/08/05: 63 – AANRO.NET
• 25/07/05: 62 – SIF3: Salinity Investment Framework III
• 18/07/05: 61 – Thinking like an economist 19: Should we have an environmental levy?
• 11/07/05: 60 – Agricultural productivity growth
• 04/07/05: 59 – Economics history
• 27/06/05: 58 – The Hockey Stick again
• 20/06/05: 57 – Herbicide resistance: Does prevention pay?
• 13/06/05: 56 – Thinking like an economist 18: Constructive roles of economics
• 06/06/05: 55 – Targeting perennials to balance profit, water yields and salt loads
• 30/05/05: 54 – Ivory towers are safe
• 23/05/05: 53 – Thinking like an economist 17: Strengths of economists
• 16/05/05: 52 – Thinking like an economist 16: Weaknesses of economists
• 09/05/05: 51 – Links between dryland salinity and climate change
• 02/05/05: 50 – Parallels between dryland salinity and climate change
• 25/04/05: 49 – Cultural differences
• 18/04/05: 48 – Thinking like an economist 15: Economics and happiness
• 11/04/05: 47 – Thinking like an economist 14: The sunk-cost fallacy
• 04/04/05: 46 – Fresh water for Perth 4: post-election wrap up
• 28/03/05: 45 – Thinking like an economist 13: What is the cost?
• 21/03/05: 44 – Thinking like an economist 12: Hand it over!
• 14/03/05: 43 – New knowledge or new technology: which is better?
• 07/03/05: 42 – Research meets policy
• 28/02/05: 41 – Fresh water for Perth 3: myths and misconceptions
• 21/02/05: 40 – Fresh water for Perth 2: the State Opposition’s attempts
• 14/02/05: 39 – Fresh water for Perth 1: the State Government’s attempts
• 07/02/05: 38 – Personality and the adoption of innovations
• 31/01/05: 37 – Adoption of conservation technologies by rural landholders
• 24/01/05: 36 – Computer disasters: a cautionary tale
• 17/01/05: 35 – Thinking like an economist 11: Externalities and market failure
• 10/01/05: 34 – Thinking like an economist 10: Values in the very long term
• 03/01/05: 33 – Thinking like an economist 9: Time is money
• 27/12/04: 32 -Australia’s position on whaling
• 20/12/04: 31 – A Christmas recipe
• 13/12/04: 30 – Thinking like an economist 8: Putting a value on the environment
• 06/12/04: 29 – Elvis Costello and the Imposters, Kings Park, Perth, Western Australia, 5 December 2004
• 29/11/04: 28 – Radio
• 22/11/04: 27 – Thinking like an economist 7: Economics and money
• 15/11/04: 26 – Ockham’s Razor script: Salinity
• 08/11/04: 25 – Targeting agricultural extension to high-impact areas
• 01/11/04: 24 – Thinking like an economist 6: The value of information
• 25/10/04: 23 – Capacity building? The role of communication and education in NRM
• 17/10/04: 22 – Thinking like an economist 5: Public goods and public benefits in NRM
• 11/10/04: 21 – Thinking like an economist 4: Who should pay for the environment?
• 04/10/04: 20 – Thinking like an economist 3: What is your objective?
• 27/09/04: 19 – The greatest leap
• 20/09/04: 18 – Thinking like an economist 2: Decisions, decisions
• 13/09/04: 17 – Thinking like an economist 1: Anticipating and explaining economic behaviour
• 06/09/04: 16 – The election and the environment
• 30/08/04: 15 – Can you count land values?
• 23/08/04: 14 – Basic tips with Microsoft Word
• 16/08/04: 13 – Global warming: book reviews
• 09/08/04: 12 – W.E. Wood
• 02/08/04: 11 – Politics and dryland salinity
• 26/07/04: 10 – The White Album
• 19/07/04: 9 – Distance
• 12/07/04: 8 – Is economics hard hearted?
• 05/07/04: 7 – Government inquiries into salinity
• 28/06/04: 6 – Climate change and scaremongering
• 21/06/04: 5 – Genetically modified organisms
• 14/06/04: 4 – Farmers adopting new practices
• 07/06/04: 3 – “The cost of …”
• 31/05/04: 2 – Sustainability
• 24/05/04: 1 – Research journals: reading them and reviewing for them