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Agriculture, Economics, Environment, Latest, Natural resource management

312. The economics of nitrogen in agriculture

6 February, 201812 October, 2020 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

The global challenge of feeding seven billion people would be more difficult without nitrogen fertilizer, but it causes pollution of rivers, lakes and coastal waters

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311. 172 Beatles’ Albums Ranked

4 January, 201821 September, 2025 by David Pannell94 Min Reading

The Beatles, together, solo or with other collaborators, have released 172 albums between 1963 and 2024, averaging almost three per year. Here I rank them

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Agriculture, Climate change, Economics, Environment, Policy

310. Additionality can be tricky to assess

13 November, 201712 October, 2020 by David Pannell7 Min Reading

Many environmental policies and programs pay public money to people or businesses (or give them tax breaks or discounts) to encourage them to adopt more

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Behaviour, Economics, Marine, Natural resource management, Policy

309. Why do fishers in Chile put up with poachers?

30 October, 201712 October, 2020 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

Fishers in Chile have been given exclusive rights to fish in particular areas, to give them an incentive to avoid over-fishing. In theory, they should

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Latest, People, Policy, Politics, Social issues

308. Vote yes for marriage equality

23 September, 201712 October, 2020 by David Pannell3 Min Reading

Australians currently have a chance to vote for marriage equality by postal ballot. I know this is a bit off the usual topics for this

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Agriculture, Economics, Latest, Policy, Politics

307. John Kerin’s memoirs

22 August, 201712 October, 2020 by David Pannell3 Min Reading

John Kerin was Minister for Primary Industries in the Australian Government between 1983 and 1991. His memoirs are now available as a free download. Having

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