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258 – How many environmental targets are SMART?

25 November, 201325 November, 2013 by David Pannell3 Min Reading

In PD257 I talked about why it is important for environmental managers to set SMART targets for the projects they develop – SMART meaning Specific,

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Environment, Natural resource management, Policy

257 – Be smart, use SMART goals

18 November, 201322 November, 2013 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

SMART goals are widely referred to in writings about planning. The SMART acronym provides a checklist of characteristics that goals or targets should have; they

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Economics, Environment, Latest, Natural resource management, Policy

256 – Attitudes to monetising environmental values

12 November, 201312 November, 2013 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

Putting dollar values on intangible environmental outcomes is probably the most controversial aspect of environmental economics. Is that why this information is not used more

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Communication, Environment

255 – Science communication: The Matrix

16 September, 201313 September, 2013 by David Pannell1 Min Reading

Here is a wonderful example of how to communicate a fairly dry scientific concept in a way that is clear, engaging and entertaining. It’s a

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Economics, Environment, Natural resource management

254 – Ranking environmental projects 20: Summary

9 September, 201325 September, 2013 by David Pannell8 Min Reading

Episode 20, the last in this series on principles to follow when ranking environmental projects. It provides a brief summary of the whole series.  You

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Economics, Environment, Natural resource management

253 – Ranking environmental projects 19: Mistakes to avoid

2 September, 20136 September, 2013 by David Pannell9 Min Reading

Episode 19 in this series on principles to follow when ranking environmental projects. It describes a number of mistakes that I’ve seen in real-world project

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