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225 – It was 50 years ago today

5 October, 201220 June, 2016 by David Pannell11 Min Reading

October 5, 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ first proper release. The single Love Me Do came out in England to no outstanding

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Climate change, Economics, Environment

224 – Torturing ourselves over discounting

16 September, 201217 September, 2012 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

Economists’ practice of discounting benefits from the distant future to make them comparable to current costs is fraught with disagreement and controversy. But for projects

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Agriculture, Behaviour, Communication, Economics, Latest, Natural resource management, People, Policy, Social issues

223 – Leadership

2 September, 201231 August, 2012 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

Strong, inspiring, visionary leadership can have a huge influence on people, pulling them together and changing their direction. But is it the only thing that

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Agriculture, Economics

222 – Technology versus labour in agriculture

26 August, 201231 August, 2012 by David Pannell3 Min Reading

A key component of the transition from agriculture-based economies to industrial and service-based economies is the substitution of new technologies for labour in agriculture. This

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Economics, Environment, Natural resource management

221 – Valuing environmental intangibles, part 4: The upshot

22 July, 201222 July, 2012 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

In Part 2 I argued that information about environmental values is essential for making good decisions about how to spend the money in environmental programs.

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Economics, Environment, Latest, Natural resource management

220 – Valuing environmental intangibles, part 3: The cons

8 July, 20129 July, 2012 by David Pannell8 Min Reading

Criticisms that have been leveled at survey-based methods for putting dollar values on the environment include: that the results have been shown to be inaccurate

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    In an environmental offset scheme, the environmental impacts of a development project and the benefits of an offset project need to be compared quantitatively. To

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    There are many types of graphs that can depict the riskiness of a decision option. Here I present and comment on some of them. My

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