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210 – Under-estimating the costs of environmental protection

19 March, 201213 April, 2012 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

The costs of running effective environmental projects can be very high. In Australia I have observed that we often try to get away with running

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Economics, Latest, Music

209 – The economics of the music industry

5 March, 201227 August, 2023 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

In my early 20s I was in a rock band, The Bargains, playing the hotels of Perth. We got to be reasonably successful within the

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Environment, Latest, Natural resource management

208 – Ecological thresholds, uncertainty and decision making

27 February, 20125 March, 2012 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

The concept of thresholds features prominently in ecology and resilience theory. The idea is that if a variable crosses a threshold value, an ecological system

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Economics, Latest, Natural resource management

207 – Are sharks more valuable dead or alive?

20 February, 201220 February, 2012 by David Pannell3 Min Reading

After 2011, when Western Australia suffered 25% of all shark fatalities in the world (3 out of 12), it’s hard for a West Australian to

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Latest

206 – Award for Pannell Discussions

13 February, 201225 November, 2015 by David Pannell1 Min Reading

I mentioned in PD#200 that, to mark the milestone of reaching 200 posts, I was nominating Pannell Discussions for an award. The award was the

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Communication, Latest, Miscellaneous

205 – Chinese television

6 February, 201230 April, 2013 by David Pannell2 Min Reading

Much of Chinese television seems to be pretty low brow. Of course most Australian TV is too, but perhaps this is another area where the

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