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Communication, Natural resource management, Policy, Politics

186 – Submissions to government

23 May, 201125 August, 2012 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

There are many opportunities for Australians to attempt to influence government through making submissions to government inquiries and reviews. Relatively few people go to the

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Economics, Environment, Natural resource management, Policy

185 – Problems with environmental project prioritisation

5 May, 201122 December, 2011 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

Over the years of working on land and water conservation issues, I’ve become familiar with the decision-making processes used in a number of organisations to

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Economics, Environment

184 – The optimal scale of environmental projects

11 April, 201126 December, 2011 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

In the last two Pannell Discussions, I’ve talked about the relationship between the scale of environmental projects and their costs (PD182) and benefits (PD183). This

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Economics, Environment

183 – Diminishing marginal benefits of environmental projects

28 March, 201126 December, 2011 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

Environmental managers face the question of how large in scale to make their environmental projects. An important consideration is whether the projects would face diminishing

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Economics, Environment

182 – Increasing marginal costs of environmental projects

21 March, 201126 December, 2011 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

One of the key insights of economics is the idea of increasing marginal costs – as you produce more and more of a good, production

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Communication

181 – Answering questions after presenting a seminar or conference paper

7 March, 201126 December, 2011 by David Pannell11 Min Reading

You’re well prepared for a seminar or conference presentation, but as the day approaches, doubts and fears emerge. You worry about messing up in question

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