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Economics, Environment, Natural resource management

158 – Using the wrong metric to prioritise projects is very costly

21 September, 200926 December, 2011 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

Many different types of metrics are used to prioritise projects for funding. In some cases, the metrics used are not much better than completely uninformed

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Economics, Environment, Natural resource management, Policy, Politics, Social issues

157 – Is the community an environmental “asset”?

14 September, 200926 December, 2011 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

In working with environmental managers and policy makers in the INFFER (Investment Framework for Environmental Resources) project, we aim to get clarity of thinking about

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Environment, Research

156 – Eureka!

24 August, 200926 December, 2011 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

Last week, our team won a coveted Eureka Prize for our research in the INFFER project. It was the Australian Research Council Eureka Prize for

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Behaviour

155 – Another Symposium on “Understanding Practice Change by Rural Landholders”

25 May, 200927 July, 2018 by David Pannell3 Min Reading

Interest in the national symposium on rural practice change that we held in Melbourne last November was very high, so a somewhat similar event will

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Economics, Environment, Natural resource management, Policy

154 – “Asset-based” environmental management

4 May, 200926 December, 2011 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

Many public programs for the environment and natural resources have poor track records in the achievement of outcomes. The “asset-based approach” to decision making about

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Communication, Environment, Natural resource management

153 – Best Management Practices (BMPs)

27 April, 200926 December, 2011 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

The term “Best Management Practice” is a pet gripe of mine. It is either intellectually sloppy or dishonest, depending on how you look at it.

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