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Communication, Policy, Research

134 – Why is it hard for research to influence policy?

8 September, 200826 December, 2011 by David Pannell7 Min Reading

Some research, probably a minority, is conducted with the serious intent of supporting or influencing policy. Within that subset of research, only a minority succeeds

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Economics, Environment

133 – Environmental budgets: two distinct questions

1 September, 200826 December, 2011 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

Environmental advocates damage their own cause by confusing two distinct questions about the public environmental budget. In recent years I’ve put quite a bit of

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Communication, Miscellaneous

132 – The mainstream media

25 August, 200826 December, 2011 by David Pannell1 Min Reading

Are you an intelligent free-thinking individual? The mainstream media can help you address this problem. I couldn’t resist sharing this brief funny video that I

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Economics, Environment, Natural resource management, Policy, Politics

131 – Triage in environmental management

18 August, 200826 December, 2011 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

The medical idea of triage has sometimes been discussed in relation to environmental management. Some aspects of the idea are relevant, but overall it is

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Miscellaneous

130 – Mac versus Windows

11 August, 200825 November, 2015 by David Pannell10 Min Reading

Fourteen months ago I switched from Windows to Mac, a beautiful MacBook Pro. Overall, it was a mistake, so much so that I’ve decided that

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Economics, Policy

129 – The public: private benefits framework

4 August, 200826 December, 2011 by David Pannell3 Min Reading

Long-time readers of Pannell Discussions will recall the public: private benefits framework for selecting policy tools in environmental programs. I first presented the framework in

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