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Communication, Natural resource management, People

5 – Genetically modified organisms

21 June, 200426 December, 2011 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

Fear of the unknown can be a powerful force. I didn’t quite appreciate how powerful until I listened to an interesting experiment on national radio.

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Behaviour

4 – Farmers adopting new practices

14 June, 200426 December, 2011 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

It was very windy in Albany one day last week. We went out for a walk and got sand blasted skin and dust in the

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Economics

3 – “The cost of …”

7 June, 200426 December, 2011 by David Pannell3 Min Reading

Some people seem to think that a good use of economists is to estimate “the cost of” things. Particularly in the realm of environmental impacts

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Environment, Natural resource management

2 – Sustainability

31 May, 200426 December, 2011 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

“Sustainability” is not a word I like. Of course the general sentiment that lies behind the word is very much a good thing, but word

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Research

1 – Research journals: reading them and reviewing for them

24 May, 200426 December, 2011 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

Journals are meant to be the coal-face for current research in a field. Each journal focuses on a specific field of research, often remarkably narrow.

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