Paper by Antal & Hukkinen 2010
Discussed at the Journal club 18.5.2012
dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.01.002

This survey paper addresses some rather profound issues related to saving our planet, as the title suggests. It takes a cognitive approach to what is required from environmental policies to change human behavior with respect to environmental problems. The paper is certainly thought provoking, even provocative in style. The fact that I ran out of paper for making notes perhaps best describes the intensity of discussion. Continue reading →

The third morning started with a plenary talk by Hugh Possingham (University of  Queensland; The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions). On top of a wealth of interesting reserve design applications with various considerations, there were two things that stuck: a new measure of protected area coverage and his reflection of the role of conservation science in conservation reality. Continue reading →

On the second morning of ECCB 2012, I attended a symposium on “Global biodiversity scenarios to inform environmental policies”. Continue reading →