Areas of expertise represented in the following project examples.
Economics of the coast and marine environment
Strengthening Disaster and Climate Risk in Urban Development in the Pacific (Asian Development Bank)
Value-chain analysis for the aquaculture sector in Timor Leste (New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Aid)
Cost benefit analysis of different aquaculture species (The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research)
Water Accounting systems and limit setting (New Zealand Ministry for the Environment)
Multi criteria analysis of aquaculture scenarios (Auckland Regional Council)
Non-market valuation of beach attributes (Waikato Regional Council)
Economic impact assessment of aquaculture (Northland Regional Council)
Economics of carbon Decoupling economic growth from the emissions of carbon dioxide Carbon neutrality Carbon offsetting of governmental activities Regional energy report on electricity Full costs of electricity generation
Economics of water Environmental costs study for the Thames tideway Environmental impact assessment on the Huanza Dam in Peru Financial analysis of water resources management project in China Cost benefit analysis of drinking water quality improvement in Poland
Sustainability and environmental costing Sustainability indicators for waste water treatment options Economic instruments for the environment Environmental improvements assessment in Germany Research on indicators for sustainable construction in the United Kingdom Sludge disposal strategy in UK Peer review for economic instruments for waste Developing sustainability criteria and engineering tools Environmental restoration of Lake Koronia in Greece National environmental coordinator for ISO 14001 certification Global sustainable development knowledge base
Professional engagements
Examples of presentations at the following professional events.
Series of Agricultural Fora, 2007: “Economics of carbon”
2006 New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Conference: “Economic analyses for cooks beach coastal erosion management options”
Coastal Society Conference, New Zealand, 2004, 2005 & 2006: “An economic framework for aquaculture”; “Economic analyses for Buffalo Beach coastal erosion management options”; “Coastal erosion management strategy – Use of environmental economics tools”
Coastal Management Forum, New Zealand, March 2005: ”Environmental economics tools – Use in coastal management”
MWH Global Planning Day, Belgium, February 2003: “Renewable energy”
NICOLE, Spain, 12-14 March 2003: “Sustainability framework for contaminated land management”
ICE seminar on Environment, UK, January 2002: “A sustainability approach to engineering”
CIRIA conference Sustainable Construction, UK, April 2001: “Sustainability, what does it really mean to the civil engineer?”
UK Forum for Water Research (FWR), UK, October 2000 “Practical experience of an environmental economist in the private sector”
World Travel Fair, UK, November 1999 “MWH services for sustainable water management services for travel”
Associate member of the Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment - ‘Associate Open Book Assessment’ in June 2002.
