The University of Stirling hosted a three day Environment Camp on Environmental Valuation Methods for Ecosystem Services between 4-6 September 2012. The Environment Camp was organized as part of the University of Stirling’s Eco-Delivery Project, funded by the European Investment Bank and the Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE).
The Environment Camp featured four keynote lectures and thirteen contributed presentations by postgraduate students and early career researchers.
The four distinguished keynote speakers are:
- Prof. Nick Hanley (University of Stirling)
- Prof. Laura Taylor (North Carolina State University)
- Prof. E.J. Milner-Gulland (Imperial College London)
- Dr. Brett Day (University of East Anglia)
The final programme for the event is available here
Workshop Presentations:
Day 1:
Nick Hanley – A behavioural economics examination of information and uncertainty in stated preference valuation
Angela Kopmann – A human well-being approach for assessing the value of natural land areas
Nonka Markova – The importance of equity in the design of PES schemes
Jeremy DeValck – Towards an improved methodology for the valuation of ecosystem services
Fatemeh Bakhtiari – Investigating embedding effects in valuation of forest environmental goods
Brett Day – What is exciting me in non-market valuation ? (Part I, Part II)
Niels Jobstvogt – Public perception of deep-sea protection
Daniel Norton – Valuing the benefits of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive
Eleanor Carter- Silk – Socio-economic value of the marine service of gas and climate regulation
Day 2:
E. J. Milner Gulland – Linking fisheries approaches and household utility models for improved resource management (Part I, Part II, Part III)
Lisa Ingwall – Non-monetary valuation of ecosystem services and the perceptions of stakeholders at different scales in Guyana
Olivia Rendon Thompson – Costs and benefits of improved drinking water quality provision in rural protected areas (Part I, Part II)
Ciaran Ellis – Chronic threats to pollination services: Does diversity reduce risk?
Laura Taylor – Quasi-experiments in non-market valuation and regulatory analysis
Claudia Aravena Novielli – Internal consistency in double bounded dichotomous choice contingent valuation
Cheng Wen – Contingent valuation on water source protection in China