Valuing the Environment with Dr Boyd Blackwell

<p>Economics Explained host Gene Tunny speaks to Dr Boyd Blackwell on the use of economic techniques to value the environment. Boyd is Director of AquaEquis Economic Consulting and the President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Ecological Economics. </p><p>Links relevant to the discussion include:</p><p><a href="https://www2.deloitte.com/au/en/pages/economics/articles/great-barrier-reef.html" target="_blank">Deloitte Value of the Great Barrier Reef report</a></p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/whats-the-economic-value-of-the-great-barrier-reef-its-priceless-80061#:~:text=Deloitte%20Access%20Economics%20has%20valued,A%246.4%20billion%20per%20year." target="_blank">Conversation article critiquing economic value estimate of GBR</a></p><p><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333776616_Coastal_Outfall_System_Upgrades_in_Australia_Benefits_Costs_and_Improved_Transparency_-_Final_Report" target="_blank">Boyd’s economic analysis of Australian coastal wastewater outfalls</a></p><p><a href="https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.8.4.45" target="_blank">Some number is better than no number article</a></p><p><a href="https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/animals-and-plants/biodiversity/biodiversity-offsets-scheme" target="_blank">NSW biodiversity offset scheme</a></p><p><a href="https://ecosystemvaluation.org/travel_costs.htm" target="_blank">Travel cost method</a></p>