Welcome

The study of the interaction between people and natural resources is central to our ability to manage those resources, and ensure that they are used to achieve lasting benefits for humanity.

The School of Agricultural and Resource Economics, located in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, at the University of Western Australia in Perth, uses its expertise in economic analysis, bioeconomic modelling and statistics to help understand these interactions across a wide range of natural resources.

The School has a national and international reputation in the areas of:

• Natural Resource Management,
• Bioeconomic Modelling,
• Agricultural Risk Management, and
• Policy Analysis.

An emerging area of research is in the design of effective and efficient economic policies that can help achieve societies objectives in terms of managing resource use.

This site will give you an indication of the range of our activities in teaching (both undergraduate and postgraduate) and research.

If you would like any further information, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Site maintained by Theresa Goh

tgoh@fnas.uwa.edu.au 

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LATEST NEWS

CONGRATULATIONS to Ellen Weetman who was awarded one of the Innovation in the Grains Industry - CBH Support for Honours Project for 2008.

CONGRATULATIONS to Graeme Doole who was a joint winner of 2007 AARES PhD Prize.

CONGRATULATIONS to Prof David Pannell who was awarded a Federation Fellowship. The award is offered by the Australian Research Council to the 20 top researchers working to make advances in fields that will improve the lives of Australians. David will be establishing a Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy, with the aim of improving environmental policy programs for land, water and biodiversity conservation. View "Pannell Discussions" here.

Paper title "Consumer Attitudes to Genetically Modified Organisms in Food in the UK (2001)" by Michael Burton, Dan Rigby, Trevor Young and Sallie James made into the 'OUP Centenary 100 Seminal Articles' list. A copy here.

Paper title "The Social Value of Seascapes in the Jurien Bay Marine Park: An Assessment of Positive and Negative Preferences for Change" by Abbie McCartney. A copy here. This is Abbie's first paper and it was published in the Sept 2006 issue of the Journal of Agricultural Economics within 10 months of submitting her Honours thesis. She has now commenced a PhD in the school.