Valuing the Environment with Dr Boyd Blackwell

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. Links relevant to the discussion include:Deloitte Value of the Great Barrier Reef reportConversation article critiquing economic value estimate of GBRBoyd’s economic analysis of Australian coastal wastewater outfallsSome number is better than no number articleNSW biodiversity offset schemeTravel cost method