Environmental Economics
In light of current and future environmental challenges there is a need for sustainable development that integrates both environmental aspects and incentives for environmentally sound outcomes into decision making. This includes the valuation of environmental resources and ecosystems and the services that they can provide as well as exploration of market-based instruments as a means to encourage and reward environmentally sound behaviour. In this capacity, MRAG regularly leads assessments of the benefits and costs of environmental policy, in order to provide a balanced view to policy makers, both within and outside the EU. MRAG has also applied environmental economics in the modelling of resource systems and in the development and uptake of indicators of sustainability, recognising that well-being and policy effectiveness cannot be measured only in economic terms, but should also take into account environmental and social implications.
Projects
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Adapting postharvest activities in the value chain of fisheries and aquaculture to the effects of climate change and mitigating their climate footprint through the reduction of greenhouse gases emissions
MRAG Europe, as lead partner of a consortium, has been contracted by CINEA within the… |
Europe | |
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Cost and benefits of fish stock recovery areas and other effective area-based conservation measures as tools for fisheries management − Case study assessments
The European Union Biodiversity Strategy sets the target for protected areas in the EU… |
Europe | |
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Study on ownership and exclusive rights of fisheries means of production
There is a widespread perception of the EU fishing fleet being owned by a multitude of… |
Europe | |
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Study on state of the art scientific information on the impacts of aquaculture activities in Europe
Aquaculture is one of the world’s fastest-growing industries and is an increasingly… |
Europe |