Archived News

26 May 2012 - The Planet Under Pressure Conference was held in London from March 26-29, 2012. To contribute to the knowledge needed to move society forward towards effective stewardship of the planet, EEPSEA organized and presented two panel sessions at the conference.

25 May 2012 - EEPSEA conducted a three-week intensive training course on environmental and resource economics in Bandung, Indonesia, from February 20 to March 9, 2012. The training was hosted by the Center for Economics and Development Studies (CEDS), Padjadjaran University, and had 24 participants from Southeast Asia and China. There had been…

24 May 2012 - EEPSEA hosted its 36th Biannual Workshop at Phnom Penh, Cambodia, last November 7–11, 2011, with 91 participants in attendance. The meeting showcased four distinguished plenary speakers, presentations of six cross-country projects, and a two day-workshop where individual research projects were presented. The first plenary speaker, Dr. Raman Letchumanan from the…

23 May 2012 - EEPSEA’s 35th Biannual Workshop was held in Hanoi from May 18–20, 2011, and was attended by 49 participants from 12 countries. The four plenary talks are summarized below. The EEPSEA-EAAERE Joint Conference was held from 19–20 May back-to-back with the workshop.

05 January 2012 - EEPSEA January 2012 newsletter just released. Download.

13 December 2011 - A short course held in conjunction with EAERE 2012 June 26-27, 2012, University of Economics, Žižkov, Prague, Czech Republic. APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1, 2012

01 December 2011 - Researchers from Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam and China are invited to submit concept proposals for the April 2012 Regional Competition. The guidelines set out in the concept proposal form (download the form) must be followed strictly.

01 December 2011 - EEPSEA’s 36th Biannual Workshop was held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from November 7-11, 2011. Plenary speakers included Prof. Jeffrey Vincent who spoke on "Using Panel Data to Measure the Economic Effects of Environmental Change" and Dr. Ted Horbulyk on “Impact Evaluation: Where Does It Fit in an Environmental Economist’s…

01 December 2011 - The Philippine study of EEPSEA’s cross-country research project on climate change adaptation made the news in the Philippines in the Philippine Star, November 3, 2011 issue (article). The article highlighted that 12 towns in Laguna had been selected as the study sites for the Philippine project, namely,Sta. Cruz (Laguna’s…

01 December 2011 - Economic instruments (EIs) are meant to conserve the environment and regulate natural resource use, but the level of fees, taxes and performance bonds they currently employis too low to have any significant effect. Consumers and producers prefer to pay fines rather than change unsustainable use patterns.