Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

Decision-making associated with the environment is often contentious, and made more difficult because environmental issues are difficult to quantify and difficult to explain to non-technical audiences. MMA has worked widely on strategy involving the environment for government, industry associations, research organisations and private companies. Projects have covered issues such as greenhouse gas mitigation, recycling strategies, renewable energy technologies, ecologically sustainable development and lifecycle analysis and include:

• assessment of benefits, costs and impacts
• policy advice based on techno-economic evaluation
• economic evaluation of technologies and investment opportunities
• assessment of community concern and community willingness to pay

In an area of controversy, MMA is independent and seen as independent, as exemplified by assignments whose commissioning has required the collective approval of industry, government and environment groups.

MMA works continuously on energy and process industry analysis and assignments. Consequently, we are ideally placed for evaluation of greenhouse gas initiatives, use of economic instruments, and other government environmental policy in relation to these industries and their customers.

For a comprehensive capabilities statement, please download the following document:

	Detailed Environmental and Natural Resource Economics capabilities statement Download
	Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Abatement from Wind Farms in Victoria (July 2006) Link