Environmental Economics

Biodiversity Bibliography - Contains approximately 4000 references on various aspects of biodiversity and conservation. Compiled by Steve Polasky.
http://www.apec.umn.edu/faculty/spolasky/Biobib.html

Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit Website - Assists in quantification of costs and benefits of environmental amenities and disamenities, offering surveys, links, glossaries, and news.
http://www.costbenefitanalysis.org

Interdisciplinary Environmental Assoc. - Brings together all disciplines so that understanding of environmental issues is enhanced through communication. Publishes the Interdisciplinary Environmental Review.
http://www.ieaonline.org/

Durable Economics - Essay about how we can use durability as a means of conservation with related links.
http://home.earthlink.net/~durable

Headwaters Economics - A high-tech nonprofit that offers a unique blend of economic research skills and on-the-ground experience based on over 15 years of work across the western US and Canada.
http://www.headwaterseconomics.org/

Green Economics - Based on the book entitled Designing the Green Economy: The Postindustrial Alternative to Corporate Globalization by Brian Milani. Includes book outline, essays, reviews and links.
http://www.greeneconomics.net/

Workgroup Energy Transport Environment - Applies economic theory to current policy issues. Downloadable working papers and project descriptions include an extensive portfolio of numerical partial and general equilibrium models for the assessment of transport, energy and environmental policies. Affiliated with the University Leuven, Belgium.
http://www.econ.kuleuven.be/ew/academic/energmil/

Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management (PREM) - The Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management (PREM) program aims to deepen and broaden the exposure of economic researchers and policy advisors in developing countries to the theory and methods of natural resource management and environmental economics.
http://www.prem-online.org

Resource Dimensions - Consultant firm specializing in complex environmental, land use, conservation, community development, energy and transportation issues, based in Gig Harbor, WA.
http://www.ecologicalecon.com/

Global Network of Environmental Economists - Dissertations and other online publications, forthcoming conferences, online discussion forums, research funding available, and other resources in the field of environmental economics.
http://www.feem.it/gnee/

Garden Earth Enterprise - Center for the community of individuals and organizations committed to the economic and environmental solutions to global warming.
http://gardenearth.com/

Environmental Economics Programme of the International Institute for Environment and Development - The EEP promotes practical means of bringing environmental values into the market place in ways that benefit poor people and less developed countries. Includes evaluating the economic consequences of environmental change and finding ways to internalize environmental values in public policy and market behavior.
http://www.iied.org/SM/eep/index.html

Madras School of Economics - Post-graduate teaching center in Chennai, India. Includes details of current research into pollution control, toxic chemicals, and offshore ecology.
http://www.mse.ac.in

The Aspen Institute - An international organization working on environmental and economic concerns.
http://www.aspeninst.org/

Resources for the Future - A nonprofit and nonpartisan think tank located in Washington, DC that conducts independent research - rooted primarily in economics and other social sciences - on environmental and natural resource issues.
http://www.rff.org/

US EPA National Center for Environmental Economics - NCEE analyzes relationships between the economy, environmental health, and environmental pollution control. This includes: economic benefits and costs, economic incentives, size, composition, and effects of the pollution control industry, risk assessment data used in economic analyses.
http://yosemite1.epa.gov/ee/epa/eed.nsf/pages/homepage

Main Street Economics - Economic consultants for resource and environmental issues. Pages on past performance, services offered, markets targeted, and employment opportunities. Targets the emerging market (private and government) for environmental economics applications.
http://www.mainstreeteconomics.com

International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics - Lund University's research and education institute with focus on preventative environmental strategies and cleaner production.
http://www.iiiee.lu.se/

Tradable Permits Bibliography - General background and applications of tradable permits to air, fishing and other areas. Compiled by Tom Tietenberg.
http://www.colby.edu/personal/t/thtieten/trade.html

Natural Resources and Environmental Economics links - Link collection accompanying the textbook "Natural Resources and Environmental Economics."
http://homepages.strath.ac.uk/~hbs96107/enviro7.htm

Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics - ANZSEE is an organization that encourages research on the integration of economics, ecology and related disciplines.
http://www.anzsee.org/

Association of Environmental and Resource Economists - AERE is an international scientific association in the field of environmental and resource economics
http://www.aere.org/

Environmental Economics Program at Harvard University - A University-wide program engaged in research, teaching, and outreach efforts in environmental and natural resource economics.
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/heep/index.html

Latin American and Caribbean Association of Environmental and Resource Economists - ALEAR is a professional organization in South America.
http://www.alear.org/

Centre for Environment, Social & Economic Research (CESER) - Independent, non-government and nonprofit organization that conducts research in the areas of ecological economics and ecological Statistics.
http://www.geocities.com/ceser_info/

Institute of Ecolonomics - Founded by Dennis Weaver, IOE is dedicated to sustainable living through educational programs, affordable housing, and environmental businesses.
http://www.ecolonomics.org/

Environmental Economics - Economists on environmental and natural resources: news, opinion, and analysis. Includes weblog/forum postings.
http://www.env-econ.net/

Forum for Economics and the Environment - A non-aligned, informal group of individuals with an interest in economics and the environment in southern Africa.
http://www.econ4env.co.za/

Green Accounting Bibliography - A bibliography of articles, papers, and books on the topic of green and environmental accounting.
http://gwagner.com/research/green_accounting/bibliography/

Land Tenure Center - Interdisciplinary research and training programs focusing on legal, political, social, and economic institutions (markets, traditions, customs, rules, laws, and regulations) that affect equitable access to and sustainable use of land and other natural resources. At University of Wisconsin.
http://www.ies.wisc.edu/ltc/

Climate Change Research at Montana State University - Research on Economics of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation.
http://www.climate.montana.edu/

Emco2 Analyzer - GreenHouse Gas Emission Analyzer - Automated application produced by Anasoft, Inc. for collection and analysis of data for carbon dioxide emission (greenhouse gas emission).
http://www.anasoft.net/emco2/

Studienbüro Jetzt & Morgen - Research and advice about changes, sustainability, and intergenerational issues connecting ecological, economic and social concerns.
http://www.sbjum.de/english/

Endogenous Preferences - Blog on interdisciplinary approaches to environmental policy with a focus on environmental economics and psychology.
http://blogit.helsinki.fi/lombardi/

European Programm GENEDEC - Genedec aims at assessing the proposed decoupling of direct payments. Program description, papers, and contact information.
http://www.grignon.inra.fr/economie-publique/genedec/eng/home.htm

Centre for Marine and Climate Research, Hamburg University - Multi-disciplinary research and education on human-induced environmental change, sponsored by Departments of Geosciences and Economics.
http://www.uni-hamburg.de/Wiss/FB/15/Sustainability/index.html

Michael Alexander's Energy Economics Pages - Links to energy research, energy organizations, and environmental organizations.
http://www.leprechaun.com/energy.html

Australian National University Economics and Environment Network - EEN promotes collaboration, integration, innovation, learning and research in environmental, ecological and resource economics in the Australian National University. Provides information about seminars, papers, courses, researchers and additional links.
http://een.anu.edu.au/

European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists - EAERE is an international scientific association in the field of environmental and natural resource economics.
http://www.eaere.org/

Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development Laboratory - Fostering interdisciplinary work involving ecologists and economists, bringing together natural scientists and social scientists. Department of Economics, University of Crete, Greece. In English and Greek.
http://www.soc.uoc.gr/ecosud/

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei - Host of the Global Network of Environmental Economists, based in Trieste, Italy.
http://www.feem.it

Environmental Economics Unit University of Gothenburg - Program overview of teaching and research in environmental and natural resource economics at the EEU. Includes capacity building in developing countries.
http://www.handels.gu.se/econ/EEU/

Oikos - Ecology Economics - Blog by David Jeffery discusses Australian and global environmental and economic issues in a way that’s accessible to people who are not economists nor ecologists.
http://www.greenomics.blogspot.com

International Society for Ecological Economics - The ISEE aims to facilitate understanding between economists and ecologists and the integration of the two disciplines.
http://www.ecoeco.org/

Green Energy News - Recent business, economic and technology developments in clean, efficient and renewable energy for transportation, industry, government and home.
http://www.nrglink.com/

Georgia State University Environmental Policy Program - Environmental Policy Program of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies with programs featuring an environmental and experimental economics laboratory, water policy, ozone prevention, and scrap tires.
http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwenv/

Environmental Damage Valuation and Cost Benefit - Estimates the economic impacts of environment hazards and real estate projects. Sponsored by Damage Valuation Associates, which publishes empirical and regulatory developments.
http://envirovaluation.org/

Wuppertal Institute - Links - Links to both US and European programs related to environmental economics and business.
http://www.wupperinst.org/Sites/links.html

Tempus-Project Caucasus - Introduction of Environmental Economics Studies in South Caucasus Region.
http://www.tempus-caucasus.net

European Society for Ecological Economics - Aims to foster transdisciplinary discourse and research among the social and natural sciences regarding problems of nature and the environment.
http://www.euroecolecon.org/

Economics and Environmental Science - This is an educational site describing the field of environmental economics and the Ph.D. level training program in environmental economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Links to additional resources are included.
http://www.ees.ucsb.edu

Ecological Economics at Malardalen University - Ecological Economics course, which aims at understanding the connections between environmental issues, economics and the development of society.
http://www.eki.mdh.se/ekologiskekonomi/indexeng.htm

Resource Decisions Consulting - Practice focused on energy and environmental economics. Policy studies and impact analyses of natural resource development plans for public and private clients including utilities, water districts, and governmental agencies.
http://www.resourcedecisions.net

Economics of Needs and Limits - An alternative theory of economic thought, based on human needs and natural limits, by Frank Rotering.
http://needsandlimits.org

Energy Research at DOE: Was it Worth It? (NAS Study) - In this study, energy efficiency investments produced almost three times the net economic benefit of those made in fossil fuel technology. Available as book.
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309074487/html/

Rocky Mountain Institute - Based on work by Amory and Hunter Lovins, this organization has a nonadversarial, transideological approach to helping businesses, communities, governments and individuals create more wealth in a life-sustaining manner, primarily by gains in efficiency.
http://www.rmi.org/