Category: Blog
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My SHE XIX talk – now on SlideShare
I recently gave a talk at the XIX International Conference of the Society for Human Ecology, 8th February 2013 – held at the Fenner School, ANU. Here I outline my approach for evaluating the impact of a) legislation restricting vegetation removal, and b) biodiversity offset policies on achieving a ‘no net loss’ in vegetation across Australia, as…
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The economics of climate adaptation – my CSIRO PhD scholarship
I received some fantastic news in time for Christmas (although failed to post a blog until now) – my application for a CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship top-up PhD scholarship has been successful. My topic is entitled ‘Economics of climate adaptation: Using economic theory to identify adaptation options at different scales’. With this scholarship, I aim to expand on my research…
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Seminar @ UMelb, Monday 26 November
I’ve landed in Melbourne after a whirlwind fortnight of conferences and meetings at UQ in Brisbane (ok, I did find some time to go to the beach), and now tomorrow I’ll be giving a seminar at 11am, in the School of Botany, University of Melbourne (Building 123, Room G26). Big thanks to @mickresearch for organising this for me. Details…
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Making conservation ‘pay’: are we sending the right message?
I came across this remarkable image while researching the history of native vegetation regulation in South Australia. Prior to the Native Vegetation Act first being implemented in 1985 (which effectively ended broad scale land clearing in that State), the South Australian Government introduced the Heritage Agreements scheme – which aims to encourage individual landholders to maintain or improve…
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New city, new position, new project
I recently left the University of Queensland to start in a new position at the Fenner School of Environment and Society, at the Australian National University, Canberra. For the next few months I’ll be working under the supervision of Dr. Phil Gibbons, who will also be one of my supervisors for the PhD I’ll be…
Megan C. Evans 