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Grafton, R. Quentin; Kompas, Tom; McLoughlin, Richard; … - Australian National University, Economics and … - 2006

The paper develops a benchmarking framework to improve fisheries governance and promote resilient ecosystems and … profitable fisheries. The benchmarking includes five key components: accountability; transparency; incentives; risk assessment … and management; and adaptability. Collectively, these factors provide a framework to benchmark and improve fisheries …

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A better Kyoto: options for flexible commitments

Jotzo, Frank; Pezzey, John C. V. - Australian National University, Economics and … - 2006

A 'new Kyoto', called for by the Australian government, may well be based on cap-and-trade, but with significant changes. Under the old Kyoto, broad participation and meaningful commitments were difficult to achieve - in part because of uncertainty about compliance costs and the dichotomy...

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Tuna-Led Sustainable Developlment in the Pacific

Parris, Hannah; Grafton, R. Quentin - Australian National University, Economics and … - 2005

The paper reviews the importance of tuna fisheries in the western and central Pacific Island Countries (PICs) and … despite the formation in 2004 of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission. Even if gains from co-operation were to … be realised, without substantial improvements in the nstitutional quality and capacity of many PICs the tuna fisheries …

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Optimal Intensity Targets for Greenhouse Emissions Trading Under Uncertainty

Jotzo, Frank; Pezzey, John C. V. - Australian National University, Economics and … - 2006

Uncertainty is an obstacle for commitments under cap and trade schemes. We assess how well intensity targets, where countries' permit allocations are indexed to future realised GDP, can cope with uncertainties in international greenhouse emissions trading. We present some empirical foundations...

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Optimal intensity targets for emissions trading under uncertainty (now replaced by EEN0605)

Jotzo, Frank; Pezzey, John C. V. - Australian National University, Economics and … - 2005

Uncertainty can hamper the stringency of commitments under cap and trade schemes. We assess how well intensity targets, where countries' permit allocations are indexed to future realised GDP, can cope with uncertainties in a post-Kyoto international greenhouse emissions trading scheme. We...

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Quantifying uncertainties for emission targets

Jotzo, Frank - Australian National University, Economics and … - 2006

What is the magnitude of uncertainties about future greenhouse gas emissions, GDP and emissions intensity of economies? Is there a link between fluctuations in economic activity and fluctuations in emissions? These questions are crucial to understand the extent and composition of cost...

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How to Resolve the Class II Common Property Problem? The Case of British Columbia's Multi-Species Groundfish Traw

Grafton, R. Quentin; Nelson, Harry W.; Turris, Bruce - Australian National University, Economics and … - 2005

fisheries. We analyse one of the solutions proposed by Munro and Scott by using insights from the British Columbia multi …

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Buying Back the Living Murray: At What Price?

Grafton, R. Quentin; Hussey, Karen - Australian National University, Economics and … - 2006

In June 2004 the Council of Australian Governments approved the Intergovernmental Agreement on Addressing Water Overallocation and Achieving Environmental Objectives in the Murray-Darling Basin (‘IGMDB’). The IGMDB set out arrangements for a ‘Living Murray’ that includes a budget of $500...

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The Effects of Buy-Back Programs in the British Columbia Salmon Fishery

Grafton, R. Quentin; Nelson, Harry W. - Australian National University, Economics and … - 2005

Policymakers have implemented five distinct buybacks of either vessels or salmon licenses over the past three decades in the British Columbia (BC) salmon fishery. The earliest buyback was one of the first of its kind in any fishery and the most recent buyback is one of the largest ever in terms...

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Incentive-based approaches to sustainable fisheries

Grafton, R. Quentin; Arnason, Ragnar; Bjorndal, Trond; … - Australian National University, Economics and … - 2005

The failures of traditional target-species management have led many to propose an ecosystem approach to fisheries to … itself is not sufficient to address two important factors contributing to unsustainable fisheries — inappropriate incentives … bearing on fishers, and the ineffective governance that frequently exists in commercial, developed fisheries managed primarily …

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