Center for Environmental Solutions Colloquia Page

	Winter - Spring, 2005
	Wednesday, January 19 12:30 to 2 pm LSRC A 158 Malcolm Gillis, Ph.D., Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University. "Economic and Ethical Perspectives on Opportunities and Challenges at the Intersections of Three Technologies" Abstract & Bio (legal size)
	Wednesday, February 23 12:30 to 2 pm LSRC A 158 Marie Lynn Miranda, Ph.D., Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University. "Mapping Mercury Policies in North Carolina" Abstract & Bio
	Wednesday, March 2 12:30 to 2 pm LSRC A 158 Lori Bennear, Ph.D., Nicholas School, Duke University. "What Are We Measuring?: Toxics Release Inventory Data and Facility Environmental Performance" Abstract & Bio \| Effect of Reporting Thresholds on the Validity of TRI Data as Measures of Environmental Performance: Evidence from Massachusetts (mentioned in seminar-59 pp)
	Wednesday, March 9 12:30 to 2 pm Duke Law, Rm 4045 Prof. Richard Lazarus, J.D., Georgetown University Law Center. "The Making of Environmental Law" Link to Publisher about his new book \| Abstract & Bio
	Wednesday, March 23 12:30 to 2 pm LSRC A 158 Chris Timmins, Ph.D., Department of Economics, Duke University. "The Role of Equilibrium Sorting Models in Non-Market Valuation" Abstract & Bio \| Papers suggested by speaker: “Estimating Equilibrium Models of Sorting Across Locations,” with Patrick Bayer (2003) (Paper on estimation theory describing technique used to estimate agglomeration and congestion effects) “If You Can't Take the Heat, Get Out of the Cerrado... Recovering the Equilibrium Amenity Cost of Non-Marginal Climate Change in Brazil” (2003) “Mobility Constraints and the Distributional Consequences of Particulate Matter,” with Nathaniel Keohane and Patrick Bayer (2004) "A Revealed Preference Approach to the Measurement of Congestion in Travel Cost Models" [Murdock and Timmins (2005)] DRAFT
	Wednesday, April 13 12:30 to 2 pm LSRC A 158 Tim Swanson, J.D., Ph.D., Chair of Law & Economics at University of London. "Biodiversity, The Incidence of International Agreements: Do Latecomers Lose Out?" Abstract & Bio \| Paper on Topic Thursday, April 14 10:30 to 11:30 am At A312, LSRC "Investigations in Western Wildlife Conservation Practices: Willingness to Conserve Giant Pandas and Black Rhinoceros" Abstract
	April 20, 12:30 to 2 pm, Duke Law, Room 4045 Donald Hornstein, J.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Law School"Collaboration- and Cooperation-Based Regulation of Natural Resources and the Environment: What Are the Implications for Institutionla Design?" Abstract & Bio Back to Top
	Fall 2004
	September 8 - Francisco Székely, Ph.D., European School of Management and Technology, (ESMT) Berlin. "Responsible Leadership and Corporate Social Responsibility" Abstract & Bio \| Paper's Abstract
	Wednesday, October 27, 3:30 to 5 pm--LSRC A158 - Norman Myers, Adjunct Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences. "The New Consumers: The Influence of Affluence on the Environment" Abstract & Bio
	November 10, 3:30 to 5 pm--LSRC A158- Taylor Ricketts, Director, Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund. "The Economic Value of Tropical Forest for Coffee Production" Abstract & Bio \| PAPERS: Tropical Forest Fragments Enhance Pollinator Activity in Nearby Coffee Crops \| Economic value of tropical forest to coffee production
	November 16, 4 to 6 pm--Law School Room 3043 The 9th Colloquium on Environmental Law and Institutions "Can Markets Protect the Climate? Prospects for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading in the US and Europe" with Peter Zapfel, European Commission, Directorate General - Environment and Tim Profeta, Counsel to Senator Joseph Lieberman and Discussants Joe Goffman, Environmental Defense lawyer who was a key architect of the 1990 SO2 trading system and Bruce Braine, Senior VP of Strategic Policy Analysis at American Electric Power Service Corp. DCES Faculty Director, Jonathan Wiener is the Moderator. Abstract & Bio \| Detailed information including links to papers and related websites Video recording of the colloquium (RealOne Player) look under 2004 heading
	December 3, 10:30am to 12 noon--LSRC A158- Charles Kolstad, Ph.D. Bren School of Environmental Science and Management. University of California, Santa Barbara. "The Systematic Uncertainty in International Environmental Agreements" Abstract & Bio \| Paper
	Previous Years' Seminars Spring 2004
	January 22 - Subhrendu Pattanayak, Senior Economist at Research Triangle Institute. "Forest Malaria: A microeconomic study of forest protection and child malaria in Flores, Indonesia" paper on forest malaria for presentation \| working paper: "Malaria, Deforestation, and Poverty" \| brief professional biography \| Abstract & Bio
	February 26 - John Wiens, Chief Scientist for Mid-Atlantic region for The Nature Conservancy. "Mind the Gap": Implementing Science-Based Conservation in an Institutionalized World' \| Abstract & Bio
	March 8 - Christopher Flavin, President of Worldwatch Institute "Why the Oil Age is Doomed, and What We Can Do About It?" \| Abstract & Bio
	March 18 - "The Management of Environmental Issues" Maureen Finnerty was interviewed by faculty member, Stuart Pimm, about her career and other facets of environmental management in Homestead, Florida. Co-sponsored by the Pimm Research Group.\| Abstract & Bio
	March 25 - Shanti Gamper-Rabindran, Assistant Professor in Public Policy at UNC-CH."NAFTA and the Environment: What Can the Data Tell Us?" UNC Website \| Abstract and Bio
	April 8 - Maurice Lex, Visiting Professor in Political Science at UNC-CH. "Biotechnology in European Society: Perceptions, Consequences, Solutions" \| Abstract & Bio
	April 20 - Frederick W. Mayer, Associate Professor, Sanford Institute, Duke University. "The Future of Trade and the Environment" \| Abstract & Bio
	Fall 2003
	Thursday, September 25 - Stuart Pimm, Doris Duke Chair of Conservation Ecology, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University "The Role of Science in Large-Scale Ecosystem Management: the Florida Everglades as a Case History." Abstract & Bio \| Pimm CV Thursday, October 23 - Toddi Steelman, Professor, Department of Forestry, North Carolina State University "Community Responses to Wildfires." Abstract & Bio \| Community Responses to Wildland Fire Threats in New Mexico Thursday, November 20 - Jim Salzman, Professor of Law, Washington College of Law, American University "Creating Markets for Ecosystem Services: Notes from the Field." Abstract & Bio \| Draft of Paper (61pp) Thursday, December 4- Katrina Wyman, Assistant Professor, NYU School of Law, "The Institutional Obstacles to Use of Environmental Property Rights and Markets: A Fisheries Case Study." Abstract & Bio \| A paper for background reading: Why Regulators Turn To Tradeable Permits: A Canadian Case Study (76pp)
	Recent Events September 19, Levine Science Research Ctr Special Forum Putting Knowledge into Practice: Scientists' Roles in Environmental Policy Sponsored by the Duke University Center for Environmental Solutions-- organized by Marion Hourdequin, of the Duke Philosophy Department, as part of a small grant she received from the Center for Environmental Solutions. Agenda \| A Few Pictures November 6 to 8, Duke University Assessing the Performance of Ocean Exclusive Economic Zones: Fisheries Management, Trade, and Human Livelihoods Funded by grants from CES and Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Organizer: Meg McKean, Assoc. Professor, Political Science \| Conference information November 14, Duke Law School Duke Environmental Law Policy Forum Natural Resource Policies under the Bush Administration Agenda \| Event Information \| Account of Event Back to Top