EXTENSION PROGRAM IN NATURAL RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS

Personnel: Brent Sohngen, Department of Agricultural Economics, The Ohio State University

Mission: The mission of this program incorporates three main objectives –

1) To provide timely information to extension personnel and Ohio citizens.
2) To teach economic concepts of environmental and natural resource issues.
3) To link sound scientific research to applied natural resource policy and management issues.

Scope of Work:

The program in Natural Resource and Environmental Economics is a new program within extension at The Ohio State University. Natural resource and environmental economics is a field that applies the concepts and principles of economic efficiency to a host of issues, including renewable and non-renewable resources, externalities and off-site impacts, and other environmental issues. Examples of issues include non-point source pollution, adoption of technologies for reducing pollution levels, watershed management, land-use and land-cover change, efficient use of renewable resources, optimal rates of environmental pollution control, and efficient mechanisms for pollution control.

One of the roles of extension is to provide sound scientific information to the community at-large, either through the established extension mechanisms, through state or local agencies, or through alternative institutions established to provide information and guidance in local decision-making. As such, this program will provide scientific information on selected topics that fall under the purview of natural resource and environmental economics. This program will provide information in several different formats:

• Written material, including journal publications, departmental white papers, and Fact Sheets (distributed through normal channels).
• A separate page on the world wide web with important information and links to other resources in natural resource and environmental economics.
• Presentations.
• Specific local or regional research projects with broader implications.
• In-service teaching.

Presentations, Workshops, and Fact Sheets 

Presentations Made Over the Period 12/01 - Present

Fact Sheets

Benefit Cost Analysis and Ohio's Environment:
Economic Analysis of Local Environmental Issues

November 13, 2001
Columbus, Ohio

Benefit Cost Analysis for Ohio Watersheds: A Workshop on the Tools and Techniques Available for Economic Analysis of Watershed Programs

November 3, 1999
9am - 5pm
Columbus, Ohio

Environmental and Resource Economics, AEDE 531D, A Distance Learning Course over the Internet

Spring Quarter, 2002 (March - June)

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Last Updated June 09, 2006