Preserving natural resources and biodiversity

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Modern societies face increasingly sensible environmental issues: biodiversity erosion, problems of access to water resources, disruptions to ecosystem services, nonpoint source pollution… How should we manage natural resources to tackle these threats and to induce the transition to greener societies?  How to account for local features and jurisdictions in management systems? Can we ensure a trade-off between economic growth and environmental conservation?

This research group tackles these challenges by using environmental and natural resource economics. Researchers rely on several methods: game theory, optimization theory, experiments and quasi-experiments.

Research works are focused on two main priorities. The first one is related to the appropriate design of public policy instruments to achieve sustainable management of natural resources, and to the analysis of the relationship between the environment and economic growth.  The second priority focuses on biodiversity conservation policies and particularly on the ecological and spatial dimensions of such policies.

Faculty members

BLAYAC Thierry

Professor

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COURTOIS Pierre

Research Professor

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DAVIN Marion

Assistant Professor

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DESBUREAUX Sébastien

Tenured Researcher

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DOYEN Luc

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ERDLENBRUCH Katrin

Research Professor

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LE VELLY Gwenolé

Assistant Professor

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PIETRI Antoine

Assistant professor

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PRIEUR Fabien

Professor

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QUEROU Nicolas

Research Professor

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REY-VALETTE Hélène

Assistant Professor

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RICCI Francesco

Professor

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ROUSSEL Sébastien

Professor

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SALLES Jean-Michel

Research Professor

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SAUQUET Alexandre

Tenured Researcher

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SOUBEYRAN Raphaël

Research Professor

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TIDBALL Mabel

Research Professor

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Ph.D Students & Post-docs

ADJEROUD Feriel

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BAYLE Gabriel

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COIFFARD Adrien

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CUILLERET Mathieu

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DEMARCHI Gabriela

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FERHATI Amazigh

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GIRARD Julia

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KELSALL Claudia

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LAFROGNE Aurélien

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POSADA-BORRERO Catalina

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Staff

DUBOIS Dimitri

Research Engineer

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LECOURT Mathilde

Research Engineer

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PHILIPPOT Katia

Engineer

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SEVAUX Lucille

Research Engineer

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Individual and strategic behaviors in a dynamic extraction problem: results from a within-subject experiment in continuous time

Djiguemde Anmina Murielle, Dubois DimitriSauquet AlexandreTidball Mabel
à paraître
Applied Economics
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Environment, public debt and epidemics

Davin Marion, Fodha Mouez, Seegmuller Thomas
à paraître
Journal of Public Economic Theory
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Crop prices and deforestation in the tropics

Berman Nicolas, Couttenier Mathieu, Leblois AntoineSoubeyran Raphaël
2023
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
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Services provided by multifunctional agroecosystems: Questions, obstacles and solutions

Stokes Alexia, Bocquého Géraldine, Carrere Pascal, Salazar Raphaël Conde, Deconchat Marc, Garcia Léo, Gardarin Antoine, Gary Christian, Gaucherel Cédric, Gueye Mamadou, Hedde Mickael, Lescourret Françoise, Mao Zhun, Quérou Nicolas, Rudi Gabrielle, Salles Jean-MichelSoubeyran RaphaelSubervie Julie, Vialatte Aude, Vinatier Fabrice, Thomas Marielle
2023
Ecological Engineering
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Spatial priorities for invasive alien species control in protected areas

Courtois Pierre, Martinez César, Thomas Alban
2023
Science of the Total Environment
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How do coastal residents perceive past and future changes in a Mediterranean lagoon ecosystem services?

Derolez Valérie, Mongruel Rémi, Adjeroud FérielRey-Valette Hélène, Nicolle Dorian, Lautrédou-Audouy Nicole
2023
Ocean and Coastal Management
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Formalizing a Two-Step Decision-Making Process in Land Use: Evidence from Controlling Forest Clearcutting Using Spatial Information

Jabbour Chady, Hoayek Anis, Salles Jean-Michel
2023
Land
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Stochastic Multi-species MSY to Achieve Ecological-Economic Sustainability of a Coral Reef Fishery System in French Polynesia

Lagarde Adrien, Doyen Luc, Claudet Joachim, Thebaud Olivier
2022
Environmental Modeling & Assessment
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Mapping global hotspots and trends of water quality (1992–2010): a data driven approach

Desbureaux Sebastien, Mortier Frederic, Zaveri Esha, van Vliet Michelle T H, Russ Jason, Rodella Aude Sophie, Damania Richard
2022
Environmental Research Letters
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Économie de l’environnement et des ressources naturelles : Introduction

Fodha Mouez, Lafforgue Gilles, Ricci Francesco, Risch Anna
2022
Revue Française d'Economie
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Droughts and deforestation: Does seasonality matter?

Vaglietti Giulia, Delacote Philippe, Leblois Antoine
2022
PLoS ONE
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Permanence of avoided deforestation in a Transamazon REDD+ project (Pará, Brazil)

Carrilho Cauê, Demarchi Gabriela, Duchelle Amy, Wunder Sven, Morsello Carla
2022
Ecological Economics
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Limited-tenure concessions for collective goods

Quérou Nicolas, Tomini Agnes, Costello Christopher
2022
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control
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The nature of economic costs of biological invasions

Vaissière Anne-Charlotte, Courtois Pierre, Courchamp Frank, Kourantidou Melina, Christophe Diagne, Essl Franz, Kirichenko Natalia, Welsh Michael, Salles Jean-Michel
2022
Biological Invasions
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Continuous versus Discrete Time in Dynamic Common Pool Resource Game Experiments

Djiguemde Murielle, Dubois DimitriSauquet Alexandre, Mabel Tidball
2022
Environmental and Resource Economics
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Critical raw materials for the energy transition

Pommeret Aude, Ricci Francesco, Schubert Katheline
2022
European Economic Review
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On track to achieve no net loss of forest at Madagascar’s biggest mine

Devenish Katie, Desbureaux Sébastien, Willcock Simon, Jones Julia
2022
Nature Sustainability
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Necessary conditions to a fractional variational problem

Barrios Melani, Reyero Gabriela, Tidball Mabel
2022
Statistics, Optimization and Information Computing
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Invasive alien species as simultaneous benefits and burdens: trends, stakeholder perceptions and management

Kourantidou Melina, Haubrock Phillip, Cuthbert Ross, Bodey Thomas, Lenzner Bernd, Gozlan Rodolphe, Nuñez Martin, Salles Jean-Michel, Diagne Christophe, Courchamp Franck
2022
Biological Invasions
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Evaluating the contribution of nature to well-being: The case of ecosystem services related to fish-farming ponds in France

Rey-Valette HélèneBlayac ThierrySalles Jean-Michel
2022
Ecological Economics
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Cooperation in a dynamic setting with asymmetric environmental valuation and responsibility

Cabo Francisco, Tidball Mabel
2022
Dynamic Games and Applications
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Risk averse policies foster bio-economic sustainability in mixed fisheries

Tromeur Eric, Doyen Luc, Tarizzo Violaine, Little L. Richard, Jennings Sarah, Thébaud Olivier
2021
Ecological Economics
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Spatial preferences for invasion management: a choice experiment on controlling Ludwigia grandiflora in a French regional park

Bougherara DouadiaCourtois Pierre, David Maia, Weill Joakim
2021
Biological Invasions
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Promoting crop pest control by plant diversification in agricultural landscapes: A conceptual framework for analysing feedback loops between agro-ecological and socio-economic effects

Vialatte A., Tibi Anaïs, Angeon Valérie, Bedoussac Laurent, Bohan David A., Bougherara Douadia, Carpentier A., Thoyer Sophie,  [et al]...
2021
Advances in Ecological Research
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Les observatoires de la mer et du littoral : du suivi des interactions hommes-milieux a la coordination des acteurs

Salles Jean-MichelRey-Valette Hélène, Montgruel Rémi
2021
Revue Développement Durable et Territoires
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BEcOSMASH – Bio-Economic Optimisation of Sharka Management Accounting for Spatiotemporal Heterogeneities
  • Funding : SMACH – INRA
  • Duration : 2017 – 2020
  • Contact : COURTOIS Pierre

Efficient management of epidemics aims at allocating efforts in the most efficient way.

The choice problem is an optimization one in which epidemics dynamics is to be accounted for as an additional constraint to the decision problem.
The key of the project is to study where to allocate effort, how to allocate it and when.
The project is an interdisciplinary one at the intersection between economics, epidemiology and phythopathology and it gathers scientists from the three disciplines and engage simultaneously two Ph.d thesis, one in economics, the other in epidemiology.

EcoGyp– Ecosystem services and necrophagous raptors

The EcoGYp project aims to study a range of issues related to the ecology and the conservation of necrophagous raptors, with a particular focus on the Bearded Vulture.
The socio-economic component of this project focuses on the identification and assessment of ecosystem services related to these species and the areas in which they reside.
The main services related to necrophagous birds of prey are on the one hand, recreational and aesthetic aspects and on the other, their ecological function as natural rendering.
The former are analysed on the basis of choice experiments, the natural rendering function being evaluated by comparison with industrial rendering from a life-cycle analysis perspective

GREEN-Econ – Transition toward a greener economy

This joint project between CEE-M and the Aix-Marseille School of Economics (AMSE) analyzes the transition process toward a greener economy by studying the potential consequences of, and reactions of our societies to, environmental changes.
The project mainly focuses on two important objects of analysis, which are emblematic of issues related to environmental changes: pollution and aquatic resources.
The analysis of these two objects are tackled by relying on three work packages (WPs): (i) the economic assessment of the environmental issues (ii) the definition of short to medium-term solutions by developing dynamic environmental regulatory instruments and (iii) the study of the society’s long term adaptation capacity to sustain an environmentally friendly development process.

Green-Society
  • Funding : MUSE Initiative
  • Duration : 2018 – 2019
  • Contact : QUEROU Nicolas

The project focuses on two complementary research questions that raise different types of scientific challenges.
The first one is related to promoting forms of greener activities through the analysis of incentive mechanisms and behavioral rules to induce a sustainable use of land and natural resources.
The second one is more focused on resource scarcity and on the strategies to tackle problems of uncertainty, irreversibility and threshold effects when dealing with issues of natural resource management.

Invacost – Invasive insects and their costs for biodiversity, economy and human health

The aim of the InvaCosts programme is to characterise and quantify the worldwide impacts of invasive species following climate change.
These impacts will be considered sensu lato, including biodiversity losses, disruption of ecosystem functioning and loss of ecosystem services, economic costs (on agriculture, forestry, real estate and infrastructures) and damages to public health (sanitary impacts and associated secondary costs for the society).

This project focuses on insects, a taxonomic group of major importance for the target environmental and societal categories, and whose ectothermic nature makes them especially sensitive to climate variables.

 

Jussie – Optimal design for the spatial control of biological invasions
  • Funding : ONEMA/AFB (Agence Française pour la Biodiversité)
  • Duration : 2017 – 2019
  • Contact : COURTOIS Pierre

Spatial management of biological invasions is a complex task.

This project aims at developing decision making tools in order to optimally allocate a limited budget toward the spatial management of a biological invasion.
The project develops three workpackages. The first is on spatial evaluation methods to estimate spatial benefits related to species control.
The second is on spatial evaluation methods to estimate spatial costs related to species control.
The last is on the modelling of invasion dynamics in space and time. Combining the three workpackages, the overall output of the project is a spatially explicit cost-benefit module for the management of mobile externalities.

ScarCylclET – Materials scarcity and recycling for the energy transition
  • Funding : ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche)
  • Duration : 2021- 2025
  • Contact : RICCI Francesco
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DAVIN Marion

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