Luke Brander is an environmental economist with over 20 years experience in applied research.
Luke’s main research interests are in the design of economic instruments to control environmental problems and the valuation of natural resources and environmental impacts. He has worked on the valuation of wetlands, forests, grasslands, mangroves, coral reefs and urban open space using primary valuation methods and through meta-analyses of the ecosystem valuation literature.
On-going projects include the valuation of ecosystem services provided by the deep sea for the International Seabed Authority (ISA); the valuation of ecosystem services provided by vultures in Southern Africa for Birdlife International; and the development of the Ecosystem Services Valuation Database (ESVD) jointly with the Foundation for Sustainable Development (FSD).
Luke is an experienced teacher of environmental economics and has given university courses at Masters level, tailored workshops to policy makers and practitioners, and supervises PhD research.