[All-postdocs] please post - MPC Seminar, Dr. Michael Weir

[Alison W Maksym]

Please post and distribute the attached WHOI MPC seminar notice. Thank You! Alison

Monday, April 4th
10:00 a.m.
Marine Policy Center Seminar

Demand-driven Conservation
Michael Weir, Marine Policy Center
Sponsored by: Marine Policy Center
Smith Conference Room, 86 Water Street, Woods Hole

While regulatory environmental interventions can clearly produce conservation benefits, there is increasing awareness of their limitations. A promising alternative to regulatory intervention is the idea that reducing consumer demand can incentivize conservation, driven by demand-side interventions such as information campaigns or new product introductions. However, the effectiveness of demand-side interventions is difficult to ascertain. Coupling a general bioeconomic framework with experimental methods, we are the first study to present a general approach for assessing the efficacy of demand-side interventions. As an exemplary case, we apply our theoretical framework in the context of marine fisheries and uncover significant heterogeneity in the potential effectiveness of demand-side interventions. Our experimental results indicate that the introduction of a novel cellular seafood alternative can translate to a 12.5% biomass increase, on average, for one iconic species: bluefin tuna. These results can help illuminate and guide the increasing practice of using demand-side conservation interventions to tackle some of society's greatest environmental challenges.


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