Decentralized approaches to natural resource management: Key challenges and implications for policy design
02 Jul 2025 - Nicolas Quérou, Center for Environmental Economics - Montpellier | 10h00 | Hybrid Seminar
CASUAL SEMINAR IN BIODIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION
This Open Lecture will explore key challenges and considerations in adopting decentralized approaches to natural resource management, with a particular emphasis on the economics of managing mobile public bads (such as vector-borne diseases). The presentation will begin by outlining the conceptual and methodological distinctions between centralized and decentralized management frameworks. It will then examine the economic incentives encountered by different stakeholders under decentralized governance. Finally, the discussion will address the implications of these dynamics for the design and implementation of effective policy instruments. Illustrative examples, including anecdotal evidence and insights from a recent publication will be used to ground the discussion in real-world contexts.
Nicolas Quérou is a CNRS senior scientist affiliated with the Center for Environmental Economics - Montpellier (CEE-M) since 2011. His main research interests are public economics, environmental and natural resource economics, and behavioral economics. One of his main research topics focuses on issues of common-pool natural resource management, with a specific interest for renewable natural resources (groundwater, fisheries, invasive species). He uses approaches relying on social-ecological systems modeling and thus collaborates with researchers from different backgrounds (agro-ecology, marine biology, psychology).
[Host: Joana Vicente, Invasion Science - InvasionS]
Zoom Link: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/91344250357
Zoom Link: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/91344250357
Supported by the project EcoInvasionS, funded under the ERO joint call, an initiative supported by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (Grant Agreement No. 857251).