Luca Tacconi

BEc (Siena), MCom (UMelb), PhD (UNSW)

Associate Professor, Program Director Environmental Management and Development,
Crawford School of Economics and Government

Luca Tacconi is Associate Professor in environmental governance and Director of the Environmental Management and Development Program at the Crawford School of Economics and Government.

His research focuses on the economic, political, and social factors that drive environmental change – resulting in loss of biodiversity and climate change – and their implications for rural livelihoods and poverty. He is conducting research on environmental governance, social and economic aspects of deforestation and climate change, payments for environmental services, and research methods for environmental management.

He has worked on research and development activities funded by the Australian Research Council, the Australian Center for International Agricultural Research, the Australian Agency for International Development, the Department for International Development (UK), the European Commission, The World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme, the United States Agency for International Development, the Government of Japan, the South Pacific Regional Environmental Program. He has also collaborated with government and non-government organizations such as the Ministry of Forestry of Indonesia, the Ministry of Forestry of Vanuatu, The Nature Conservancy, Transparency International, and the World Wide Fund for Nature.

Prior to his appointment to the ANU, he was senior scientist at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) in Indonesia.

Current research projects include:

A global analysis of the relationship between payments for environmental services and livelihoods
The governance and economic implications of avoided deforestation activities
- Project Summary
- Seminar on ‘Challenges to the national implementation of REDD’
Governance and Economic Incentives for Reducing the Contribution of Tropical Deforestation to Climate Change

Current PHD Students

A/Prof Tacconi does not currently take on more PhD students
Prospective PhD students should apply through the portal <<here>>

Selected Publications

Refereed Journal Articles:

Tacconi, L. (2009). Compensated successful efforts for avoided deforestation vs compensated reductions. Ecological Economics, 68(8-9): 2469-2472.
Cerutti, P., R. Nasi, L. Tacconi (2008). Sustainable forest management in Cameroon needs more than approved forest management plans. Ecology and Society, 13(2): 36. [online]
Cerutti, P., L. Tacconi (2008). Forests, illegality and livelihoods: the case of Cameroon. Society & Natural Resources, 21(9): 845-853.
Tacconi, L., F. Jotzo, R.Q. Grafton (2008). Local causes, regional co-operation and global financing for environmental problems: the case of Southeast Asian Haze pollution. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 8(1):1-16.
Tacconi, L. (2007). Decentralization, forests and livelihoods: theory and narrative. Global Environmental Change, 17(3-4): 338-348.
Tacconi, L., P.F. Moore, D. Kaimowitz (2006). Fires in tropical forests – what is really the problem? Lessons from Indonesia. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change Journal, 12(1): 55-66.
Tacconi, L., A.P. Vayda (2006). Shifting cultivation and fires in Indonesia: A comment. Ecological Economics, 56(1): 1-4.
Tacconi, L. and Y. Ruchiat (2006). Livelihoods, fire, and policy in Eastern Indonesia. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 27: 67-81.
Tacconi, L., K. Obidzinski, J. Smith, Subarudi, I. Suramenggala (2004). Can ‘legalization’ of illegal forest activities reduce illegal logging? Lessons from East Kalimantan. Journal of Sustainable Forestry, 19(1/2/3): 137-151.
Fryer, J. and Tacconi, L. (2000). Australian aid to the forestry sector. International Forestry Review, 2(3): 165-166.
Tacconi, L. (1998). Scientific methodology for ecological economics. Ecological Economics, 27(1): 91-105.
Tacconi, L. (1997). An ecological economic approach to forest and biodiversity conservation in Vanuatu. World Development, 25(12): 1995-2008.
Tacconi, L. (1997). Property rights and participatory biodiversity conservation: lessons from Malekula Island, Vanuatu. Land Use Policy, 14(2): 151-161.
Tacconi, L. (1995). Rethinking the economic analysis of forests: theory and practice. Forest Ecology and Management, 73(1-3): 229-238.
Tacconi, L., and J. Bennett (1995). Economic implications of intergenerational equity for biodiversity conservation. Ecological Economics, 12(3): 209-223.
Tacconi, L., and J. Bennett (1995). Biodiversity conservation: the process of economic assessment and establishment of a protected area in Vanuatu. Development and Change, 26(1): 89-110.
Tacconi, L. and C. Tisdell (1992). Rural development projects in LDCs: appraisal, participation and sustainability. Public Administration & Development, 12(3): 267-278.

Books:

Tacconi, L. ed. (2007). Illegal Logging: Law Enforcement, Livelihoods and the Timber Trade. Earthscan Publications, London.
Tacconi, L. (2000). Biodiversity and Ecological Economics: Participation, Values, and Resource Management. Earthscan Publications, London.

Teaching

Contact Details

Telephone:	+61 (0)2 6125 7554
Fax:	+61 (0)2 6125 8448
Email:	luca.tacconi@anu.edu.au
Mailing address:	Crawford School of Economics and Government The Australian National University Canberra 0200 ACT Australia

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