The Socio-economics team works to integrate social science principles with the ecological and biological sciences to achieve habitat conservation goals. Two advisory reports to NOAA from natural resource and environmental economists help guide development of this program. These reports were the subject of a workshop in Long Beach, CA in 2003.

"Revealing the Value of Habitat" Workshop - Proceedings and Presentations

• Proceedings
• Daniel D. Huppert, Ph.D, Univ. of Washington
• Daniel Sulzer, Regional Economist, US ACE
• Douglas Lipton, Ph.D, Univ. of Maryland
• Jim Boyd, Ph.D, Resources for the Future

Advisory Reports

• A Role for Economics in NOAA Fisheries Habitat Conservation Activities
• Habitat Benefit Assessment & Decision Making: A Report to the National Marine Fisheries Service by Resources for the Future

Other Resources

• Stated Choice Methods

Socio-economics is currently focused on two developmental projects: a realistic accounting method for mitigating unavoidable habitat impacts and a cooperative habitat protection program.