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2007 AERE Workshop - Announcement
Valuation and Incentives for Ecosystem Services
Mystic, Connecticut
June 7-9, 2007
The next AERE Workshop will be held on June 7 - 9, 2007 at the Hilton Mystic Hotel in Mystic, Connecticut, with convenient access to the Hartford, Connecticut and Providence, Rhode Island airports. The topic is "Valuation and Incentives for Ecosystem Services." This year the Workshop will focus both on methods and applications that evaluate the services provided by nature and on incentives and institutions that modify behavior and lead to enhanced provision of amenities including biodiversity, carbon sequestration, preservation of wildlife, etc. The papers address diverse resource management and environmental policy problems and apply a variety of theoretical, experimental, econometric, and numerical methods.
The Hilton Mystic offers leisure and business travelers modern elegance amidst the rich traditions of colonial Mystic. Area attractions include Mystic Seaport (the country's leading maritime museum with the largest collections of boats and nautical photography in the world), Mystic Aquarium, and the picturesque Olde Mystic Village, a replicated 1720 New England town. The Mystic area is alive with the historic charm of maritime New England
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The Workshop will start with a reception on Thursday evening, June 7, at the Hilton Hotel, and will conclude at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, June 9. The registration fee is $200 ($150 for students), which includes copies of all Workshop papers, the reception on Thursday evening, continental breakfast and lunch on both Workshop days, and dinner on Friday evening, June 8, at Abbott’s Lobster in the Rough in nearby Noank, Connecticut.
We are extremely grateful for the support provided by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service.
The Mystic Hilton
Special arrangements for workshop participants have been made with The Mystic Hilton, 20 Coogan Boulevard, Mystic, Connecticut 06355. Call 1-860-572-0731 and press 1 for reservations-group name is AERE Workshop. A block of rooms will be held until 5pm on May 17th for Thursday and Friday nights at a special rate of $119 for singles or doubles. There are also a few rooms available at that rate for those arriving three days earlier or staying three days later. Call early since space is limited-first come-first served. Visit www.hiltonmystic.com for more information about the hotel.
Registration and Questions
Register using the accompanying form. Mail or fax the registration form, with payment by check or credit card. On-line registration is also available at: www.aere.org. Register early, because space is limited, and the registration fee goes up after May 15. Registration forms should be sent to: AERE Office - AERE Workshop, 555 E Wells Street, Suite 1100, Milwaukee, WI 53202 or fax it to 414-276-3349.
2007 AERE Workshop Committee
- Chair: David Zilberman, University of California, Berkeley
- Gardner Brown, University of Washington
- Michael Greenstone, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- John Charbonneau, U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service
- Norman Meade, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
- Ann Wolverton, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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