Program for Research on the Economics of Invasive Species Management
Review and Workshop

ERS Waugh Auditorium,
Washington, DC

Thursday, August 19, 2004, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
and
Friday, August 20, 2004, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

ERS and the Farm Foundation are co-sponsoring a review of the research projects funded by the ERS Program on the Economics of Invasive Species Management (PREISM). The objective of the workshop is to review the progress and/or preliminary results of each 2003 PREISM grant or cooperative agreement. PREISM awardees and cooperators will make brief presentations and a discussant will comment on each paper presented. Dr. Charles Perrings from the University of York (UK) will be the keynote speaker. The review and workshop will bring together academic researchers as well as representatives from a variety of Federal agencies concerned with various economic aspects of preventing, monitoring and managing invasive species. The workshop is free, but advance registration is required.

Thursday, August 19, 2004

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. — Registration/refreshments

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. — Moderator
Utpal Vasavada, Resource Economics Division, ERS

Welcome to ERS
Neilson Conklin, Market and Trade Economics Division, ERS

Welcome to the Workshop
Walter J. Armbruster, Farm Foundation

Keynote Speech - Globalization and Invasive Species: Economic Insights from Theoretical Ecology
Charles Perrings, Univ. of York

10:00 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. — Break

10:20 a.m. - 12:00 noon — Presenters—Policy/Impacts
Moderator: George Frisvold, Univ. of AZ

Colin Carter, UC-Davis — Biology and Economics of Invasive Species: Spatial and Temporal Interactions

Nick Piggott, NC State — Feasibility of Indemnifications and Checkoff-Funded Programs To Manage Invasive Species Risks in Agriculture

Lars Olson, Univ. of MD — Randomly Introduced Biological Invasions: The Economics of Prevention and Control

Discussants: Ramanan Laxminarayan, Resources for the Future; Clare Narrod, ORACBA/USDA

12:00 noon - 12:50 p.m. — Lunch

12:50 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.— Presenters—Policy/Impacts
Moderator: Lynn Garrett, APHIS/USDA

Lisa Wainger, Univ. of MD — Comparing Cost, Risk, and Benefit Tradeoffs Under Uncertainty: Cheatgrass Case Study

Everett Peterson, VA Tech — Design of Systems Approaches to Invasive Pest Management

Michael Thomas, Florida A&M — Assurance Bonds as a Tool To Manage Risks Associated With Intentional Releases of Exotic Species

Gary Thompson, Univ. of AZ — Estimating Supply, Demand, Import, and Export Elasticities for Horticultural Crops

Discussants: Rachael Goodhue, UC-Davis and Chris Klocek, APHIS/USDA

3:20 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. — Presenters/Modeling
Moderator: Ann Seitzinger, APHIS/USDA

Rick Horan, Michigan State — Economics of Managing Infectious Wildlife Disease When Livestock Are at Risk

Brooks Kaiser, Gettysburg College; Jim Roumasset, Univ of HI — Intergrating Prevention and Control of Invasive Species: Lessons from Hawaii

Jason Shogren, Univ. of WY — Intergrating Economics and Biology for Bioeconomic Risk Assessment/Management of Invasive Species in Agriculture

Discussants: Andrew Solow, Woods Hole; Steve Ott, APHIS/USDA

6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. — Reception

Friday, August 20, 2004

8:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m. — Refreshments

8:20 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. — Presenters-Trade
Moderator: Linda Langner, USFS/USDA

Albert Acquaye and Hyunok Lee, UC-Davis — Commodity Programs, Distorted Markets, and Economic Consequences of Invasive Species Policies

Thomas Wahl, Washington State — Tradeoffs and Resource Allocation Effects for Alternative Invasive Species Management Policies

Joseph Buongiorno, Univ. of WI — Modeling the Effects of Invasive Species on the International Trade of Forest Products

Chris Costello, UC-Santa Barbara — Controlling Exotic Species Introductions: Trade-Related Policies and Exposure

Discussants: Tom Holmes, USFS/USDA; Cal Turvey, Rutgers Univ.

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. — Break

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon — Wrapup Panel
Moderator: Kitty Smith, Resource Economics Division, ERS
Speakers: George Frisvold, Univ. of AZ
Bill Wallace, PPD, APHIS/USDA
Charles Perrings, Univ of York
David Orden, IFPRI

Register to attend workshop.

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