Jeremy De Valck

Jeremy De Valck
  • PhD Env. Economics, MSc NRM, MSc Bioeng. Forestry
  • Senior Researcher at Central Queensland University

Research Theme Leader - Regional and Rural Economies, Centre for Regional Economies and Supply Chains (CRESC)

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Introduction
I am an environmental economist, with a background in forestry and geomatic engineering. I work at the interface between economics, natural resource management and geographic information systems. I use non-market valuation techniques to study environmental assets, ecosystem services and biodiversity. I study the influence of spatial effects on stated preferences and conduct numerous research projects related to food, water, agriculture, and environmental impacts in the Great Barrier Reef region.
Current institution
Central Queensland University
Current position
  • Senior Researcher
Additional affiliations
April 2016 - April 2019
Central Queensland University
Position
  • PostDoc Position
Description
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CQU; Research areas: Water quality economics in the Great Barrier Reef catchments, QLD, Australia. Agricultural and Resource Economics; Environmental Policy / Natural Resource Management; Economic Modelling and Statistical Analysis; Ecosystem Services Management
April 2019 - December 2023
Central Queensland University
Position
  • Researcher
Description
  • Research Fellow, CQU; Research areas: Environmental and Resource Economics; Natural Resource Management; Applied Economics; GIS; Ecosystem Services; Water quality in the Great Barrier Reef
March 2016 - June 2016
Griffith University
Position
  • Tutor in Ecological Economics (casual)
Description
  • Ecological economics tools; Sustainable management of natural resources; Strategic economic, social, urban and industry policies for sustainability. I assumed the tutorial sessions at the Gold Coast Campus and assisted Dr. Peter Daniels (course convenor).
Education
March 2011 - December 2015
KU Leuven
Field of study
  • Environmental Economics
September 2007 - September 2008
Cranfield University
Field of study
  • Land Management
September 2006 - September 2008
University of Liège - Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Field of study
  • Bioengineering

Publications

Publications (53)
Technical Report
A field manual for marine protected area recreational user knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) surveys. In Field Manuals for Marine Sampling to Monitor Australian Waters, Version 3. Przeslawski R, Foster S (Eds). National Environmental Science Programme (NESP)
Technical Report
User guide and description of data sets to understand the flow of value from ecosystems to commercial fishers from the extraction of non edible marine biomass.
Technical Report
Description and user guide of data sets from the Sustainable usE And Benefits fOR MariNE (SEABORNE) Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Project, for the Great Barrier Reef.
Technical Report
Description and user guide of data sets from the Sustainable usE And Benefits fOR MariNE (SEABORNE) Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Project, for the Great Barrier Reef.
Technical Report
Description and user guide for data and derived data to understand the flow of value from ecosystems to households through recreational fishing. summarises data sets and data used to derive total consumer surplus in the spatial focus areas of Cairns (CAPOM) and southern reef (KCB).
Technical Report
The Sustainable usE And Benefits fOR mariNE (SEABORNE) project is one of three human dimensions projects funded by RIMReP following a 2020 assessment of monitoring priorities and gaps (Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, 2021) . The objective of the SEABORNE project is to improve understanding about who is using the Great Barrier Reef (GBR; t...
Technical Report
Full technical report can be accessed via GHHP's webpage: https://www.ghhp.org.au/technical-report
Technical Report
The broad purpose of this literature review is to assess the main approaches for valuing the user benefits of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), compare the methodologies underpinning the approaches, and to recommend a particular framework, or adapt several frameworks, to serve as an approach for understanding the attributes of existing data sets and de...
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What gets measured gets managed is an axiom common to the business world that also applies to the management of environmental assets and processes. But what is the most adequate way to measure ecosystem value to optimise ecosystem management? In this paper, we unpack three valuation frameworks often applied in understanding ecosystem services and t...
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This paper describes the methods used to produce accounts for the recreational value of Natura 2000 areas in Flanders, Belgium. First, a biophysical account of recreation supply and demand is compiled and mapped. Demand is based on data for green visits per year per inhabitant and covers both recreation and nature-based tourism. It distinguishes lo...
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This research explores if the greenhouse emissions associated with meat production are particularly important to Australian consumers relative to a number of other factors. As well as price and quality aspects, we tested the interest in greenhouse issues relative to other credence goods relating to environmental, health and animal welfare aspects o...
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Reducing nutrient runoff from sugarcane production into the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) has become a major policy focus for the Queensland and Australian Governments. This study explores consumer willingness to pay (WTP) to achieve higher environmental standards for sugar originating from the GBR catchments, through the use of a GBR‐safe ecolabel. A B...
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Coastal and marine resources often require to be valued to assess management options and encourage sustainable policy-making. While numerous non-market valuation techniques are available, the complexity of biodiversity makes applications challenging. Typically, a small number of proxy assets (e.g. coral reefs) are used to represent more complex nat...
Technical Report
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The full technical report can be accessed directly via GHHP's webpage: https://www.ghhp.org.au/technical-report File URL: https://www.ghhp.org.au/_files/ugd/5c25a1_162c0c14a1954a77a8b4280d89062438.pdf
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Purpose In 2020, mechanisms to limit the chain of transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Australia led to widespread restrictions on population mobility and business operations. Such conditions provide a natural experiment that may help to provide insights into consumer behaviour and future trends in food consumption. The overall ob...
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Assessing the economic value of improved protection of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is important to demonstrate the consequences of loss and to evaluate the public benefits of programs to reduce pressures and address degradation. However, those values are not easy to measure, in part because of the diversity and complexity of the GBR, and because t...
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Report cards are increasingly popular tools communicating the condition of coastal and riverine environments to environmental managers, stakeholders and the public, and synthesising complex data drawn from a range of indicators. Mud crabs have not previously been included in ecosystem health report cards in Australia or elsewhere but have been sugg...
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The Bowen Basin in Central Queensland is one of the most active coal mining regions in Australia. Coal mining is highly lucrative and a major contributor to the Australian economy. However, that industry is also responsible for many social and environmental impacts, including air and water pollution, soil erosion, destruction of biodiversity, healt...
Technical Report
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The 2020 Gladstone Harbour Report Card reports on the environmental health of 13 reporting zones in and around Gladstone Harbour and the overall Environmental, Social, Cultural and Economic health of the harbour. This report card covers environmental monitoring undertaken in the period 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020 and environmental, social, cultural...
Technical Report
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This technical report is the fifth annual report card of the Gladstone Healthy Harbour Partnership (GHHP). The 2019 Gladstone Harbour Report Card contains the results calculated using 33 indicators derived from 108 different measures within the four components of harbour health: Environment, Economic, Social, and Cultural. For further details visit...
Presentation
Invited speaker. Seminar of the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science (CBCS), University of Queensland, Brisbane. The whole presentation can be viewed on Youtube using the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaXtTI-Pzp4.
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This paper reports on a case study of the community group Zero Emissions Noosa, whose goal is for 100% renewable electricity in the Noosa Shire (Queensland, Australia) by 2026. Described within this paper are the processes used by Zero Emissions Noosa to set up their zero emissions plan, involving community engagement and the use of an external con...
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Traditionally, Queensland economic development has strongly relied on coal mining. This resulted in a high concentration of coal mines near the Great Barrier Reef, UNESCO World Heritage area. A key challenge in the area has become to sustain economic growth while minimising environmental disturbance. However, new coal mining leases keep being grant...
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In Queensland, Australia, an Economic Impact Assessment (EcIA) is an important part of the approval process for major projects. Majority of EcIAs are conducted under a presumption that the projects are bringing positive values to the economy only on the basis of additional royalties, output, employment and income. EcIA does not usually provide deta...
Technical Report
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The 2018 Gladstone Harbour Report Card reports on the environmental health of 13 reporting zones in and around Gladstone Harbour and the overall environmental, social, cultural and economic health of the harbour. This report card covers monitoring undertaken in the period 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.
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Urban environments provide opportunities for greater resource efficiency and the fostering of urban ecosystems. Brownfield areas are a typical example of underused land resource. Brownfield redevelopment projects that include green infrastructure allow for further ecosystems to be accommodated in urban environments. Green infrastructure also delive...
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The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is a World-known, iconic environmental asset whose complex functioning is largely ascribed to its outstanding biodiversity, ranging from genes to plants, animals and entire ecosystems. Biodiversity has been key to its resilience over the past millennia. However, the combined effects of climate change, water quality degr...
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This paper reviews the progress made over the past few years in evaluating and controlling for spatial heterogeneity in stated preference valuation, focussing on applications to environmental valuation. Spatial heterogeneity can strongly impact value estimates, so failure to account for it can compromise their validity and reliability. Incorporatin...
Technical Report
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Building on the 2016 report card, the Gladstone Harbour Report Card 2017 has been informed by 99 measures of the four components of harbour health: environmental, social, cultural and economic. This report card is based on data collected during the period from July 2016 to June 2017. As GHHP continues to expand and refine its monitoring programs, a...
Conference Paper
Going through some of the prominent findings of the past decades in controlling for spatial heterogeneity in stated preference valuation. Some of the remaining unsolved issues and potential avenues for future research are also discussed.
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Guest Lecture, University of Queensland - School of Economics, invited by Dr. Peggy Schrobback (course convenor)
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The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is in critical danger due to various stressors, mostly originating from human activity. Water quality degradation, associated with increased loads of nutrients, sediments and pesticides from agriculture, is one of the greatest threats to the GBR. To reduce the amount of pollutants entering the GBR, improved management p...
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The 2016 Gladstone Harbour Report Card reports on the environmental health of 13 reporting zones in and around Gladstone Harbour and the overall environmental, social, cultural and economic health of the harbour. This report card covers monitoring undertaken in the period 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016. The report can be downloaded using the following...
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This paper investigates the effect of nearby nature substitute sites on preferences for nature restoration. Contrary to prior studies, we use a respondent-centric approach to control for substitute sites. We assess each respondent-specific spatial context by computing densities of nature substitute sites within various ranges from each respondent’s...
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This paper investigates one specific cultural ecosystem service: outdoor recreation. We present a method to map the collective preferences for outdoor recreation and to identify the substitutability among nature sites in the context of the province of Antwerp, Belgium. We propose an indicator of substitutability among nature areas, contrasting uniq...
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This paper investigates one specific cultural ecosystem service: outdoor recreation. We present a methodology to map the collective social value of outdoor recreation and identify the substitutability among nature sites within a specific spatial context. This methodology is applied to the province of Antwerp, Belgium. We propose an indicator of sub...
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This paper investigates the effect of nearby nature substitutes on preferences for nature restoration. Previous studies have generally approached the substitution question by looking into competing destinations. We evaluate substitutes from the respondent’s viewpoint. We use a contextual approach relying on densities of nature substitutes within va...
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Increasing urbanisation has a drastic effect on the value of nature. The expanding phenomenon of outdoor recreation is having important impacts on landscape policies. The interface between nature and man-modified areas is, however, poorly understood. In Flanders (Belgium), outdoor recreation in nature is becoming a popular activity in peri-urban ar...
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To ensure the long-term survival of its most valuable and threatened habitats, the European Union (EU) is committing its Member States to develop a network of protected areas. Flanders (northern Belgium) is a highly urbanised region, where natural environments are scarce. Policy-makers are converting existing forest plantations (mostly former conif...
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Nature is under threat. As a consequence, nature restoration projects are increasingly drawing interest. Considering the large costs of such initiatives, policy-makers need to target projects that meet people’s preferences. While landscape preferences are generally positively correlated with ecological preferences, this relationship is far from bei...
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Several nature restoration projects that convert coniferous forest into heathland or broadleaved forest are implemented with the aim of increasing biodiversity. While landscape preferences are generally positively correlated with ecological preferences, this relation is not always simple and direct. The complexity of this relationship is among othe...
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Nature areas can make their surroundings more pleasant. This positive externality can be referred to as an amenity value. The amenity value of a specific nature area, e.g. forest, for a person living nearby is expected to depend amongst other factors on the presence of substitutes, e.g. other forests or other nature areas close by. The direction of...

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So far all the GBR maps I found contained unprojected features and only used 'WGS84' or 'Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994' datum-based references. This is not really a problem for display but it becomes a problem for distances and areas calculations.
thanks in advance!

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