Lal, Padma Narsey

Economics of coastal zone management in the Pacific

2011 Conner, Nicholas | Lal, Padma Narsey | Ram-Bidesi, Vina |
This publication synthesises a wide diversity of intofmration on economic pressures on the coastal sector, highlighting examples of impacts and providing a rationale for their responses, all from an economic perspective. It serves as an introduction to many aspects of coastal zone management as well as the various drivers and pressures to which coastal zones are exposed.

Integrating economics into resource and environmental management : some recent experiences in the Pacific

2011 Lal, Padma Narsey | Holland, Paula |

In 2009, IUCN-Oceania Regional Office in partnership with SOPAC and SPC established the Pacific Resource and Environmental Economics Network (PREEN). The PREEN was established in response to a need by the small but growing group of practitioners in the Pacific for a professional body to share information and access peer support to conduct natural resource and/or environmental economics in the region.

Economics of resource and environmental project management in the Pacific

2010 Lal, Padma Narsey | Holland, Paula |

This book addresses the economic component of ecologically sustainable development in the Pacific. It is primarily concerned with the role that conventional economic issues plays in the viability of natural resource and environmental projects in the Pacific. Key economic concepts, principles and topics covered in this book reflect issues that project managers are likely to encounter during the life cycle of a project.

Economic costs of the 2009 floods in the Fiji sugar belt and policy implications

2009 Khatri, Neehal | Lal, Padma Narsey | Rita, Rashmi |

The January 2009 floods in Fiji were reported as the worst in the history of the country since the 1931 floods. Many parts of the country were affected by a number of consecutive flood events that spread over several days. This study was undertaken to assess the economic costs of the recent floods on the sugar cane farmers, sugar cane production and household livelihoods, and cane access roads and farm drainage infrastructure.
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