applying a public policy lens to environmental decision making
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Applying a public policy lens to environmental decision making
Megan C EvansPhD Candidate
Australian National University
[email protected] @megcevans
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Environmental decisions and public policy
• Decisions for whom, and by whom?
• Public policy:“The interaction of values, interests and resources, guided through institutions and mediated through politics” (Davis et al 1993)
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Policy goal
Policy delivery
Policy “rules”
Formal aim and policy intent
How policy is interpreted &
received
How people respond
Are we getting the outcomes we
expect?
“No net loss of biodiversity”
On-ground delivery
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Biodiversity offset policy• Substantial work on developing offset metrics
(Gibbons et al. 2015; Miller et al. 2015)
– EPBC Act Environmental Offsets Policy
• How does this translate to policy implementation?
• How do we know if the policy “works”?
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CEED-CSIRO workshop: January 2015, ANU
Economist
Policymaker/NGO
Economist
Broker
Lawyer
NGO
Industry
Conservation scientist
Lawyer
Me
Lawyer
Political scientist Ecologist
Editorial in Decision Point, August 2015: “Offsetting in the context of policy”
Policymaker
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Using a policy lens to get better environmental outcomes
• Understand the policy system – the “players” and the “rules”
• Identify leverage points for policy improvement (Dovers & Hussey 2013)