How do they match: Environmental Economists

  • Resource Economist
  • Research Economist
  • Environment and Natural Resources Economics Researcher
  • Marine Resource Economist
  • Natural Resource Economist
  • Natural Resource Specialist

  • Conduct economic analysis related to environmental protection and use of the natural environment, such as water, air, land, and renewable energy resources. Evaluate and quantify benefits, costs, incentives, and impacts of alternative options using economic principles and statistical techniques.

  • Assess the costs and benefits of various activities, policies, or regulations that affect the environment or natural resource stocks.
  • Conduct research on economic and environmental topics, such as alternative fuel use, public and private land use, soil conservation, air and water pollution control, and endangered species protection.
  • Conduct research to study the relationships among environmental problems and patterns of economic production and consumption.
  • Develop environmental research project plans, including information on budgets, goals, deliverables, timelines, and resource requirements.
  • Examine the exhaustibility of natural resources or the long-term costs of environmental rehabilitation.
  • Write research proposals and grant applications to obtain private or public funding for environmental and economic studies.
  • Write social, legal, or economic impact statements to inform decision makers for natural resource policies, standards, or programs.

  • Research environmental impact of industrial or development activities.
  • Research impacts of environmental conservation initiatives.
  • Communicate results of environmental research.
  • Develop environmental research methods.
  • Interpret research or operational data.
  • Plan environmental research.