Natural resource economist · What it does
Three tasks it takes off your hands
- Develops economic models and scenarios to predict future outcomes.
- Collects and analyses data to compare environmental implications.
- Assesses costs and benefits of activities affecting the environment.
Where these come from
The tasks of “Environmental Economists” (O*NET 19-3011.01), as O*NET lists them:
- Develop economic models, forecasts, or scenarios to predict future economic and environmental outcomes.
- Collect and analyze data to compare the environmental implications of economic policy or practice alternatives.
- Assess the costs and benefits of various activities, policies, or regulations that affect the environment or natural resource stocks.
