Rhona Barr
Research student
Rhona's PhD looks into the possible role that payments for environmental services could play in rural coastal marine conservation and development, and the feasibility of applying this economic tool to marine settings. Her studies have focused on various fishing communities of the Mtwara region, southern Tanzania.
Background
Rhona has an MSc in Environmental Economics & Policy from Imperial College London and a BSc in Zoology from the University of Edinburgh.
Before joining the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), she worked with sustainable tourism programs for both JCU in Australia and ZSL in Mozambique.
More recently, Rhona has consulted for the World Bank and the UNDP.
Research interests
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Economic incentives for sustainable resource use;
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Social capital and resource conservation;
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Sustainable financing of marine conservation.
Policy articles
2010
Barr, R., Fankhauser, S., and Hamilton, K. February 2010. The allocation of adaptation funding. Policy paper, Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, Leeds and London, UK. Download PDF of article| (982KB)
Research articles
2011
Barr, R.F., Di Falco, S., and Mourato, S. Income diversification, social capital and their potential role in uptake of marine Payments for Environmental Services schemes: a study from a Tanzanian fishing community. Working paper, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London, UK. Download PDF of article| (0.97MB)
2010
Barr, R., S. Fankhauser, and K. Hamilton. December 2010. Adaptation investments: a resource allocation framework. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, v.15, pp.843-858. External link to full article|
2009
Barr, R.F, and Mourato, S. November 2009. Investigating the potential for marine resource protection through environmental service markets: an exploratory study from La Paz, Mexico. Ocean & Coastal Management; v.52, pp.568-577. External link to full article|