Veronique’s research explores the economics of prescribed burning and which fire regime is best for which area. She will be developing an economic model of prescribed burning that will subsequently analyse the cost and benefits of different fire management options and the economic value of species conservation and biodiversity.
This analysis will incorporate biological information related to bushfires and fire regimes such as how the flora and fauna respond to different prescribed burning regimes, how the biota is affected by the spatial and temporal arrangement of fires and the effects of prescribed burning on reducing bushfire risk. This information will then be integrated into an economic framework which will appraise bushfire impacts on communities, the environment and the economy.
