Economic Geography

?Stagnation? Made Brazil?s Environment Chief Resign (New York Times)

16 May 2008

Marina Silva, the environmental minister who resigned this week, acknowledged that governors in Amazon states were pressing the president to rescind measures intended to check deforestation.

Examining regional economic conditions (UB Reporter)

15 May 2008

Traditional methods of interpreting regional economic conditions, such as employment data, paint a useful but incomplete picture of economic change in the 21st century, according to the Regional Institute’s latest Policy Brief, “Grasping the New Economy.�

Albert Pollard gives a lesson in geography and crab management (The Journal Press)

15 May 2008

As the full impact of recent restrictions on the Blue Crab Fishery come into light, it is worth explaining how geography and the lifecycle of the blue crab have made management more difficult.