PETER MORRISON
Masters Candidate, Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University
STUDENT, THEME 3 & SYNTHESIS TEAM
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Peter Morrison has a Bachelors in biology from Stanford University, a PhD in ecology from the University of British Columbia, and a Masters in environmental economics from Carleton University. He recently retired from the Canadian federal public service and is now working to refresh his academic expertise. In the public service, he spent several years as a director with the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development (the “environmental watchdog” on the federal government), leading projects on topics including offshore oil and gas drilling, progress on meeting climate change goals, environmental monitoring, and green infrastructure. During this time, he did a secondment at Statistics Canada, where he helped develop a new set of Canadian environmental indicators. Prior to joining the public service, he taught at Trent University and worked with the consulting firms, RFI and ESSA Technologies. His long-term goal is to help develop tools and analysis that support better and practical management of biodiversity.
His current research interests include: -Combining ecological and economic perspectives, building on the strengths of each discipline. -Assessing how ecosystem services vary among different systems, and what lessons can be learned from the management experiences. He is particularly interested in cost-effective ways to monitor ecosystem services over time. -Examining how ecosystem services are generated, and how and to whom the benefits flow. He is particularly interested in the more abstract benefits, such as cultural benefits and protection of species at risk. |
EXPERTISE
Ecological economics, ecosystem services and disservices, conservation of biodiversity
Ecological economics, ecosystem services and disservices, conservation of biodiversity