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President Correspondence
November 17th, 2006 , in EAERE Newsletter, Autumn 2006
Dear Colleagues,The Third World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, which took place in Kyoto in early July, was a great success both scientifically and socially. I would like to thank the scientific organizing committee, the local organizing committee, as well as all the other colleagues involved in the organization, for such a productive Congress. A total of around 600 papers were presented and a high percentage of them were authored or co-authored by members of EAERE, which shows the active involvement of our members in the ongoing evolution and development of Environmental and Resource Economics.
During the Kyoto Congress we held a Board meeting, as well as the General Assembly of the Association. Details about the decisions that were taken are available on our web site (http://www.eaere.org/agm.html). Some of the most important points include the presentation and installation of the EAERE Council 2006-2007, a discussion on the role of EAERE Country Representatives, updating on the EAERE legal seat, the report of Ian Bateman on the Journal Environmental and Resource Economics, information on future EAERE events (annual conferences and summer schools), and financial issues.
The major upcoming events for 2007 are the EAERE annual conference which will be held in Thessaloniki in late June and the Summer School which will be held in Venice in early July. Some preliminary information about the Thessaloniki conference can be found in a short piece on pages 9-10 written by the local organizer, Eftichios Sartzetakis. The co-chairs of the scientific committee, Eftichios Sarzetakis and Aart de Zeeuw, along with Monica Eberle from the EAERE secretariat, are working hard to ensure that we will have another great conference.
The Summer School, which is organized this year by Cees Withagen, will focus this time on Trade, Property Rights and Biodiversity, a very interesting and relevant topic. Applications are already open.
Following the terms of our contract with Springer, there was a revision in the price structure for the Journal Environmental and Resource Economics. The new price arrangements provide that the yearly subscription fee for EAERE members amount to € 80.00, and that those who will choose the EAERE membership bundled with ERE will be entitled to both the paper copy and the online access to the Journal’s electronic version. Our contract with Springer ends in May, 2008 and I think that it is probably time to start thinking about the new negotiations.
With the finalization of the new pricing policy we launched our campaign for new members and new institutional members. Details are available on pages 3-5. I would urge all colleagues to help attract new members, both individual and institutional, to the Association, since this is a very important factor in our success.
Next year is also an election year for the Association. We will be electing a new president whose term will start in 2010, and two new Board members whose terms will begin in January 2008. Details about the upcoming elections can be found on page 3.
The Board of the Association will have a meeting in Paris on February 23rd and 24th. Members of EAERE or other interested colleagues who wish to bring issues to the Board’s attention are welcome to communicate them to either me or Monica Eberle by sending an email to eaere@eaere.org.
In closing I would like to wish you all good health and personal and scientific success in the upcoming year. I also encourage you to start finalizing your papers for the Thessaloniki Congress.
Sincerely,
Anastasios Xepapadeas
EAERE President
Past Correspondence
