D. Evan Mercer

Forestry Sciences Laboratory 3041 Cornwallis Rd. RTP, NC 27709 USA	image 18K	email: emercer`@`fs.fed.us voice: (919) 549-4095 fax: (919) 549-4047

EDUCATION

PhD, Natural Resource Economics: Duke University, Durham, NC. 1991

MS, Forest Ecology: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 1984

BS, Biology & BS, Zoology: University of Texas at Austin. 1980

Organization of Tropical Studies: Tropical Ecology. Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose. 1982

Marine Biological Laboratory: Marine Ecology. Wood's Hole, Massachusetts. 1979

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1992-present. Research Economist. Southern Research Station. U.S.D.A. Forest Service. Research Triangle Park, NC. Conduct research on forest resource economic and policy problems.

1994-present. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Resource Economics. School of the Environment Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

1994-present. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Forest Economics. College of Natural Resources. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.

1991-1992. Research Scientist. Center for Resource and Environmental Policy Research. Duke University. Conducted research studies to estimate the benefits accruable to tropical forest preservation in Madagascar.

1990-91. Economist. Center for Economics Research, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Performed economic analysis of natural resource and environmental policy problems.

1983-1986. Research Intern. Environment and Policy Institute, East-West Center, Honolulu.

CONSULTANCIES

1990. The World Bank. Policy, Planning, and Research Department. Analyzed fuelwood policies and programs and prepared policy recommendations for Bank fuelwood programs as part of the World Bank Forestry Policy Review for the 1990's.

1990. International Resources Group, Ltd. Washington, D.C. Developed methods for valuing the forest resources and costs of deforestation in Malawi.

1988-89. The World Bank. Household Energy Unit, Industry and Energy Department. Developed methodology for valuation of fuelwood for analyzing interfuel substitution policies for urban areas in developing countries.

1989. Winrock International. Wrote a chapter on the economics of agroforestry for the Winrock series on social forestry for less developed countries.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mexico 1994-96 Jamaica 1995-96 Honduras 1995 Philippines 1993-95;

Guatemala 1993; Madagascar 1991; Indonesia 1984; East-West Center 1983-86; Costa Rica 1982, 1988

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Associate Editor for Socio-economics. Agroforestry Systems. 1994-1997.

Member, U.S./Mexico Agroforestry Joint Working Group, Agreement for Cooperative Forestry Research between the Governments of the United States and Mexico. 1994

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Journals

Pattanayak, Subhrendu; Mercer, D. Evan. 1998. Valuing soil conservation benefits of agroforestry: contour hedgerows in the Eastern Visayas, Philippines. Agricultural Economics 18(1998): 31-46.

Holmes, Thomas; Alger, K.; Zinkhan, C.; Mercer, E. 1998. The effect of response time on conjoint analysis estimates of rainforest protection values. Journal of Forest Economics 4(1):7-28.

Mercer, E. and R.P. Miller. 1998. Socioeconomic research in agroforestry: progress, prospects, priorities. Agroforestry Systems 38:177-193.

Zinkhan, F.C.; Mercer, D.E. 1997. An assessment of agroforestry systems in the Southern USA. Agroforestry Systems. 35: 303-321.

Zinkhan, F.C., T.P. Holmes, and D.E. Mercer. 1997. Conjoint analysis: a preference -based approach for the accounting of multiple benefits in southern forest management. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 21(4):1-7.

Kramer, R.A. and D. E. Mercer. 1997. Valuing a global environmental good: US residents' willingness to pay to protect tropical rain forests. Land Economics 73(2): 196-210.

Mercer, E.; Kramer, R.; Sharma, N. 1995. Rain forest tourism: estimating the benefits of tourism development in a new national park in Madagascar. Journal of Forest Economics. 1(2):239-269.

Soussan, J., D.E. Mercer and P. O'Keefe. 1992. Fuelwood policies for the 1990's. Energy Policy 20(2):137-144.

Soussan, J., D.E. Mercer and P. O'Keefe. 1992. Finding local answers to fuelwood problems: a typological approach.Natural Resources Forum (May 1992):91-101.

Mercer, D.E. and L.S. Hamilton. 1984. Mangrove ecosystems: some economic and natural benefits. Nature and Resources 20:14-19.

Book Chapters

Kramer, R., D.E. Mercer, and N. Sharma. 1996. Valuing tropical rain forest protection using the contingent valuation method. In: Forestry, Economics and the Environment. W. Adamowicz, P.C. Boxall, M.K. Luckert, W.E. Philipps, and W.A. White. Oxon, United Kingdom: CAB International.

Mercer, D.E. and R. Kramer et al. 1994. Valuing a protected tropical forest: a case study in Madagascar. In: M. Munasinghe and J. McNeely (eds.), Protected Area Economics and Policy: Linking Conservation and Development. World Bank and IUCN: Washington, D.C. Pages 191-202.

Mercer, D.E. and J. Soussan. 1992. Fuelwood problems and solutions: policy options. In: N. Sharma and R. Rowe (eds), Managing the World's Forests: Looking for Balance Between Conservation and Development. Kendall/Hunt Publishing: Falls Church, VA. pp. 177-214.

Mercer, D.E. 1992. Economics of agroforestry. In: W. Burch and K. Parker (eds), Social Science Applications in Asian Agroforestry. Winrock International and South Asia Books, USA. pp. 111-144.

Mercer, D.E. and J. Kirchofer. 1986. Putting social and community forestry in perspective in the Asia-Pacific region. In: S. Fujisaka, P. Sajise, and R. del Castillo (editors), Man, Agriculture and Tropical Forests: Change and Development in the Philippine Uplands. Winrock International. Bangkok, Thailand. pp. 323-336.

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