James N. Sanchirico

Short bio

Professional appointments

Professor

Dept. of Env. Science and Policy

University of California, Davis

Nonresident fellow

Resources for the Future

Washington DC 20036

Research Associate

Motu Economic and Public Policy

Wellington, New Zealand

Contact information

UC Davis

Env. Science and Policy

Wickson Hall office 2102

Phone: 530-754-9883

Email: jsanchirico at ucdavis.edu

Mail address:

UC Davis

Env. Science and Policy

Wickson Hall

1 Shields Ave

Davis, CA 95616

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Non-technical articles on research projects (click on picture)

Census of Marine Life

Ecosystem services

Coral-reef conservation

Land-vote referenda

Mangrove-fishery linkage

Ecosystem-based fishery management

Individual fishing quota

My research applies quantitative methods to study the design and evaluation of policy instruments for the conservation of natural resources.

Topics I work on include: the management of marine populations and habitats, land-use, biodiversity conservation, invasive species management, provision of ecosystem services, and the design of market based policies, such as individual fishing quota systems.
Tools I employ include: optimal control theory, differential equations, constrained optimization, household surveys, spatial statistics, and time series and cross-sectional econometric techniques.

Current research projects:

Design and analysis of catch share programs
Bioeconomic analysis of Steller Sea Lion conservation
Coral-reef and mangrove forest management
Optimal spatial-dynamic management of a rangeland
Sustainable provision of multiple ecosystem services
Social, Economic, and Ecological Dynamics of Invasive Spartina in San Francisco Bay

Sample of recent publications:

Sanchirico, J.N. and M. Springborn. How to get there from here: Ecological and economic dynamics of ecosystem service provision. Environmental and Resource Economics. 2010: 1-25.
Sanchirico, J.N. Valuing the Oil Spill's Effects on Nature. RFF Weekly Policy Commentary. February 2012.
Kellner, J., J.N. Sanchirico, A. Hastings, and P.J. Mumby. Optimizing for multiple species and multiple values: Tradeoffs inherent in ecosystem-based fisheries management. Conservation Letters. 2010. no. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00132.x.
Sanchirico, J.N., J.E. Wilen, and C. Coleman. 2010. Optimal Rebuilding of a Metapopulation. American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
H S Banzhaf, W E Oates, J N Sanchirico. Selection and Design of Local Referenda for Land Conservation. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 2010. 29(4):769-798.
Smith, M., J. Lynham, J.N. Sanchirico, J. Wilson. 2010. The political economy of marine reserves: Understanding the role of opportunity costs. Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences (PNAS). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0907365107.
Holland, D., J.N. Sanchirico, R. Johnston and D. Kopklar. Economic Analysis for Ecosystem Based Management: Applications to Marine and Coastal Environments. Resources for the Future Press. Approx. 250 pages. February 2010. http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=102257

Professional activities:

Member, NOAA Science Advisory Board
Member, NOAA Ecosystem Science and Management Working Group
Member, Scientific Advisory Comm., Marine Ecosystem Services (MARES) Program at Forest Trends
Member, Scientific Advisory Comm., John Muir Institute for the Environment, UC Davis
Member, Scientific Advisory Comm., Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation's Marine Conservation Initiative
Member, Executive Comm., Graduate Group in Ecology, UC Davis
Editorial council, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
Editorial council, Ecology Letters

Teaching

ARE 254 . Dynamic Analysis. Offered every year in fall quarter.
ESP 001. Environmental Analysis. Offered every year in Fall quarter.
ECL 298. Ecology, Economics, and Policy Seminar Series. Offered in spring 2010, 2011.
ESP 198. Ocean and Coastal Policy. Offered for first time in spring 2010 (every other year thereafter)

Previous UC Davis courses include:

Ecology 290 (Fall 2007), Ecosystem Services
Ecology 290 (Spring 2007), Bioeconomic Analysis
ECL 290 (Fall 2008), Quantitative Assessment of Marine Reserve Creation (with Alan Hastings and Julie Kellner).

Previous courses include:

Georgetown University (2005-2007): Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (Econ 275).
Invited lecturer, Ph.D. Course in Environmental and Resource Economics - Multispecies Fisheries Management and Marine Reserves, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway, May 29 - June 2, 2006.

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Resource Economics and Policy Lab (REPO)

I am currently accepting one to two graduate students per year through either the graduate group in ecology, or the graduate group in applied math, or the graduate program in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

When inquiring about graduate school, please include in your email a short description of your academic and professional background (including economic and ecology classes), your academic interests, and a couple of sentences on why you are interested in attending graduate school and being part of my lab.

Please note that a solid background in mathematics and/or statistics is required.

Current members in the lab:

Susana Cardenas, Ph. D student in GGE, (also member of Mark Schwartz's Lab), Conservation Management fellow, Integrated Ecology Area of Emphasis
Angela Doerr, Ph. D student in GGE, Conservation Management fellow, Human Ecology and Environmental Policy Area of Emphasis.
Santiago Bucaram, Ph. D. student in Agricultural and Resource Economics.
Kate Fuller, Ph. D student in Agricultural and Resource Economics.
David Kling, Ph. D student in Agricultural and Resource Economics.
Kailin Kroetz, Ph. D. student in Agricultural and Resource Economics.

Lab alum:

Julie Kellner, Post-doc (2008-2009), Julie worked on the optimal management of a coral-reef food web (Funded by an EPA STAR grant). She is currently an assistant scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Current student projects:

David Kling, Bioeconomic analysis of Steller Sea Lion conservation. Funded by NOAA.
Kailin Kroetz, Economic analysis of Halibut and Sablefish ITQ programs. Funded by NOAA.
Kailin Kroetz, Land Conservation: How well are bottom up approaches doing in conserving important lands?

Outputs from previous student projects:

David Kling, An Adaptation Portfolio for the United States Coastal and Marine Environment. Funded by Resources for the Future.
Kailin Kroetz, Economic Insights into the Costs of Design Restrictions in ITQ Programs. Funded by Environmental Defense Fund.

Landscapes by Jean Sanchirico (my sister)