Summary
Paula Holland manages the Natural Resource Economics and Governance programme at the Applied Geoscience and Technology Division of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). As well as overseeing and conducting economic analyses such as cost benefit analyses, economic valuations and costings, she conducts capacity building work in natural resource economics and designs projects and proposals. Paula has been a natural resource economist for over 20 years and has experience in applying economic analysis to a variety of sectors including fisheries, waste management, natural hazards, climate change adaptation and conservation. She has conducted research in the economic dimensions of natural resource policy in the Pacific, Australia and northern Europe, in national, international and academic institutions. She has a Master of Science in Rural Resources and Environmental Policy (Imperial College) and an Honours degree in Economics and Geography specialising in resource economics.