Paola Ovando-Pol
+44 (0)1224395307
James Hutton Institute
Errol Road
Dundee
Scotland
DD2 5DA
Biography
Paola is an environmental economist whose research expertise and interest focus on economic valuation of ecosystem services and natural capital, and their integration into ecosystem accounting and economic decision analysis frameworks, and the development of integrated economic and environmental models to better understand land use and management decisions, and the trade-offs and synergies in the provision of private and public good and services involved.
Paola is currently a Macaulay Development Trust Fellow in Natural Capital, and developing the research on the integration of natural capital thinking into decision making, including the application of natural capital assessment frameworks to land-based business in Scotland, and the analysis of distributional issues regarding natural capital accounts.