Professor Luca Tacconi
Areas of expertise
- Environment Policy 160507
- Public Policy 160510
- Natural Resource Management 050209
Biography
Luca Tacconi is Professor in environmental governance at the Crawford School of Public Policy.
His research focuses on the economic, political, and social factors that drive environmental change – resulting in loss of biodiversity and climate change – and their implications for rural livelihoods and poverty. He is conducting research on environmental governance, social and economic aspects of deforestation and climate change, payments for environmental services, and research methods for environmental management.
He has worked on research and development activities funded by the Australian Research Council, the Australian Center for International Agricultural Research, the Australian Agency for International Development, the Department for International Development (UK), the European Commission, The World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme, the United States Agency for International Development, the Government of Japan, the South Pacific Regional Environmental Program. He has also collaborated with government and non-government organizations such as the Ministry of Forestry of Indonesia, the Ministry of Forestry of Vanuatu, The Nature Conservancy, Transparency International, and the World Wide Fund for Nature.Prior to his appointment to the ANU, he was senior scientist at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) in Indonesia.
Available student projects
Prospective PhD students should apply through the portal https://crawford.anu.edu.au/study/graduate-degrees/phd-programs
Publications
- Resosudarmo, I.A.P, Tacconi, L, Sloan, S et al 2019, 'Indonesia's land reform: Implications for local livelihoods and climate change [IN PRESS]', Forest Policy and Economics, vol. Online.
- Tacconi, L 2018, 'Indonesia's NDC bodes ill for the Paris Agreement', Nature Climate Change, vol. 8, pp. 1pp.
- Tacconi, L, Cerutti, P, Lescuyer, G et al 2017, Social impacts of the forest stewardship council certification: assessment in the Congo Basin.
- Tacconi, L 2017, 'Strengthening policy research and development through foreign aid: the case of reducing deforestation and forest degradation in Indonesia', Australian Forestry, vol. 80, no. 3, pp. 188-194.
- Wijedasa, L, Jauhiainen, J, Kononen, M et al 2017, 'Denial of long-term issues with agriculture on tropical peatlands will have devastating consequences', Global Change Biology, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 977-982pp..
- Aisbett, E, Doupé, P, & Tacconi, L 2017, 'Dynamic adjustment and the specification of empirical economic models of deforestation', Environment and Development Economics, pp. 1-20.
- Meehan, F & Tacconi, L 2017, 'A framework to assess the impacts of corruption on forests and prioritize responses', Land Use Policy, vol. 60, pp. 113-122.
- Milne, S, Milne, M, Nurfatriani, F et al 2016, 'How is global climate policy interpreted on the ground? Insights from the analysis of local discourses about forest management and REDD plus in Indonesia', Ecology and Society, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 6-6.
- Tacconi, L 2016, 'COMMENTARY: Preventing fires and haze in Southeast Asia', Nature Climate Change, vol. 6, no. 7, pp. 640-643.
- Irawan, S & Tacconi, L 2016, Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers, Forest Conservation and Climate Change, Edward Elgar Publishing Inc., Cheltenham and Northampton.
- Tacconi, L 2016, 'The Role of Firms in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emission from Deforestation', in Jeffrey Bennett (ed.), Protecting the Environment Privately, World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, Singapore, pp. 295-312.
- McGregor, A, Challies, E, Howson, P et al 2015, 'Beyond carbon, more than forest? REDD plus governmentality in Indonesia', Environment and Planning A, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 138-155.
- Irawan, S, Tacconi, L & Ring, I 2014, 'Designing intergovernmental fiscal transfers for conservation: The case of REDD plus revenue distribution to local governments in Indonesia', Land Use Policy, vol. 36, pp. 47-59.
- Cacho, O, Milne, S, Gonzalez, R et al 2014, 'Benefits and costs of deforestation by smallholders: Implications for forest conservation and climate policy', Ecological Economics, vol. 107, pp. 321-332.
- Meehan, F & Tacconi, L 2013, 'Corruption, Deforestation and Environmental Injustice: The Case of Indonesia', in K. Druffel (ed.), Looking Within: Finding an Environmental Justice and Global Citizenship Lens, Inter-Disciplinary Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 157-172.
- Tacconi, L, Mahanty, S & Suich, H 2013, 'The livelihood impacts of payments for environmental services and implications for REDD+', Society and Natural Resources, vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 733-744. doi: 10.1080/08941920.2012.724151
- Tacconi, L 2011, 'Palatable forest conservation', Nature Climate Change, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 143-144.
- Irawan, S, Tacconi, L & Ring, I 2013, 'Stakeholders' incentives for land-use change and REDD plus : The case of Indonesia', Ecological Economics, vol. 87, pp. 75-83.
- Cerutti, P, Tacconi, L, Lescuyer, G et al 2013, 'Cameroon's Hidden Harvest: Commercial Chainsaw Logging, Corruption, and Livelihoods', Society and Natural Resources, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 539-553.
- Mahanty, S, Tacconi, L & Suich, H 2013, 'Access and benefits in payments for environmental services and implications for REDD+: lessons from seven PES schemes', Land Use Policy, 31, pp. 38-47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.10.009
- Tacconi, L 2012, 'Redefining payments for environmental services', Ecological Economics, vol. 73, pp. 29-36.
- Boulay, A, Tacconi, L & Kanowski, P 2012, 'Drivers of adoption of eucalypt tree farming by smallholders in Thailand', Agroforestry Systems, vol. 84, no. 2, pp. 179-189.
- Boulay, A & Tacconi, L 2012, 'The drivers of contract eucalypt farming in Thailand', International Forestry Review, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 1-12.
- Boulay, A, Tacconi, L & Kanowski, P 2013, 'Financial Performance of Contract Tree Farming for Smallholders: The Case of Contract Eucalypt Tree Farming in Thailand', Small-scale Forestry, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 165-180.
- Tacconi, L 2011, 'Developing environmental governance research: The example of forest cover change studies', Environmental Conservation, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 234-246.
- Cerutti, P, Tacconi, L, Nasi, R et al 2010, 'Legal vs. certified timber: Preliminary impacts of forest certification in Cameroon', Forestry Policy and Economics, vol. 13, no 3, pp. 184-190.
- McCarthy, S., Tacconi, L 2011, 'The political economy of tropical deforestation: Assessing models and motives', Environmental Politics, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 115-132.
- Tacconi, L 2010, 'Linking policies to implement REDD+: decentralization, payments for environmental services and illegality', Food and Agricultural Organization International conference-forum 2010, Roger Bouttard, Rome.
- Cerutti, P, Lescuyer, G, Assembe-mvondo, S et al 2010, 'The challenges of redistributing forest-related monetary benefits to local governments: A decade of logging area fees in Cameroon', International Forestry Review, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 130-138.
- Tacconi, L, Mahanty, S & Suich, H 2010, 'Forests, payments for environmental services and livelihoods', in Luca Tacconi, Sango Mahanty, Helen Suich (eds.), Payments for environmental services, forest conservation and climate change. Livelihoods in the REDD?, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 1-25.
- Tacconi, L, Mahanty, S & Suich, H 2010, 'PES schemes impacts on livelihoods and implications for REDD activities', in Luca Tacconi, Sango Mahanty, Helen Suich (eds.), Payments for environmental services, forest conservation and climate change. Livelihoods in the REDD?, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 244-260.
- Tacconi, L, Mahanty, S & Suich, H, (eds.) 2010, Payments for environmental services, forest conservation and climate change. Livelihoods in the REDD?, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.
- Tacconi, L, Meehan, F & Larmour, E 2009, 'Anti-corruption policies in the forest sector and REDD+', in Arild Angelsen (ed.), Realising REDD+: National Strategy and Policy Options, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Denmark, pp. 163-175.
- Tacconi, L 2009, 'Compensated successful efforts for avoided deforestation vs compensated reductions', Ecological Economics, vol. 68, no. 8-9, pp. 2469-2472.
- Irawan, S & Tacconi, L 2009, 'Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) and decentralized forest management', International Forestry Review, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 427-438.
- Tacconi, L, Mahanty, S & Suich, H 2009, 'Assessing the livelihood impacts of payments for environmental services: implications for avoided deforestation', World Forests Congress (WFC 2009), ed. Conference Program Committee, World Forests Congress, Buenos Aires Argentina.
- Tacconi, L, Jotzo, F & Grafton, R 2008, 'Local causes, regional co-operation and global financing for environmental problems: the case of Southeast Asian Haze pollution', International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 1-16.
- Cerutti, P, Nasi, R & Tacconi, L 2008, 'Sustainable forest management in Cameroon needs more than approved forest management plans', Ecology and Society, vol. 13, no. 2, p. 36.
- Cerutti, P & Tacconi, L 2008, 'Forests, illegality and livelihoods: the case of Cameroon', Society and Natural Resources, vol. 21, no. 9, pp. 845-853.
- Tacconi, L, ed., 2007, Illegal Logging: Law Enforcement, Livelihoods and the Timber Trade, Earthscan Publications Ltd, London.
- Tacconi, L 2007, 'The Problem of Illegal Logging', in Luca Tacconi (ed.), Illegal Logging: Law Enforcement, Livelihoods and the Timber Trade, Earthscan Publications Ltd, London, pp. 1-17.
- Tacconi, L 2007, 'Verification and Certification of Forest Products and Illegal Logging in Indonesia', in Luca Tacconi (ed.), Illegal Logging: Law Enforcement, Livelihoods and the Timber Trade, Earthscan Publications Ltd, London, pp. 251-275.
- Tacconi, L 2007, 'Illegal Logging and the future of the forest', in Luca Tacconi (ed.), Illegal Logging: Law Enforcement, Livelihoods and the Timber Trade, Earthscan Publications Ltd, London, pp. 275-291.
- Tacconi, L 2007, 'Decentralization, Forests and Livelihoods: Theory and Narrative', Global Environmental Change - Human and Policy Dimensions, vol. 17, no. 3-4, pp. 338-348.
- Tacconi, L, Moore, P & Kaimowitz, D 2006, 'Fires in Tropical Forests - What is Really the Problem? Lessons from Indonesia', Mitigation and adaptation strategies for global change, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 55-66.
- Tacconi, L & Vayda, A 2006, 'Slash and Burn and Fires in Indonesia: A comment', Ecological Economics, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 1-4.
- Tacconi, L, Colchester, M, Boscolo, M et al 2006, Justice in the Forest: Rural Livelihoods and Forest Law Enforcement, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor Indonesia.
- Tacconi, L & Ruchiat, Y 2006, 'Livelihoods, fire and policy in Eastern Indonesia', Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 67-81.
- Tacconi, L, Obidzinski, K & Agung, F 2004, Learning Lessons to Promote Forest Certification and Control Illegal Logging in Indonesia, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor.
- Tacconi, L, Obidzinski, K, Smith, J et al 2004, 'Can 'legalization' of illegal forest activities reduce illegal logging? Lessons from East Kalimantan', Journal of Sustainable Forestry, vol. 19, no. 1-3, pp. 137-151.
- Tacconi, L, Applegate, G & Suyanto, S 2002, 'Community Based Fire Management. Land Tenure, and Conflict: Insights from Sumatra', Comunities in Flames: An International Conference on Community Involvement in Fire Management, ed. P Moore, D Ganz, L Cheng Tan, P B Durst, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, p. 5.
- Tacconi, L & Fryer, A 2000, 'Australian Aid to the Forestry Sector', International Forestry Review, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 165-166.
- Tacconi, L, ed., 2000, Biodiversity, Earthscan Publications Ltd, UK.
- Tacconi, L 2000, 'Scientific Methodology', in L., Tacconi (ed.), Biodiversity and Ecological Economics: Participation, Values, and Resource Management, Earthscan Publications Ltd, UK, pp. 23-37.
- Tacconi, L 2000, 'Paradigms and Environmental Decision-Making', in L., Tacconi (ed.), Biodiversity and Ecological Economics: Participation, Values, and Resource Management, Earthscan Publications Ltd, UK, pp. 42-58.
- Tacconi, L 2000, 'Policy, Institutions, Values and Biodiversity in Vanuatu', in L., Tacconi (ed.), Biodiversity and Ecological Economics: Participation, Values, and Resource Management, Earthscan Publications Ltd, UK, pp. 162-177.
- Tacconi, L 2000, 'Economics, Intergenerational Equity and Biodiversity Conservation', in L., Tacconi (ed.), Biodiversity and Ecological Economics: Participation, Values, and Resource Management, Earthscan Publications Ltd, UK, pp. 61-77.
- Tacconi, L 2000, 'Economics, Land Use Planning and Participation', in L., Tacconi (ed.), Biodiversity and Ecological Economics: Participation, Values, and Resource Management, Earthscan Publications Ltd, UK, pp. 77-96.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Improving community fire management and peatland restoration in Indonesia (Primary Investigator)
