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Van A Lantz

Associate Professor

Van LantzTeaching

Courses

  • ECON3755. Environmental Economics I
  • ECON3766. Climate Change Economics
  • ECON5-6755. Environmental Economics II
  • FOR3101. Forest Economics
  • ENVS6003. Current Issues in Environmental Management

Supervision

  • Nader Mirebrahimi, MA, "Testing the EKC Hypothesis for Canadian C02 Emissions using Different Emissions Factors Over Time", 2010 - present.
  • Libby Johnston, MEM, "evaluation of PEI's Alternative Land-Use Services (ALUS) Program", 2010-present.
  • Toni Anderson, MScF, "Valuing Environmental Goods and Services Provided by Agricultural Producers", 2010-present.
  • Louis Price, MEM, Public Attitudes toward Fire Risk Reduction Policies in BC Forest-Dependent Communities Affected by Mountain Pine Beetle", 2010-present.
  • Thomas Ochoudho, PhD, “Distributional Economic Impacts of Forest Policy and Market Changes across Canadian Provinces”, 2006-present.
  • Wei-Yew Chang, PhD, “Socio-Economic Impacts of Forest Pest Management and Carbon Sequestration”, 2005-present.
  • Ryan Trenholm, MScF, “Valuing the Ecological Goods and Services Provided by Riparian Areas in a New Brunswick Watershed”, 2005-present.
  • Jeff Wilson, MScF, "A Benefit-Cost Analysis of the Protected Areas System in New Brunswick", 2004-present.

Research

Recent publications

  • Chang, Y., Lantz, V., and D. McLean (2011). Benefit-cost analysis of spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana Clem.) control: incorporating market and non-market values. Journal of Environmental Management (in press).
  • Lantz, V., Trenholm, R., Wilson, J. and W. Richards (2011). Assessing market and non-market costs of freshwater flooding due to climate change in the community of Fredericton, Eastern Canada. Climate Change (in press) DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0063-3.
  • Chang, Y., Lantz, V. and D. MacLean (2011). Social benefits of controlling pest infestations in two Canadian provinces: a contingent valuation approach. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 59(3), 383-404.
  • Wilson, J. Lantz, V. and D.A. MacLean (2010). A benefit-cost analysis of protected natural areas in New Brunswick, Canada. Forest Policy and Economics, 12(2): 94-103.
  • Slaney, G.L., Lantz, V. and D.A. MacLean (2010). Assessing costs and benefits of pest management on forested landbases in eastern and western Canada. Journal of Forest Economics 16(1): 19-34.
  • Slaney, G.L., Lantz, V. and D.A. MacLean (2009). The economics of carbon sequestration through pest management: application to forested landbases in New Brunswick and Saskatchewan, Canada. Forest Policy and Economics ii(7): 525-534.
  • Chang, Y., Lantz, V. and D.A. MacLean (2009). Public attitudes about forest pest outbreaks and control options: Case studies in two Canadian provinces. Forest Ecology and Management 257(4): 1333-1343.
  • Patriquin, M., Lantz, V., Stedman, R., and White, B. (2008). Working Together: A Reciprocal Wood Flow Arrangement to Mitigate the Economic Impacts of Natural Disturbance. Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research (in press).
  • Lantz, V., and R. Martínez-Espiñeira (2008). Testing the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis with bird populations as habitat-specific environmental indicators: evidence from Canada. Conservation Biology 22(2): 428-438.
  • Kennedy, M., Lantz, V., and MacLean, D. (2007). Forest and economic impacts of alternative management strategies on Crown land in New Brunswick. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37: 2624-2636.
  • Kennedy, M.; Beckley, T.; Lantz, V. (2007). Expanding socio-economic considerations in the management of New Brunswick’s Crown Land forests. Forestry Chronicle 83(5): 708-713.
  • McComb, G., Lantz, V., Rittmaster, R., and Nash, K. (2006). International Valuation Databases: Overview, Methods and Operational Issues. Ecological Economics 60(2): 461-472.
  • Lantz, V. and Q. Feng (2006). Income, population, and technology impacts on CO2 emissions in Canada: where’s the EKC? Ecological Economics 57(2): 229-238.

Selected Grants/Funding

  • "An assessment of PEI's Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) program". Linking Environment and Agriculture Research Network, Agriculture and Agr-food Canada, Ottawa, ON (2011-12).
  • "A collaborative research partnership for sustainable forest management", SSHRC Community - University Research Alliance Grant, Ottawa, ON (2010-15; Principle investigator is D. Floyd).
  • "Impacts of soil conservation BMPs on water quality in the Black Brook watershed, NB". Watershed Evaluation of Beneficial Management Practices program, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, Ottawa, ON (2009-13; Principle investigator is L. Chow).
  • "Ecological goods and services: clarifying property rights, assessing costs and benefits, and proposing incentive structures in watersheds across Canada", SSHRC Standard Research Grant, Ottawa, ON (2009-12; Co-investigators are T. Beckley and W. Haider).
  • "Costing climate impacts and adaptation: A Canadian study on the forest sector", Naional Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy, Government of Canada, Ottawa, On (2009-10; Principle investigator is MARBEK Inc.).
  • Valuing wetland ecosystem services in the Credit River Watershed, Ontario", Credit Valley Conservation, Mississauga, ON (2008-10; co-investigator is M. Kennedy).
  • Economics of Sustainable Forest Management". National Centre of Excellence, Sustainable Forest Management Network, Edmonton, Alberta (2006-09; Principle investigator is S. Kant, Univesity of Toronto).
  • “Valuing ecological goods and services produced by agricultural producers in PEI”, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, Ottawa, ON. (2007-09; Principle investigator is the PEI Wildlife Association).
  • "Role of pest management in sequestering carbon in the 2008-12 Kyoto commitment period: integration with CBM-CFS2 and economic analyses", National Centre of Excellence, Sustainable Forest Management Network , Edmonton, Alberta. (2004-07; Co-investigators were D. MacLean (UNB) and B. Cooke (CFS)).
  • “Private Woodlot provision of Public Goods”. Fundy Model Forest and Canadian Model Forest Network, Sussex, NB. (2005-07; Co-investigators are T. Beckley (UNB), S. Dalton (UNB), and G. Fox (UG)).

Work in progress

  • “Environmental Kuznets Curves for bird abundance in Canada: an examination of alternative regression models using panel data” (with R. Martínez-Espiñeira)
  • “Public attitudes toward forest pest management in New Brunswick and Saskatchewan” (with Y. Chang and D. MacLean)
  • “A benefit-cost analysis of New Brunswick’s protected natural areas” (with J. Wilson and D. MacLean)
  • “Valuing ecological goods and services: a benefit-cost analysis of riparian preservation in a New Brunswick watershed” (with R. Trenholm and R. Martínez-Espiñeira)
  • “Valuing climate change impacts on extreme weather events in Canadian communities: an application to flooding in the St. John River at Fredericton” (with R. Trenholm, J. Wilson, and W. Richards)
  • “Economy-wide impacts of potential spruce budworm outbreaks and control programs in New Brunswick: a dynamic computable general equilibrium model approach. (with Y. Chang and D. MacLean)

Service

  • Program Director, Bachelor of Science in Environment and Natural Resources, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, UNB.
  • Co-ordinator of the Environmental Studies Program, UNB.
  • Member, Budge Committee, Factuly of Forestry and Environmental Management, UNB.
  • Member, Graduate Studies Committee, Economics Department, UNB.
  • Executive Committee Member, APICS (Atlantic Provinces Council on the Sciences), UNB Representative for Environmental Studies Group.
  • Association memberships: ACEA, CEA, C-CIARN, AESN
  • Associate Editor, Forestry Chronicle.

Contact Information:

Van A. Lantz

Associate Professor
Office: 468 Singer Hall
           106-1 New Forestry Complex
Phone: (506) 458-7775