Emeritus Professor Oscar Cacho

Biography

Oscar started his professional life as a marine biologist and later branched into economics. His research interests centre on the application of economics and biology (bioeconomics) to tackle problems of sustainability in agriculture and natural resources. His recent work has been in three major areas: (1) the role of carbon markets to address climate change; (2) the economics of biosecurity to protect native ecosystems; and (3) modelling and management of agricultural systems for sustainable production.

Oscar has been a member of a Technical Advisory Group on Control of Invasive Species in the Galapagos Islands and a visiting expert at the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome. He has applied his interdisciplinary expertise to address a variety of problems in nature conservation, fisheries, aquaculture, grazing systems, invasive species management, climate policy and sustainable agriculture both in Australia and internationally.