Courtney Regan

Dr Courtney Regan

School of Accounting and Finance

College of Business and Law

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Dr Courtney Regan is an agricultural and resource economist and is currently a post-doctoral research fellow at UniSA Business and is a member of the Centre for Markets Values and Inclusion.
Courtney's research is concerned with land use sustainability and options for building a financially viable future for primary producers faced with changing climate, new markets for ecosystems services and rapidly evolving technologies. Courtney's research largely examines the economics of land-use and land-use change in agricultural landscapes with a focus on tree crops for biomass production and carbon sequestration, while accounting for the effect multiple interacting risks and uncertainties have on economic decisions. More recently, Courtney has been working with the commercial forestry industry in the Green Triangle region on a range of projects examining optimal economic actions under a range of resource constraints in that industry such as water and the availability of land for plantation expansion.
Courtney has completed projects for national and international organisations including The Goyder Institue, The Pew Charitable Trust and the European Union. He is currently working on projects funded by the National Institute for Forest Products Innovation (NIFPI) and the Green Triangle Forest Industry Hub examining the economics of forest biosecurity surveillance systems for exotic forest pests detection and opportunities for the commercial forestry sector to participate in the Emissions Reduction Fund.

Year Citation
2024 Luo, L., Gao, Y., Regan, C. M., Summers, D. M., Connor, J. D., O'Hehir, J., . . . Chow, C. W. K. (2024). Emissions offset incentives, carbon storage and profit optimization for Australian timber plantations. Forest Policy and Economics, 159(139814), 1-12.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2024 Regan, C. M., Connor, J. D., Summers, D. M., Mackay, W., & Gao, Y. (2024). Can Australian plantation forest carbon offset methods increase carbon storage and timber supply? A case study from the Green Triangle plantation forestry region in Australia. Journal of Environmental Management, 370(122632), 14 pages.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2023 Regan, C. M., Connor, J. D., & Iftekhar, M. S. (2023). An economic assessment of options for operating within plantation forestry water entitlements and tightening cap and trade policy. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 67(2), 303-322.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2022 Connor, J. D., Summers, D., Regan, C., Abbott, H., Van Der Linden, L., & Frizenschaf, J. (2022). Sensitivity analysis in economic evaluation of payments for water and carbon ecosystem services. Ecosystem Services, 54(101416), 13 pages.
DOI Scopus10 WoS7
2021 Summers, D., Regan, C., Settre, C., Connor, J., O'Connor, P., Abbott, H., . . . Cavagnaro, T. R. (2021). Current carbon prices don't stack up to much land use change, despite bundled ecosystem service co-benefits. Glob Chang Biol, 27(12), 2744-2762.
DOI Scopus12 WoS11 Europe PMC2
2021 Luo, L., O'Hehir, J., Regan, C. M., Meng, L., Connor, J. D., & Chow, C. W. K. (2021). An integrated strategic and tactical optimization model for forest supply chain planning. Forest Policy and Economics, 131(102571), 1-12.
DOI Scopus17 WoS15
2020 Regan, C. M., Connor, J. D., Summers, D. M., Settre, C., O'Connor, P. J., & Cavagnaro, T. R. (2020). The influence of crediting and permanence periods on Australian forest-based carbon offset supply. Land Use Policy, 97(104800), 1-9.
DOI Scopus28 WoS22
2020 Vidyaratne, H., Vij, A., & Regan, C. M. (2020). A socio-economic exploration of landholder motivations to participate in afforestation programs in the Republic of Ireland: the role of irreversibility, inheritance and bequest value. Land Use Policy, 99(104987), 1-8.
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2017 Regan, C., Connor, J., Raja Segaran, R., Meyer, W., Bryan, B., & Ostendorf, B. (2017). Climate change and the economics of biomass energy feedstocks in semi-arid agricultural landscapes: a spatially explicit real options analysis. Journal of Environmental Management, 192, 171-183.
DOI Scopus30 WoS27 Europe PMC3
2015 Regan, C. M., Bryan, B. A., Connor, J. D., Meyer, W. S., Ostendorf, B., Zhu, Z., & Bao, C. (2015). Real options analysis for land use management: Methods, application, and implications for policy. Journal of Environmental Management, 161, 144-152.
DOI Scopus69 WoS65 Europe PMC11

Year Citation
2022 Regan, C. M., & Connor, J. (2022). Unlocking opportunities for plantation forestry expansion in the Green Triangle: the role of the Emissions Reduction Fund. Australia: Green Triangle Forest Industries Hub.
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2022 Cooper, B., Crase, L., Regan, C., Wheeler, S., & Simmons, C. T. (2022). High-level assessment of a water rating system for South Australian water sources. Australia: Goyder Institute for Water Research.
2019 Summers, D. M., Regan, C., Connor, J., O'Connor, P., Lowe, A., & Cavagnaro, T. (2019). Assessing South Australian carbon offset supply and policy for co-beneficial offsets: Pollination service supply in lucerne seed production. Australia: Goyder Institute for Water Research.
2019 Settre, C., Cavagnaro, T. R., & Regan, C. (2019). Assessing South Australian carbon offset supply and policy for co-beneficial offsets: technical estimation of carbon Supply. Australia: Goyder Institute for Water Research.
2019 Connor, J., Summers, D., Regan, C., Abbott, H., Frizenschaf, J., & van der Linden, L. (2019). The economics of riparian plantings for carbon and water quality benefit in the Mount Lofty Ranges. Australia: Goyder Institute for Water Research.
2019 Summers, D. M., Regan, C., Connor, J., & Cavagnaro, T. (2019). Assessing South Australian carbon offset supply and policy for co-beneficial offsets: shelter belts for lamb mortality reduction. Australia: Goyder Institute for Water Research.
2019 Connor, J. D., Regan, C., Nicol, T., Van Bueren, M., Quiggin, J., Kingsford, R., . . . Allen, L. (2019). Environmental, cultural and social capital as a core asset for the Martuwarra (Fitzroy River) and its people. Australia: University of South Australia.
2019 Regan, C. M., Connor, J. D., Settre, C., Summers, D. M., & Cavagnaro, T. (2019). Assessing South Australian carbon offset supply and cost. Australia: Goyder Institute.
2018 Regan, C., & Connor, J. D. (2018). Economic methods for assessing carbon offset supply cost. Australia: Goyder Institute.
2017 Regan, C. M., Connor, J. D., Banerjee, R., & Onur, I. (2017). Evolutionary economics for policy development for South Australia: report for the South Australian Department for State Development. University of South Australia.

  • TiME 2.7.3: Mining Sector Natural Capital Accounting System: BHP Olympic Dam Case Study, CRC for Transformations in Mining Economies, 31/10/2022 - 29/02/2024

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