Biography

Dr. Romy Greiner is currently working as Director and Principal Investigator at River Consulting Pty Ltd, Townsville QLD, and Adjunct Professor at James Cook University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Agricultural Sciences from University of Hohenheim, Germany in 1992. His professional experience includes, worked as Associate Lecturer at University of Hohenheim, Post-doctoral Research Fellow at University of New England, Armidale, Senior Economist at Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Canberra, Ecological Economist at CSIRO, and Professor of Tropical Livelihoods at Charles Darwin University (CDU), Darwin NT. He is having 20 years research experience. He is professional member & fellow of different societies such as Honorary Member, Savannah Guides, Fellow, Australian Rural Leadership Foundation, Fellow, Association of the Australian Fellows of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, member of International Society of Ecological Economists, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Australian Market and Social Research Society, and Professionals Australia. He is also serving as reviewer in number of journals. He supervised 1 PhD student and 2 Masters students as primary supervisor, 3 PhD students currently in his supervision. He has published (49) articles in journals (48) research reports, (11) chapters in book, (34) referred proceedings and (26) not referred proceedings.

Area of Interest:

Economics

100%

Biodiversity Conservation

62%

Renewable Energy

90%

Environmental Research

75%

Choice Modelling

55%

Research Publications in Numbers

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Selected Publications

Greiner, R., 2015. Factors influencing farmer's participation in contractual biodiversity conservation: A choice experiment with northern Australian pastoralists. Aust. J. Agric. Resour. Econ., 58: 1-21.
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Greiner, R., M. Bliemer and J. Ballweg, 2014. Design considerations of a choice experiment to estimate likely participation by north Australian pastoralists in contractual biodiversity conservation. J. Choice Model., 10: 34-45.
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Greiner, R., J. Puig, C. Huchery, N. Collier and S.T. Garnett, 2014. Scenario modelling to support industry strategic planning and decision making. Environ. Model. Software, 55: 120-131.
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Greiner, R., 2014. Environmental duty of care: From ethical principle towards a code of practice for the grazing industry in Queensland (Australia). J. Agric. Environ. Ethics, 27: 527-547.
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Greiner, R., 2014. Applicability of market-based instruments for safeguarding water quality in coastal waterways: Case study for Darwin Harbour, Australia. J. Hydrol., 509: 1-12.
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Greiner, R. and A. Wegner, 2014. Industry leadership in tourist guiding: A member's perspective of SGL using the organisational learning framework. Asia-Pac. J. Innov. Hospitality Tourism, 3: 61-73.
Greiner, R., D.C. Franklin and D. Gregg, 2013. Towards an improved understanding of angler tourism in northern Australia. Fish. Manage. Ecol., 20: 161-173.
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Greiner, R., 2013. The social dimensions of market-based instruments: Introduction. Land Use Policy, 31: 1-3.
Greiner, R. and O. Stanley, 2013. More than money for conservation: Exploring social co-benefits from PES schemes. Land Use Policy, 31: 4-10.
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Rolfe, J., R. Greiner, J. Windle and A. Ahailu, 2011. Testing for allocation efficiencies in water quality tenders across catchments, industries and pollutants: A north Queensland case study. Aust. J. Agric. Resour. Econ., 55: 518-536.
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Puig, C.J., R. Greiner, C. Huchery, I. Perkins, L. Bowen, S.T. Garnett and N. Collier, 2011. Beyond cattle: Potential futures of the pastoral industry in the Northern Territory. Rangeland J., 33: 181-194.
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Greiner, R. and D. Gregg, 2011. Farmer's intrinsic motivations, barriers to the adoption of conservation practices and effectiveness of policy instruments: Empirical evidence from northern Australia. Land Use Policy, 28: 257-265.
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Greiner, R., 2010. The Contribution of Payments for Environmental Services to Regional Economies. In: North Australian Political Economy, Gerritsen, R. (Ed.). CDU Press, Darwin, pp: 162-179.
Greiner, R., 2010. Payments for Environmental Services (PES): Contribution to Indigenous Livelihoods. In: Environmental Economics and Investment Assessment III, Aravossis, K. and C.A. Brebbia (Eds.). WIT Press, Boston, ISBN: 9781845644369, pp: 163-174.
Greiner, R., 2010. Improving the net benefits from tourism for people living in remote northern Australia. Sustainability, 2: 2197-2218.
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Greiner, R. and D. Gregg, 2010. Considering recreational catch and harvest in fisheries management at the bio-regional scale. Fish. Manage. Ecol., 17: 336-345.
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Greiner, R., L. Patterson and O. Miller, 2009. Motivations, risk perceptions and adoption of conservation practices by farmers. Agric. Syst., 99: 86-104.
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Greiner, R., I. Gordon and C. Cocklin, 2009. Ecosystem services from tropical savannas: Economic opportunities through payments for environmental services. Rangeland J., 31: 51-59.
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Greiner, R. and O. Miller, 2008. Reducing Diffuse Water Pollution by Tailoring Incentives to Region Specific Requirements: Empirical Study for the Burdekin River Basin (Australia). In: Environmental Economics and Investment Assessment II, Aravossis, K., C.A. Brebbia and H. Gomez (Eds.). WIT Press, Ashurst, ISBN: 9781845641122, pp: 31-42.
Greiner, R. and A. Lankester, 2007. Supporting on-farm biodiversity conservation through debt-for-conservation swaps: Concept and critique. Land Use Policy, 24: 458-471.
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Stoeckl, N., R. Greiner and C. Mayocchi, 2006. The community impacts of different types of visitors: An empirical investigation of tourism in North-west Queensland. Tourism Manage., 27: 97-112.
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Smajgl, A., R. Greiner and C. Mayocchi, 2006. Estimating the implications of water reform for irrigators in a sugar growing region. Environ. Model. Software, 21: 1360-1367.
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Larson, S., A. Herr and R. Greiner, 2006. Human wellbeing and natural environments: An indigenous perspective. Int. J. Environ. Cultural Econ. Social Sustainability, 2: 39-50.
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Hall, N., S. Yongvanit, R. Last, A. Yuvanijama, Y. Anuluxtipun, W. Milne-Home and R. Greiner, 2006. Changing Land use and Salinity in Northeast Thailand. In: Change and Development in Sotheast Asia in an Era of Globalisation, Goh, K.C. and S. Yongvanit (Eds.). Pearson-Prentice Hall, Singapore, pp: 292-301.
Dyack, B. and R. Greiner, 2006. Natural Resource Management and Indigenous Well-Being. In: Aboriginal Policy Research Volume III-Moving Forward, Making a Difference, White, J.P., S. Wingert, D. Beavon and P. Maxim (Eds.). Thompson Educational Publishing, Toronto, pp: 239-262.
Vella, K.J., R.J. Williams, D.H. Walker, A. Smajgl, M. Kirschbaum and R. Greiner, 2005. Viewpoint: Social and economic dimensions of involving savanna communities in carbon management systems. Aust. J. Bot., 53: 741-747.
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Greiner, R., A. Herr, J. Brodie and D. Haynes, 2005. A multi-criteria approach to Great Barrier Reef catchment (Queensland, Australia) diffuse-source pollution problem. Mar. Pollut. Bull., 51: 128-137.
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Herr, A., R. Greiner and N. Stoeckl, 2004. Understanding adoption of on-farm conservation practices in the Burdekin Dry Tropics, Queensland. Aust. J. Environ. Manage., 11: 278-288.
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Hall, N., R. Greiner and S. Yongvanit, 2004. Adapting modelling systems for salinity management of farms and catchments in Australia and Thailand. Math. Comput. Simul., 64: 319-327.
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Greiner, R., 2004. Systems framework for regional-scale integrated modelling and assessment. Math. Comput. Simul., 64: 41-51.
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Greiner, R. and J. Rolfe, 2004. Estimating consumer surplus and elasticity of demand of tourist visitation to a region in North Queensland using contingent valuation. Tourism Econ., 10: 317-328.
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Greiner, R. and O. Cacho, 2001. On the efficient use of a catchment's land and water resources: dryland salinization in Australia. Ecol. Econ., 38: 441-458.
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Cacho, O., R. Greiner and L. Fulloon, 2001. An economic analysis of farm forestry as a means of controlling dryland salinity. Aust. J. Agric. Resour. Econ., 45: 233-256.
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