College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Community Development and Applied Economics

Josh Farley

Professor

Joshua Farley is an ecological economist and Professor in Community Development & Applied Economics and Public Administration. He has previously served as program director at the School for Field Studies, Centre for Rainforest Studies, as Executive Director of the University of Maryland International Institute for Ecological Economics, and as adjunct faculty and licensed examiner at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill. He recently returned from a Fulbright fellowship in Brazil, where he served as visiting professor at the Federal Universities of Santa Catarina (UFSC) and Bahia (UFBA).

His research focuses on mechanisms for allocating resources under local control and national sovereignty that generate global public goods, developing transdisciplinary case study approaches to environmental problem solving as an educational tool, ecological restoration of rainforest ecosystems, economic globalization, and the valuation and finance of restoring natural capital.

He is co-author with Herman Daly of Ecological Economics, Principles and Applications, 2nd ed. Island Press (2010).

Publications

Academic Journal Articles

Farley, J. and R. Costanza (2010) Payments for Ecosystem Services: From the Local to the Global. Ecological Economics 69:2060-2068
Kemkes, R., J. Farley and C. Koliba (2010) Determining When Payments Are an Effective Policy Approach to Ecosystem Service Provision. Ecological Economics. 69: 2069-2074
Farley, J., A. Aquino, A. Daniels, A. Moulaert, D. Lee, and A. Krause (2010) Global Mechanisms for Sustaining and Enhancing PES Schemes. Ecological Economics. 69: 2075-2084
Reynolds, T. W., J. Farley, and C. Huber (2010) Investing in human and natural capital: An alternative paradigm for sustainable development in Awassa, Ethiopia. Ecological Economics. 69: 2140-2150
Kubiszewski, I., J. Farley and R. Costanza (2010). The production and allocation of information as a good that is enhanced with increased use. Ecological Economics. 69: 1344-1354
Farley, J., D. Batker, I. de la Torre and T. Hudspeth. (2010) Conserving Mangrove Ecosystems in the Philippines: transcending and institutional borders. Environmental Management. 45: 39-51
Farley, J. (2010). Conservation Through the Economics Lens. Environmental Management 45:26-38.
Aronson, J., J. N. Blignaut, R. S. de Groot, A. Clewell, P. P. Lowry Ii, P. Woodworth, R. M. Cowling, D. Renison, J. Farley, C. Fontaine, D. Tongway, S. Levy, S. J. Milton, O. Rangel, B. Debrincat, and C. Birkinshaw (2010) The road to sustainability must bridge three great divides. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1185:225-236.
Costanza, R. and J. Farley (2010) What Should Be Done With the Revenues From a Carbon-Cap-and-Auction System? Solutions, 1:1 online: http://www.thesolutionsjournal.com/node/429
Farley, J., D. Baker, D. Batker, C. Koliba, R. Matteson, R. Mills, and J. Pittman. 2007. Opening the policy window for paradigm shifts: Katrina as a focusing event. Ecological Economics 63:2-3, 344-354.
Farley, J., E. Gaddis, W. Rees, and K. VanDis. 2007. Our global footprint: managing global public goods. In J. Aronson, S. Milton, and J. Blignaut (eds.) Restoring Natural Capital: Science, Business, and Practice. Island Press: Washington, DC.

Books and Book Chapters

Daly, Herman and J. Farley (2010-August) Ecological Economics: Principles and Applications, 2nd Edition. Island Press: Washington, DC.
Farley, J. (2010) Ecological Economics. In R. Heinberg and D. Lerchv(eds.) The Post Carbon Reader - Managing the 21st Century's Sustainability Crises. On-line: http://www.postcarbon.org/reader
Pascual, U. and R. Muradian (coordinating lead authors), L. Brander, E. Gomez-Baggethun, B. Martin-Lopez, and M. Verma (lead authors), P. Armsworth, M. Christie, H. Cornelissen, F. Eppink, J. Farley, J. Loomis, L. Pearson, C. Perrings, S. Polasky (contributing authors) (2010) The economics of valuing ecosystem services and biodiversity. In TEEB, (2010) The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity: The Ecological and Economic Foundations. Earthscan Press
Costanza, R., J. Farley, and I. Kubiszewski (2010) Adapting Institutions for Life in a Full World. Pages 85-90 in E. Assadourian (project director), L. Starke, and L. Mastny, editors. 2010 State of the World: Transforming Cultures. WW Norton and Co., New York.
Conference Proceedings
Reynolds, T., C. Huber, and J. Farley. 2007. Investing in human and natural capital: an alternative paradigm for sustainable development in Awassa, Ethiopia. US Society for Ecological Economics. New York, NY. June 2007.
Kerchner, C. and J. Farley. 2007. Payments for ecosystem services in a Dominican watershed: are they enough to "tip the scale" toward forest conservation? US Society for Ecological Economics. New York, NY. June 2007.
Farley, J. and K. VanDis. 2004. Policies toward a globally efficient allocation of ecosystem goods and services. International Society for Ecological Economics. Montreal, Quebec. July 2004.