Economic Valuation of the Guam Green Growth Initiative
Guam Green Growth (G3) is the most comprehensive public-private partnership ever created to achieve a sustainable future for Guam. G3 develops tangible solutions to sustainability challenges and contributes to a green economy for the island region. In September 2019, Governor Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero and Lt. Governor Joshua F. Tenorio promulgated Executive Order 2019-23, creating a 100-member Working Group of government, academia, private sector, non-profit, and youth partners to transition Guam toward a sustainable future. The executive order assigned the facilitation of the Working Group to the University of Guam Center for Island Sustainability.
A G3 conservation corps member holds up an invasive brown tree snake (boiga irregularis). The BTS has a devastating impact on islands that it is not native to because it is not controlled by predators, diseases, or competitors as it is in the snake’s native range.
The University of Guam (UOG) Center for Island Sustainability and Sea Grant (CIS/SG) leads and supports the transition of its island region toward a sustainable future. The Pacific Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (Pacific RISA) NOAA CAP program supports Pacific island and coastal communities in adapting to the impacts of climate variability and change. Through a joint effort, led by RISA PI and UOGCIS Director Dr. Austin Shelton, along with Researcher Regine Biscoe Lee, UOG CIS/SG and Pacific RISA will support the goals of both programs through a focus on the G3 initiative.
The goal of this project is to assess and quantify the economic impact of the Guam Green Growth (G3) Conservation Corps workforce development program & provide insight into the financial benefits and return on investment for these initiatives. Guam Green Growth (G3) is the most comprehensive public-private partnership ever created to achieve a sustainable future for Guam. G3 develops tangible solutions to sustainability challenges and contributes to a green economy for the island region. In the first months of the project, UoG team members worked with PI Oleson to select & customize economic valuation methodologies from available literature, and collaborated with stakeholders and experts in environmental economics to refine valuation models and develop a standardized framework.
Research Team Austin Shelton, Ph.D., Director, University of Guam Center for Island Sustainability & Sea Grant and Associate Professor; shelton@uog.edu
Dr. Shelton is a marine and environmental scientist, serving as the director of the UOG Center for Island Sustainability and Sea Grant, working to revive island ecosystems and advance the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He is an Obama Leader, BMW Guam Electrifying Leader, Micronesia Conservation Coalition Tide Changer in Education, and one of 50 Under 40: Emerging Leaders in the Government of Guam. Together with the Office of the Governor of Guam, he currently co-chairs Guam Green Growth, the island’s most comprehensive action plan ever created to achieve a sustainable and prosperous future. Régine Biscoe Lee is a former Senator for the Legislature of Guam and Obama Leader. Régine is passionate about expanding economic opportunities and environmental stewardship across the Pacific.
Resilient and sustainable Pacific Island communities using climate information to manage risks and support practical decision-making about climate variability and change.
Economic Valuation of the Guam Green Growth Initiative
Guam Green Growth (G3) is the most comprehensive public-private partnership ever created to achieve a sustainable future for Guam. G3 develops tangible solutions to sustainability challenges and contributes to a green economy for the island region. In September 2019, Governor Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero and Lt. Governor Joshua F. Tenorio promulgated Executive Order 2019-23, creating a 100-member Working Group of government, academia, private sector, non-profit, and youth partners to transition Guam toward a sustainable future. The executive order assigned the facilitation of the Working Group to the University of Guam Center for Island Sustainability.
The University of Guam (UOG) Center for Island Sustainability and Sea Grant (CIS/SG) leads and supports the transition of its island region toward a sustainable future. The Pacific Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (Pacific RISA) NOAA CAP program supports Pacific island and coastal communities in adapting to the impacts of climate variability and change. Through a joint effort, led by RISA PI and UOGCIS Director Dr. Austin Shelton, along with Researcher Regine Biscoe Lee, UOG CIS/SG and Pacific RISA will support the goals of both programs through a focus on the G3 initiative.
The goal of this project is to assess and quantify the economic impact of the Guam Green Growth (G3) Conservation Corps workforce development program & provide insight into the financial benefits and return on investment for these initiatives. Guam Green Growth (G3) is the most comprehensive public-private partnership ever created to achieve a sustainable future for Guam. G3 develops tangible solutions to sustainability challenges and contributes to a green economy for the island region. In the first months of the project, UoG team members worked with PI Oleson to select & customize economic valuation methodologies from available literature, and collaborated with stakeholders and experts in environmental economics to refine valuation models and develop a standardized framework.
Research Team
Austin Shelton, Ph.D., Director, University of Guam Center for Island Sustainability & Sea Grant and Associate Professor; shelton@uog.edu
Dr. Shelton is a marine and environmental scientist, serving as the director of the UOG Center for Island Sustainability and Sea Grant, working to revive island ecosystems and advance the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He is an Obama Leader, BMW Guam Electrifying Leader, Micronesia Conservation Coalition Tide Changer in Education, and one of 50 Under 40: Emerging Leaders in the Government of Guam. Together with the Office of the Governor of Guam, he currently co-chairs Guam Green Growth, the island’s most comprehensive action plan ever created to achieve a sustainable and prosperous future.
Régine Biscoe Lee is a former Senator for the Legislature of Guam and Obama Leader. Régine is passionate about expanding economic opportunities and environmental stewardship across the Pacific.
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