SPC Geoscience Division

It is with great pleasure that we present to you the 5th edition of the PREEN Newsletter. We would like to thank all those who contributed articles to this issue to share information on activities in resource and environmental economics in the region.

Special thanks also go to Federica Gerber, the out-going PREEN newsletter coordinator who recently finished her term at SOPAC Division and has now returned to Europe. The PREEN network thanks her for all her efforts and dedication in preparing the Newsletter and managing the PREEN mailing list for the past two years. We wish Federica all the best for her future.

Finally, please allow me to introduce myself to you as the new Coordinator of the Newsletter for 2011 – 2013. I am Anja Grujovic, the new ODI resource economist at SOPAC. I look forward to meeting you all at some point during my stay here.