Page 1 of 37 ISSN 1835-9728 Environmental Economics Research Hub Research Reports Environmental Economics of Ethanol Production – a brief introduction Jonathan Rhys Evers, Professor Tor Hundloe, Dr Peter Daniels Research Report No. 31 June 2009 About the authors Jonathon Evers is currently completing a Ph.D at Griffith University in Environmental Economics. He is an undergraduate from the University of Queensland with a Bachelors of Environmental Management and a post graduate from the Australian National University with a Masters of Environmental Law. Jonathan has worked for private consultancies such as Worley Parsons, for himself in waste management and more recently for the Australian Greenhouse Office. Tor Hundloe is currently a Professor in Environmental Management at Griffith University where his major work is researching the utilization of farm wastes for biofuel production. Tor Hundloe is the only Australian to be awarded an Order of Australia for his contribution to environmental economics. That was in 2003, the same year he was awarded a Centenary Medal for Education Dr Peter Daniels is a Senior Lecturer at Griffith University with interests in environmental and ecological economics and policy; sustainable consumption, urban and household metabolism (economic and environmental aspects of material and energy flows and their determinants), industrial ecology applications, international economics, technology and the environment; material flow analysis for sustainable development; geographic information systems (GIS); multimedia development for environmental studies