MK Luckert

Professor, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology

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Professor, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology

Email: marty.luckert@ualberta.ca
Phone: (780) 492-5002
Address: 557C General Services Building
9007 - 116 St NW
EdmontonAB
T6G 2H1

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About

Job/Research Area

Economic Development, Forest Economics, Natural Resource Economics

Dr. Luckert is a participant in the Land Reclamation International Graduate School (LRIGS) program sponsored by NSERC CREATE.

Research

Current Grants

2012-2016. 300,000 "Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and University of Alberta Research Collaboration". Funded by CCAFS. With B. Swallow.
2012-2014. $47,040. “Aligning policies among adjoining jurisdictions in Alberta:Case studies within the Yellowhead ecosystem”. Funded by the Foothills Research Institute. With J. Parkins and V. Adamowicz.
2011-2014. $10,000,000 ($600,000 for social science research at the University of Alberta). “POPCAN: Genetic improvement of poplar trees as a Canadian bioenergy feedstock”. Funded by Genome Canada and a variety of other organizations including Genome Alberta. With C. Douglas and S. Mansfield (main project). With Henry An, Glen Armstrong, Peter Boxall, Scott Jeffrey, Jim Unterschultz, and Denys Yemshanov (social science project).
2010-2011. $49,000 “Forest Plantations in Alberta: Prospects for Bio-energy”. Funded by the Canadian School for Energy and the Environment. With J. Unterschultz and B. Thomas.
2010-2014. $600,000 “Vulnerability, coping and adaptation within the context of climate change and HIV/AIDS in South Africa: Investigating strategies and practices to strengthen livelihoods and food security, improve health, and build resilience” Funded by IDRC. With C. Shackleton, S. Shackleton, S. Mohapatra, J. Parkins, and B. Swallow.

Courses

FOREC 473 - Forest Policy

Analysis of forest resource policy formation and evaluation. Review of selected policies and programs provincially, nationally, and internationally. Analysis of current policy issues. Prerequisite: AREC 200, AREC 365, ECON 269, ECON 365, or FOREC 345. (Offered jointly by the Departments of Renewable Resources and Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology (REES).) [REES]

Fall Term 2022

FOREC 673 - Forest Policy

Analysis of forest resource policy formation and evaluation. Review of selected policies and programs provincially, nationally, and internationally. Analysis of current policy issues. Not to be taken if credit received for FOREC 473. Prerequisite: AREC 200, AREC 365, ECON 269, ECON 365, or FOREC 345, or consent of instructor. (Offered jointly by the Departments of Renewable Resources and Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology (REES).) [REES]

Fall Term 2022

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Publications

A real options-net present value approach to assessing land use change: A case study of Afforestation in Canada

Author(s): Denys Yemshanov, Geoffrey R McCarney, Grant Hauer, Marty K Luckert, Jim Unterschultz, Daniel W McKenney

Publication Date: 2015

Publication: Forest Policy and Economics

Volume: 50

Page Numbers: 327-336

Bark: Use, Management, and Commerce in Africa

Author(s): Cunningham, T, Campbell, B. and M. Luckert (eds.)

Publication Date: 2014

Publication: Economic Botany

Volume: 17

Page Numbers: 288

Contribution of Baobab Production Activities to Household Livelihoods: A Case Study in Zimbabwe

Author(s): Luckert, M.K., N. Nemarundwe, L. Gibbs, I. Grundy, G. Hauer, D. Maruzane, S. Shackleton, and J. Sithole

Publication Date: 2014

Publication: Economic Botany

Issue: 17

Page Numbers: 255-270

Economic Implications of Forest Tenures

Author(s): Luckert, M. K.

Publication Date: 2014

Publication: Handbook of Forest Resource Economics

Issue: Chapter 25

Page Numbers: 389-402

Educational returns beyond the mean: Differences along wage distributions of men and women in India's formal labor market

Author(s): Mohapatra, S. and M.K. Luckert

Publication Date: 2014

Publication: International Journal of Educational Development

Volume: 36

Issue: May

Page Numbers: 22-32

Market and government failures in the competition for land for biofuel production in Canada

Author(s): Luckert, M

Publication Date: 2014

Publication: Biofuels and Carbon Management

Volume: 5

Issue: 3

Page Numbers: 211-218

Tenures and Forest Income: Observations from a Global Study on Forests and Poverty

Author(s): Jagger, P., Luckert, M.K., Duchelle, A., Lund, J.F., and W.D. Sunderlin

Publication Date: 2014

Publication: World Development

Volume: 64

Issue: Supplement 1

Page Numbers: S43-S55

Impact of community-based HIV/AIDS treatment on Household Incomes in Uganda

Author(s): Feulefack, J., Luckert, M.K., Mohapatra, S., Cash, S., Alibhai, A., and Kipp, W.

Publication Date: 2013

Publication: PLoS ONE

Volume: 8

Issue: 6

Page Numbers: e65625

Transformation and barriers in the context of multiple stressors: Understandings from two rural sites in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Author(s): Shackleton, S., Marty Luckert, Georgina Cundill, Leigh Cobban, Caryn Clarke, Ross Shackleton and Patrick Ndlovu

Publication Date: 2013

Publication: Proceedings of Transformation in a Changing climate

Page Numbers: 19-21

Preferences of Community Public Advisory Group Members for Characteristics of Canadian Forest Tenures in Pursuit of Sustainable Forest Management Objectives

Author(s): Kruger, C., Boxall, P.C. and M.K. Luckert

Publication Date: 2013

Publication: Forest Policy and Economics

Volume: 26

Page Numbers: 121-130

Asking questions to understand rural livelihoods: Comparing disaggregated and aggregated approaches to household livelihood questionnaires

Author(s): Jagger, P. Luckert, M.K., Banana, A., and J. Bahati

Publication Date: 2012

Publication: World Development.

Volume: 40

Issue: 9

Page Numbers: 1810-1823

Uncertain educational returns in a developing country

Author(s): Mohapatra, S and M.K. Luckert

Publication Date: 2012

Publication: International Journal of Education Development

Volume: 32

Page Numbers: 590-599

Optimal Zoning of Forested Land Considering The Contribution of Exotic Plantations

Author(s): Anderson, J.A, Armstrong, G.W., Luckert, M.K., and Adamowicz, W.L.

Publication Date: 2012

Publication: Mathematical and Computational Forestry & Natural-Resource Sciences.

Volume: 4

Issue: 2

Page Numbers: 92-104

What is tenure security?: Conceptual implications for empirical analysis

Author(s): Arnot, C. Luckert, M.K. and P. Boxall

Publication Date: 2011

Publication: Land Economics

Volume: 87

Issue: 2

Page Numbers: 297-311

Valuing the Priceless: What is the worth of non-marketed products?

Author(s): Wunder, S., Luckert, M., and Smith-Olsen, C.

Publication Date: 2011

Publication: Measuring Livelihoods and Environmental Dependence: Methods for Research and Fieldwork

Issue: Chapter 8

Page Numbers: 127-145

Policies for the Sustainably Managing Canada’s Forests: Tenure, Stumpage Fees and Forest Practices

Author(s): M.K., D. Haley, and G. Hoberg

Publication Date: 2011

Publication: UBC Press: Vancouver

Page Numbers: 214

Getting Quality Data

Author(s): Friis Lund, J., Shackleton S. and M. Luckert

Publication Date: 2011

Publication: Measuring Livelihoods and Environmental Dependence: Methods for Research and Fieldwork

Issue: Chapter 11

Page Numbers: 175-189

Economic Concepts, Methods, and Tools for Risk Analysis in Forestry under Climate Change

Author(s): Williamson, T. Luckert, M.K. and G. Hauer

Publication Date: 2011

Publication: Environment Modeling for Sustainable Regional Development: System Approaches and Advanced Methods

Volume: Chapter 15

Page Numbers: 303-326

An Introduction to Data Analysis

Author(s): Shively, G. and M. Luckert

Publication Date: 2011

Publication: Measuring Livelihoods and Environmental Dependence: Methods for Research and Fieldwork

Issue: Chapter 13

Page Numbers: 209-226