Luke Brander is an environmental economist with over 20 years’ experience in applied research. Luke’s main research interests are the valuation of natural resources and environmental impacts; and the design of economic instruments to control environmental problems. He has worked on the valuation of ecosystem services provided by marine ecosystems, mangroves, coral reefs, wetlands, forests, grasslands, and urban green space using primary valuation methods and through meta-analyses of the ecosystem valuation literature. On-going projects include the valuation of ecosystem services provided by the deep sea for the International Seabed Authority (ISA); the valuation of ecosystem services provided by vultures in Southern Africa and Europe; and the development of the Ecosystem Services Valuation Database (ESVD) jointly with the Foundation for Sustainable Development (FSD).