Vicky Forgie
 Vicky works as an Ecological Economist at the New Zealand Centre for Ecological Economics (NZCEE). Her research work relates to understanding the economic drivers of local economies to enable the links between economic activity and environmental degradation to be better understood.
Up to 2007 Vicky also taught in the Resource and Environmental Planning Programme at Massey University. She lecturered in the environmental planning and planning policy and techniques area. Her research focused on New Zealand local government and public participation.
Vicky’s first degree was in economics and geography and she has a Master of Resource and Environmental Planning.
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Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd
Private Bag 11-052
Palmerston North
New Zealand
Fax: 64 6 353 4801
Telephone: 64 6 353 4865
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Publications since 2004Forgie, V. and Andrew, R., 2008. Life Cycle Assessment of Using Straw to Produce Industrial Energy in New Zealand. New Zealand Centre for Ecological Economics and Landcare Research, Palmerston North, NZ, 33 pp.
Andrew, R. and Forgie, V., 2008. Life Cycle Assessment of Canola Biodiesel in New Zealand. New Zealand Centre for Ecological Economics and Landcare Research, Palmerston North, NZ, 34 pp.
Forgie, V., Giltrap, D., and Andrew, R., 2008. Life Cycle Assessment of Producing Biogas from Waste Kiwifruit. New Zealand Centre for Ecological Economics and Landcare Research, Palmerston North, NZ, 32 pp.
Forgie, V. and Andrew, R., 2008. Sustainability Indicators of the Forestry and Logging Industry in New Zealand. Confidential report New Zealand Centre for Ecological Economics, Palmerston North, NZ, 81 pp.
Lennox, J. A., Andrew, R., and Forgie, V., 2008. Price effects of an emissions trading scheme in New Zealand. Presented at 107th EAAE Seminar: Modelling of agricultural and rural development policies, Sevilla, Spain, 29 January – 1 February 2008.
Andrew, R. and Forgie, V., 2008. A three-perspective view of greenhouse gas emission responsibilities in New Zealand. Ecological Economics (DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.02.016) [web link].
Forgie, V., Andrew, R., Hooker, L., Patterson, M., Moleta, G., 2008. A Genuine Progress Indicator for New Zealand: Environmental Valuation. New Zealand Centre for Ecological Economics, Palmerston North.
Forgie, V. and Zhang, J., 2007. The need for 'convention' in environmental valuation. Presented at Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics Conference, Re-inventing Sustainability: A Climate for Change, Noosa, Australia, 3-6 July 2007.
Andrew, R. and Forgie, V., 2007. Investigating the Direct and Indirect Environmental Pressures of New Zealand's Food and Fibre Industries. International Journal of Sustainable Development, 10 (4):319–344 [web link].
Andrew, R. and Forgie, V., 2007. A three-perspective view of greenhouse gas emission responsibilities in New Zealand. Presented at 16th International Input–Output Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 2–6 July 2007. [web link].
Forgie, V., McDonald, G., Zhang, J., Patterson, M., and D., H., 2007. Calculating the New Zealand Genuine Progress Indicator. In: P. A. Lawn and M. Clarke (Editors), Sustainable Welfare in the Asia-Pacific. Edward Elgar, pp. 392.
Saggar, S., Giltrap, D., Forgie, V., and Renquist, R., 2007. Bioenergy Options Report: Review of Agricultural Resources. Landcare Research Contract Report: LC0708/016 (prepared for SCION).
Forgie, V., 2007. The need for convention in environmental valuation. The International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment, 3 (2):72-90 [web link].
Forgie, V. and Richardson, E., 2007. The community outcomes process and mediated modelling. International Journal of Sustainable Development, 10 (4):365–381 [web link].
Forgie, V., Hooker, L., and Patterson, M. G., 2006. A genuine progress Indicator for New Zealand. Presented at 9th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics, Ecological Sustainability and Human Welfare, New Delhi, India, December 15-18.
McDonald, G. W., Forgie, V. E., and MacGregor, C., 2006. Treading lightly: Ecofootprints of New Zealand's ageing population. Ecological Economics, 56 (3):424–439 [web link].
Jollands, N., Lennox, J. A., Andrew, R., Forgie, V., Nielsen, K., Hodgson, C., Reid, T., Flemmer, C., and McDonald, G. W., 2006. Eco-Efficiency in New Zealand: Conceptual Developments and Case Studies. Presented at 2nd International Conference on Quantified Eco-Efficiency for Sustainability, Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands, 28–30 June 2006.
Patterson, M. G., McDonald, G. W., Golubiewski, N. E., Forgie, V. E., and Jollands, N. A., 2006. Climate change impacts on regional development and sustainability: An analysis of New Zealand regions. In: M. Ruth (Editor), Smart Growth and Climate Change: Regional Development, Infrastructure and Adaptation. Edward Elgar Publishing, Northampton, MA, pp. 82–108.
Andrew, R. and Forgie, V., 2006. Ecological Footprint Plus: Calculating the Total Environmental Impacts of New Zealand's Food and Fibre Industries. Presented at The Ninth Biennial Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics: Ecological Sustainability and Human Well-being, New Delhi, India, 16–18 December 2006.
Jollands, N., Ruth, M., Bernier, C., Golubiewski, N., Andrew, R., and Forgie, V., 2005. Climate's long-term impacts on New Zealand infrastructure: Hamilton case study. ISBN 0-473-10303-6 New Zealand Centre for Ecological Economics and University of Maryland, Palmerston North, NZ, 114 pp.
Jollands, N. and Forgie, V., 2005. Review of: Economics of Sustainable Energy in Agriculture, 2002 (Eds., E. van Ireland, A.O. Lansink). Kluwer Academic Publishers ISBN:140200785X, 256pp.. Ecological Economics, 53 (3):438 [web link].
Andrew, R., Forgie, V., Nielsen, P., Hodgson, C., Reid, T., and McDonald, G., 2005. Ecological Footprint Plus: Calculating the total environmental impacts of New Zealand's food and fibre industries. Presented at ANZSEE 2005, Palmerston North, NZ, 11–13 December 2005. [web link].
Forgie, V. E. and Patterson, M. G., 2004. Structure and dynamics of the Waikato economy. NZCEE Research Series No. 1, ISSN 1176-7251 Massey University and Landcare Research Ltd, Palmerston North, NZ.
Forgie, V. and Jollands, N., 2004. Review of: Ecological Agrarian: Agriculture's First Evolution in 10,000 Years, by J. Bishop Grewell & Clay J. Landry (2003). Greg Conko Purdue University Press. ISBN 1-55753-296-6, 208pp. Ecological Economics, 51:295–303 [web link].
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