The Italian Association of Environmental and resource Economists is a scientific Association that aims at: - contributing to the development and application of environmental and resource economics as a science in Italy; - encouraging and improving communication between teachers, researchers and students in environmental and resource economics; - developing and encouraging the cooperation between university level teaching institutions and research institutions in Italy; - making available to institutions research results and encourage their application to develop and encouraging cooperation among companies, trade unions and environmental NGOs. The Association accomplishes its aims mainly by organizing workshops, conferences, exhibitions, seminars, meetings, panels, cooperating with journals and promoting postgraduate courses.