Rate My Professor Marie-Chantale Pelletier

Dr. Marie-Chantale Pelletier is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Southern Cross University. She holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Forestry, a Bachelor of Applied Science with Honours, and a PhD, all awarded by Southern Cross University. Her doctoral research, completed in 2016, focused on "Assessing the energy requirement of local food systems: insights from Australia." Pelletier's career encompasses experience in the private and public sectors, including the forest industry, a state environment agency, tertiary education, and academic research. In her current role, she coordinates the Graduate Certificate and Diploma in Regenerative Agriculture, as well as the Graduate Certificate in Circular Economy.

Pelletier's academic interests center on ecosystem service valuation, environmental-economic accounting, economic impact assessments of production and consumption systems, environmentally extended input-output analysis, public policy evaluation, and novel methods for quantifying natural capital to enable its financial recognition. She applies these approaches in collaborations with water utilities and land conservation agencies to embed natural capital in accounting and decision-making processes. Notable publications include "The exploration of natural capital on the balance sheet: a case study of a water utility company" (Meditari Accountancy Research, 2025), "Applying Marine and Coastal Ecosystem Accounting in an Australian Context" (One Ecosystem, 2025), "Does information matter in the value of a wetland?" (2022), "Valuing recreational services: A review of methods with application to New South Wales National Parks" (Ecosystem Services, 2021), and "Informing Food Consumption Choices: Innovations in Labelling" (Food and Nutrition Sciences, 2016). Her earlier contributions include forestry studies such as "Growth response to thinning in two subtropical hardwood species" (2011) and investigations into genetic variation in Eucalyptus shrinkage properties. Additionally, she is affiliated with the Catchments, Coasts and Communities research cluster, serves on the university's Low Risk Ethics Committee, and supervises postgraduate research students.