2 week course

ECONOMIC TOOLS for CONSERVATION

Microeconomics

Market theory: supply, demand, market equilibrium, and competition.

Natural Resource Economics

Capital theory Renewable and non-renewable resource extraction, markets, and policy trends.

Environmental Economics

Why markets are inefficient when it comes to environmental protection.

How economists place monetary values on the environment, and how these methods are best used in developing countries.

Identifying opportunities and barriers for payments for environmental services.

Negotiation and Simulation Exercises

Exercises and instruction focused on policy negotiation skills.

Cost-benefit Analysis

Case studies evaluating the economic feasibility of small-scale and large-scale projects, including incorporation of externalities and sensitivity analysis.

Communication

Effective strategies for presenting economic analysis results.

Instructors

Economic Tools for Ecosystem Conservation is taught by experts in environmental economics from leading academic and international institutions.

Sample Scedule

DaySessionModule
1MorningArrival
 AfternoonArrival
 EveningOrientation
2MorningWelcome & Introduction
 AfternoonMicroeconomics
 EveningExercises
3MorningMicroeconomics
 AfternoonMicroeconomics
 EveningExercises
4MorningMicroeconomics
 AfternoonField Trip
 EveningParticipant Presentations
5MorningNatural Resource Economics
 AfternoonNatural Resource Economics
 EveningExercises
6MorningNatural Resource Economics
 AfternoonNatural Resource Economics
 EveningExercises
7MorningEnvironmental Economics & Policy
 AfternoonEnvironmental Economics & Policy
 EveningParticipant Presentations
8 DAY OFF
9MorningEnvironmental Valuation
 AfternoonEnvironmental Valuation
 EveningParticipant Presentations
10MorningEnvironmental Valuation
 AfternoonEnvironmental Valuation
 EveningParticipant Presentations
11MorningCost-Benefit Analysis
 AfternoonCost-Benefit Analysis
 Evening Exercises
12MorningCost-Benefit Analysis
 AfternoonCost-benefit analysis
 EveningCase studies
13MorningCBA case study presentations
 AfternoonClosing & Evaluations
 EveningGraduation
14MorningDeparture