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
| Day | Session | Module |
| 1 | Morning | Arrival |
| Afternoon | Arrival | |
| Evening | Orientation | |
| 2 | Morning | Welcome & Introduction |
| Afternoon | Microeconomics | |
| Evening | Exercises | |
| 3 | Morning | Microeconomics |
| Afternoon | Microeconomics | |
| Evening | Exercises | |
| 4 | Morning | Microeconomics |
| Afternoon | Field Trip | |
| Evening | Participant Presentations | |
| 5 | Morning | Natural Resource Economics |
| Afternoon | Natural Resource Economics | |
| Evening | Exercises | |
| 6 | Morning | Natural Resource Economics |
| Afternoon | Natural Resource Economics | |
| Evening | Exercises | |
| 7 | Morning | Environmental Economics & Policy |
| Afternoon | Environmental Economics & Policy | |
| Evening | Participant Presentations | |
| 8 | DAY OFF | |
| 9 | Morning | Environmental Valuation |
| Afternoon | Environmental Valuation | |
| Evening | Participant Presentations | |
| 10 | Morning | Environmental Valuation |
| Afternoon | Environmental Valuation | |
| Evening | Participant Presentations | |
| 11 | Morning | Cost-Benefit Analysis |
| Afternoon | Cost-Benefit Analysis | |
| Evening | Exercises | |
| 12 | Morning | Cost-Benefit Analysis |
| Afternoon | Cost-benefit analysis | |
| Evening | Case studies | |
| 13 | Morning | CBA case study presentations |
| Afternoon | Closing & Evaluations | |
| Evening | Graduation | |
| 14 | Morning | Departure |