(E) – FORESTS POLICY AND ECONOMICS – Economic evaluation of forest goods and services

Morning

Afternoon

30 Sept

Introductory session

E.1. CBA applied to forest investments
- financial vs. economic analysis
- discounting; r selection
- indicators (NPV, IRR, R/C)
- exercise of CBA
(D. Pettenella)

E.2. TEV: the concept and its application to Mediterranean forest ecosystems
(H. Daly)

1 Oct

E.3. Non-market benefits evaluation:
- Introduction to Valuation
(R. Mavsar)
- Indirect methods (TCM, HPM)
(P.Riera)

E.4. Non-market benefits evaluation:
- Direct methods (CVM, Choice Models)
- Benefit transfer
- Conclussions
(R. Mavsar)

2 Oct 

E.5. Students’ presentations

Chairman: Diego Florian (University of Padova)

TUGBA DENIZ (Istanbul University / Turkey)
Valuation analysis in erosion control activities

RIFAI NABIL (University of Hassam II / Morocco)
River flood modelling for the integrated management of flooding risk. Application to the Tahaddart watershed, North-western Morocco

MARKO LOVRIC (University of Zagreb / Croatia & University of Friburg /Germany)
Analysis of decision making processes in the formulation phase of policy regarding forests under NATURA 2000 network in Croatia" (PhD proposal)

JELENA NEDELJKOVIC (University of Belgrade / Serbia)
Marketing study of non-wood forest products in Serbia.

NATASHA LOVRIC (University of Freiburg /Germany)
Assessment of participatory processes in the creation of spatial plan for the Nature Park Medvednica.

LUCIO BROTTO (University of Padova / Italy)
How can we characterise and measure forest degradation for it to be included in reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) schemes?

AMIRA GAMMOUDI (INRGREF / Tunisia)
Social and private profitability of the Tunisian forests

ABDELAZIZ BEN ABDALLAH (INRGREF / Tunisia)
Utilizing payments for environmental services for a sustainable management of forest resources in the north west of Tunisia : Opportunities and challenges

ASMA AZZOUZ (ESA MOGRANE / Tunisia)
The contribution of non-timber forest products in the economic and social development of the region of NEFZA

CHOKRI HAJLAOUI (INRGREF / Tunisia)
Valuing network externalities in individual choice, basing on network approach and social network analysis

ILIJA DJORDJEVIC (Forestry Institute / Serbia)
Assessment of governance elements, multilevel cooperation and participation, in managing protected areas in Serbia.

MARSELA LUARASI (University of Tirana / Albania)
The adaptation of National forest policy system in South-East European countries (ALB, BiH, HR, MAK, SRB) on international governance principles. (PhD proposal)

DONI BLAGOJEVIC (EFI)
Understanding the role of urban forests in everyday life - Case study of Banja Luka.

Final session

3Oct

Field visit