NFZ Summer School 2012 "FORECE"
| Start: |
18th June 2012 |
| End: |
22nd June 2012 |
| Venue: |
Forestry Education Center Maienfeld, Graubünden/Grisons |
| Organizer: |
WSL / ETH Zurich |
| Speaker: |
Experienced and internationally renowned researchers |
| Language: |
English
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| Type of event: |
Course |
| Audience: |
PhD students and advanced MSc students of forest-, environmental-, resource-, and landscape economics |
Forest Economics in a Changing Environment
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Forests and forestry are subjected to significant changes reaching from social and economic developments in the short and medium term to climatic changes in the long run. The NFZ - Summer School FORECE deals with the implications of such developments related to:
- valuation of forest ecosystem services,
- decision making under risk and uncertainty,
- optimization of forest management,
- and modelling of harvesting operations and market behaviour.
Downloads
- Flyer [PDF] and Application Form [WORD]
- Full programme, topics and schedule [PDF]
Objectives and Format
Participants will get a profound knowledge of pressing forest economic questions as well as state-of-the-art methodological approaches for their solutions: They will (i) understand the theoretical background and practical relevance of valuation methods related to forest ecosystem services, (ii) learn how to take risk and uncertainty into account and develop optimization strategies of forest management decisions, (iii) be acquainted with behavioural economic approaches and supply chain organisation, and recognise their importance for modelling and explaining market results.
The NFZ Summer School comprises two parts:
- lectures given by internationally renowned experts in forest economics
- paper or manuscript presentations by students and group discussions with lecturers. Working language is English.
Target Group
PhD students and advanced MSc students of forest-, environmental-, resource-, and landscape economics. 25-30 participants will have the opportunity to present their current research. Admission will be selective and based on the following criteria: motivation, country distribution, gender balance.
Lecturers
Experienced and internationally renowned researchers have confirmed their participation and will be available for group discussions.
Dates and Venue
18–22 June 2012 at the Forestry Education Center Maienfeld, Grisons/Switzerland, including a field trip to the forests in the beautiful surrounding mountains (map).
Registration and Fees
The fees of 250 Euros include accommodation, meals, lectures, documentation and field trip. Participants are to arrange travelling and pay for travelling expenses to the venue and back. They are strongly encouraged to apply for grants from third parties.
Registration deadline is 31 March 2012. Please send the application form together with your CV, the paper to be presented and a motivation letter to Roland Olschewski (roland.olschewski@wsl.ch). Applicants will be notified until 15 April 2012.
Organizers
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ETHZ on behalf of NFZ.forestnet.
NFZ.forestnet is a European research and higher education network on forest ecosystems and products. It comprises eight institutions, universities and research centres in Nancy, Freiburg, Zurich and Birmensdorf.
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