| Forest & Landscape | |||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | MSc. 1 year to MSc. 2 year | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | One block | ||||||||||||||
| Credits | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||
| Course Level | MSc | ||||||||||||||
| Examination | Final Examination oral examination Some Aid allowed Description of Examination: Oral examination, 30 minutes, questions provided two weeks beforehand, students may bring along a short outline of how they will respond to the question drawn. Weight: 100% 7-point scale, external examiner | ||||||||||||||
| Requirement For Attending Exam | Indledende Økonomi, Natur- og Landskabspolitik, Business Economics of Forest and Natural Resources | ||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Lectures, seminars | ||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | Block 2 Week Structure: C | ||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English | ||||||||||||||
| Mandatory Prerequisites | 290020 Introductory Economics 310015 Nature- and Landscape Policy 290046 Economics of Forest and Nature Management | ||||||||||||||
| Restrictions | None | ||||||||||||||
| Areas of Competence the Course Will Address | |||||||||||||||
| Competences obtained within basic science: Comprehension of the basic theory of production economics, capital investment and socio-economics Competences obtained within applied science: Understanding of the theoretical basis of forest and natural resource economics and ability to apply such theory in practice Competences obtained within Ethics & Values: Awareness of the ethical problems in relation to utilisation/preservation of forests and other natural resources | |||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||||
| The course aims at imparting to the students a thorough understanding of economic reasoning and knowledge of how to apply economics as a tool for decision-making on the utilisation of forests and other (renewable) natural resources in rural and urban environments. | |||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||
| Introduction to general economics of biological production and capital investment. Fundamentals of forest economics; interest, depreciation and opportunity cost; optimal rotation age in timber production and including amenity values, also in urban environments; valuing forestland under the risk of hazards to crop survival; planting and natural regeneration; thinning and other types of resource control. Applied economic analysis as a management tool, including cases from relevant enterprises in the forest and nature based sector. Forest economics under uncertainty; risk management in forest and nature based enterprises,including case examples. The economics of un-even aged mixed species forestry (close-to-nature forestry). Economic evaluation of non-marketed goods and services ? focus is on forestry elements, but cases range from forests to urban environments. Discounting in the context of multiple objectives; stated and revealed preference analysis; sustainability ? economics and ethics; ethical perspectives on natural resource management. | |||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||
| The core subjects are presented through overview lectures and are also dealt with in seminars. Students are supposed to do self-studies of supplementary materials on (i) fundamentals for comprehending core subjects, (ii) in-depth studies of core subjects. Teacher(s)will be available for seminars and for answering questions with regard to self-studies. | |||||||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||||||
| Stipulated in "Areas of Competence the Course Will Address" | |||||||||||||||
| Course Litterature | |||||||||||||||
| Finn Helles: Lecture notes 2005: Applied Forest and Natural Resource Economics Additional material for private study | |||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||
| Jette Bredahl Jacobsen, jbj@life.ku.dk, Forest & Landscape Denmark/Unit of Forestry, Phone: 35331746 | |||||||||||||||
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