Course Content

This course focuses on ecosystem services. We will build students’ understanding of how to govern the combination of forest production and ecological protection for the optimal benefit of human welfare. Students will learn methods to calculate maintainable yields of various forest production, and to develop business models for long-term ideal utilization of wood resources and agroforestry. The course also offers an overview of the classifications of nature conservation and related management strategies. We shall critically discuss policies and regulations for the saving of pristine rain forests, biodiversity, and peat land, and students will learn about various PES schemes (Payments for Ecosystem Services), e.g. REDD.

Learning Objectives

After completing the course, students shall be able to:

• Understand the necessary data and mechanisms for calculating sustainable yields from forests

• Understand the optimum use of land when there is a trade-off between forestry and agriculture (agroforestry)

• Quantify the costs and benefits of ecosystem services (PES) and critically analyze how economic benefits can be fairly distributed among stakeholders

• Understand the strengths and weaknesses of various conservation paradigms

• Develop business models for sustainable use of forests and conservation areas

Books and Reading Material

• Kareiva, P., Tallis, H., Ricketts, T. H., Daily, G. C., & Polasky, S. (Eds.). (2011). Natural Capital: Theory and Practice of Mapping Ecosystem Services. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

• Kareiva, P. & Marvier, M. (2015). Conservation Science: Balancing the Needs of People and Nature (2nd ed.). Greenwood Village: Roberts and Company Publishers.

• We also recommend that students interested in this course to investigate learning resources available from Center for International Forestry Research, CIFOR, at https://www.cifor.org/

Course Coordinator

Satyawan Pudyatmoko, Professor (Universitas Gadjah Mada)