Economie et politique forestières
[BIRF2201]
[37.5h] 3 credits
This course is taught in the 1st semester.
Teacher(s): Daniel Bemelmans(coord.), Jean-Louis Blanchez, Mathieu Jonard
Language: French
Level: Second
Aims
- define appropriate forest policies so as (i) to answer social demand in forest products and services, as well as (ii) to take into account the uncertainties associated with the various kinds of forest programs;
- understand the international strategies related to natural resources conservation and utilization and interpret their influences on forest policies and national development;
- identify and control the factors to be taken into account for (i) the assessment of forest goods, services and products and for (ii) the evaluation of the profitability of management activities;
- have a good command of calculation tools for evaluating the value of forests and the profitability of forest investment;
- understand the functioning of the timber industry and the role of different actors (producers and primary processing).
Main themes
2. Design of forest policies: identification of future needs, definition of choices and priorities of development (participation methods, outlook analysis), interactions between sectorial policies and/or between national and international policies.
3. Analysis of the forest policies implementation tools such as grants, strengthening stakeholders capacities, legal and institutional reforms.
4. Comparative analysis of the international environmental strategies and their implication on the forestry sector.
5. Assessment of forest worth based on the discounting principle knowing the timing of expenditure and revenue.
6. Assessment of non-market forest goods and services.
7. Evaluation of the profitability of forestry operations under different scenarios (internal rate of return).
8. Knowing the pricing of timber on the market.
9. Knowing the business and tax items and market products involved in the activities of the actors of the timber industry.
Content and teaching methods
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
Support : syllabus, slides, reference books
Teaching team : Teachers for the lecture and related activities