This folder provides access to curricula, training material, presentations, etc. in the field of Nature Valuation and Financing
- ALTER NET Summer School 2006
BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES: ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS
27 August - 8 September 2006, Peyresq, France
The ALTER-Net EU Network of Excellence invites you to it´s first Summer School, to be held in Peyresq, Alpes de Haute-Provence, France. The Summer School topic is Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Ecological and Socio-economic Aspects. The school is a unique opportunity to explore this important issue with like-minded post-graduate students and young scientists. Click here for the website.
The Department of Technology and Sustainable Development (former TDG) of the University of Twente will organise two short courses in 2006 in collaboration with some other institutes.
- Formulating Successful Project Proposals for Energy, Environment and Climate Change 1 May - 2 June 2006
- Energy Management and Cleaner Production in Small and Medium Scale Industries 23 October - 24 November 2006
With our courses we hope to fulfil a part of the need, which exists for capacity building. Scroll to the bottom of the page for the attached course brochure 'brochure_Climate Change' and 'brochure_Energy Mangement'. In order to apply for the course fill in the online application form, both courses are listed for Nuffic support, for more information please visit our website at http://www.bbt.utwente.nl/leerstoelen.nl, you can find all the information you need under chair information -> education. You can also visit the Nuffic website for information: http://www.nuffic.nl/nfp
Registration is open. Contact: Ms. Wendie Klieverik,
Department of Technology and Sustainable Development University of Twente, PO Box 217 7500 AE Enschede The Netherlands
Tel: 31 (0)53 489 3545 Fax: 31 (0)53 489 3087 Email: cstm-courses@bbt.utwente.nl
- The Global Development And Environment Institute (GDAE) at Tufts University (Medford, MA, USA) has created four new modules on social and environmental issues in macroeconomics:
* MACROECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN CONTEXT
* USEFUL MACROECONOMIC TOOLS AND CONCEPTS
* MACROECONOMIC MEASUREMENT: THE CURRENT APPROACH
* MACROECONOMIC MEASUREMENT: ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL DIMENSIONS
These new modules present chapters from an early draft of introductory textbook, Macroeconomics in Context. The modules are available for free download at
http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/education_materials/course_materials.html
For intermediate/advanced macroeconomics courses, our edited reader New Thinking in Macroeconomics: Social, Institutional, and Environmental Perspectives is now available in paperback at http://ase.tufts.edu/gdae/highlights/new_thinking_macro.htm
- IUCN World Conservation Learning Network
See courses/resources for their online courses, login as a guest at http://www.wcln.org for additional information.