{"id":432,"date":"2015-02-02T07:46:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T07:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/niuniversity.org\/?p=432"},"modified":"2015-02-02T07:46:51","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T07:46:51","slug":"maecenas-mattis-tortor-ut-posuere-aliquam-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niuniversity.org\/?p=432","title":{"rendered":"Natural Capital: Valuing Ecosystems and Biodiversity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Faculty Member\u2019s Name<\/strong><\/p>\n

Professor Roger Hansell<\/strong><\/p>\n

Faculty Member\u2019s Profile:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Roger I. C. Hansell has been involved in environmental projects since the 1950s. He was jointly a professor in the Institute for Environmental Studies and the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto, Canada. He has been a visiting Professor at Universite Libre, Brussels, University of Sussex, University of Leicester, State University of Sao Paolo, the Netaji Institute , Kolkatta, and is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto.<\/p>\n

Professor Hansell is a director of International Innovation Projects and co-editor of the scholarly Journal of Environmental Peace. He has been Associate Director, Research, and Acting Director of the Institute for Environmental Studies, and served six years as Director of the Toront Graduate Program of Toxicology. In 2002 he became Executive Director of the Noble Institution for Environmental Peace, and along with Professor Biswajit Ganguly, is a founder of the Noble Foundation for Environmental Peace in Kolkatta, India.<\/p>\n

Professor Hansell\u2019s research extends from the problems of integrating ecology with economics, the theory of stability in complex systems, and practical measures to adapt cities for climate change.<\/p>\n

Professor Hansell is the President of Noble International University, USA.<\/p>\n

He is an avid Morris folk dancer and musician, sketches, writes Haiku and plays Tai Chi.\u00a0 He currently lives near Toronto.<\/p>\n

Course Code:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

*Title:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Natural Capital: Valuing Ecosystems and Biodiversity.<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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*Format:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The course will be an interactive format with student-led discussions directed by the moderator.<\/p>\n

Skype\/webcam Discussions<\/p>\n

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*Hours:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Upon agreement<\/p>\n

*Objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starting with a non-linear view of ecosystem behaviour and human interaction we examine the foundations of the concept of Natural Capital and its applications. The services of ecological systems and the natural capital stocks that produce them are critical to the functioning of the Earth’s life-support system. They contribute to human welfare, both directly and indirectly, and therefore represent part of the economic value of the planet.\u00a0 This course will bring together the many ideas and views focussing on valuing biodiversity, ecosystems and natural resources.<\/p>\n

*Short Structural Outline:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Skype\/webcam Discussions will be organized around four main themes: measuring the wealth of natural resources, valuing biodiversity and ecosystems, models for bringing economics and ecology together, and issues on sustainability.<\/p>\n

1.<\/p>\n

Introduction: How Systems Change<\/p>\n

Handout: Chaos and Equilibrium.\u00a0\u00a0 R. Hansell<\/p>\n

2.<\/p>\n

A Non-linear Look at Ecosystems.<\/p>\n

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3.<\/p>\n

Natural Capital: Differing Opinions<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat Natural Capital Is and Does\u201d and \u201cDepletion and Valuation\u201d in Thomas Prugh. 1995. Natural Capital and Human Economic Survival<\/em>.\u00a0 p. 51-105.<\/p>\n

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4.<\/p>\n

Valuing Ecosystems and Biodiversity<\/p>\n

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\u201cValuing the Environment\u201d in David Pearce et al. 1989. Blueprint for a Green Economy<\/em>. p. 51-92.<\/p>\n

\u201cBiological Diversity\u201d in David Pearce. 1995. Blueprint 4: Capturing Global Environmental Value<\/em>. p. 35-59.<\/p>\n

\u201cIntroduction\u201d in PCAST Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystems. 1998. Teaming with Life: Investing in Science to Understand and Use America\u2019s Living Capital. <www.whitehouse.gov\/WH\/EOP\/OSTP\/Environment\/html\/teamingintro.html><\/p>\n

US Economic Benefits of Natural Systems to Business and Society<\/a> NOAA Economics<\/p>\n

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5.<\/p>\n

Natural Capital Accounting<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe value of the world\u2019s ecosystem services and natural capital\u201d in Robert Costanza et al. 1997. Nature<\/em> 387 p. 253-260.<\/p>\n

\u201cExpanding the Measure of Wealth\u201d by John Dixon and Kirk Hamilton in Finance and Development<\/em>. 1996. <www.worldbank.org\/fandd\/english\/1296\/articles\/041296.htm><\/p>\n

Statistics Canada. 1997. Econnections: Linking the Environment and the Economy.<\/em><\/p>\n

Environment Canada. 1999. The Importance of Nature to Canadians: Survey Highlights. <www.ec.gc.ca\/nature\/eca.htm><\/p>\n

Genuine Progress Index. <www.gpiatlantic.org><\/p>\n

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6.<\/p>\n

Markets: Guiding the Invisible Hand<\/p>\n

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\u201cA New Market Mechanism for\u00a0 Integrating Development, Growth and the Ecosystem\u201d Hansell,R.,A.Fenech and T.Hansell. 2003<\/p>\n

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7.<\/p>\n

Emissions Trading<\/p>\n

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\u201cEffects of emission credit trading programs\u201d by E. Joseph Duckett, Vice President, Eichleay Engineers Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn Environmental Perspective on International Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading\u201d speaking notes from Conference titled After Kyoto: Allocating Responsibility for Reducing Canada\u2019s Greenhouse Gas Emissions<\/em><\/p>\n

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8.<\/p>\n

When Ecology\u00a0 Meets Economics<\/p>\n

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Wackernagel, M and W. Rees 1996 The Ecological Footprint<\/p>\n

\u201cBriefing ecology and economics\u201d in Nature<\/em> Vol 395 p. 426-30 and p. 433-4.<\/p>\n

\u201cNatural capital: Views from many perspectives\u201d by Fenech et al. 1999. In Proceedings of the Third Biennial Conference of the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics Nature, Wealth and the Human Economy in the Next Millennium, August 1999<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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9.<\/p>\n

Discounting the Future<\/p>\n

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\u201cRational Forest Productivity Decline\u201d by James MacLellan in Fenech, Hamilton and Hansell Special Issue of Kluwer on Natural Capital.<\/p>\n

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10.<\/p>\n

Human Sustainability<\/p>\n

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\u201cMeasures of economic progress\u201d in David Pearce. 1993. Blueprint 3: Measuring Sustainable Development<\/em>. p. 28-47.<\/p>\n

\u201cSocioeconomic equity, sustainability and earth\u2019s carrying capacity\u201d by Gretchen Daily and Paul Ehrlich. 1996. In Ecological Applications<\/em> 6(4) p. 991-1001.<\/p>\n

\u201cEight estimates of human carrying capacity\u201d in Joel Cohen. 1995. How Many People Can the Earth Support?<\/em> p. 161-211.<\/p>\n

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11.<\/p>\n

Putting it all together<\/p>\n

Lacombe Morgane and Aronson James, 2009. Restoring natural capital in arid and semiarid regions combining ecosystem health with human wellbeing. Les dossiers th\u00e9matiques du CSFD. N\u00b0 7<\/a><\/p>\n

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12.<\/p>\n

Student presentations Part I<\/p>\n

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13.<\/p>\n

Student Presentations Part II<\/p>\n

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  1. What have we learned? Interactive discussion.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    *Textbooks and Reading List:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Costanza, Robert (Lead Author); Cutler J. Cleveland (Topic Editor). 2008. “Natural capital.” In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth February 26, 2007; Last revised July 31, 2008; Retrieved September 5, 2008.<\/a><\/p>\n

    Natural Capital Project. A joint venture among The Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University, The Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund.<\/a><\/p>\n

    *Evaluation: <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Grading will be determined by assignment (20%), paper proposal (15%), participation (15%), student presentation and paper (the best of which will be marked at 50%).<\/p>\n

    For further information on this or other courses taught by the faculty member please contact our student advisor at: <\/strong>studentadvisor@niuniversity.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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