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Topic 1 - Complexity, Adaptive Management and "The Invisible Wand"
. Ruitenbeek HJ, Cartier CM. 2001 [May] "The Invisible Wand: Adaptive Co-management as an Emergent Strategy in Complex Bio-economic Systems." CIFOR, Bogor. Click here to see abstract and related links, and to access download of PDF file.
. External Link to CIFOR Adaptive Collaborative Management site, Bogor Indonesia
Topic 2 - Coral Reef
Management
Topic 3 - Mangrove Economics (Bintuni Bay)
. The full text of the Bintuni Bay study (Ruitenbeek HJ. 1992. Mangrove management: an economic analysis of management options with a focus on Bintuni Bay, Irian Jaya. Dalhousie University, Halifax, 90pp.) is no longer in print. English versions of parts of this study are available here for download as PDF files: Summary (70K PDF format); Main Text (255K PDF format); Annexes (124K PDF format).
. The results of the above work are also presented in an article published in Ecological Economics (Ruitenbeek HJ. 1994. Modelling economy-ecology linkages in mangroves: economic evidence for promoting conservation in Bintuni Bay, Indonesia. Ecol. Econ. 10:233-247). Reprints of the article are available upon request.
. Practical lessons in resource valuation: lessons from Bintuni Bay. 1995. A paper prepared for the Environmental Economics Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA). External link.
Topic 4 - Environmental Taxation and Market-Based Instruments
. Market Based Instruments for Environmental Policy-making in Latin America and the Caribbean (Huber, Ruitenbeek, Seroa da Motta) World Bank Publication #381, External Link [December 1998]
Topic 5 - Forest Management Indicators and Modeling
. CIFOR Criteria & Indicators for Sustainable Management of Tropical Forests (Rational Exploitations - PDF format - 272K) [April 1998]
. Research Note: Economic Models for Sustainable Forest Management (Summary and Applications - PDF format - 92K) [April 1998]
. External Link to CIFOR site, Bogor Indonesia
Topic 6 The Mandelbrot Project" - A Case Study in Applied Decision-Making
. The Mandelbrot Development Project is a hypothetical development project in a developing country. The case study exercise provides a role-playing context (game) for students of environmental economics. The purpose of the exercise is not so much to have students undertake an environmental economics study, as it is for students to gain an understanding of the decision-making and policy formulation dynamics that often surround such studies. Click here to see background and to access download of package. [published November 2000/ uploaded January 2002]
Topic 7 - Economic Analysis of Security Issues
. CFMETR Nanoose Bay Test Range, BC, Canada (Executive Summary - Text - 16K) [24/7/97]
. CFMETR Nanoose Bay Test Range, BC, Canada (Full Study - PDF format - 104K) [24/7/97]
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