Ecosystem Services

One-week course

In the week-long course, through a participatory hands-on practice workshop method the sessions will develop a good understanding of externalities of production and consumption, market incompleteness and market corrective measures, environmental tax, subsidies, permits, innovation, property rights, and justice. It draws attention to some of the key relationships between the economy, the state of the environment through the natural capital approach, especially its services and the varying importance attached to these relationships in policy implementation. This is an exciting field of economics to study, and very much at the heart of many public debates and controversies.

(We award completion certificate with grades to all registrants. Batch strength: Max 10-12 pax)

DAY- 1

Timing	Activity	Content/Topics
09.00 to 09.30	Registration
09.30 to 11.00	Opening Session	Introduction to Ecological Economics
11.00 to 11.30	Breakout / Tea
11.30 to 01.00	Technical Session - 1	Ecosystem Services: Genesis, Categories & its Importance in Climate Milieu
01.00 to 02.00	Lunch Break
02.00 to 03.30	Technical Session - 2	Economics of Ecosystem Services and its Significance in Sustainable Development
03.30 to 05.00	Brainstorming / Group Activity	Identifying the Ecosystem Services of a Wetland: Classification and Value Assessment

DAY- 2

Timing	Activity	Content/Topics
09.00 to 10.30	Technical Session - 2 (Contd)	Continuation of Technical Session - 2 (Valuation of ESs - Means and Methods)
10.30 to 12.00	Technical Session - 3	Economics of Valuation: Perceptions, Theories and Practices, Valuation Methods
12.00 to 12.15	Breakout / Tea
12.15 to 01.45	Technical Session - 4	Economics of Ecological damage and Loss, Opportunity cost and Compensation
01.45 to 02.30	Lunch Break
02.30 to 03.30	Activity Session	Participatory activity in developing tools for valuation of Ecosystem Services: Gaming
03.30 to 04.30	Activity Session
04.30 to 05.00	Closing Session with Tea

DAY- 3

Timing	Activity	Content/Topics
09.00 to 10.30	Technical Session - 5	Value and Pricing: Perceptual discourse - Tangible and Non-tangibles elements
10.30 to 12.00	Technical Session - 5 (Contd)	Value and Pricing: Economic discourse - Practices and Methods of Pricing
12.00 to 12.15	Breakout / Tea
12.15 to 01.30	Technical Session - 6	Case Studies: Discussion
01.30 to 02.30	Lunch Break
02.30 to 03.30	Group Activity	Participatory group activity in pricing of Ecosystem Services (Forest, Wetlands)
03.30 to 04.30	Group Activity
04.30 to 05.00	Closing Session with Tea

DAY- 4

Field Trip

DAY- 5

Timing	Activity	Content/Topics
09.00 to 10.30	Technical Session - 6	Literature Review on Research Publications - Reading Session
10.30 to 12.00	Technical Session - 7	Developing a review paper on Ecosystem Pricing
12.00 to 12.15	Breakout / Tea
12.15 to 01.30	Dissertation Planning	Identifying Areas for Short Dissertation on Pricing of Ecosystem Services
01.30 to 02.30	Lunch Break
02.30 to 03.30	Dissertation	Preparation of Dissertation Report as speed presentation
03.30 to 04.30	Dissertation	Preparation of Dissertation Report as speed presentation
04.30 to 05.00	Closing Session with Tea

DAY- 6

Timing	Activity	Content/Topics
09.00 to 10.00	TDiscussion & troubleshooting	Discussion Session
Evaluation Session
10.00 to 11.00	3-speed presentations	Dissertation Presentation of three participants
11.00 to 11.30	Q & A session	Review and Grading
11.30 to 11.45	Tea Break
11.45 to 12.45	3-speed presentations	Dissertation Presentation of three participants
12.45 to 01.15	Q & A session	Review and Grading
01.15 to 02.00	Lunch Break
02.00 to 03.00	3-speed presentations	Dissertation Presentation of three participants
03.00 to 03.30	Q & A session	Review and Grading
03.30 to 04.30	3-speed presentations	Dissertation Presentation of three participants
04.30 to 05.00	Q & A session	Review and Grading
05.00 to 05.30	Closing Session, High Tea

DAY- 7

Field Trip