Course Materials

Required Textbook

Due to the nature of the course, there is no single textbook that accompanies this course. The following titles will better your understanding of this online course:

  1. Hanley, N., & Barbier, E. B. (2009). Pricing nature: cost-benefit analysis and environmental policy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN-13:978-1848444706
  2. Kumar, P. (Ed.). 2 The economics and ecosystems of biodiversity: ecological and economic foundations. New York: Routledge. ISBN-13:978-1849712125
  3. United Nation Environment Program. (2008). Payments for ecosystem services getting started: a primer. Nairobi: Forest Trends, The Katoomba Group, and UNEP. 978-92-807-2925-2. Retrieved from http://www.unep.org/pdf/PaymentsForEcosystemServices_en.pdf

There are a wide range of other textbooks that are aimed at specific parts of this course. These are referred to in the individual topics.

Supplementary Readings

You will be expected to read a considerable amount of supplementary material. This is referred to in the individual topics, but the following general supplementary readings are recommended:

  1. Bateman, I. J., Carson, R. T., Day, B., Hanemann, M., Hanley, N., Hett, T., Hett, T., Jones-Lee, M., Loomes, G., Mourato, S., Özdemiroglu, E., Pearce, D.W., Sugden, R., & Swanson, J. (2002). Economic valuation with stated preference techniques: a manual. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc.ISBN 1-84376-919-4
  2. Blaser, J., Sarre, A., Poore, D., & Johnson, S. (2011). Status of tropical forest management 2011 (ITTO Technical Series No. 38). Yokohama: International Tropical Timber Organization. ISBN 4-902045-78-8. Retrieved from http://www.itto.int/technical_report/
  3. Hanley, N., & Barbier, E. B. (2009). Pricing nature: cost-benefit analysis and environmental policy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. ISBN-13:978-1848444706
  4. Pagiola, S., von Ritter, K., & Bishop, J. (2004). Assessing the economic value of ecosystem conservation (Environment Department Paper No. 101). Washington, DC: The World Bank. Retrieved from http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/pagiolaritterbishoplong.pdf
  5. Wunder, S. (2005). Payments for environmental services: some nuts and bolts (CIFOR Occasional Paper No. 42). Jakarta: Center for International Forestry Research. ISSN 0854-9818 Retrieved from http://www.cifor.org/publications/pdf_files/OccPapers/OP-42.pdf