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Bioecon Project
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Final Programme

• Thursday 28^th August
• Friday 29^th August
• Programme Overview

  Please note: Papers are downloadable also at: http://www.bioecon.ucl.ac.uk/Venice_Papers.htm

Thursday 28th August
8.30–9.15	Registration
9.15–9.30	Introduction
9.30–10.30	INVITED PLENARY LECTURES	Room 1 E
	Biodiversity, biotechnologies and intelectual property rights Ignazio Musu, University of Venice, Italy
10.30–11.00	coffee break
11.00–13.15	PARALLEL SESSIONS
Parallel Session 1 RISK, UNCERTAINTY AND INFORMATION Chair: Anthon Signe, The Royal Veterinarian and Agricultural University, Denmark		Room 1 E
11.00–11.30	Mitigation and adaptation strategies in the Control of biological invasion Charles Perrings, University of York, UK Download: paper (75 Kb) | ppt presentation (219 Kb)
11.30-11.40	Discussant: Anthon Signe, The Royal Veterinarian and Agricultural University, Denmark
11.40-11.45	General discussion
11.30–12.15	Species conservation in the face of political uncertainty Martin Drechsler, UFZ-Centre for Environmental, Germany Download: paper (259 Kb) | ppt presentation (932 Kb)
12.15-12.25	Discussant: Charles Perrings, University of York, UK
12.25-12.30	General discussion
12.30-13.00	Optimal forestation contracts with asymmetric information on private benefits Signe Anthon, The Royal Veterinarian and Agricultural University, Denmark Download: paper (72 Kb) | ppt presentation (71 Kb)
13.00–13.10	Discussant: Martin Drechsler, UFZ-Centre for Environmental, Germany
13.10–13.15	General discussion
Parallel Session 2 PROPERTY RIGHTS Chair: Michael Getzner, University of Klagenfurt, Austria		Room 1G
11.00–11.30	Extractive reserves as property right regime for biodiversity conservation in the Brazilian Amazon Danilo Igliori, University of Cambridge, UK Download: paper (55 Kb) | ppt presentation (590 Kb)
11.30 -11.40	Discussant: Michael Getzner, University of Klagenfurt, Austria
11.40 -11.45	General discussion
11.45 – 12.15	Assessing the effectiveness of tradable landuse rights for biodiversity conservation: an application to Canada's Boreal Mixedwood forest Marian Weber, Alberta Research Council, Canada Download: paper (94 Kb) | ppt presentation (1,571 Kb)
12.15 -12.25	Discussant: Danilo Igliori, University of Cambridge, UK
12.25 -12.30	General discussion
12.30 – 13.00	The role of ownership in public conservation decisions Michael Getzner, University of Klagenfurt, Austria Download: paper (234 Kb) | ppt presentation (727 Kb)
13.00 -13.10	Discussant: Marian Weber, Alberta Research Council, Canada
13.10 -13.15	General discussion
Parallel Session 3 NRM 1 - NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT POLICY Chair: Timothy Swanson, University College London, UK		Room 5X
11.00 – 11.30	The Gordon Schäfer model after (nearly) 50 years: Status and extensions Anders Skonhoft, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Download: abstract (6 Kb)
11.30 -11.40	Discussant: Timothy Swanson, University College London, UK
11.40 -11. 45	General discussion
11.45 – 12.15	Creating markets for habitat conservation when habitats are heterogeneous Kenneth M. Chomitz, World Bank, USA Download: paper (1142 Kb) | ppt presentation - part 1 (1,268 Kb) | ppt presentation - part 2 (1,286 Kb) | ppt presentation- part 3 (967 Kb)
12.15 -12.25	Discussant: Anders Skonhoft, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
12.25 -12.30	General discussion
12.30 – 13.00	Conflicts in wildlife conservation: aggregating total economic values Timothy Swanson, University College London, UK Download: paper (315 Kb)
13.00 -13.10	Discussant: Kenneth M.Chomitz, World Bank, USA
13.10 -13.15	General discussion
13.15 – 14.15	lunch
14.15 – 16.30	PARALLEL SESSIONS
Parallel Session 4 OPEN Chair: Tun Lin, University of Cambridge, UK		Room 1E
14.15 -14.45	Managing a species that is both a value and pest. Local vs. overall management Anders Skonhoft, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Download: abstract (7 Kb)
14.45 -14.55	Discussant: Gardner Brown, University of Washington
14.55 -15.00	General discussion
15.00 -15.30	Biodiversity Conservation: Information Problems and Regulatory Choices Tun Lin, University of Cambridge, UK Download: abstract (7 Kb) | ppt presentation (160 Kb)
15.30 -15.40	Discussant: Anders Skonhoft, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
15.40-15.45	General discussion
Parallel Session 5 FOREST BIODIVERSITY NON-MARKET FOREST VALUES Chair: Julia Touza-Montero, University of York, UK		Room 1G
14.15 -14.45	Forest biodiversity and timber extraction: an analysis of the interaction of market and non-market mechanism Kanchan Chopra, University of Delhi Enclave, India Download: paper (77 Kb) | ppt presentation (83 Kb)
14.45 -14.55	Discussant: Julia Touza-Montero, University of York, UK
14.55 -15.00	General discussion
15.00 – 15.30	Forest protection and rural economic welfare: the case of Labagoumen Nature Reserve (China) Sylvie Demurger, Cnrs-Cerdi, France Download: paper (620 Kb)
15.30 -15.40	Discussant: Kanchan Chopra, University of Delhi Enclave, India
15.40 -15.45	General discussion
15.45 -16.15	Policies for the management of landscape diversity and collectively managed forests: the case of Galicia Julia Touza-Montero, University of York, UK Download: paper (282 Kb) | ppt presentation (332 Kb)
16.15 -16.25	Discussant: Sylvie Demurger, Cnrs-Cerdi, France
16.25 -16.30	General discussion
Parallel Session 6 BIO-PROSPECTING Chair: Oliver Deke, Kiel Institute of World Economics (IfW), Germany		Room 5X
14.15 – 14.45	The value of habitat conservation for bioprospecting Sean Cash, University of Alberta, Canada Download: paper (449 Kb) | ppt presentation (408 Kb)
14.45 -14.55	Discussant: Oliver Deke, Kiel Institute of World Economics (IfW), Germany
14.55 -15.00	General discussion
15.00 – 15.30	Bioprospection: from the economics of contracts to reflexive governance Tom Dedeurwaerdere, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium Download: paper (75 Kb) | ppt presentation (90 Kb)
15.30 -15.40	Discussant: Sean Cash, University of Alberta, Canada
15.40 -15.45	General discussion
15.45 -16.15	Supply side externalities in markets for genetic resources Oliver Deke, Kiel Institute of World Economics (IfW), Germany Download: paper (249 Kb) | ppt presentation (368 Kb)
16.15 -16.25	Discussant: Tom Dedeurwaerdere, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
16.25 -16.30	General discussion
16.30 – 17.00	coffee break
17.00 – 19.15	PARALLEL SESSIONS
Parallel Session 7 PREFERENCES AND POLICIES Chair: Paula Horne, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Finland		Room 1E
17.00 – 17.30	Accounting for Preference Heterogeneity over GM Foods: An Application of the Latent Market Segmentation Model Andreas Kontoleon, University College London, UK Download: paper (336 Kb) | ppt presentation (167 Kb)
17.30 -17.40	Discussant: Paula Horne, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Finland
17.40 -17.45	General discussion
17.45 -18.15	The value of agricultural biodiversity in Hungarian home gardens: agri-environmental policies in a transitional economy Ekin Birol, University College London, UK Download: paper (160 Kb) | ppt presentation (530 Kb)
18.15 -18.25	Discussant: Andreas Kontoleon, University College London, UK
18.25 -18.30	General discussion
18.30 – 19.00	Forest owners views on incentive based instruments for biodiversity conservation in private forests- a choice experiment approach Paula Horne, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Finland Download: abstract (6 Kb) | ppt presentation (2,804 Kb)
19.00 -19.10	Discussant: Ekin Birol, University College London, UK
19.10 -19.15	General discussion
Parallel Session 8 GLOBAL AND SPACIAL ISSUES Chair: Michael Obersteiner, IIASA and IHS, Austria		Room 1G
17.00 -17.45	Financial support for biodiversity protection in developing countries - Does the CBD Mechanism lead to an appropriate level of biodiversity protection? Susanne Menzel, University of Göttingen, Germany Download: paper (257 Kb) | ppt presentation (157 Kb)
17.30 -17.40	Discussant: Michael Obersteiner, IIASA and IHS, Austria
17.40 -17.45	General discussion
17.45-18.15	Mechanism design to preserve the conservation value of forest related LULUCF activities under the Kyoto Protocol Michael Obersteiner, IIASA and IHS, Austria Download: paper (320 Kb)
18.15 -18.25	Discussant: Susanne Menzel, University of Göttingen, Germany
18.25 -18.30	General discussion
Parallel Session 9 ECONOMICS/ECOLOGY INTERFACE Chair: Rolf Groeneveld, Wageningen University, The Netherlands		Room 5X
17.00–17.35	Integrated assessment of biological invasions as a base for biodiversity policies Felix Rauschmayer, UFZ - Center for Environmental Research, Germany Download: paper (80 Kb) | ppt presentation (397 Kb)
17.30-17.40	Discussant: Rolf Groeneveld, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
17.40-17.45	General discussion
17.45-18.15	Biodiversity and economic growth: trade-offs between stabilization of the ecological system and preservation of natural dynamics Simone Borghesi, University of Siena, Italy Download: paper (362 Kb) - Final version
18.15-18.25	Discussant: Felix Rauschmayer, UFZ - Center for Environmental Research, Germany
18.25-18.30	General discussion
18.30-19.00	Spatially cost-effective species conservation in agricultural landscapes: an ecological-economic modeling synthesis Rolf Groeneveld, Wageningen University, The Netherlands Download: paper (251 Kb) | ppt presentation (340 Kb)
19.00-19.10	Discussant: Simone Borghesi, University of Siena, Italy
19.10-19.15	General discussion

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