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Subject: Ecological Economics INTA Course (updated)
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          >UPDATED VERSION OF COURSE ANNOUCEMENT> 
       
> ------------------INTA - ARGENTINA -----------------------
> 
> The Argentine NAtional Institute of Agricultural Technology
>      is offering a two-week intensive shortcourse on
> 
>    -------------ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS -----------
> 
> from June 24 to July 5 at the Foundation ArgenINTA, Buenos Aires
> 
> The course will be taught in Spanish by Dr. Vilma G. Carande
> from the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics,
>              Colorado State University, USA
> 
 Answering to inquiries, yes an English version of this course
 is offered at the Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics
 at Colorado State University.  Undergraduate Level EA/EC 380
> 
> The course will cover subjects such as:
> 
> 1.  Definitions, Comparisons and Paramount Positions of
>     Ecological Economics.
> 2.  Review of System Ecology.
> 3.  Neoclassical vs. Biophysical Economics
> 4.  Natural Resource Scarsity and Economic Growth
> 5.  Sustainability and the Two-Tiered Value Theory
> 6.  Sustainability, Discounting and Intergenerational Transfers
> 7.  Reserve Rationality and the Precautionary Principle
> 8.  Economic Biases and Incentives for Sustainability
> 9.  Investing in Natural Capital
> 10. The Economic Value of Natural Capital
> 11. Natural Requirements to the Human Economy
> 12. Adjustments to National Accounts
> 13. Energy Consumption , Sustainability, and Natural Capital
> 14. Concepts and Measurements of Ecosystem Health
> 15. Accounting in Ecological Systems
>     and others
> 
> The course will also have a group-project component in which
> participants will research topics such as:
> 
> a.  The Value of Biodiversity
> b.  Sustainable Forestry
> c.  The Valuation of Wetland Ecosystems
> d.  Agricultural Policy in Argentina and the Environment
> c.  Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture
> d.  Production Efficiency and Sustainability
> e.  Rural Development and Sustainability
> f.  Macroeconomic Adjustments for a Sustainable Development
> g.  Environmental Policy in Argentina
> etc.
> 
> The course is organized by the INTA NAtional Programs:
  * Plant and Wildlife Resources - Coordinator M. E. Zaccagnini
  * Soils - Coordinator J. L. Panigatti
  * Economic and Social Studies - Coordinator J. J. Actis

and is sponsored by:

  ArgenINTA Foundation, IICA/PROCISUR
> PRODESER/INTA/GTZ, Arg. Asociacion of Soil Science, Institute
> of Economics and Rural Sociology, Rural Change, and the NAtional
> Programs of Forestry, Genetic Resources, and Water and Climate.
> 
> For more information, contact:
> INTA
> Direccion Nacional
> Asistente de Operaciones
> Rivadavia 1439
> 1033 Buenos Aires
> ARGENTINA
> 
> TEL: (54)(1) 383-7498 OR (54)(1) 383-5095/99
> FAX: (54)(1) 383-5090
> e-mail address: farielo@intact.edu.ar
> Course Fee: $150
>