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1 FunciTree and POLICYMIX M.Sc. Thesis opportunities UiO and UMB

2 FunciTree Functional Diversity: An ecological framework for sustainable and adaptable agro-forestry systems in landscapes of semi-arid and arid ecoregions

3 Segou Senegal Tibu Mali Rivas Nicaragua Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Costa Rica Institut sénégalais de recherches agricoles (ISRA), Senegal Institut d economie rurale du Mali (IER), Mali Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD), France Wagenigen University Research Centre (WUR), Netherlands Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Spain

4 Overview GIS of biophys. limiting conditions

5 Thesis ideas: multi-criteria decision- making in agro-forestry systems Agro-Forestry system functions cash flow function consumption function drought tolerance asset functions time allocat. function farm production function nutrition function fodder function other Asset functions: cash flow mgt. insurance savings earmarked savings retirement savings inheritance Community capitals approach Human: - Social capital - Human capital - Cultural capital - Plii Political lcapital Material: - Natural capital - Financial capital - Built capital

6 Assessing the role of economic instruments in policy mixes for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provision

7 POLICYMIX case study sites Norway Finland Portugal Germany Costa Rica(CATIE) Mato Grosso Brazil Mata Atlántica Brazil ESV=Environmental Service Value Map source: Turner et al. (2007)

8 POLICYMIX case studies Mato Grosso, Brazil Mata Atlântica, São Paulo, Brazil Saxony, Germany nal rations States le (km 2 ) Forest cover Western Forest Region, Finland Buskerud Norway Hojancha, Costa Rica Moura-Barrancos Portugal Regio administr ities Municipali Cas se study scal Stage 1: Stage 2: Stage 3: Stage 4: Undisturbed/ little disturbed forests Forest frontiers; high deforestation/ extraction rates. Forest mosaics with stabilised cover; (low or zero net deforestation) Increasing forest cover and quality due to afforestation and reforestation Source: adapted from Angelsen (2008) Time / Space

9 Landuse policies and transition are path dependent MACRO NATIONAL LANDSCAPE Fore est cover & FOREST STAND Stage 1: Stage 2: Undisturbed/ Forest frontiers; little high deforestation/ disturbed extraction rates. forests Stage 3: Forest mosaics with stabilised cover; (low or zero net deforestation) Stage 4: Increasing forest cover and quality due to afforestation and reforestation FOREST TRANSITION STAGES Time / Space Sources: Flores Rodas, 1985; MINAE; FONAFIFO n.y. in Kleinn et al. 2002; CATIE).

10 Thesis topics: market-based instruments (MBIs) and different geographical distributions of costs, ecosystem functions and their benefits A n (National administrative i ti area) A l (Local administrative area) e.g. ecological fiscal transfers e.g. REDD GEF e.g. public PES schemes Public conservation budgets e.g. private PES Private property Conservation area M l (local ecosystem service markets) M g (global ecosystem service markets) Institutional interfaces Spatial externalities, distributional impacts, economic compensation instruments

11 Thesis practicalities Thesis project coordinator / secondary tutor David N. Barton, ecological economics Academic /primary tutort Your favourite professor at UiO Financing: Lånekassen student loan (living expenses) Additional travel grant from Lånekassen UiO M.Sc. financing? Field work logistics (covered by project partners) Additional travel grant from project of up to kr (if required) Additional field expenses grant from project of up to kr (if required) When? FunciTree: from August 2011 POLICYMIX: from August 2011

12 Cooperation and expertise for a sustainable future david.barton@nina.no mob

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