Participants learned to use economics to be more strategic and successful in their planning and development efforts related to infrastructure and the environment. During the comprehensive two-week session, participants learned to use economics to be more strategic and successful in their planning and development efforts related to infrastructure and the environment. Topics covered were economic fundamentals, natural resource economics, environmental valuation methods, environmental policies, communication and negotiation techniques, and hands-on experience with cost-benefit analysis. These skills are crucial at a time when integrating ecosystem conservation and infrastructure development has become an essential component of short- and long-term social and environmental well-being in the Albertine Rift. Participants were exposed to the foundation in basic economic concepts and language, Insight into the drivers of environmental problems and over-extraction of natural resources, formulation of more effective solutions and policies for infrastructure planning and conservation, incorporation of environmental and social costs and benefits into infrastructure development, practice using communication and negotiation techniques to articulate environmental values in a language that communities, businesses, and governments can understand, a network of fellow infrastructure planners and environmental professionals and a membership in CSF’s global alumni network.
The Conservation Strategy Fund held a course in Economic Tools for Conservation and Infrastructure Planning in the Albertine Rift , from June 11-22, 2012 in Kasese, Uganda. This course was offered in partnership with the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Uganda and made possible through the support of the USAID and Wildlife Conservation Network (WCN) and the Handsel Foundation. Participants at the training came from Burundi, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and Botswana. Representatives were drawn from government institutions, NGO’s, CBOs, research institutions, donor agencies, businesses, and other relevant organizations involved in natural resource management, biodiversity conservation, and infrastructure development took part in this training. Most of the officers participating in this training were: Program Officers and Directors, Government Officers, District and Economic Planners, EIA Practitioners, Field Enforcement Officers, Policy and Financial analysts, Scientists/Researchers, and Developers/Engineers who are involved in planning and decisions around energy and infrastructure development. Participants came from a variety of disciplines such as biology, community development, engineering, accounting, business, environmental sciences, forestry, law, anthropology, or economics.
Participants learned to use economics to be more strategic and successful in their planning and development efforts related to infrastructure and the environment. During the comprehensive two-week session, participants learned to use economics to be more strategic and successful in their planning and development efforts related to infrastructure and the environment. Topics covered were economic fundamentals, natural resource economics, environmental valuation methods, environmental policies, communication and negotiation techniques, and hands-on experience with cost-benefit analysis. These skills are crucial at a time when integrating ecosystem conservation and infrastructure development has become an essential component of short- and long-term social and environmental well-being in the Albertine Rift. Participants were exposed to the foundation in basic economic concepts and language, Insight into the drivers of environmental problems and over-extraction of natural resources, formulation of more effective solutions and policies for infrastructure planning and conservation, incorporation of environmental and social costs and benefits into infrastructure development, practice using communication and negotiation techniques to articulate environmental values in a language that communities, businesses, and governments can understand, a network of fellow infrastructure planners and environmental professionals and a membership in CSF’s global alumni network.
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