Welcome to: 2nd year MEDfOR Master course In Padova

1. Galileo Galilei 1592-1610 Welcome to: 2nd year MEDfOR Master course In Padova

2. Social and Environmental responsibility in Mediterranean forestry

3. How do we understand these problems? “ ... forestry is not about trees ... it is about people ...... it is about trees only insofar as trees can serve the needs of people” Jack Westoby 1967 “forest policy has to balance, in one way or the other,the relation of society with the forest resource…” Adriaan van Maaren 1984 “the sustainable forest is controversial for good reason: any one definition represents particular values at others’ expense” Jeff Romm 1993 Forest degradation, corruption, trade of illegal wood Descriptive or analytical exercises (research)

4. Forest degradation, corruption, trade of illegal wood What to do? Normative policy Private sector (voluntary initiatives) Corporate social responsibility Public sector Conventions, Agreements, Incentives, Command and control instruments Partnership

5. Courses of 2nd year in Padova  Valuation and assessment of Mediterranean forest environmental goods and service Social responsability by public and private organizations Applied statistics in forest research Societal marketing: forest certification and other tools   Forest policy and governance: managing conflicts

6. Valuation and assessment (6) (Paola Gatto) Social Responsibility(6) (Davide Pettenella) Forest policies & conflicts management (4) (Gerard Buttoud) Applied statistics (8) (Mattia Cai) Societal marketing (8) (Laura Secco)

7. 1. Valuation and assessmentof Mediterranean forest environmental goods and services Evaluation in a Total Economic Value framework Decision-making in a Total Economic Value framework Shaping policies to promote sustainable mediterranean forest management

8. 2. Social responsability by public and private organizations concepts and theory related to ethics in forestry role and responsibilities in institutional setting of environmental and forest institutions at international and European level main problems and instruments related to unsustainable uses of forests resources Principles, Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management and the governmental and non-governmental processes for their development

9. 3. Applied statistics in forest research classin appliedstatisticalmethods for data analysis. basedon examples and focusedon applications stress in posed on understanding the basicideas, concepts and limitationsof the methods and emphasisisplacedon interpreting and reporting the results

10. 4. Societal marketing: forest certification and other tools key issues, concepts instruments and methodologies of societal marketing most important environmental and social responsibility’s instruments Based on case-studies , linked to global forest policy principles and initiatives to promote environmental and social values protection

11. 5. Forest policy and governance: managing conflicts key-linksbetweenforest policy and conflicts management options basicconcepts and theoreticalapproaches on theory of changes, forest policy reforms, negotiation and conflictmanagement Evaluation of powerrelationshipsand recognition of the latentdimension of a conflict abilityto move from the conflictresolution to the conflicttransformationapproach and to manage policy creation and implementation in conflictivesetting.

12. Some of our principles for effective teaching and learning Establish clear goals and learning outcomes Generate interest & provide explanation Active engagement of students (lecturers learning from students) Help you learn to learn Concern & respect for students & your learning Provide appropriate assessment & feedback

13. Thesis preparation and defense • 30 ECTS • 1 supervisor (among the teaching staff) + 1 or even more co-supervisors • Thesis defense: from July to October • When to start: October (thinking), February-March (field work)

14. Some ideas for Thesis /1 • TEV evaluation of forest resources • PES (water, Carbon, biodiversity protection, …) • • Effects of illegal practices on forest resources, local community, companies, public authorities, consumers • Impacts of policies to stop IL and corruption. Different government policies and international institutional frameworks that may hinder or promote the international transfer of regulations, innovations and good practices

15. Someideas for Thesis /2 • NWFPs economics (value chain, marketing, income generation and distribution, …) from different viewpoints: • How do local conditions and opportunities affect NTFP use and management? • Do particular kinds of cases have particular kinds of livelihood outcomes? • How do NTFP production systems evolve under commercial conditions? (supply chain analysis, domestication, vertical and horizontal integration, market power concentration, …)

16. Someideas for Thesis/3 • Your ideas and suggestions are welcome !!!!

17. Synergies and contacts for thesis • FAO (Rome – Italy) • EFI FLEGT and REDD Units at EFIMED (Bcl) • USSE - USSE.Unión de silvicultores del Sur de Europa • Biodiversity International (former IPGRI - Rome) • Forest Stewardship Council Int.(Bonn)and FSC-Italy (Padova) • UN-ECE Timber Committee (Geneva) • WWF Mediterranean Program (Rome) • Forest consultant companies (Indufor, Etifor, …) and NGOs

18. Teaching material How to findus?www.agraria.unipd.it • Moodle platform • Web site of the teachers davide.pettenella@unipd.it laura.secco@unipd.it paola.gatto@unipd.it

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23. Final wish to you all coming to Padova “REDIBO PLENIOR” “I shall come back richer, more mature” motto by G.V. Pinelli, second half of XVI Century