This is the first edition of Economia & Finanças para a Liderança Ambiental (Economics & Finance for Environmental Leadership), our flagship course now offered fully online and in Portuguese. The objective of the course is to teach Brazilian professionals essential economic tools they can apply to their nature conservation work. It helps participants design more effective conservation programs and enable them to better assess the socio-environmental impacts of planned development projects. The course is best for professionals and academics working in conservation and sustainable management of natural resources in the private, public, and non-profit sectors.
Methodology
The course combines asynchronous lectures and virtual discussion sessions led by the CSF Numbers for Nature Training Institute and our experienced instructor team from Brazil. Pre-recorded lectures, lecture materials, and readings are hosted on the Numbers for Nature Training Institute, and participants are asked to complete about two hours of work per week on the platform. Two live sessions of two hours each will be held each week, where the instructor reviews key points, responds to questions, presents case studies, and leads activities.
The 12-week course, divided into seven modules, is aimed at professionals working in nature conservation and sustainable management of natural resources in the private sector, governmental and non-governmental agencies, academia, and grassroots organizations. The virtual structure allows participants to continue with their daily work while they participate in the course.
Course content:
1. Economic Fundamentals
2. Natural Resource Economics
3. Ecosystem Services and Economic Valuation
4. Cost-Benefit Analysis
5. Conservation Finance
6. Environmental Policy
7. Behavioral Economics
- Tools to evaluate the costs and benefits of both development and conservation decisions,
including values of ecosystem services.
- Ability to build conservation solutions that cost the least and benefit the most.
- Speak the language of bankers, developers, industry and government policy makers, and
negotiate for nature.
Interested participants can register for this course on our Portuguese Numbers for Nature virtual platform here (https://www.numbersfornature-br.org/courses/economia-financas-para-a-li…).
Dry Creek Foundation
Dry Creek Foundation generously support CSF's training arm, Numbers for Nature, and the Numbers for Nature Training Institute platform.
