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The tropical deforestation and economic development project hosts seminars and workshops regularly.

  • 15-16 June 2018: Workshop, London

    15-16 June 2018: Workshop, London

    Workshop in Environmental and Development Economics

    Shaw library

    Shaw library

    The Department of Geography and Environment (LSE) and the Department of Economics at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) have organised a conference on Environmental and Development Economics, which will take place on June 15-16, 2018 at the London School of Economics and Political Science. 

    The conference will bring together top scholars from around the world to share their latest research in applied environmental and development economics. The programme features 15 papers presentations by leading scholars, as well as one session with short research sketches from PhD students and postdoctoral researchers.

    Register here (mandatory for non-speakers).

    Venue: Shaw Library, 6th Floor, Old Building 

    Organisers: Torfinn Harding (NHH),  Karlygash Kuralbayeva and Sefi Roth

    Host: Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics
    Location: Shaw Library, Old Building, LSE

    More info and the programme schedule

  • 13 June, Oslo 2018: Workshop on policies against tropical deforestation

    13 June, Oslo 2018: Workshop on policies against tropical deforestation

    ORGANISERS:

    Bård Harstad (UiO) and Torfinn Harding (NHH)

    Registration

    PROGRAMME
    09:00-09:15

    WELCOME BY BÅRD HARSTAD AND TORFINN HARDING
    09:15-10:00

    KOS ti år, resultater og utfordringer
    Per Fredrik Ilsaas Pharo, KLD
    10:00-10:15

    COFFEE
    10:15-11:00

    Satellite monitoring and law enforcement in Brazil
    Sacha Siani, INPE

    Commodity prices and land regulation in Brazil
    Torfinn Harding, NHH
    11:00-11:15

    COFFEE
    11:15-12:00 Contract theory on REDD
    Bård Harstad, UiO
    12:00-13:15 

    LUNCH
    13:15-14:00

    Deforestation and regrowth across small and large properties in Brazil
    Bruna Pechini, INPE

    A study of Bolsa Verde
    Liana Anderson, INPE and Cemaden
    14:00-14:15

    COFFEE
    14:15-15:00 Norad on the way forward – what research is needed?
    15:00-16:00

    DISCUSSION

  • 2-9 August 2017, Fieldtrip, Amapa, Para

    2-9 August 2017, Fieldtrip, Amapa, Para

    Amapa, Para

    Amapa, Para

  • 14-15 November 2016: Workshop, Washington D.C.

    14-15 November 2016: Workshop, Washington D.C.

    Economics Development and Deforestation

    The workshop is hosted by the AFR Office of the Chief Economist, Environment & Natural Resources GP, Climate Change CCSA and the NHH - Norwegian School of Economics.

    AGENDA
    NOVEMBER 14
    08:30

    REGISTRATION
    09:00              

    WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

    Albert Zeufack, Chief Economist, World Bank Africa Region
    Ian Shuker, Acting Director, ENR GP
    SESSION 1

    Facilitator: Timothy Brown, ENR GP, Forest Action Plan
    09:15
    PAPER 1    		 Ran Goldblatt, University of California, San Diego
    “Detecting the Boundaries of Urban Areas in India: Image Classification in GEE”
    10:00
    PAPER 2    		 Matthew C. Hansen, University of Maryland
    “Advancing Global Land Mapping and Monitoring”
    10:45
    PAPER 3    		 James Cust, WB AFR Office of the Chief Economist
    “Subsoil Resource Extraction and Forest Loss: A Global Analysis”
    11:30

    COFFEE BREAK
    SESSION 2  Facilitator: James Cust, AFRCE
    11:45
    PAPER 4    		 Torfinn Harding, Norwegian School of Economics
    “Economic Growth and Deforestation”
    12:30
    PAPER 5    		 Alexei Abrahams, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School
    “Deblurring DMSP Nighttime Lights"
    13:15

    LUNCH
    13:50 Video screening on REDD+ in Mozambique (10 minutes)
    SESSION 3 Facilitator: Po Yin Wong, NHH
    14:00
    PAPER 6    		 Molly Lipscomb, University of Virginia
    “Electrification, Agricultural Productivity and Deforestation in Brazil”
    14:45
    PAPER 7    		 Susmita Dasgupta, WB DECRG Energy and Environment
    “Minimizing Ecological Damage from Road Improvement in Tropical Forests: Cameroon”
    15:30

    COFFEE BREAK
    SESSION 4 Facilitatotor: Torfinn Harding, NHH
    15:45
    PAPER 8    		 Alexander Pfaff, Sanford School, Duke University
    “Protected Area Spillovers to Deforestation and Development in the Brazilian Amazon”
    16:30
    PAPER 9    		 Po Yin Wong – Norwegian School of Economics
    “Does it Work to Pay to be Green? Evidence from Brazil’s Bolsa Verde Program”
    17:15
    PAPER 10    		 Stefano Pagiola, Sr. Environmental Specialist, WBG ENR GP
    “Evaluating the impact of Payments for Environmental Services on Land Use Change in Colombia.”
    NOVEMBER 15
    9:30 Ran Goldblatt, University of California, San Diego 
    “Google Earth Engine“
    11:30

    COFFE BREAK
    11:45 Hanna Krings, Aachen University
    “Mining and forest loss“
    12:30 Andre de Lima, University of Maryland
    “Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Forest Regeneration in Deforested Areas of the Eastern Amazon“
    13:15

    END
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  • 22-26 April 2016: Fieldtrip, Mato Grosso

    22-26 April 2016: Fieldtrip, Mato Grosso

    FIELDTRIP IN MATO GROSSO, BRAZIL (PDF 16MB)

  • 19-20 April 2016: Workshop, INPE

    19-20 April 2016: Workshop, INPE

    Economic Development and Deforestation

    PROGRAMME
    APRIL 19, 2016
    09:00-09:15 Introduction by Torfinn Harding, NHH
    09:15-10:00 "Forest Loss and Drilling for Oil: A Matter of Democracy"
    Hanna Krings, RWTH Aachen University
    10:00-11:00 "The Power of the State: National Borders and the Deforestation of the Amazon"
    Francisco Costa, FGV/EPGE
    11:00-11:15

    BREAK
    11:15-12:15 "Common Pool Resources at National Borders: The Case of Oil"
    Jim Cust, Natural Resource Governance Institute/Oxford
    12:15-13:15 "Winning the Oil Lottery: The Impact of Natural Resource Extraction on Growth"
    Daniel da Mata, IPEA
    13:15-14:00

    LUNCH
    14:00-15:00 "Agricultural Productivity and Deforestation in Brazil"
    Dimitri Szerman, Climate Policy Initiative
    15:00–16:00 "City Growth and Deforestation"
    Julika Herzberg, RWTH Aachen University
    16:00-16:15

    BREAK
    16:15-17:15 "Paid to Save the Forests: Evidence from Brazil's Bolsa Verde Program"
    Po Yin Wong, NHH
    17:15–17:45 "Fires in the Amazon"
    Liana Anderson, CEMADEN
    APRIL 20, 2016
    09:00-09:30 "Looking at Fire Impacts on Conservation Areas"
    Ana Carolina Pessoa, INPE
    09:30-10:00 "Priority Municipalities and Carbon Emissions"
    Thais Rosan, INP
    10:00-11:00 "Cost-Benefit Analysis of Fire Policy in the Amazon"
    Thiago Morello, UFABC
    11:00-11:15

    BREAK
    11:15-12:15 "Costs of Reducing Deforestation in Brazil in a General Equilibrium Approach"
    Angelo Costa Gurgel, FGV
    12:15-13:15 "The Effects of Land Use Regulation on Deforestation: Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon"
    Torfinn Harding, NHH
    13:15-14:00

    LUNCH
    14:00-15:00 "Fueling Development: Sugarcane Expansion Impacts in Brazil"
    Priscila Souza, PUC-Rio/Climate Policy Initiative, Brazil. Link to paper
    15:00-16:00 "The Role of Local Institutions in Preserving the Commons: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia"
    Teevrat Garg, Grantham Research Institute, LSE

    Tropical Deforestation NHH, Workshop INPE

  • 30 March 2016: Faculty Seminar with Ryan Kellogg

    30 March 2016: Faculty Seminar with Ryan Kellogg

    Durable Goods Demand and the Rationality of Consumers' Price Expectations: Evidence from Gasoline and Diesel

    Ryan Kellog, University of Michigan

  • 11-12 November 2015: Workshop, NHH Bergen, Norway

    11-12 November 2015: Workshop, NHH Bergen, Norway

    PROGRAMME
    11 NOVEMBER, AUDITORIUM C
    13:00-14:00

    LUNCH
    14:00-14:45 Rick van der Ploeg, Oxford
    The new resource frontier
    14:45-15:30 Torben Mideksa, UiO
    Conversation contracts and political regimes

    COFFEE
    16:00-16:45 Karlygash Kuralbayeva, LSE
    Regulation of forest u/ imperfect enforcement
    16:45-17:30 Soren Anderson, Michigan State
    Hotelling under pressure
    17:30 Drinks, reception and dinner
    Stupet, NHH
    12 NOVEMBER, AUDITORIUM B
    09:00-09:45 Branko Boskovic, Alberta
    The Cost of Environmental Land Use Regulation: Evidence from Auctions for Natural Resources
    09:45-10:30 Hilde Bjørnland, BI
    Commodity prices and fiscal policy design

    COFFEE
    11:00-11:45 Conny Olovsson, Riksbank
    Energy-Saving Technical Change
    11:45-12:30 Øystein Thøgersen, NHH
    Saving and bequest in China: An analysis of intergenerational exchange

    LUNCH
    13:30-14:45 James Cust, Oxford
    Borders and Resources: Evidence of strategic exploration
    14:15-15:00 Gernot Doppelhofer, NHH
    US Monetary Policy in a Globalized World

  • 16-17 September 2015: Faculty seminar with Francesco Caselli

    16-17 September 2015: Faculty seminar with Francesco Caselli

    Power struggles and the natural resource curse

    Francesco Caselli, London School of Economics

  • 7-10 April 2015: Workshop, INPE

    7-10 April 2015: Workshop, INPE

    Economic Development and Deforestation

  • 4-8 August 2014: Workshop, INPE

    4-8 August 2014: Workshop, INPE

    Tropical deforestation and economic development

    OBT AUDITORIUM, LOCAL SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS, SP