It is aimed at people who are at the forefront of ecosystem conservation challenges in high- biodiversity developing countries. The two-week session is designed for participants from a variety of disciplines biology, forestry, law, anthropology and economics regardless of whether they have previous training in economics. Participants must be proficient in English. The course is taught by experts in environmental economics who also have extensive field experience and understand real-world conservation challenges. They are drawn from several leading U.S. academic institutions University of Southern California, Brandeis University and the University of California at Berkeley.
Additional instruction is delivered by CSF staff.
This course will be held 60 miles outside San Francisco, California, in the small town of Occidental.