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Environmental Policy Roundtable Feb 8 Restoration of Brazil's Atlantic Forest as a Watershed Management Tool: Rosimeiry Portela, Trista Pattterson and Sandra Young report on a field course in Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 07-21, 2002. Feb 22 Brian Dabson/Corp. for Enterprise Development (Doug B) In 1995 The Nature Conservancy, with high hopes and $2.25 million in capital, launched a new model for conservation: a for-profit business designed to preserve the environment of Virginia's pristine Eastern Shore while developing its weak economy. In August 1999, the board of directors authorized the dissolution of the company. What went wrong? Mar 8 Josh Farley/Institute for Ecological Economics on Macro Level Ecological Economics and other topics (Trista) Mar 22 Roel Boumans (IEE) Modeling Dynamics and Value of Global Ecosystem Services. Roel will be demonstrating his Global Unified Metamodel of the Biosphere (GUMBO). It incorporates dynamic feedback from technology, economic production, and ecosystem goods and services. Apr 12 David Tilley/MEES on Emergy (Luisa) Apr 26 Jonathan Nash/Population Reference Bureau (Meiry) Do Demographics Matter to Natural Resource Management? The Case of Deforestation. Undeniably, demographic change will affect our ability to manage natural resources effectively and sustainably. There is an increasing recognition of the need for greater analysis of population and environment linkages - but are the links always clear and evident? What role does demographic change play in the case of continuing global deforestation? May 10 Ken Conca (GVPT) (Ken Cousins) on the Global Political
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