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Conservation Economics

Prof. Ankur Awadhiya · IIT Kanpur

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Lectures

Week 1-What is Economics?

  1. Lecture-1-Introduction to the Course,Making Decisions-I Video
  2. Lecture-2-Making Decisions-II & Interactions-I Video
  3. Lecture-3-Intecractions-II & Working of the Economy Video

Week-2-What is Conservation?

  1. Lecture-4-Conservation in the Anthropocene Video
  2. Lecture-5-Human population growth and food requirements Video
  3. Lecture-6-Unsustainable development Video

Week-3-Modern impacts necessitating conservation

  1. Lecture-7-Climate change Video
  2. Lecture-8-Plastics Video
  3. Lecture-9-Oil spills and mining Video

Week-4- Threats to wildlife

  1. Lecture-10 -Push and pull factors :Localisation of species Video
  2. Lecture-11-Threats to species Video
  3. Lecture-12-Developmental Hazards and Ecotoxicology Video

Week-5- How can Economics help?

  1. Lecture-13-Need to understand controls Video
  2. Lecture-14-Thinking as an Economist Video
  3. Lecture-15-Interdependence and gains from trade Video

Week 6- Markets: Places where Economics works

  1. Lecture-16-Demand and supply Video
  2. Lecture-17-Elasticity Video
  3. Lecture-18-Government policy Video

Week 7- Markets, Welfare and Conservation

  1. Lecture-19-Surplus and market efficiency Video
  2. Lecture-20-Market Efficiency and Cost of Taxation Video
  3. Lecture-21-International Trade Video

Week 8- Public sector and Conservation

  1. Lecture-22-Externalities Video
  2. Lecture-23-Public goods and common resources Video
  3. Lecture-24-The design of the tax system Video

Week 9- Industrial organisation and Conservation

  1. Lecture-25-The Costs of Production Video
  2. Lecture-26-Competition Video
  3. Lecture-27-Monopoly Video

Module-10- Labour market economics and Conservation

  1. Lecture-28-Markets for factors of production Video
  2. Lecture-29-Earnings and discrimination Video
  3. Lecture-30-Income inequality and poverty Video

Module-11- Practical issues in Economics and Conservation

  1. Lecture-01-Consumer choice Video
  2. Lecture-02-Asymmetric information, Politics and Behavioural Economics Video
  3. Lecture-03-Valuation of natural resources Video

Module-12- Case studies

  1. Lecture-01- Economics of Protected Areas Video
  2. Lecture-02- Economics of Environmental Disasters- 1 Video
  3. Lecture-03- Economics of Environmental Disasters - 2 Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Kanpur
Department
Biotechnology
Teacher
Prof. Ankur Awadhiya
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Biology
Source
NPTEL
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