Course Description & Objectives:
- Introduction and scope of environmental economics.
- Sustainable development: Definition and attainment. Sustainable development and resource management capital. Uganda’s environmental capital and sustainability.
- Application of economics principles in environmental conservation, preservation and development.
- The role of economic instruments on environment (price-based and rights-based measures).
- Economics of conservation of endangered species and threatened environments. Cost Benefit analysis of sustainability (emphasis on Uganda).
- The role of business and industry in environment.
- Price valuation of the environment.
- Measurement and Quantification of environmental impacts (positive and negative).
- Importance of Economics in E.I.A.
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