AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Department of Forestry
& Natural Environment
Management

Forest Economics

Course Content

Basic economic concepts. Market structure, demand, supply, elasticities, principle of economy, productivity. Introduction to Forest Economics. Economics of forest production rates. Supply and demand of forest products, forest holdings. Marketing of forest products. Social and economic planning in forestry, forest enterprise management planning. Macroeconomic and microeconomic analysis in forest holdings. International trade.

Learning Results

Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:
- understand basic concepts of economic theory, inputs and outputs of economic operation and their application in forest production
- estimate the cost of forest production and analyze the value chain of forest products
- estimate the value of forest holdings
- assess the value of forest-related services.

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DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY 

The Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Management joined the Faculty of Plant Sciences of the AUA. The Department operates from the academic year 2019-2020 and is based in Tthe city of Karpenisi. Housed in the building facilities of the Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Management of the former Technical Scool (TEI)  of Central Greece.
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