1. Welcome to: 2nd year SUTROFOR Master course In Padova Galileo Galilei 1592-1610

2. Ethics in forestry and responsible management, processing and trade of tropical forest products & services

3. How we understand these problems “... forestry is not about trees... it is about people...... it is about trees only insofar as trees can serve the needs of people” Jack Westoby 1967 “forest policy has to balance, in one way or the other, the relation of society with the forest resource…” Adriaan van Maaren 1984 “the sustainable forest is controversial for good reason: any one definition represents particular values at others’ expense” Jeff Romm 1993 Jeff Romm 1993 Forest degradation, corruption, trade of illegal wood Descriptive or analytical exercises (research)

4. Forest degradation, corruption, trade of illegal wood What to do? Private sector (voluntary initiatives) Corporate social responsibility Public sector Conventions, Agreements, Incentives, Command and control instruments Partnership Normative policy

5. Research metho-dology, statistics (8) (Mattia Cai) Societal marketing (8) (Laura Secco) Business & ethics (4) (Davide Pettenella) International market (4) (Paola Gatto) Forest policies & conflicts management (4) (Gerard Buttoud)

6. Some of our principles for effective teaching and learning  Establish clear goals and learning outcomes  Generate interest & provide explanation  Active engagement of students (lecturers learning from students)  Help you learn to learn  Concern & respect for students & your learning  Provide appropriate assessment & feedback

7. Our role as teachers ( Richard Baker & Peter Kanowski, 2009)  to share our passion for learning  guides on the side – not sages on the stage

8. If you have any problems or issues to discuss: contact Susi first Susanne Kloehn Erasmus Office and International Relations Front Desk time: Tuesday and Thursday from 9,30 am to 12,30 pm Tel. +39 049 827 2538 Fax. +39 049 827 2529E-mail: erasmus.agripolis@unipd.it http://www.agraria.unipd.it/it/home/erasmus.asp

9. Davide.pettenella@unipd.itLaura.secco@...Paola.gatto@...Mattia.cai@...

10. And now it’s your turn! Introduce yourselves Describe what you have studied previously and where Discuss what you think are the best and worse aspects that you may experience in Padova this year (positive expectations and worries)

11. Teaching material Moodle platform Web site of the teachers Teaching time schedule See file Excel How to find us? www.agraria.unipd.it www.agraria.unipd.it

12. Other activities  Thesis work organisation (2 ECTS)  Internal seminars  Italian language course (on Friday)

13. Thesis preparation and discussion 30 ECTS 1 mentor (among the teaching staff) + 1 or even more co-mentors Thesis discussion: from July to September (or later) When to start: now! (thinking), February-March (field work)

14. Synergies and contacts for thesis FAO (Rome – Italy) CIFOR (Cameroon) Biodiversity International (former IPGRI - Rome) Forest Stewardship Council Int. (Bonn) and FSC-Italy (Padova) UN-ECE Timber Committee (Geneva) UNEP (Vienna) and UNESCO-ROSTE (Venice) Forest consultant companies and NGOs Companies (IKEA, ALPICAM, Burgo, …)

15. www.sutrofor.net

17. Study in Italy http://www.study-in-italy.it/

18. Final wish to you all coming to Padova “REDIBO PLENIOR” “I shall come back richer, more mature” motto by G.V. Pinelli, second half of XVI Century