Resources, economics, and markets

About this programme

Knowledge corresponding to 120 15 credits in one of the following subjects: - Forestry - Forest science - Forest management - Agricultural science - Biology - Technology English 6 Or Knowledge corresponding to 120 including 30 credits Economics English 6 Finalized by: Ordförande för programnämnden för utbildning inom skog (PN-S), 2025-12-18 Valid from : Autumn semester 2026 (2026-08-31) The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest. Knowledge corresponding to 120 15 credits in one of the following subjects: - Forestry - Forest science - Forest management - Agricultural science - Biology - Technology English 6 Or Knowledge corresponding to 120 including 30 credits Economics English 6 The course starts by discussing the role of forests in sustainable development and continues by explaining how economic principles affect the management of natural resources, particularly forest resources. Supply and demand for forest raw materials, both timber and biomass, are then discussed, along with the supply and demand for forest-based products. Questions that are analyzed are fore example how the demand for sawn timber products affects the supply of biomass for, e.g., bioenergy. The course then analyzes how markets are influenced by market failures, such as monopolies, and how this affects the supply of forest-based products. Finally, the course analyzes and evaluates the trade-offs that forest owners need to make between different types of ecosystem services using numerical