Staff at the University of Padova

 

Teachers

 

Davide Pettenella

My name is Davide Pettenella and I am professor of forest economics at LEAF (Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry) Department where I am teaching Forest economics.   I am particularly interested in forest products & services marketing, with a special focus on Corporate Social Responsibility and the ethical aspects connected with public institutions role in regulating the forestry sector  (illegal logging and FLEGT, ENA-FLEG, flexible mechanisms, PES, REDD+, ethical finance etc.).

I have published more than 300 papers in the field of forest economics and marketing as a result of research activities and field works carried out within programs financed by the European Commission, FAO, European Forestry Institute, World Bank, and by Italian institutions.

 

In SUTROFOR, I am coordinating the Padova program and teaching Social Responsibility by public and private organisations. I also contribute to FONASO PhD, SUFONAMA MSc, and some other international MSc courses through teaching and supervising thesis.

 

My e-mail is:

Link to my web site: www.tesaf.unipd.it/pettenella

  

 

Gérard Buttoud

My name is Gérard Buttoud and I am professor of forest policy and teacher of Forest policies and conflict management in tropical forestry at the University of Padova.   I am particularly interested in: (i) National forest policy and legislation evaluation and formulation, strategic planning of forestry activities in Europe and developing countries; (ii) Forest land community management in developing countries and the related institutional and

financial aspects of community forestry management, decentralized forest management and organization, association of local rural communities to forestry development and policy, methods for conflicts resolution; and (iii) Integrated management plans promoting SFM: techniques for elaboration and assessment of management plans at local level through participatory processes, Criteria and Indicators for sustainable management, Village Land Use Planning implementation; forest development networking.

 

On these topics I have published 170 paper and 8 books.

 

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Laura Secco

My name is Laura Secco. I am full-time Researcher at Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry (LEAF – TeSAF in Italian) Department at the University of Padova, College of Agriculture.   I am Assistant Professor in teaching modules on forest economics, land policies, local development and research planning and methodology. I am member of the Doctoral School TARS (Territory, Environment, Resources, Health) at the same Department, as well as of the global

PhD Programme on Forest and Nature for Society (FONASO). I am active in some scholar organisations, international and national NGOs and reviewer for international journals related to natural sciences.

 

I am particularly interested in (i) evaluation of forest policies, legislations, institutional frameworks and development processes, with special focus in developing countries; ii) participatory approaches and communicative processes for the enhancement of partnership in forestry activities; iii) multiactors multilevel governance mechanisms in forestry at macro- and micro-level scales; evaluation and modelling of natural resources governance systems; iv) policies, practices and instruments for social and environmental responsibility in forest management, wood processing industry and trade (included SFM standards; environmental management systems certification, forest management and chain-of-custody certification, fair-trade, social accountability; environmental reporting, independent forest monitoring, auditing techniques, etc.); v) local development processes in rural and mountain areas; analysis of local rural communities and their forestry-links; methods for conflicts managing/solving.  

 

In SUTROFOR, I am responsible teacher in the 2nd year module on Societal Marketing: Forest Certification and Other Tools and in one of the 1st year e-learning joint modules in Tropical Forestry and Climate Change. I also contribute to other modules and courses through guest teaching and supervising BSc, MSc and PhD thesis.

 

My e-mail is:

Link to my web site: http://www.tesaf.unipd.it/EN/curriculum.asp?id=129 

 

 

Mattia Cai

My name is Mattia Cai and I am a post-doc in the department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry (TeSAF, in the Italian abbreviation) at the University of Padova and a researcher in FEEM’s Sustainable Development program.   I mostly do empirical research in the field of environmental economics. My main interests include biodiversity conservation, economic valuation of the environmental services generated by forests, and economic assessment of climate change impacts.

 

Within the SUTROFOR program, I teach a hands-on introductory course in applied statistical analysis, a section of the 2nd year module ‘Research and Project Development Methodology’.

 

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Paola Gatto

My name is Paola Gatto and I am Associate Professor at Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry (LEAF – TeSAF in Italian).   I graduated in Forest and Environmental Sciences from Padova University in 1985 and after that got my specialisation on Forest and Agricultural Economics first from the University of Newcastle u. T. (UK), then from the University of Firenze, where I got my PhD in 1990.

Since 1990 I have conducted research mainly in the fields of forest and environmental economics and rural development, focusing on quantitative optimisation methods for decision-making in managing natural resources, on the applications of Cost Benefit Analysis to the forest sector, on the theories and methods for the valuation of forest externalities. Most recently my research interests fall into the field of the policy tools for the remuneration of public goods provided by agriculture and forestry, especially market tools like Payments for Environmental Services, and the related institutional and juridical background linked to the development and allocation of property rights. In these fields I am currently involved in some projects at both international, national and local level and act as referee for some international Journals.

 

I currently teach: Evaluation and Assessment of Forest and Environmental Projects to MSc students; International Timber, non Wood Forest Products and Forest Services Trade to SUTROFOR students and Forest Economic related to Mountain Areas for the SUFONAMA students. I am also a member of the Doctoral School TARS (Territory, Environment, Resources, Health), as well as of the FONASO (Forest and Nature for Society) PhD Programme. In my didactical activity I also supervise BSc, MSc and PhD thesis.

 

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Academic staff

 

Elisa Aghito

My name is Elisa Aghito and I am International Relations Officer at the University of Padua (Italy).   Since 2004 I have been in charge of the administrative aspects of the Erasmus Mundus Programme and on behalf of the University I have taken part in several international meetings of the Erasmus Mundus Consortia in which the University of Padua is involved.

In SUTROFOR I am responsible for students welcome, visa, residence permit, accomodation etc.

 

My e-mail is:

Link to office web site: http://www.unipd.it/programmi/mundus or http://www.unipd.it/programmi/erasmus/welcomeguide/welcomeguide.htm

 

 

Susanne Kloehn

My name is Susanne Kloehn and I am the tutor for Erasmus Mundus Students at the Faculty of Agriculture since 2008.   I have a degree in Forestry Sciences from the University of Dresden. In SUTROFOR I am taking care about the students at the Faculty, provide them all necessary requisites which support the didactic activities like passwords and support them in all important issues in order to survive at the campus.

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Link website: http://www.agraria.unipd.it/it/home/erasmus.asp