CSRD announces a series of discussions to be held on the first Thursday of each month during the Spring 2001 semester.  These colloquia will be held from 6-8pm in 201 Giannini Hall on the UC Berkeley campus, and all interested parties are invited to attend.  The following provides the topics and tentative speakers: 

February 1 – How will the Bush Administration Affect Environmental and Agricultural Policy?

Speakers:
Gordon Rausser, former Dean, College of Natural Resources, University of California at Berkeley

David Zilberman, Robinson Chair, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley

Sally Fairfax, Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California at Berkeley

David Sunding, Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley

Brian Wright, Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley

Moderator: Kathy Baylis
 

March 1 – Agriculture, the Environment and International Trade

Speakers:
Tim Josling, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Studies, Stanford University

Colin Carter, Professor and Chair, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Davis

Alex McCalla, Professor Emeritus, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Davis

Brian Wright, Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley

Larry Karp, Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley

Kate O’Neill, Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California at Berkeley
 

April 5 – The 2002 Farm Bill

Speakers:
David Zilberman, Robinson Chair, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley

David Sunding, Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley

Jerry Seibert, Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley

Jeffrey LaFrance, Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley

Dan Sumner, Frank H. Buck, Jr. Professor and Director, UC Agricultural Issues Center, University of California at Davis 
 

May 3 – Involving Multiple Stakeholders in the Environmental Policy-Making Process

Speakers:
Louise Fortmann, Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California at Berkeley

Judith Innes, Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California at Berkeley

Greg Thomas, Chief Executive Officer, Natural Heritage Institute

Gary Nakamura, Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California at Berkeley

Jonathan Kusel, Executive Director, Forest Community Research

Pranab Bardhan, Professor, Institute of International Studies, University of California at Berkeley