Dr Bruce Manley
Position
Associate Professor
Head of School
Qualifications
B.For.Sc (Hons); University of Canterbury
B.B.S. (Accountancy); Massey University
Ph.D.; University of Washington, Seattle
Room
Forestry 111
Contact Details
Phone: +64 3 364 2122
bruce.manley@canterbury.ac.nz
Postal Address
School of Forestry
College of Engineering
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch
New Zealand
Background
New Zealand Forest Research Institute
1976-79 Forester, Economics of Silviculture Research Field
1979-81 Study leave -; Ph.D.
1982 Scientist, Harvest Planning Research Field
1983-85 Scientist, Conversion Planning Project Team
1986-93 Scientist, Resource Evaluation and Planning
1994-97 Manager, South Island Operations
1997-99 Science Portfolio Manager, Value Chain Optimisation
Professional Affiliations
Registered Member and Fellow, NZ Institute of Forestry
1990-2000 Councillor, NZ Institute of Forestry.
1990-1998 Chairman, NZIF Registration Board.
1993-present Convenor, NZIF Forest Valuation Working Party.
Undergraduate Courses
Graduate Courses
Postgraduate students
Forest valuation
- Julie Rodenberg is doing her PhD on "Testing the Afforestation Reservation Price of Small Landowners".
- Rosa Rivas Palma has completed her PhD on “Social and environmental valuation of forest ecosystems in New Zealand”.
- Andres Susaeta has completed a “Comparative analysis between the Net Present Value approach and Option Pricing for forest valuation – a Chilean case study” for his MForSc.
Forest modelling
- Dudi Iskandar is doing his PhD on "The decision-making process in the adoption of agroforestry technology by smallholder farmers in Indonesia".
- Isabel Loza-Balbuena has completed her PhD on “The impact of climate change policies on the GHG balance of the NZ forest industry”. Justin Ford-Robertson was a co-supervisor.
- Kimberly Robertson has completed her MForSc on “Estimating regional supply and delivered cost of forest and wood processing biomass available for bioenergy”
- Kadim Martana has completed his MForSc with a report on “Assessing decision-makers’ preferences to plantation establishment in Indonesia”.
- Teguh Rahardja has completed his PhD on “Optimum forestry-based land-use planning for Indonesia”.
Marketing
- Monica Heberling has completed her MForSc on “Strategic marketing for Uruguayan Eucalyptus solidwood products”. Robert Donnelly was her co-supervisor.
Research Interests
- Forest Valuation - Development of methodology for the valuation of plantations
- Forest Modelling - Modelling of forest estates to incorporate wood and non-wood benefits
- Log and wood quality & linkage to products and markets