TERRENCE G. BENSEL
Professor and Chair
Department of Environmental Science
Allegheny College
520 North Main Street, Box E
Meadville, PA 16335 USA

Phone: 814-332-2787
Fax: 814-332-2789
E-mail: terrence.bensel@allegheny.edu

Office: Steffee B200-b
Spring 2010 Office Hours
T 9:00-10:00; W 1:00-3:00;
Th 10:00-12:00; and F 11:00-12:00
Spring 2010 Courses

ES 110 - Introduction to Environmental Science (course web page)

ES 315 - Advanced Environmental Mapping (course web page)

FSENV 201 - Environmental Problem Analysis (course readings)

ES 600/610 - Senior Project Seminar (schedule) (guidelines)
Selected Publications

Bensel, T.G., D. Newsom and V. Bahn. (under review in The Journal of Forestry). Are there economic benefits from Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification? An analysis of Pennsylvania State Forest timber sales.

Bensel, T.G. 2008. Fuelwood, deforestation, and land degradation: 10 years of evidence from Cebu Province, the Philippines. Land Degradation & Development, 19: 587-605. (PDF)

Bensel, T.G. 2005. Climate forecasts and government response: The case of the 1997-1998 El Niño event in the Philippines. Philippine Geographical Journal, 49(1-4): 86-109. (PDF)

Remedio, E.M. and T.G. Bensel. 2003. Socio-Economic and Environmental Impacts of Woodfuel Consumption and Production: A Case Study of Cebu Province, Philippines. Bangkok, European Commission - United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Partnership Programme: Information and Analysis for Sustainable Forest Management in South and Southeast Asia.

Bensel, T.G. 2001. Promoting certified sustainable forestry on private woodlots in north-western Pennsylvania: Challenges and opportunities. Local Environment, 6(3): 257-278.

Bensel, T.G. and R.C. Harriss. 1996. Biomass fuel utilization in tropical Asia. In Biomass Burning and Global Change, Volume 2, edited by Joel Levine. Cambridge: MIT Press: 671-681.

Bensel, T.G. and D.M. Kummer. 1996. Fuelwood consumption and deforestation in the Philippines. Human Organization, 55(4): 498-500. (PDF)

Bensel, T.G. and R.C. Harriss. 1996. Energy policy and economic development in the Philippines: 1973-2000. The Journal of Energy and Development, 20(2): 187-227.

Bensel, T.G. 1995. Rural woodfuel production for urban markets: Problems and opportunities in Cebu Province, Philippines. Pacific and Asian Journal of Energy, 5(1): 9-28.

Bensel, T.G. and E.M. Remedio. 1995. Residential energy use patterns in Cebu City, Philippines. Energy - The International Journal, 20(3): 173-188. (PDF)

Bensel, T.G. 1994. Commercial woodfuel markets, smallholder tree cultivation and the environment in Cebu Province, Philippines. In Marketing of Multipurpose Tree Products in Asia. Proceedings of an international workshop held in Baguio City, Philippines, 6-9 December 1993. Edited by John B. Raintree and Herminia A. Francisco. Bangkok: Winrock International: 75-97.

Bensel, T.G. and E.M. Remedio. 1993. Patterns of Commercial Woodfuel Supply, Distribution and Use in the City and Province of Cebu, Philippines. Bangkok: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Regional Wood Energy Development Programme in Asia, Field Document No. 42. 123 pp. (PDF)