FORE111-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018

Trees, Forests and the Environment

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2018
End Date: Sunday, 24 June 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 4 March 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 20 May 2018

Description

Forests and their relationships with people from the beginning of human history to the present day. Community and urban forestry. Tree classification and identification. The nature and location of the world's forests. Forests as communities of plants, animals and micro-organisms. The role of forests in the conservation of soil, water and biodiversity, and in the provision of recreation and other forest products. Sustainable forest management. Climate change and carbon credits. Forest certification. Forests in New Zealand. Treaty obligations

To introduce students to the dynamic relationship between forests, environment and society;
To examine the nature, location and significance of the world's forests and their relationship to the environment;
To introduce the student to the historical and current societal attitudes to forest use;
To provide an overview of goods and services provided by forests;
To identify key tree species

Learning Outcomes

  • To identify significant tree species;
  • To consider the nature and location of the world's forests and the services they provide, and the role of sustainable forest management in achieving these services
    • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Restrictions

FORE101, FORE102, FORE103, FORE104, FORE105, FORE121

Course Coordinator

Luis Apiolaza

Lecturer

Euan Mason

Tutor

Vicki Wilton

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Tree ID Assessment 25%
Mid-Semester Test 25%
Mid-Year Exam 50%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Sands, Roger; Forestry in a global context ; 2nd ed; CABI, 2013.

Notes

Additional learning material and resources will be available via the course Learn site.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $937.00

International fee $4,363.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Forestry .

All FORE111 Occurrences

  • FORE111-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018