FORE632-14S2 (C) Semester Two 2014

Advanced Forest Management

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2014
End Date: Sunday, 16 November 2014
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 27 July 2014
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 12 October 2014

Description

Information requirements for forest management planning, Stand level analysis, Forest estate level analysis, Integration of the forest estate with manufacturing and marketing decisions, Risk & Uncertainty

This paper is only available to students enrolled in the Master of International Forestry (MIntFor) degree.

Learning Outcomes

  • Learning Outcomes

    Knowledge
    Students will gain advanced technical knowledge in:
  • Data requirements for forest management planning and sources of this data.
  • Forest estate modelling systems

    Students will gain a critical understanding of key principles of forest management planning at both the stand and estate level for strategic, tactical and operational planning.

    Skills
    Students will:
  • Be able to use, and be aware of the strengths and weaknesses of, forest management decision support systems.
  • Required to use these systems to address complex forest management problems

    Application
    Students will:
  • Be able to integrate data, techniques, concepts and systems in order to analyse forest management issues.
  • Be able to effectively communicate methods, results and conclusions of these analyses.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval by the Head of School

Restrictions

Course Coordinator

For further information see School of Forestry Head of Department

Assessment

Stand level analysis assignment 20%
Forest estate modeling assignment 30%
Final Exam                50%

Textbooks / Resources

There is no single prescribed text for this course. You will be provided with relevant readings and references during lectures.

Notes

An important component of the course is applying concepts and techniques in the analysis of forest management planning problems. Consequently a pass in this paper requires a satisfactory performance in the computer laboratories.  A satisfactory performance means attendance at all laboratories and having a lab report given a pass before leaving the lab.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $950.00

* 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 .

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