ENVS4006 Forest Policies and Practices

Later Year Course

Offered By	School of Resources Environment & Society
Academic Career	Undergraduate
Course Subject	Environmental Science
Offered in	First Semester, 2009 and First Semester, 2010
Unit Value	6 units
Course Description	The course seeks to offer students: a framework for better understanding forest policy processes and outcomes; an overview of current issues in forest policy and practices, and perspectives on them; exposure to analysing and communicating forest policy issues; the opportunity to engage with and learn from forest policy and management practitioners.
Learning Outcomes	On satisfying the requirements of this course, students will have: 1. an understanding of forest policy processes and outcomes, both internationally and in Australia; 2. an overview of current issues in forest policy and practices, and perspectives on them 3. enhanced skills in analysing and communicating forest policy issues
Indicative Assessment	Assessment will be based on: Oral & written field course report (35%; LO 2, 3) Oral & written forest policy statement (30%; LO 1, 2, 3) Literature review (35%; LO 1, 2, 3)
Workload	5 hours/ week (2 of which are contact) during semester, and a 5-day field course
Areas of Interest	Forestry and Resource Management and Environmental Science
Incompatibility	SRES4006
Science Group	C
Academic Contact	Professor Peter Kanowski

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