ENVS6603 Sustainable Forest Planning
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Offered By
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School of Resources Environment & Society
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Academic Career
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Graduate Coursework
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Course Subject
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Environmental Science
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Offered in
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Second Semester, 2009 and Second Semester, 2010
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Unit Value
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6 units
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Course Description
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This course is arranged through the National Forestry Masters Program (NFMP) as cross-institutional enrolment through University of Tasmania. The course will be offered as 2-week block from 7 - 18 September 2009. Planning for the sustainable or long-term "wise use" of natural resources is contentious and increasingly complex. Such planning can only be achieved by teams who can integrate knowledge and information from a wide range of disciplines and practices. The course uses a problem-based learning approach to focus on the application of forest ecology, silviculture, GIS and modelling to the planning of a sizable public native forest. The course covers theories and approaches to planning and "optimisation" and also integrates resource inventories (wildlife, timber, landscape quality, and recreation), codes of forest practice, fire management principles, environmental statements, and local government, state and Commonwealth policies. |
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Indicative Assessment
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| A review / presentation of the application of the forest planning techniques outlined in the course to a country / region of their own choice (7 pages; 25%), A Management Plan for natural forest that integrates the data supplied during previous inventories, Regional Forest Assessments and the Codes of Forest practice, Environmental statements and principles, etc. (3-4 person teams; 25 pages; 55%), An oral presentation of the above Plan that demonstrates teamwork and integration of knowledge from all relevant aspects (3-4 person teams; 45 minutes; 15%) , A written debrief of the overall exercise (5%). Students must work in teams to produce the Management Plan and oral reports. |
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Workload
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5 Contact hours, comprising of lectures, workshops and field excursions. Students will also require significant teamwork time to coordinate their major project. |
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Course Classification(s)
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and
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Areas of Interest
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Resource Management and Environmental Science
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Eligibility
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Bachelor degree;
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Requisite Statement
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Knowledge of forest measurement and silviculture. |
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Incompatibility
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Preliminary Reading
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Dargavel, J., 1995, Fashioning Australia's Forests, Oxford. Ferguson, I.S., 1996, Sustainable Forest Management, Oxford. Florence, R.G., 1996, Ecology and Silviculture of Eucalypt Forests, CSIRO, Melbourne. |
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Programs
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Master of Environment
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Academic Contact
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Dr Cris Brack
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The information published on the Study at ANU 2009 website applies to the 2009 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2008 website.
