Australia's Forests introduces students to the values and issues associated with Australia's native, plantation, farm and urban forests, and to relevant policy and management regimes. The course comprises field (5 days ) and classroom (4 days) components, delivered in the Winter Session from 8 July to 20 July 2012.

A quota may apply to admission to this course.

On satisfying the requirements of this course, students will have:

1. a broad understanding of the values and issues associated with forests, both historically and in contemporary Australia
2. the capacity to assess how these diverse perspectives, values and issues relate to forest policy and management
3. the skills to communicate their knowledge in a variety of oral and written forms relevant to the policy arena

• Field course report (35%; LO 1, 2, 3)
• Workshop preparation (10%; LO 1, 2)
• Senate forest policy exercise - speech and media release (20%; LO 2, 3)
• Topic review (35%; LO 1, 2, 3)

9 day intensive program, with subsequent completion of assessment

- ENVS1001 Environment and Society: Geography of Sustainability is recommended.

Completion of 24 units, including at least 6 units from courses with ENVS, BIOL or EMSC prefixes.

SRES2010

ENVS1001 would be advantageous, but not essential

Dargavel, J. (1995) Fashioning Australia's Forests, Oxford.

Montreal Process Implementation Group (2008) State of Australia's Forests 2008, www.daff.gov.au/forestry.