Forest management planning
(objectives)
As part of the general objective of the Master's Degree Course in Forestry and Environmental Sciences, that is, to train professionals capable of governing forest management processes in relation to the role that forest ecosystems play today, and the challenges that socio-environmental systems must address in the face of Global Change processes, at the end of the course, the student will have acquired: a) knowledge and understanding of the phases of the sustainable and multifunctional forest planning process, i.e. developed according to ecological criteria, on a single forest property and landscape scale; b) knowledge and understanding of how to apply theoretical knowledge to forest planning decisions through case studies regarding the estimation of allowable cut, the recognition and protection of the social and environmental functions provided by forest stands, the integration of wood production with the conservation of the complexity of forest systems; c) autonomy of judgment and decision regarding the validity of the different approaches to forest planning applicable in a given socio-ecological context in relation to the multiplicity of objectives to be achieved through forest management; d) better ability to communicate and discuss the objectives and methods of forest management planning with the various stakeholders involved in the planning process, with particular reference to the environmental impact of the plan decisions. e) better ability to learn the complexity of issues relating to the management of natural resources.
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Derived from
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17700 Forest management planning in Forestry and Environmental Sciences LM-73 0 PORTOGHESI Luigi
(syllabus)
The concept of Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) and its tools. The functions of forest. Different level of forest planning in Italy. Stages of a land plan and of a traditional forest plan Target and actors of forest planning Stage I: data collection; mandatory knoledge about environmental socio-economic factors Forest compartments and other basic territorial units of a forest under management. How to divide a forest ownership into compartments The concept of evenaged normal forest.. Rotation. Criteria to choose the rotation. Yield tables. Methods to calculate the allowable cut of evenaged normal forest. The area methods for the management of coppices. The Austrian methods, the Paulsen-Hundeshagen principle, the Masson formula, the Patrone formula. The management of the normal unevenaged forest. The reverse j shaped curve; the cutting cycle. How calculate the allowable cut. Management methods which do noto refer to a normal forest model: the silvicultural method; the control method. New trend in forest planning. The landscape forest planning tool. Forest planning in designated protected areas and Natura 2000 sites.
(reference books)
Peter Bettinger, Kevin Boston, Jacely Siry, Donald Grebner Forest management Planning Academic Press, 2017
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From 26/09/2021 to 20/01/2022 |
Delivery mode
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At a distance
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Written test
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