In order to achieve the learning objective a) acquire knowledge and understanding about the phases and methods of the sustainable and multifunctional forestry planning process, i.e. developed according to ecological criteria, on a company and landscape scale, the following topics, in particular, are intended, for a total time estimated at12 hours (4 CFU):
- The concept of Sustainable Forest Management (SFM)
- The functions of the forest.
- Planning as a tool for sustainable, multifunctional forest management
- Different level of forest planning in Italy.
- Steps of lanIn order to achieve the training objectd and forest planning
- Goals, objectives and actors of forest planning
- Data collection; mandatory knowledge about environmental socio-economic factors of the woodland to be planned
- Forest compartments and other basic territorial units of a forest under management.
- How to divide a forest ownership into compartments
- The concept of fully regulated evenaged normal forest. Rotation. Criteria to choose the rotation. Yield tables.
- Methods to calculate the allowable cut of evenaged normal forest. The area control methods for the management of coppices.
- Volume control methods for hogh forests: the Austrian methods, the Paulsen-Hundeshagen principle and derived formulas
- The management of the normal unevenaged forest. The reverse j shaped curve; the cutting cycle. How calculate the allowable cut.
- Management methods which do not refer to a normal forest model: the silvicultural method; the Moeller's Dauerwald, the control method.

In order to achieve the learning objectiveive b) knowledge and understanding of how to apply theoretical knowledge to forest planning decisions through case studies, didactical experiences in forest and practical exercises regarding the estimation of woody recovery, the recognition and protection of social and environmental functions carried out by forest stands, the integration of wood production with the conservation of the complexity of forest systems, are programmed, for a total time estimated at 12 hours (1,5 CFU).

In order to achieve the learning objective 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 with forest management, and e) better ability to learn the complexity of issues relating to the management of natural resources teh following topics are intended, for a total time estimated at 8 hours (1 CFU):
- Forest management facing the challenges of global change, the following topics are intended:
- Overcoming the normal forest: from prediction to control. Management "close to nature" in its various expressions.
- The forest as a complex and adaptive biological system. Systemic management.
- Planning forests with prevalent function of protection from natural hazards.

In order to achieve the learning objective 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 decisionsthe following topics are intended, for a total time estimated at 4 hours (0,5 CFU):
- Landscape-scale forest planning: general characteristics, peculiarities, benefits, operational phases.
- The participatory process in forest planning.

Peter Bettinger, Kevin Boston, Jacely Siry, Donald Grebner
Forest management and Planning
Academic Press, 2017
Available at the university scientific library