Sustainable Forest Management

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

Intensive teaching mode at the Creswick Campus

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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Sustainable forest management involves the integration of a wide range of economic, environmental and social values. This subject presents the basis for sustainable forest management, the policy framework governing forest management, the scientific basis of landscape ecology and tools and techniques for analysis, design of management practices in forest landscapes and processes for successful development and implementation of forest management plans.

At the completion of this subject students will have a sound understanding of:

• principles of forest management planning, sustainable land use and environmental management systems.
• the policy framework for forest management, including: international conventions, national and state forest management, biodiversity and sustainability policies and codes of forest practice
• techniques in forest landscape design and planning, including; optimisation and zoning of forest land uses; reserve design; integration of multiple objectives such as biodiversity conservation, timber production and water supply; spatial analysis and presentation; public consultation; management plan preparation, implementation and review

In class exercises and presentation 20%, Practical exercise (2000 words, 30%), Major assignment (3000 words, 50%).

Anon (1997) Victorian Statewide Assessment of Ecologically Sustainable Forest Management. Joint Commonwealth and Victorian Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) Steering Committee.

Ferguson, I.S. (1996), Sustainable Forest Management, Oxford University Press

Bissonette, J. and Storch, L. (2002) Landscape Ecology and Resource Management: Linking Theory with Practice, Island Press.

Diaz, N. and Apostol, D. (1992) Forest Landscape Analysis and Design. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region. R6 ECO-TP-043-92

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.