Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Language Type Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Forest Management OM462 Turkish Compulsory 2 + 2 3.0 4.0
Prerequisite Courses
Course Level Graduate
Mode of delivery Visual Presentation/ Lecture
Course Coordinator Prof. Dr. Hayati ZENGİN, Doç. Dr. Ahmet Salih DEĞERMENCİ
Instructor(s)
Goals The main objective of this course is to give students designed to provide forest management plan with an understanding of the principles and concepts of forest management including inventory, sustained yield, forest management costs, silvicultural systems, economic analysis, multiple use, forest sustainability, ecosystem management.
Course Content Forest management concept, planning systems, approaches, techniques and processes, management prescriptions, harvest scheduling, rotation period, annual allowable cut and planning principles of NWFP. Field work, reading and orienting maps, taking sample plots and measuring all parameters C. Uneven-aged forest management, its principles, site index and harvest scheduling. Planning approaches in Turkey, Mediterranean Model Forest, Stand-based Planning, FRIS, ETÇAP E. Forest Dynamics, decision making tools, management strategies. Management plans: determining AAC, conservation areas, treatment areas, afforestation areas, preparing, assessing and presenting management plans to the class for group discussion
Learning Outcomes
# Öğrenme Kazanımı
1 1. Understand current trends in the ecology and management of Turkish forests
2 2. Acquire an economic, ecological, social, political, and cultural perspective on the role of forestry in the lives of traditional Turkish people.
3 3. Application of GIS and GPS technologies
4 4. Made areal forest inventory and multiple use forest management plans case study areas.
5 5. Discuss the differences between the traditional use of forests in Turkish and World regions
6 6. Describe the economical, ecological, social and cultural context in how Turkish views their forest
7 7. Cooperate with fellow staff in carrying out and planning a case study are forest management activities with GIS experiments
Lesson Plan (Weekly Topics)
Week Topics/Applications Method
1. Week Introduction to forest management, history and missions, relationship other sciences Presentation (Preparation), Interview
2. Week Information systems, data types in forestry, Resource base–present and future demands, current practices Presentation (Preparation), Interview
3. Week Valuation for trees, stump age, even aged and uneven aged stand, non–wood forest outputs. Interview, Presentation (Preparation)
4. Week Concepts of normal forest increment and yield. Interview, Presentation (Preparation)
5. Week Sustained yield, sustainable forestry, rotation. Presentation (Preparation), Interview
6. Week Evaluating intensive management decisions–spacing and thinning. Interview, Presentation (Preparation)
7. Week Classical approaches to forest yield regulation–principles and its application to Turkish Forests. Presentation (Preparation), Interview
8. Week The Model Plans in Turkish Forest Presentation (Preparation), Interview
9. Week The design of planning processes to manage forest change by orchestrating harvest and silviculture activities. Presentation (Preparation), Interview
10. Week The social, economic and ecological contexts of forest management. Presentation (Preparation), Interview
11. Week The characterization and distinction between trees, stands, and forests. Interview, Presentation (Preparation)
12. Week Determination of sustained yield and the operability limits on forest harvesting. Interview, Presentation (Preparation)
13. Week Stand regeneration, and the changes in forest dynamics resulting from harvesting and silviculture operations. Interview, Presentation (Preparation)
14. Week Working Forest Management Plan demonstration an presentation Presentation (Preparation), Interview
*Midterm and final exam dates are not specified in the 14-week course operation plan. Midterm and final exam dates are held on the dates specified in the academic calendar with the decision of the University Senate.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 DK5 DK6 DK7
Recommended Sources
Ders Kitabı veya Notu Ders Kitabı veya Ders Notu bulunmamaktadır.
Diğer Kaynaklar
  • • Eraslan, Orman Amenajmanı, 1982, İstanbul • L.S. Davis and K.N. Johnson, P.S. Bettinger, T.E. Howard, Forest Management (To Sustain Ecological, Economic, and Social Values), 4th edition, Publisghed: MsGraw-Hill, 2001, 804 pp.USA • F. Kapucu, Orman Amenajmanı, 2002, Trabzon • P, Bettinger, K. Boston, J.P. Siry, D.L. Grebner, Forest Management and Planning, Elsevier, 2009, 331pp. UK,
ECTS credits and course workload
ECTS credits and course workload Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Sınavlar
Midterm 1 1 20 20
Final 1 30 30
Practice 5 5 25
Practice End-Of-Term 3 9 27
Total Workload 102
*AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 ECTS Credit of the Course 4.0