| Course Title | Code | Language | Type | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Management | OM462 | Turkish | Compulsory | 8. Semester | 2 + 2 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| Prerequisite Courses | |
| Course Level | Undergraduate |
| 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 |
| # | 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 |
| 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 | Interview Presentation (Preparation) |
| 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. | Presentation (Preparation) Interview |
| 5. Week | Sustained yield, sustainable forestry, rotation. | Presentation (Preparation) Interview |
| 6. Week | Evaluating intensive management decisions–spacing and thinning. | Presentation (Preparation) Interview |
| 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. | Interview Presentation (Preparation) |
| 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. | Presentation (Preparation) Interview |
| 12. Week | Determination of sustained yield and the operability limits on forest harvesting. | Presentation (Preparation) Interview |
| 13. Week | Stand regeneration, and the changes in forest dynamics resulting from harvesting and silviculture operations. | Presentation (Preparation) Interview |
| 14. Week | Working Forest Management Plan demonstration an presentation | Presentation (Preparation) Interview |
| No | Program Requirements | Level of Contribution | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | Understanding of sustainable resource use | ✔ | |||||
| 2 | Essential knowledge of flora, fauna, ecosystem and natural resource concerning forestry | ✔ | |||||
| 3 | Essential knowledge about the administrative and legal structure, policy-making and planning processes, supply-demand relations, socio-economic situation concerning forest resources of Turkey | ✔ | |||||
| 4 | Competence in defining, modelling and solving a problem concerning the field of forestry | ✔ | |||||
| 5 | Skill of using contemporary techniques and instruments needed for forestry practices | ✔ | |||||
| 6 | Skill of applying the knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering in forestry problems | ✔ | |||||
| 7 | Skill of designing and conducting experiments, analyzing the data, and interpreting the results | ✔ | |||||
| 8 | Skill of team-work within the forestry discipline as well as with other disciplines | ✔ | |||||
| 9 | Adequate knowledge and skill of foreign language to follow the facts and developments concerning forestry | ✔ | |||||
| 10 | Skill of effective verbal and written communication | ✔ | |||||
| 11 | Competence in taking initiative and acting independently | ✔ | |||||
| 12 | Knowledge and consciousness of quality | ✔ | |||||
| 13 | Consciousness of life-time learning | ✔ | |||||
| 14 | Consciousness of professional ethics and social responsibility | ✔ | |||||
| Program Requirements | DK1 | DK2 | DK3 | DK4 | DK5 | DK6 | DK7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| PY2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| PY5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| PY6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY10 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| PY11 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| PY12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| PY13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY14 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ders Kitabı veya Notu | Ders Kitabı veya Ders Notu bulunmamaktadır. |
|---|---|
| Diğer Kaynaklar |
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| 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 | ||
