Forest Management and Arrangement
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Develop competencies integrating the concepts of forest planning and territorial planning with sustainable management of forest/natural resources according with the current mechanisms of certification.
Develop competencies to decide in complex environmental systems
Develop knowledge of the main instruments for sustainable forest management based on: (1) importance and long life span of forest resources; (2) Multi-scale and spatial explicitly of the different levels of forest management: (3) The concepts of sustainability of the activities in forests; (4) The patrimonial value and multifunctionality of forest/natural resources
Develop knowledge of the specific contexts of Portuguese forest areas and its implications on forest planning: (1) Interventions in private areas; (2) Interventions in public areas
Contents
Typology of the main aspects in forest planning and certification of management of forest resources: Forest regional planning; Local forest management plans; Regional forest fire prevention plans; Zones of forest interventions (ZIF)
Forest planning: Forest mensuration for quantification and qualification of forest stands, Growth modeling of forest resources, Decision models for forest/natural resources; Decision support systems methods (linear programming, objective planning, optimization)
Economics and valuation of forest and natural resources: The market and the valuation of forest resources; First approach to the valuation of forest goods and product; The factor time and the importance of the income taxes on the evaluation of forest investments.
Teaching Methods
visits to model forest areas, making and discussion of a practical work made by the students, based on
discussions in class, in the field, bibliographic research and application to a case study area.
Evaluation: from the participation in and the discussions oriented by the professor + practical work
developed on the case study, with an oral and written presentation.
Assessment
Written exam two hours (F) and presentation of a pratical work report (T)
Final classification = 0,6 F + 0,4 T2
Recommended Reading
Bettinger, p. Boston, K., Siri, A.P., Grebner, D.L. 2009 Forest management and planning. Academic Press, Elsevier, USA.
Jonsson, B.; Jacobsson, J.; Kallur, H. 1993. The forest management planning package. Theory and application. Uppsala (Suecia)
Montero, G., Miguel, S., and Cañellas, I. (1998). Sistemas de selvicultura mediterránea. La dehesa. In "Agricultura Sostenible" (R. Jimenez Diaz and J. Lamo de Espinosa, eds.), pp. 519-554. Mundi-Prensa.
Philip, M. S. (1994). "Measuring trees and forests," CAB International, Wallingford.
Smith, D. M., Larson, B. C., Kelty, M. J., and Ashton, P. M. S. (1997). "The practice of silviculture: applied forest ecology," John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York
Van Laar, A., Akça, A. 2007. Forest Mensuration. Springer USA
Vanclay, J. K. (1994). "Modelling forest growth and yield: applications to mixed tropical forests," CAB INTERNATIONAL, Wallingford
