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| ORM4021 | Forest Policy | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Cantürk GÜMÜŞ | | Co-Lecturer | PROF. DR. Cantürk GÜMÜŞ, | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To teach the students the legislation of forestry and situation of forest policy, aim and tools of national forestry policy and World Forestry and the situation of the World's Forests |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | comprehend the meaning of forest concept as a system composing infinite element and describe the forestry, policy and forest policy. | 6 | 1 | | LO - 2 : | explain the state of the Turkey's, EU's and World's forest resources and evaluate the state of our national forests in this knows. | 11 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | examine the Turkey's forest policy aim and instruments of forest policy and produce the new aim and the national forest policies and evaluate the current and new instruments. | 3 | 1 | | LO - 4 : | evaluate the problems of Turkey's forest policy. | 4 | 1 | | LO - 5 : | evaluate the world forest resources, world forestry and international forest policy dialogue. | 11 | 1 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Forest, forestry, and general information about forestry policy. Forestry policy in Turkey ( the forest regime in turkey, the forest resources in Turkey, Turkey, nature conservation, forestry policy objectives and tools). Forestry policy issues in Turkey. World forests and forestry. Forestry related international organizations. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to forest, forestry and forestry policy | | | Week 2 | Forestry Policy in Turkey (Forestry regime, forest resources) | | | Week 3 | Forestry Policy in Turkey (Wood raw material consumption and demand for wood) | | | Week 4 | Forestry Policy in Turkey (Nature Protection and National Parks) | | | Week 5 | Forestry policy objectives, Forestry policy instruments (Legal regulations) | | | Week 6 | Forestry policy instruments (Forestry organization) | | | Week 7 | Forestry policy instruments (Forest ownership) | | | Week 8 | Forestry policy instruments (Taxes and incentives, Information, Research and development, Forestry education | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Forestry policy instruments (Participation, Public relations, Agricultural forestry) | | | Week 11 | Forestry policy issues in Turkey (irregularities in the use of land, Determining to forest areas and the cadastre, afforestation) | | | Week 12 | Forestry policy issues in Turkey (legal and institutional chaos) | | | Week 13 | Forest villages and Development of forest villages | | | Week 14 | International organizations related to forestry | | | Week 15 | international conventions related to forestry | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Prof. Dr. Cantürk GÜMÜŞ, 2004. Ormancılık Politikası, KTÜ Orman Fakültesi, Yayın No: 34, Trabzon, 695 p. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 21/11/2013 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 16/01/2014 | 1 | 50 | | |
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