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| ORML7193 | International Forest Policy | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Cantürk GÜMÜŞ | | Co-Lecturer | Assist. Prof. Hüseyin AYAZ | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | to provide information about changes and developments in International forestry policy and to teach forestry-related international agreements and the functioning of this agreement |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | learn about international, national and environmental policies and legislation. | 2,8 | 1 | | PO - 2 : | learn about processes for policy development and negotiation. | 2,8 | 1 | | PO - 3 : | learn about the role of various policy actors and their different perspectives. | 2,6 | 1 | | PO - 4 : | learn about policy instruments and their suitability for achieving policy objectives. | 2,6 | 1 | | PO - 5 : | learn about current issues in international forest policy, including: deforestation, illegal logging and trade, forest and climate change, forest in poverty alleviation and international development, forest concervation and forest certification systems. | 2,5,6 | 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), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Policy and governance framework for forest management. Context of national and international policy processes. Policy development and implementation of the role of different actors. To achieve the objectives of different policy instruments and policy evaluation of the appropriate views. Illegal trade in forest products and access, certification and climate change. Current issues in international forest policy is considered from different perspectives and capacities for critical thinking on these issues in terms of policy. Forestry related international agreements. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Princibles of sustinable land use | | | Week 2 | Princibles of environmental management systems | | | Week 3 | Standards and certification systems, including ISO 14001, FSC and AFS systems | | | Week 4 | History of and international approachs to community forest management | | | Week 5 | Implication of comunnity forest for forest policy | | | Week 6 | The regulatory framework for forest management including the Montreal process | | | Week 7 | International conventions and national biodiversity and sustainability policies | | | Week 8 | Hierarchy of planning and management processes | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Land-use planning and landscape interpretetion in decision-making | | | Week 11 | Codes of practice, implementation, and review | | | Week 12 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 13 | International developments in forest policy | | | Week 14 | International conventions (Rio agreements, the Berne Convention, the Vienna process) | | | Week 15 | The EU accession process and adaptation of Turkey's forestry | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | David Humphreys, 1996, Forest Politics, ISBN:1 85383 378 9, London | | | |
| 1 | Robert C. Repetto, Malcolm Gillis, 1988, Public policies and the misuse of forest resources, ISBN:0521-34022-5,New York | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 19/04/2022 | 1 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 12 | 11/05/2022 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 15/05/2022 | 1 | 50 | | |
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