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| ORM7250 | Forest Ecosystem Management | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study, Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course aims to generate awareness about the sustainable management of forest ecosystems in preparing forest management plans with multiple objectives and conservation targets. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Stratify a forest landscape into social, ecological and economical values and generate a map of stratification | 3,4,5,6,7,9,11 | 3,4 | | PO - 2 : | Bring up voices of stakeholders into a coherent decision making environment | 2,3,4,5,6,9,11,12 | 3,4 | | PO - 3 : | Prepare an ecosystem based forest management plans that will most likely satisfy stakeholders needs and expectations | 2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11 | 5,6 | | PO - 4 : | Lay out decision scenarios, choose an appropriate and defend it | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 | 5,6 | | 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 | | |
| Introduction to forest ecosystems or landscape management and its evolution. Exploring the role of ecological integrity, biodiversity, forest healthy, habitat management, natural disturbances and spatial planning in ecosystem management. Forest certification and sustainable forest management criteria and indicators. Social, ecological, economic and technological aspects of ecosystem management. Identification and examination of factors affecting forest landscape patterns/structure and process over time. Application of management science techniques to ecosystem management |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to the course | | | Week 2 | The concept, basic principles and the historical development of forest ecosystem management | | | Week 3 | Basic components of forest ecosystems management and the planning process | | | Week 4 | Ecological integrity, biodiversity, habitat and wildlife management | | | Week 5 | Conservation targets and management objective | | | Week 6 | Quantifying spatial structure and integratino to forest ecosystem management | | | Week 7 | Integration of factors related to the environment, ecology, social, economic and technological factors in forest ecosystem management | | | Week 8 | İdentifying the stakeholders and participatory planning | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | The role of GIS in forest ecosystem management | | | Week 11 | Classification of forest values into ecological, economical and socio-cultural groups | | | Week 12 | Quantification of forest values and relationships with forst forms | | | Week 13 | Assignment 2 | | | Week 14 | Economic values of forest resources | | | Week 15 | Term project: Preparing a forest ecosystem management plans | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Forest Management, 4th Edition: To Sustain Ecological, Economic, and Social Values, Lawrence S. Davis, K. Norman Johnson, Pete Bettinger, and Theodore E. Howard , 2002 USA
| | | 2 | Pete Bettinger, K. Boston, JP. Sıry, DL. Grebner 2009. Forest Management and Planning, Elsevier, USA
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| 1 | Yöneylem Araştırması: Modelleme ve doğal kaynak uygulamaları, Prof. Dr. Emin Zeki Başkent, 2004, Trabzon
| | | 2 | Dykstra P.D. 1984. Mathematrical programming for natural resource management, McGraw Hill company, USA
| | | 3 | Buongiorno J and Gilless KJ, 2004. Decision methods for forest resource management, Academic Press of
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| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 30/03/2011 | 2 | 30 | | Project | 14 | 26/04/2011 | 2 | 10 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 12 | 26/04/2011 | 2
2 | 10 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 24/05/2011 | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 5 | 5 | 25 | | Ödev | 8 | 10 | 80 | | Proje | 7 | 5 | 35 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 8 | 1 | 8 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 4 | 1 | 4 | | Total work load | | | 194 |
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