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ORM7370 | Characterizing Forest Values | 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 | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Mehmet MISIR | Co-Lecturer | None | Language of instruction | Turkish | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | This course aims to characterize forest values 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. | 1,2 | 1, | PO - 2 : | Determine the relation between forest values and stand characteristics. | 2,3 | 1,3, | PO - 3 : | Integrate Social, Economic and Ecological Forest Values to Forest Management Plan. | 4,6 | 3, | PO - 4 : | Prepare an multi-objective forest management plans that will most likely satisfy stakeholders needs and expectations | 3,5 | 3,5, | PO - 5 : | Lay out decision scenarios, choose an appropriate and defend it | 3,10 | 3,5, | 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 | |
Concept of Multi-Obbective Forest Planning, Criteria and Indicators. Classification of Forest Values, Determitaion of relations between Forest Values and Stand Characteristics. Integration of Social, Econic and Ecological Forest Values in to Forest Management Planing Model. |
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | Introduction and decsription of the contents of the course
| | Week 2 | Forest values, Classification of forest values into ecological, economical and socio-cultural groups
| | Week 3 | Forest values and management objective | | Week 4 | Planing Approaches in Forest Management | | Week 5 | The concept, basic principles and the historical development of multi-objective planing in Forest Management
| | Week 6 | Measurement of Soil Protection and determination of relations between soil protection and stand characteristics | | Week 7 | Measurement of Soil Protection and determination of relations between soil protection and stand characteristics | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam
| | Week 9 | Measurement of Water Supply and determination of relations between water supply and stand characteristics | | Week 10 | Measurement of Water Supply and determination of relations between water supply and stand characteristics | | Week 11 | Measurement of Carbon strorage and determination of relations between carbon storage and stand characteristics | | Week 12 | Assignment 2
| | Week 13 | Measurement of Carbon strorage and determination of relations between carbon storage and stand characteristics | | Week 14 | Creatig sample multi-objective planning model | | Week 15 | Development of plan alternatives, model outputs, assessement of forest dyanmics with performance indicators and comparision of various planning alternatives
| | Week 16 | End-of-term exam
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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 | Kapucu, F. 2002. Orman Amenajmanı, Trabzon | | |
1 | Dykstra P.D. 1984. Mathematrical programming for natural resource management, McGraw Hill company, USA | | 2 | Eraslan İ ve Eler Ü. 2003. Orman İşletmelerinin Planlanması ve Denetimi, Isparta | | |
Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | Mid-term exam | 9 | 07/04/2022 | 1 | 30 | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 12 | 27/04/202 | 2 | 20 | End-of-term exam | 16 | 26/05/2022 | 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 | 2 | 5 | 10 | Uygulama | 5 | 3 | 15 | Ödev | 7 | 10 | 70 | Proje | 5 | 5 | 25 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 5 | 2 | 10 | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | Total work load | | | 173 |
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