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Conserving and Managing Native Forests (FRST90078)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)

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Overview

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Native forests are globally important natural resources. Their conservation and management is critical to local and regional populations for the biodiversity that they harbour and the ecosystem services that they provide. This subject will explore the conservation and management of native forests around the world.

We will cover the principles of forest dynamics and sustainable forest management for a range of objectives, including wildlife habitat, water yield, carbon sequestration, and timber production. The subject will integrate ecological, environmental, economic, and social perspectives on the conservation and management of native forests through lectures, forest modeling exercises, and a week-long field trip to the Central Highlands of Victoria.

Intended learning outcomes

Upon completion of this subject, students should be able to understand:

  • The dynamics and growth of forests and different stages of stand development.
  • The design of silvicultural pathways for specific forest management objectives.
  • Principles of forest management planning, sustainable land-use and environmental management systems.
  • The policy framework for forest management, including: international conventions, national and state forest management, biodiversity and sustainability policies and codes of forest practice.
  • Techniques in forest landscape management and planning, including: integration of multiple objectives such as biodiversity conservation, carbon, timber production and water supply; spatial modelling and analysis; management plan preparation, implementation and writing.

Generic skills

In addition to learning specific skills that will assist students in their future careers in science, they will have the opportunity to develop generic skills that will assist them in any future career path. These include:

  • Upon completion of this subject students will have significant fluency in data management
  • Upon completion of this subject students will have significant fluency in data analysis
  • Upon completion of this subject students will have significant fluency in critical thinking

Last updated: 27 May 2023

Eligibility and requirements

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

Non-allowed subjects

None

Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)

The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.

Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home

Last updated: 27 May 2023

Assessment

DescriptionTimingPercentage

Peer-review essays x 3 due weeks 3, 4 and 7

  • 2500 words (total)
From Week 3 to Week 750%

Forest Dynamics Project due in weeks 4, 6, 8 , 10, 12

  • 2500 words
Throughout the teaching period50%

Last updated: 27 May 2023

Dates & times

  • Semester 2 (Early-Start)
    Principal coordinatorPatrick Baker
    Mode of deliveryOn Campus (Parkville)
    Contact hours3 hrs of lectures per week, 3 hrs of prac per week, 4-day field trip (8 hrs per day) - one week prior to the start of Semester
    Total time commitment170 hours
    Teaching period17 July 2023 to 22 October 2023
    Last self-enrol date28 July 2023
    Census date31 August 2023
    Last date to withdraw without fail22 September 2023
    Assessment period ends17 November 2023

    Semester 2 (Early-Start) contact information

    Professor Patrick Baker

    patrick.baker@unimelb.edu.au

Time commitment details

66 hour

What do these dates mean

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  • And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
    - Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
    - Completion rate. Students who started their course from 2022 and are in a CSP or receiving a HELP Loan (eg FEE-HELP) must meet the completion rate to continue to receive Commonwealth Support for that course.

Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement, and as a fail toward the completion rate, unless there are approved ‘special circumstances’.

Last updated: 27 May 2023

Further information

  • Texts

    Prescribed texts

    There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.

  • Related Handbook entries

    This subject contributes to the following:

    TypeName
    CourseMaster of Ecosystem Management and Conservation
  • Available through the Community Access Program

    About the Community Access Program (CAP)

    This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.

    Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.

  • Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students

    This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.

Last updated: 27 May 2023