ANU - STUDYAT - Forest Policies and Practices

Offered By:

Fenner School

Academic Career:

Undergraduate

Course Subject:

Environmental Science

Offered in:

First Semester, 2010

Unit Value:

6 units

Course Description:

The course seeks to offer students:

a framework for better understanding forest policy processes and outcomes;
an overview of current issues in forest policy and practices, and perspectives on them;
exposure to analysing and communicating forest policy issues;
the opportunity to engage with and learn from forest policy and management practitioners.

Learning Outcomes:

On satisfying the requirements of this course, students will have:

1. an understanding of forest policy processes and outcomes, both internationally and in Australia;
2. an overview of current issues in forest policy and practices, and perspectives on them
3. enhanced skills in analysing and communicating forest policy issues

Indicative Assessment:

Assessment will be based on:

Oral & written field course report (35%; LO 2, 3)
Oral & written forest policy statement (30%; LO 1, 2, 3)
Literature review (35%; LO 1, 2, 3)

Workload:

5 hours/ week (2 of which are contact) during semester, and a 5-day field course. The field course may precede the start of Semester 1, in the week of 15 February.

Areas of Interest:

Forestry and Resource Management and Environmental Science

Incompatibility:

SRES4006

Science Group:

C

Academic Contact:

Professor Peter Kanowski

Forest Policies and Practices ENVS4006 - Details