This course  is arranged through the National Forestry Masters Program (NFMP) as cross-institutional enrolment through University of Tasmania.   The course will be run as an intensive 2-week block in Tasmania in late September. Course dates are posted on www.forestry.org.au/masters

The course covers the theoretical basis to the management of forests, with an emphasis on sustainable production (wood and non-wood goods). The course includes: the background to Australian plantation forestry; planning concepts at organisation level; the concept of managing to produce wood and other products; methods of calculating yield; manipulation of both stands and estates to satisfy quantity and quality objectives; and the evaluation of alternatives using management models and financial criteria. Experiential learning approaches include the application of silvicultural, utilisation and management principles to the management of a small planted forest estate. Students work in groups to devise a management plan for the near- and long-term future. Recommendations are presented orally to the course coordinators, and plans are then submitted in written form. Tools used include growth, utilisation and harvesting simulation models.

A plantation planning project (group exercise, 60%) an oral report plan (15%), and a review/presentation of planning techniques in a country/region of student's choice (25%). Some of the assessment may be taken in conjunction with ENVS6003.

65 contact hours, comprising workshops, fieldwork and student group work.

Bachelor degree

with FSTY8045 or SRES6602

Lewis, N.B. and Ferguson, I.S.,1993, Management of Radiata Pine, Inkata Press.

Shepherd, K.R., 1986, Plantation Silviculture, Martinus Nijhoff.