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Multi-purpose forests (5 cr)

Code: ME00DS99-3003

General information


Enrollment

08.04.2024 - 21.04.2024

Timing

26.08.2024 - 10.11.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Forestry and Environmental Technology

Campus

Mikkeli Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

15 - 50

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Forestry

Teachers

  • Eeva Koljonen
  • Mirjam Manninen

Groups

  • MEMI22SPB
    Forestry, full-time studies
  • MEMI22SPA
    Forestry, full-time studies
  • 28.08.2024 08:00 - 16:00, Monikäyttöiset metsät ME00DS99-3003
  • 04.09.2024 10:00 - 16:00, Monikäyttöiset metsät ME00DS99-3003
  • 11.09.2024 08:00 - 16:00, Monikäyttöiset metsät ME00DS99-3003
  • 18.09.2024 08:00 - 16:00, Monikäyttöiset metsät ME00DS99-3003
  • 25.09.2024 08:00 - 16:00, Monikäyttöiset metsät ME00DS99-3003
  • 25.09.2024 16:00 - 21:00, Monikäyttöiset metsät ME00DS99-3003
  • 02.10.2024 10:00 - 16:00, Monikäyttöiset metsät ME00DS99-3003
  • 09.10.2024 08:00 - 16:00, Monikäyttöiset metsät ME00DS99-3003
  • 30.10.2024 08:00 - 16:00, Monikäyttöiset metsät ME00DS99-3003

Objective

You know the possibilities of multi-use of forests and know how they relate to the economic use of forests.
You understand the principles of carbon cycle in the forest ecosystem.
Game-oriented forest management 2 ECTS credits
Forests and carbon 2 ECTS credits
Seminar 1 ECTS credit

Content

What is game-oriented forest management?
How does carbon cycle in the forest ecosystem?
How do forests work as carbon sinks?

Opiskelumateriaali

Addressed in the online environment of the course (Learn) and in lectures.

Yksilölliset oppimisväylät

Lectures, assignments in the terrain, camping for multipurpose sites, self-help data acquisition and analysis.
Themes to be addressed:
Ecosystem services
Everyman's rights
Game management
Hunting
National parks and other protected areas.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Written exam and learning assignments completed during the course.