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Week
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Topics
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Study Metarials
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1
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Definition of forest management, conceptual framework and contents, and the relationships with other fields
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R1. P. 2-12
R2. P. 1-12
R3. P. 1-39
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2
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History of forest management
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R1. P. 5-11
R3. P. 27-33
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3
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Information production and methods in forest management
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R1. P.12-17
R2. P. 13-18
R3. P. 45-57
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4
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Forestry at international scale: international forestry conventions, national forestry programs, state development plans, strategies and implementation plans, forestry principles in the context of forest management
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Papers should be read before the course
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5
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Green certification and criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management
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Papers should be read before the course
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6
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Forest, forestry and forest managements
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R1. P.18-21, P.66-81
R2. P. 21-40
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7
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Forest forms and their classification
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R1. P.38-51
R2. P. 69-88
R3. P. 194-213
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8
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Forest values, management objectives, conservation targets, forest forms and relations to forest values, management interventions -1
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R1. P. 21-38
R2. P. 90-94
R3. P. 229-250
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9
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Forest values, management objectives, conservation targets, forest forms and relations to forest values, management interventions -2
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R1. P. 21-38
R2. P. 90-94
R3. P. 229-25
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10
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Forest values, management objectives, conservation targets, forest forms and relations to forest values, management interventions -3
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R1. P. 21-38
R2. P. 90-94
R3. P. 229-25
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11
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Evaluation of forest forms in context of forest functions
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R1. P. 57-65
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12
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Goals and principles in forestry
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R1. P.82-88
R2. P. 41-68
R3. P. 111-172
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13
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Planning concept and general principles in forestry
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R1. P. 88-125
R3. P. 57-79
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14
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Spatial and temporal concepts related to forest management
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R1. P. 126-183
R2. P. 137-196
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Prerequisites
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No
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Language of Instruction
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Turkish
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Responsible
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Prof. Dr. Sedat KELEŞ
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Instructors
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Assistants
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Res. Assist. Sinan BULUT
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Resources
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R1. Asan, Ü., 2003. Orman Amenajmanı, İstanbul Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Ders Notları, İstanbul.
R2. Eraslan İ, ve Eler, Ü., 2003. Orman İşletmelerinin Planlanması ve Denetimi. SDÜ, Isparta
R3. Kapucu, F., 2004. Orman amenajmanı. KTÜ Orman Fak. Yayın No: 33, Trabzon, 515 s.
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Supplementary Book
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SR1. Fonksiyonel Amenajman Planlama Sürecine İlişkin Emir ve Orman Fonksiyonları ve İşletme Amaçları Tablosu, 2008 OGM Ankara.
SR2. Orman Amenajman Yönetmeliği, OGM Ankara
SR3. Arazi ve Büro Çalışmalarına İlişkin Teknik İzahname, 2008 OGM Ankara
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Goals
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The course aims to provide the students with a theoretical management knowledge and practical hands-on experiences; to sharpen their skills and develop expertise for harmonizing basic knowledge of forest science into a coherent forest management framework, characterize forest ecosystems, stratify the areas into social, economic and ecological values and map them, prepare a sustainable forest management plan, set up forest management strategies and choose the best among them with operations research techniques and prepare a term project in the form of a forest management plan for a sample forest area and present it in front of the class.
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Content
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A. Forest management concept, its contents, relationships with other disciplines, historical developments, planning systems, approaches, techniques and processes at national and international scale B. Sustainable forest management and green certification C. Forest resource values, management objectives, conservation targets, forest forms and values, and planning approaches D. Forest values, description, criteria and indicators as well as silvicultural interventions to be applied for each forest values E. Plan and planning concepts F. Forest inventory and stratification, setting a plot, measuring trees for inventory, observing forest values, determining stand types and site index, management units, compartments and sub-compartments, creating all relevant maps, use of empirical yield tables, growth and yield for wood production, water production, NWFP, soil protection, carbon balance, O2 level, ecotourism value G. Use of decision making techniques in forest management planning
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Program Learning Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
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1
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Students gain skills to acknowledge environmental and forestry problems and producing solutions suitable to global and social conditions
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4
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2
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Students know both abiotic and biotic elements of biodiversity and forest ecosystems and comprehend the relations between them
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4
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3
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Students have the knowledge and skills required for arrangement and management of sustainable resource management and forest resource planning
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5
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4
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Students have the skills and knowledge required for protection of forests, care and regeneration, establisment of new forests, and scheduled applications for improvement of nonproductive forest to productive forests
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5
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Students gain the skills for planning and inspection, revealing sociocultural, socioeconomical and sociopolitical structure of forestry
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5
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6
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Students gain skills and knowledge for using information technologies, measurement and analysis devices and methods
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7
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Students understand and apply national and international forestry policies, acts and trends
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8
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Students have the skills for understanding and evaluatingthe sectoral structure of forestry in both national and international scale
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4
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9
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Students may compete national and international scale, develop and join shared projects related to environment and forestry
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10
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Students gain skills for effective communication, analytic thinking, independent acting and working as a team.
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11
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Students gain professional forestry understanding and ethical responsibility.
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12
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Students may follow ecological, political, economical and social developments, and use these information for improvement of national forestry.
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