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  • Course Information
    • Course Title Code Semester Laboratory+Practice (Hour) Pool Type ECTS
    International Approaches to Forest Conservation ORM579 FALL 3+0 Faculty E 6
    Learning Outcomes
    1-Synthesize the formulation of forest policy and legislation for the conservation of Forests
    2-Evaluate the close connections between the forest policy and legislation
    3-Solve how the challenges facing the management of forests can be overcome by using Rights-based approaches to forest conservation
  • ECTS / WORKLOAD
    • ActivityPercentage

    (100)

    		NumberTime (Hours)Total Workload (hours)
    Course Duration (Weeks x Course Hours)14342
    Classroom study (Pre-study, practice)14342
    Assignments0000
    Short-Term Exams (exam + preparation) 0000
    Midterm exams (exam + preparation)2511212
    Project2515555
    Laboratory 0000
    Final exam (exam + preparation) 5012424
    0000
    Total Workload (hours)   175
    Total Workload (hours) / 30 (s)     5,83 ---- (6)
    ECTS Credit   6
  • Course Content
    • Week Topics Study Metarials
    1 Climate Change and Forests Reference 3 Chapter 1-2
    2 Sustainable Forest Management Reference 1 Chapter 3-4
    3 Criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management: regional, national, Forest management unit level-I Reference 1 Chapter 5-7
    4 Criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management: regional, national, Forest management unit level-II Reference 1 Chapter 5-7
    5 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and Kyoto protocol-I Reference 1 Chapter 8-9
    6 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and Kyoto protocol-II Reference 1 Chapter 8-9
    7 The Clean Development Mechanism Reference 2 Chapter 1-4
    8 Forest Law Enforcement and Trade (FLEGT) Reference 4 Chapter 1-2
    9 The nonlegally binding instrument (NLBI) Reference 5 Chapter 1-3
    10 Forest certification Reference 6 Chapter 1-4
    11 Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) Reference 7 Chapter 1-3
    12 The Forest Stewardship Program: : A case from USA Reference 8
    13 The Forest Legacy Program: A case from USA Reference 9
    14 Right to Ecosystem Reference 10 Chapter 1-5
    Prerequisites -
    Language of Instruction Turkish
    Responsible Associate Professor Üstüner BİRBEN
    Instructors

    1-)Profesör Dr. Üstüner Birben
    Assistants -
    Resources R1. Youssofzai, F. (2008). Sustainable resource management, reality or illusion? Edited by Peter N. Nemetz (2007), Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 445 pp. ISBN: 9781845425944. In: Wiley Online Library. R2. Dinar, A., Larson, D. F., & Rahman, S. M. (2013). Clean Development Mechanism (Cdm), The: An Early History Of Unanticipated Outcomes (Vol. 1). World Scientific. R3. StrecR, C., O`Sullivan, R., Janson-Smith, T., & TarasofsRy, R. (2009). Climate change and forests: emerging policy and marRet opportunities. BrooRings Institution Press. R4. Tacconi, L. (2012). Illegal Logging:" Law Enforcement, Livelihoods and the Timber Trade". Routledge. R5. Friedrich, J. (2013). International Environmental ?soft law?: the functions and limits of nonbinding instruments in international environmental governance and law (Vol. 247). Springer Science & Business Media. R6. Vogt, D. J., Larson, B. C., Gordon, J. C., & Fanzeres, A. (1999). Forest certification: Roots, issues, challenges, and benefits. CRC Press. R7. Lyster, R., MacRenzie, C., & McDermott, C. (2013). Law, Tropical forests and carbon: the case of REDD+. Cambridge University Press. R8. Egan, A., Gibson, D., & WhipRey, R. (2001). Evaluating the effectiveness of the forest stewardship program in West Virginia. Journal of Forestry, 99(3), 31-36. R9. Ayma, E. M. (2011). The rights of nature: The case for a universal declaration of the rights of mother earth. Council of Canadians.
    Supplementary Book -
    Goals Appropriate forest policies and legislation are an essential requirement for the protection and conservation of forests and for sustainable forest resources development. In many countries the process to revise and improve forest laws and policies have gained momentum over the years. So, the objective of this course is to familiarize students with some of the issues facing forest policy and law enforcement and how these can be overcome by using the international approaches
    Content Problems encountered in the realization of forestry activities and examples of the solution of these problems at an international level
  • Program Learning Outcomes
    • Program Learning Outcomes Level of Contribution
    1 Must learn the methods of both improving the basic sciences and engineering knowledge and obtaining new knowledges at a level of expertise 1
    2 Must be able to design, develop, and apply methods and experiments at advanced level to solve forestry problems, and analyses and interpret their results 2
    3 Must be able to provide solutions for the country?s forestry and environmental problems by considering global, public and ecosystem conditions 3
    4 Must be able to setup interdisciplinary approach to reach an advanced solution for forestry problems 3
    5 Must be able to act in an advanced level of professional ethics and responsibility during the identification and resolution of problems encountered in forestry 4
    6 Must be able to do the task in a single or multi-disciplinary working groups, and be able to show effective communication 3
    7 Must have the ability to effective use of both information technologies and a foreign language at an advanced level 4
    8 Must be able to describe, foresee and solve the current problems in the fields of forestry and other related problems at advanced level brought by current global developments 3
    9 Must be able to use the tools and techniques required for forestry applications at an advanced level 2
    10 Must be able to think, interpret, analyse and synthesize forestry practices at an advanced level by using a three dimensional perspective 3
    11 Must be able to research and survey any kinds of natural resources and event, and write advanced reliable reports by using the achieved findings 3
    12 Must be able to understand the necessity of life-long learning at an advanced level, and to be able to use the methods that keeps obtained knowledge up date 1
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