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| ORM4018 | Forest Management | 2+2+0 | ECTS:6 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study, Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 2 hours of practicals per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Mehmet MISIR | | Co-Lecturer | PROF. DR. Mehmet MISIR, | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | 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 (inventory) 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 |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Recall basic principles of core courses and relate them to forest management context | 3,4,5 | | | LO - 2 : | Read and implement an existing forest management plan in effect | 3,4,5 | | | LO - 3 : | Develop, defend, and critique a variety of different types of natural resource management plans that involve large-scale environmental changes (including water, carbon, air, and land issues) | 3,4,5 | | | LO - 4 : | Identify and accommodate stakeholders for effective participation to set up management objectives and strategies including silvicultural treatments to make management decisions | 3,4,5 | | | LO - 5 : | Work in teams, share the jobs, be responsible for a given task, manage a group of 10-15 students and search/acquire information for making effective management decisions | 3,4,5 | | | LO - 6 : | Regulate forests: Determines the levels, timing and space of the management interventions (Determine AAC) | | | | LO - 7 : | Set up and carry out forest inventory | 3,4,5 | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| A.Forest management concept, planning systems, approaches, techniques and processes, management prescriptions, harvest scheduling, rotation period, annual allowable cut, and planning principles of NWFP
B.Field work, reading and orienting maps, taking sample plots and measuring all parameters
C.Uneven-aged management, its principles, site index and harvest scheduling
D.Planning approaches in Turkey, mediterrenenan model forest, stand-based planning, FRIS, ecosystem based planning and their applications
E.Forest dynamics, decision making tools, management strategies
F.Management plans: determining AAC Annual Allowable Cut (intermediate and final harvest), conservation areas, treatment (planting, regenerated, thinning etc.) areas, afforestation areas, preparing, assessing and presenting management plans to the class for group discussion
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Forest inventory and spatial lay-out: The concept and determination of planning unit, management unit and forest stratification | | | Week 2 | Determining the optimal forest structure
Even-age forest management: basic planning concepts, growth and yield models, planning systems, regulated forests | | | Week 3 | Harvest scheduling concept, planning methods, planning -decision making techniques and preparing management prescriptions | | | Week 4 | Forest dynamics, cause-effect relationships,forest performance indicators as outputs, rotation period, cutting/thinnig cycles, hand out term project | | | Week 5 | Annual Allowable Cut (AAC), scheduling final and intermediate harvest, NWFP and its integration to forest management plans, planning of coppice forests, discussion of problems arising from plan implementation and providing solutions | | | Week 6 | Continuation from the last week and presentation and discussion of planning experiences of planning experts, working in Turkish Forest Service | | | Week 7 | Field work: Reading and using maps, determining sample sites with GPS, tree measurements in a plot to determine growing stock and increment, and measurements and observaiton of potential forest values | | | Week 8 | Harvest scheduling, preparing forest management plans and determining sites and optimal structure in uneven-aged forests | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Model forest management plans: mediterranean forest use plans, Stand based management plans, Forest Resource Information Systems, and ecosystem based multiple use forest management plans (ETÇAP) | | | Week 11 | ETÇAP planning process, presentation of GEF-II and BTC model forest experiences, presentation of silviculture, fauna and flora experts for preparing biodiversity integrated fores management plans | | | Week 12 | Planning strategies, threats, optimal harvest schedule with Decision Support Systems based on system analysis approach | | | Week 13 | Work on term projects | | | Week 14 | Presentation and discussion of term projects prepared by the students grouped in ecologic, economic and socio-cultural focal points | | | Week 15 | Submission of term projects in the form of a forest management plan and individual oral exam | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Ünal ASAN, 2017, Orman Amenajmanı (Planlama Sistemleri) | | | 2 | Orman Amenajman Yönetmeliği, OGM Ankara, 2008 | | | 3 | Fonksiyonel Amenajman Planlama Sürecine İlişkin Emir ve Orman Fonksiyonları ve İşletme Amaçları Tablosu, 2008 OGM Ankara | | | 4 | Ekosistem Tabanlı Fonksiyonel Orman Amenajman Planlarının Düzenlenmesine Ait Usul ve Esaslar, (Aralık 2017 tarih ve 299 sayılı tebliğ) | | | 5 | http://www.orman.ktu.edu.tr/om/abd/amenajman/amenajman_giris.php | | | 6 | Lawrence S Davis, K. Norman Johnson, Peter S. Bettinger, Theodore E. Howard, 2001, Forest Management, 4th Edition: To Sustain Ecological, Economic, and Social Values, | | | 7 | Eraslan İ, ve Eler, Ü., 2003. Orman İşletmelerinin Planlanması ve Denetimi. SDÜ, Isparta | | | |
| 1 | Fikret KAPUCU, 2004, Orman Amenajmanı | | | 2 | Ünal ASAN, 2013, Orman Amenajmanı Esasları (Temel Kavramlar, Amaçlar ve İlkeler) | | | 3 | Örnek planlama birimlerin orman amenajman planları | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 10/04/2019 | 1,5 | 20 | | Project | 14 | 10/05/2019 | 7 | 10 | | Practice | 11 | 24/04/2019 | 8 | | | Oral exam | 15 | 1315052019 | 20
20 | 15 | | Presentation | 15 | | 8 | 5 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 01/06/2019 | 3 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 9 | 27 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 4 | 2 | 8 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Uygulama | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Proje | 5 | 7 | 35 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 5 | 2 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Diğer 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | | Total work load | | | 149 |
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