Syllabus
1. Dynamics of natural forests. Disturbance mode.
2. History and present of forestry management.
3. Fundamentals of forestry - forest typology, forest management.4. Fundamentals of forestry - forestry, forest protection, forestry policy.5. Forest management and biodiversity.6. Global change and forests
Annotation
Forests are an important source of wood, but are also of great importance for species diversity. Can these functions be combined?
What is the natural dynamics of mountain forests and what does it mean for nature conservation and forest management?
Disturbance or calamity? Different view of one event.
What is a low forest? Will we start to stump again in the lowlands and why?
What effect do global changes have and will have on our forests?