1) Introduction – significance of forests for the Earth – climate system feedback, biodiversity, society, basic data on forests on the Earth;

2) Forests and their role in carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, hydrological cycle;

3) Forest soils;

4) Tree growth, the effects of environmental conditions on tree growth;

5) Forest ecology 1 – competition, facilitation, seedling establishment and survival;

6) Forest ecology 2 – forest structure, disturbances;

7) Climate change and forests;

8) Forest inventory in the Czech Republic;

9) Man and forest – use and environmental impacts of human activities on forests;

10) Forest types of the Earth 1;

11) Forest types of the Earth 2;

12) Forest management and forest law in the Czech Republic;

13) One day field excursion