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International Forestry

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"International Forestry" focuses on the international dimensions of forestry and offers competencies for graduates aiming to work in a range of fields to tackle the complex issues associated with the sustainable management of forests.

This profile aims to provide students with an overview of global forest resources and their use. A profound understanding of different forest ecosystems types and management systems is conveyed. Students will acquire the ability to analyse and assess the institutions and processes influencing
forests & forestry from local to global levels and will learn Key competencies for the analysis and management of forestry systems. 

Important facts about this major

Language: EnglishIF2

Teaching form: on-campus

Pace of study: fulltime

Study location: Freiburg

Start: only in winter term

Duration: 4 Semester

Application periode: March 1st - May 15th

ECTS: 120 ECTS (80ECTS modules, 10 ECTS Internship, 30ECTS Thesis)

Costs: 161 semester fees, 1.500€ study fees (only non-EU students!)

 

IF3

 

  • close interconnections between theory and concepts with case-studies and hands-on experience
  • interdisciplinary approaches to teaching and research and strong involvement of students in projects
  • international and diverse backgrounds of students facilitating mutual learning

 

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Module details

1)    Forests and Global Change

    • Forests in the age of climate change
    • Deforestation and afforestation
    • Digitalization in forest management

2)    Applied Environmental Statistics

    • introductory module beyond multiple regression
    • builds on and extends statistical knowledge and its application
    • standard machine-learning approaches in R or Python
    • joint module with students from other profile tracks

3)  Plantation Forestry

    • Silviculture, site preparation and nutrient management of intensive tree plantations
    • Biodiversity, ecosystem services and social benefits of planted forests
    • Plantations a as sustainable land use form

4)    Forest Inventory and Information Systems

    • Advanced methods of quantitative forest inventory
    • Spatial information systems
    • Forest information systems and methods

5)    Forest Economics and Management

    • Basics of business administration
    • Special features of the economics of forests and forest enterprises incl. forest valuation
    • Forest economic calculations & optimisation as a decision-making aid

6)   Carbon Forestry

    • Voluntary forest carbon projects
    • Financing climate change mitigation
    • Biodiversity and local communities’ safeguards

7)    Close-to-Nature Forest Management

    • Potentials and limitations of alternative forest management approaches
    • Evidence base for enhanced adaptive capacity in close-to-nature-forests
    • Silviculture of mixed and uneven-aged forests

8)    Integrated Land Use Systems

    • Integrating forestry and agricultural land use
    • Food production and biomass production
    • Enhancing local land-based livelihoods

9)   International Forest Governance

    • follow soon

10)  Ecosystem Management

    • new paradigms for the management of natural resources
    • 1-week excursion to study ecosystem management on the ground
    • gain research experience in interdisciplinary groups

11)   Forest Sciences: Professional and Research Approaches

    • Self-perception and external perception of the forestry profession
    • Change of forestry and forest sciences in history
    • Methods of research and knowledge transfer

12)   Forests and Rural Developement

    • Role of forests and other natural environments in rural development
    • Competing national and local development pathways
    • Rural development and nature conservation synergies and trade-offs

13)  Forest Legality and Sustainability Regulation

    • follow soon

 

IF4Target Group

  • Best suited to graduates of BSc programmes in Forest Sciences and closely related fields
  • Interest in work within international contexts
  • International students who seek to expand their competencies for working in their home country
  • Students interested in foreign countries and practices

 

Career Opportunities

 IF 5International job market, including but not limited to:

      • International organisations (UN level)
      • Governmental institutions,
      • (E)NGOs
      • Forestry and consultancy companies
      • Research institutions

Application

Requirements

  • BSc Degree with grade point average of at least 2.5
  • English C1
  • At least 30 ECTS in natural sciences and ecology
  • 30 ECTS in Forestry & Natural Resources Management
  • 10 ECTS in Statistics and Geomatics

    -> basic knowledge in "R" is assumed

 

Application periode: March 1st - May 15th

Application portal: HISinOne

further information: see "Application"

Coordinator & Contact

Bauhus

 

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bauhus
Chair of Silviculture