A cap applies to admission to this course due to limited field accommodation, so early enrolment is encouraged.
Forests are complex biomes at the centre of how we benefit from ecosystems. The forests provide most of our fresh water for cities and our irrigated vineyards, orchards, rice and dairy farms. Forests provide us with housing and furniture as well as the paper and cardboard that at some point surrounds everything we buy at the supermarket or mall. Forests give us a sense of place, improve our health and underpin much tourism. Forests provide habitat for a diversity of native fauna and other flora. We explore first-hand the ecosystem services we derive from a diversity of forests from the coast to the western slopes of NSW. We engage with managers and others directly and indirectly involved in the debates on the often conflicting demands and trade-offs imposed on forests. We investigate these values and issues in classroom workshops and field trips, including a five day trip across the greatest diversity of forests in Australia, from Tumut to Eden, NSW. This course places forests and their benefits in local, national and international contexts. It provides a broad introduction to the interdisciplinary approaches needed to understand forest management needs and future options. The course provides students from a diversity of academic interests an opportunity to explore forests from multiple perspectives.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
On satisfying the requirements of this course, you will be able to:
- Identify and analyse, in depth, the ecosystem services Australians gain from a diversity of forests you will encounter in the field;
- Assess, in depth, how diverse perspectives and social values have shaped and continue to influence forest policy and management;
- Refine and convincingly communicate your own views on forest management and policy.
Indicative Assessment
- In depth field course report (40%; LO 1, 2, 3)
- ‘Senate Committee’ forest policy submission - speech and media release (30%; LO 2, 3)
- Detailed funding submission for improving forest management (30%; LO 1, 2, 3)
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Workload
10 day intensive program, with subsequent completion of assessments 1&3.
Participation in field trips is mandatory during 6-17 July 2015.’
Requisite and Incompatibility
You will need to contact the Fenner School of Environment and Society to request a permission code to enrol in this course.
Preliminary Reading
Clancy, T and Howell, C. (2013). Sustainable forest management: the Australian context. Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences. http://adl.brs.gov.au/data/warehouse/9aal/2013/RR13.2sfmAc/RR13.2SustainForestManageAustContext_v1.0.0.pdf
COAG (2013) Australia’s Native Vegetation Framework: A National Framework to guide the ecologically sustainable management of Australia’s Native Vegetation. http://www.environment.gov.au/land/vegetation/nvf/pubs/native-vegetation-framework.pdf
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Agriculture, Resources, Fisheries and Forestry. (2011) Seeing the Forest Through the Trees. http://www.aph.gov.au/parliamentary_business/committees/house_of_representatives_committees?url=arff/forestry/report.htm
Assumed Knowledge
ENVS6101 Environment and Society: Geography of Sustainability is recommended.
Specialisations
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 2
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $3096 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $4146 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
Winter Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1332 | 06 Jul 2015 | 07 Jul 2015 | 10 Jul 2015 | 17 Jul 2015 | In Person | N/A |
