6AE117 Boreal forest management

    • Number of credits
      7,5
    • Teaching semester
      2025 Autumn
    • Language of instruction
      English
    • Campus
      Evenstad
Course content
  • Norwegian Forestry and forest legislation 
  • Silviculture, thinning and damages 
  • Harvesting, logistics and procurement 
  • Forest inventories and planning 

Learning Outcome

A candidate with fulfilled qualifications will have the following learning outcome: 

Knowledge

The candidate knows: 

  • the main ecological, social and political frames of the Nordic forest sector 
  • the most important principles and the most common methods in Nordic forest management and forest operations technology   
  • the main value chains in the Nordic processing industry  
Skills

The candidate can: 

  • use a broad set of technical terms in English related to forestry   
  • reflect on the management and operation of Nordic forests  
  •  analyse, utilize and present English research literature related to forestry 
General competence

The candidate can: 

  • search for and assemble information from various sources in order to provide more insight on forestry 
  • contribute to professional specialization within forestry for himself and his fellow students  
Teaching and working methods
  • Lectures
  • Group work
  • Presentations 
  • Written reports  
Required coursework

One report and one presentation related to group assignments.  

Form of assessment
  • Individually written exam (100%) 
Assessments
Form of assessmentGrading scaleGroupingDuration of assessmentSupport materialsProportionComment
Written examination with invigilation
ECTS - A-F
Individual
100

Reading list

Faculty
Faculty of Applied Ecology, Agricultural Sciences and Biotechnology
Department
Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management