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FOR30350

Academic Year 2024/2025

Forest Certification and Sustainable Forest Management (FOR30350)

Subject:
Forestry
College:
Health & Agricultural Sciences
School:
Agriculture & Food Science
Level:
3 (Degree)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Ms Marie Doyle
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
Online
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This seven week Stage 3 elective module introduces the key concepts of sustainable forest management (SFM), including its historic, policy and economic frameworks. The translation of SFM into policy for the management of Irish forests and the criteria, indicators and measures associated are also discussed.
The advent of third party forest certification initiatives and their relationship to SFM are also introduced; including an overview of the most dominant certification schemes and how they operate. The relevance of certification to Irish forest management and Irish processing industries is discussed in detail.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Understand the concept of SFM and its global and national context, historical and current.
2. Demonstrate an appreciation of how the SFM paradigm has influenced forest management.
3. Identify the key components of successful third party forest certification schemes and exhibit specific understanding of the major schemes in operation currently.
4. Differentiate between SFM and certification and critique whether certification is relevant to achieve SFM.
5. Discuss in detail the application of types of forest certification in Irish forests and timber processing entities.
6. Research topics & communicate findings to others.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

21
Specified Learning Activities

40
Autonomous Student Learning

50
Total

111

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures; group work; problem-based learning; peer-to-peer learning

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered

Not yet recorded.

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

? the feedback will be on the assessments....

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 Mon 14:00 - 15:50
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 Wed 12:00 - 12:50
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