Sustainable Forest and Nature Management (SUFONAMA) (Erasmus Mundus course) MSc
Master
In Bangor
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Type
Master
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Location
Bangor (Wales)
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Start date
September
The course is a two year world class integrated programme aimed at qualifying graduates to deal with the huge challenges facing temperate forestry, agriculture and sustainable land use. The teaching staff are research active and the students will benefit from our wide range of research activities and contacts in the UK and overseas.
By joining the teaching and research experiences of five European leading educational institutions, this unique course will constitute an in depth educational programme with inherent impetus to stay at the forefront of research based teaching strongly linked to realities in many European and non European countries.
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About this course
Assess how people impact the rural environment through an understanding of the concepts and theories underlying natural resource management
Show a critical understanding of the key concepts in systems theory and the livelihoods framework and be able to apply these to practical resource management issues using a participatory modelling approach;
Critically evaluate the value of participatory research methods, with a focus on local knowledge, for characterising socio ecological systems
Demonstrate an awareness of how spatial and temporal data can be used effectively to target natural resource management interventions at landscape scales
There are excellent employment opportunities in the broad area of forestry including national government, international organisations and consultancies. Many recent SUFONAMA graduates have gone on to do PhD research.
Entry to SUFONAMA requires a good first degree in a relevant subject, or second class honours degree in a relevant subject with a minimum of two years relevant experience in forestry, agriculture or other land use related work in a position of demonstrable responsibility. Relevant professional experience should be supported by additional evidence such as authorship of appropriate professional reports or a record of active membership of a relevant professional organisation or International Scientific Society. In general, however, applicants are judged on their individual merits and...
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Subjects
- Management
- IT
- Teaching
- Forestry
- IT Management
- Conservation
- Land Management
- Sustainable Forest
- Nature Management
- Changing Climate
- Forest Management
- Baltic Region
- Mountain Forestry
Course programme
Sustainable Forest and Nature Management (SUFONAMA) (Erasmus Mundus course) MSc