Sustainable Forest and Nature Management (SUFONAMA) (Erasmus Mundus course) MSc

Master

In Bangor

£ 13,300 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Bangor (Wales)

  • 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.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Bangor (Gwynedd)
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LL57 2DG

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

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

First Year The Course consists of a first study year at one of three institutions (Bangor, Copenhagen, Goettingen) and a specialising second study year with different topics offered by each of the five institutions. The students are required to spend the second year at another university than the first one. The aim of the first study year is to provide a thorough and broad introduction to sustainable forest and nature management. The learning outcomes are similar for the three first year institutions and allow students to choose freely among the five specialisation options in the second year. The first study year ends with a Joint Summer Module, run as a two week excursion to a Consortium country. Second Year You can specialise in the second year within the following topics: Conservation and Land Management (Bangor) Management of Forest and Nature for Society Copenhagen) Forest and Nature Management in Changing Climate (Göttingen) Forest Management in Scandinavia and the Baltic Region (Alnarp) Mountain Forestry and Watershed Management (Padova). The specialisation includes a master thesis based on research and fieldwork inside or outside the EU. When students have acquired 120 ECTS by studying at two Consortium institutions (at least 60 ECTS at each) they will obtain a SUFONAMA double degree and the Diploma Supplement. All SUFONAMA modular activities can be completed in English. The following degrees are awarded: MSc in Forestry in Copenhagen, MSc in Environmental Forestry and MSc in Conservation and Land Management in Bangor, MSc in Forestry in Goettingen, MSc in Forestry in Alnarp, and MSc in Forestry and Environmental Sciences in Padova. Bangor Compulsory Modules: Forest Resource Assessment: This module provides an introduction to world forest resources and policy Silviculture: this module provides an understanding of temperate silviculture and forest management. It also highlights the interaction of management systems with the physical environment Natural Resource Management: This module provides students a theoretical & practical understanding of the systems approach to managing natural resources to provide various ecosystem services. Location Specific Knowledge and fieldwork in temperate forest and nature management: This module is essentially designed to allow for in depth preparation for field work in temperate forest and nature management. Contemporary temperate forest and nature management: climate change and management strategies: This module deals with a current hot topic and can take in students globally through its e learning format Preparing Field Work in the Temperate: This module develops in depth factual location specific knowledge relevant to temperate forestry issues Sustainable Temperate Forestry Management Summer School – this module applies data collection and evaluation methods in the field.

Sustainable Forest and Nature Management (SUFONAMA) (Erasmus Mundus course) MSc

£ 13,300 VAT inc.