Forest and Landscape Planning

About this programme

Landscape and Forest planning is a course aimed at providing students with knowledge and tools to tackle forestry and landscape management at scales larger than a forest stand, for example a forest estate or a landscape. We also will discuss different time horizons, such as 10 years or longer as 100 years. The course aims to integrate gathered knowledge and skills from forestry science and landscape architecture. Students learn by doing class, computer lab and field activities. Independence and initiave will also be fostered when students create their own forest and landscape management plan based on their ideas and data collected for an interesting forested area in Scania. 60 credits forestry science and 60 credits landscape architecture or equivalent. English 6 Exemption granted from the general entry requirements of Swedish. Finalized by: Ordföranden för programnämnden för utbildning inom skog (PN-S), 2023-12-22 Valid from : Spring semester 2025 (2025-01-20) The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest. 60 credits forestry science and 60 credits landscape architecture or equivalent. English 6 Exemption granted from the general entry requirements of Swedish. The overall aim of the course is to provide students with skills and knowledge to develop and critically analyse Landscape and Forest Management Plans while considering multiple objectives, users and contexts. Hence, the student will obtain the necessary capacities to implement theoretical knowledge of