•   Forest Resources and Fiber Management 5P00BO89-3010 01.08.2021-08.12.2021  3 cr  (18I575B, ...) +-
    Learning outcomes of the course unit
    The student knows the forest resources of Finland and also global forest resources. The student knows the change in global forestry during the last decades. The student knows the importance of forest sector in society and also the importance of forest biodiversity and multiple use of forests globally.
    Course contents
    Forest Resources in Finland
    Forest Resources in Europe and in the world
    The use of wood and wood flow
    Forests and climate change
    Wood as raw material, forest energy
    Forest biodiversity and multiple use of forests
    Recommended or required reading

    Material in Moodle
    Finnish Forest Industries web page https://www.forestindustries.fi/
    FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015: http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4808e.pdf
    Forest certification links:https://www.fsc.org/ and https://pefc.org/certification-services/forest
    Global Forest, Paper and Packaging Industry Survey. 2016 Edition Survey of 2015 Results
    https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/industries/assets/pwc-annual-fpp-industry-survey-2016-10.pdf

    Planned learning activities and teaching methods

    Lectures, group work and discussions, possible field trip

    Assessment methods and criteria

    Active participation, homework tasks 50 % (how many of the homework tasks have been returned, 4 miniexams 29.9., 6.10., 13.10., 27.10.)
    Final exam 50 %

    Language of instruction

    English

    Timing

    01.08.2021 - 08.12.2021

    Registration

    10.06.2021 - 10.09.2021

    Credits

    3 cr

    Group(s)

    18I575B

    19I575A

    21KVTBIOT

    Teacher(s)

    Arto Nikkilä, Ari Vanamo

    Unit, in charge

    Bioproduct Engineering

    Degree programme(s)

    Cross-study in the Tampere Universities Community, Degree Programme in Bioproduct and Process Engineering, students who began in 2014-2018

    Office

    TAMK Main Campus

    Evaluation scale

    0-5

    Exam schedule

    Final exam on Friday 15.12.
    Retake exams in Exam room

    Students use of time and load

    24 contact hours
    Exam 2 hrs
    Self-studying 50 hrs

    Content periodicity

    Preliminary structure
    Introduction to the course and evaluation principles
    Finnish forests and forestry + TASK (group work) (different countries´ and regions´ forestry/ forest industry)
    Group discussions about different countries forestry and hometasks
    Logging site visit -Timber harvesting - will be confirmed later
    Timber harvesting in different countries/areas, principles
    Wood as raw material for industry and other purposes
    Forest energy
    Biodiversity and multiple use of forests
    Forest legislation and forest certification(FSC/PEFC)
    Forests and carbon cycle, climate change and forests
    Future expectations and challenges
    Exam

    Assessment criteria
    Not approved

    The student fails the final exam and/or doesn´t return any of the pre-tasks and/or doesn´t pass the small lecture exams and/or is not enough present on the lectures (minimum 12 lecturers/contact times of the total 16 )

    Satisfactory

    The student has basic knowledge of international forestry and forest industry. He/she is very passive during the lectures and doesn´t participate in discussions. Hometasks are only partly done.

    Good

    The student has achieved quite a lot of information of forestry and forest industry in different parts of the world. He/she knows how forests and forestry differ in different parts of the world, which countries have a lot of forest industry and why, knows where plantation forestry is common and which species are used, he/she is aware of other values of forests and their role in maintaining biodiversity and in carbon cycling. The student is active during lectures and he/she has done most of the homework tasks.

    Excellent

    The student has a broad picture of global forests, forests and forest industry. He/she has spent also a lot of own time in searching for information and that is why he/she has a very thorough knowledge of different topics of the course. He/she can combine information from different sources and make own synthesis of various topics. The student is very active during the lectures and he/she has done all homework tasks.