Lecture 1. Introduction

Transcription

1 Lecture 1 Introduction

2 What Course is This? FRST 100: Sustainable Forests Instructor Peter Marshall Rm Forest Sciences Centre Phone:

3 What Are We Doing Today? 1. Go over course mechanics and organization. 2. Possibly begin discussion of sustainability, sustainable forests and forestry very broadly.

4 Who s Peter Marshall?

5 Juliana Magalhães (Senior Teaching Assistant)

6 FRST 100 Student Academic Homes (Sept. 5, 2017) Program Year Total BA BCOM BIE BKIN BSAB BSC BSCN BSF BSFN BSFS BSCW BUF EXCH Total

7 Webpage

8 Course Structure 1. Lectures 2. Readings (blog discussion) 3. Essay

9 Important Dates Midterm Exam Oct 25 Essay Draft Nov 2 Essay Final Dec 1 Final Exam?

10 Grades Participation (blog) 10% Essay draft 10% Essay final 20% Midterm Exam 20% Final Exam 40% Final Grade 100%

11 Blog Details (Ignacio San-Miguel)

12 The Blog 10 blogs contribute 10% of the total grade for the course. Requires answering weekly blog question generally on provided readings. The first assignment is due on September 17 th September. For example:

13 You may include questions or comments from that week s reading, comments from posts made by your peers, and all other food for thought that is relevant to that week s discussion. Blog posts must be original and individually written, although it may carry on from an idea of a previous post. Make sure that you submit your blog post, in response to our weekly readings, by 11:59 pm on Sunday evenings.

14 Grading rubric 1 for >200 words. 1 for those between words if the writing is good (see requisites for content in the next slide). 0.5 for those between words. 0 for those sending assignment after due date.

15 Requisites for content To answer the question posed. To have a logical flow of ideas. To have sufficient evidence to support your position with respect to the topic. To use unambiguous language. To have clear linkages with the article provided.

16 Registration and responding to the first assignment 1. Determine your username 2. Create an account 3. Log in 4. Reply to the first assignment * Please refer to the document uploaded on the course website:

17 Course Goals Explore the roles of forests and forestry and sustainability Orientation to the Faculty of Forestry

18 Learning Objectives At the end of the course you should be able to: Describe roles of forests and forestry in global sustainability. Write a basic essay in natural sciences. Discuss basic issues related to the sustainability of forest management.

19 Lecture Content UNIT I FORESTS AND FOREST ECOSYSTEMS Lecture 1 Introduction and course mechanics (Marshall) Sept. 6 Lecture 2 Sustainability in an unstable system (Marshall) Sept. 8 Lecture 3 Forests of the world (I) Boreal and temperate (Marshall) Sept. 11 Lecture 4 Forests of the world (II) Temperate (Marshall) Sept. 13 Lecture 5 Forests of the world (III) Temperate cont d. (Magalhães) Sept. 15 Lecture 6 Forests of the world (IV) Tropical (wet and dry) (Magalhães) Sept. 18 Lecture 7 Forests of Canada (Magalhães) Sept. 20 Lecture 8 Finding your way around Forestry (Forestry Student Services) Sept. 22 Lecture 9 How do trees grow? (Marshall) Sept. 25 Lecture 10 What is an ecosystem? (Marshall) Sept. 27 Lecture 11 Video Green Fire (Magalhães) Sept. 29 Lecture 12 General themes - Review of topics to date (Magalhães) Oct. 2

20 Lecture Content cont. UNIT II MANAGING FORESTS Lecture 13 Silviculture and forest management (Marshall) Oct. 4 Lecture 14 Writing essays and essay assignment (Marshall) Oct. 6 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY Oct. 9 Lecture 15 Searching and citing the scholarly literature (Sally Taylor) Oct. 11 Lecture 16 Domestication of trees (Yoursry El-Kasaby) Oct. 13 Lecture 17 International forestry: Issues, institutions and Prospects (Hosney El-Lakany) Oct. 16 Lecture 18 What goods and services do forests provide? (Magalhães) Oct. 18 Lecture 19 General themes Review of topics to date (Magalhães) Oct. 20 Lecture 20 Settler and Ts ilhqot in: the story of two BC community forestry initiatives Oct. 23 (Rami Rothkop and Natalie Swift) MIDTERM (In Class) Oct. 25

21 Lecture Content cont. UNIT II MANAGING FORESTS cont. Lecture 21 Wood products (Simon Ellis) Oct.27 Lecture 22 Coffee and agroforestry in Peru (David Aquino) Oct. 30 Lecture 23 Midterm and general themes discussion (Marshall and Magalhães) Nov. 1 Lecture 24 Urban forestry (Cecil Konijnendijk) Nov. 3 Lecture 25 Forest management and community forestry in Nepal (Anil Shrestha) Nov. 6 Lecture 26 Forest conservation issues in China (Guangyu Wang) Nov. 8 Lecture 27 Renaissance of the Canadian forestry sector (Chris Gaston) Nov. 10 REMEMBRACE DAY HOLIDAY Nov. 13

22 Lecture Content cont. UNIT III ISSUES IN FOREST SUSTAINABILITY Lecture 28 Forest certification??? (TBD) Nov. 15 Lecture 29 What is forest conservation? Pinchot and Leopold essays. (Marshall) Nov. 17 Lecture 30 Canadian forest issues (Marshall) Nov. 20 Lecture 31 Sustainable forestry (Dean John Innes) Nov. 22 Lecture 32 Forestry and ethics (Marshall) Nov. 24 Lecture 33 The profession of forestry (Marshall) Nov. 27 Lecture 34 Summary (Marshall and Magalhães) Nov. 29 Lecture 35 Questions/Open Discussion (Marshall and Magalhães) Dec. 1 Final Exam Dec.???

23 Sustainability Key pillar of UBC Global responsibility Meeting the needs of today and tomorrow

24 Source: Adams, W.M. (2006). "The Future of Sustainability: Re-thinking Environment and Development in the Twenty-first Century." Report of the IUCN Renowned Thinkers Meeting, January 2006.

25 Source: Scott Cato, M. (2009). Green Economics. London: Earthscan, pp ISBN

26 Forests are Important! Forests are the natural climax vegetation on more than half of the world s land surface. The world s forest area is about 3.8 billion ha. About one third of world s land area which is not covered with ice. Canada: 7% of world s forest land area. BC: 1.7% of the world s forest land area.

27 World forest cover 1000 years ago

28 Current world forest cover