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Lecturer(s)
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Cienciala Emil, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Content of lectures 0. Introduction - Forestry in context and relations 1. Forestry Terminology. Utilization of forests by man and development of forestry - Definitions of forest and forestry. Impact of man to forest. The birth of forestry. Clearcut forestry. Changes in forest management in Central-European forests during 20th century and challenges for 21st century. 2. Conventional forestry. Terminology and subjects of classical forestry and forest management (forest management planning, silviculture, forest survey, legislation). Functioning of managed vs. natural forests. 3. Importance of forest, multifunctional forestry - Forest production. Forest hydrology. Protective role of forest and other forest functions and services. Forestry institutions. 4. Forest protection - Game management, biotic, abiotic and anthropogenic harmful factors. Legal regulations, nature protection. Genetics. Dendrology, species composition, use of exotic tree species 5. Contemporary forests a and forest typology - Development of forest associations, species migration, altitudinal forest zones, importance of site conditions. Development of forest typology and differentiation of forest management. 6. Forest ecology - Introduction to ecophysiology. Limiting factors. Energy balance, carbon cycling, nutrient balance. Forest ecosystem structure. Succession. Biodiversity. Tree and stand water relations. 7. Forest inventory (theory) - Why do we need information on forest resources? Operational and statistical forest inventory. Remote sensing. Monitoring and forest inventory in the Czech Republic and abroad. Quantitative information on forests. 8. Forest inventory (practice) - Technology for forest inventory. Practical demonstration and exercise. 9. Close to nature management - a solution for Central-European forestry? Use of new silvicultural methods in 21st Century. Forest development types. Close to nature forestry and its implementation in the conditions of the Czech Republic. 10. Global problems and forestry - Deforestation, intensive forest plantations. Timber trade and forest certification. Global and European policy initiatives for forest protection and sustainable forest management. 11. Forestry and climate change - Effects of environmental change on forests. Forest adaptation and mitigation. Emission inventory, forestry and land use in the Climate Convention (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto protocol 12. Forestry research - Key topics of contemporary research on forest and forestry. Where is forestry heading nowadays? Other remaining issues. Content of practicals Forestry and protection of the environment in practice (Krivoklat and Central Bohemia)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
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The course aims at introducing forestry in its broader perspective. Students will understand reasons of the current state of forests and recognize forestry in its multifunctional conception. Specific forestry terminology, forestry basics, alternative forest management approaches, awareness of ecology and forest functions should help students perceiving forestry in its essential relations and improve communication with professionals in forestry.
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Prerequisites
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Recommended literature
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EEA, 2007. European forest types. Technical report No 9/2006, 2nd edition, 111 pp. (ISBN 978-92-9167-926-3).
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EEA, 2008. European forests - ecosystem conditions and sustainable use. Report No 3, 105 pp. (ISBN 978-92-9167-354-4).
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Fanta J, 2007. Lesy a lesnictví ve střední Evropě. Živa 1 - 6..
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Košulič M st. 2010. Cesta k přírodě blízkému hospodářskému lesu. FSC Česká republika, Brno, 449 stran (ISBN 978-80-254-6434-2)..
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Metzl J, Košulič M 2018. 100 otázek a odpovědí k obhospodařování lesa přírodě blízkým způsobem. OS FSC ČR, Brno, 5. vydání, 140 stran..
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Míchal I, 1994. Hovory s lesníky. Veronica, VII, 5. zvláštní vydání, ČSOP, 40 stran..
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Plíva K. 2000. Trvale udržitelné obhospodařování lesů podle souboru lesních typů, ÚHÚL Brandýs nad Labem..
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Šantrůčková H, Vrba J a kol. 2010. Co vyprávějí šumavské smrčiny - Průvodce lesními ekosystémy Šumavy. Správa Národního parku a Chráněné krajinné oblasti Šumava, Přírodovědecká fakulta Jihočeské univerzity a Česká společnost pro ekologii. Vimperk, 153 stran (ISBN 978-80-87257-04-3).
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Waring RW, Running SW 2007. Forest Ecosystems - Analysis at Multiple Scales, 3rd edition, Academic Press, 420 pp. (ISBN 978-0-12-370605-8).
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