LNAK10103U Climate Change and Forestry: Monitoring and Policies
Volume 2013/2014
Education
MSc Programme in Forest
Ecosystems, Nature and Society, EM Sustainable Forest and Nature
Management (SUFONAMA)
MSc Programme in Forests and Livelihoods, EM Sustainable Tropical Forestry (SUTROFOR)
MSc Programme in Forests and Livelihoods, EM Sustainable Tropical Forestry (SUTROFOR)
Content
The first part of the
course deals with climate change risks, mitigation and adaptation
in relation to forestry. It also introduces the concept of forest
carbon projects and associated terminology such as additionality,
permanence, leakage and co-benefits. The second part of the course
introduces global policies and voluntary initiatives to reduce
emissions; particular attention is paid to reducing emissions from
deforestation and forest degradation and enhancing forest carbon
stocks in developing countries (REDD+). In the last part of the
course students write a supervised term paper, max 3000 words on
one of the themes presented during the course.
Learning Outcome
This course focuses on
enabling students’ ability to apply scientific knowledge and
reasoning to critically assess and discuss climate change and
forestry with particular emphasis on monitoring mechanisms and
policies
Knowledge: Understand key contemporary issues related to climate change and forestry, including forest-dependency, deforestation, national and global forest policy and processes, and the potential of using market based mechanisms to achieve sustainable forest management
Skills:
Apply principles, theories and frameworks on climate change and forestry. Make judgment on the quality of scientific publications. Communicate clearly, concisely and confidently in written format
Competences:
The students obtain (i) knowledge about climate change, forests and livelihood relationships, (ii) ability to critically assess and discuss discourses and evidence in this area, (iii) ability to assess how science is used in policy debates, and (iv) ability and experience in interacting and discussing in professional forums.
Knowledge: Understand key contemporary issues related to climate change and forestry, including forest-dependency, deforestation, national and global forest policy and processes, and the potential of using market based mechanisms to achieve sustainable forest management
Skills:
Apply principles, theories and frameworks on climate change and forestry. Make judgment on the quality of scientific publications. Communicate clearly, concisely and confidently in written format
Competences:
The students obtain (i) knowledge about climate change, forests and livelihood relationships, (ii) ability to critically assess and discuss discourses and evidence in this area, (iii) ability to assess how science is used in policy debates, and (iv) ability and experience in interacting and discussing in professional forums.
Teaching and learning methods
The course is entirely based
on interactions in virtual space. Each theme is structured as a
standard format e-module: (i) students study provided topic
literature; texts and problems are continuously discussed online
with module responsible faculty, (ii) students online discuss
exercises with each other, facilitated by course responsible
faculty and specially invited resource persons, and (iii) the
students interact with supervisors on the term paper.
Workload
- Category
- Hours
- Exam
- 5
- Guidance
- 10
- Preparation
- 60
- Project work
- 111
- Theory exercises
- 20
- Total
- 206
Sign up
Self Service at KUnet
As an exchange, guest and credit student - click here!
Continuing Education - click here!
As an exchange, guest and credit student - click here!
Continuing Education - click here!
Exam
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Continuous assessmentStudents eligible to participate in the exam will be assessed according to (i) their completion of exercises throughout the course, and (ii) a supervised term paper.
Weight: Completion of exercises count 2/3 of the final mark and the term paper 1/3. - Exam registration requirements
- submission of term paper
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- External censorship
- Re-exam
- If 10 or fewer register for the reexamination the examination form will be oral.
Criteria for exam assesment
To obtain the grade 12 the student must fullfil the Learning
Outcome
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- LNAK10103U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
- 1 block
- Placement
- Block 2, Block 3 And Block 4
- Schedule
- This is an e-learning course run across 8 European universities. The workload corresponds to 7,5 ECTS but the duration of the course is expected to be from October to the following May
- Course capacity
- no limits
- Continuing and further education
- Study board
- Study Board of Natural Resources and Environment
Contracting department
- Department of Food and Resource Economics
Course responsibles
- Carsten Smith-Hall (3-697975466f6c787534717b346a71)
- Niels Strange (3-74797a466f6c787534717b346a71)
Saved on the
24-09-2013