Course Topics

The course is organized in six Modules and each is comprised of two to six topics. Each topic typically consists of introduction, online video lectures, resources, a self-test, and online module discussion and/or assignment.

Module 1: Forest Management – Origin and Organization

Topic 1.1: Origins of Sustainable Forest Management

Topic 1.2: A Canadian Variation

Topic 1.3: ITTO’s Sustainable Forest Management Principles

Topic 1.4: The Montreal Process

Module 2: Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management 1

Topic 2.1: Conservation of Biological Diversity

Topic 2.2: Maintenance of Forest Health

Module 3: Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management 2

Topic 3.1: Soil Development

Topic 3.2: The Protection of Soils

Topic 3.3: The Hydrological Functions of Forest

Topic 3.4: Indicators of Soil and Water Conservation

Module 4: Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management 3

Topic 4.1: Maintenance of Forest Ecosystem Productivity

Topic 4.2: Maintenance of Forests’ Contribution to Global Carbon Budgets

Module 5: The Social, Economic and Cultural Aspects of SFM, and the Legal Basis for Managing Forest Sustainably

Topic 5.1: Indicators Used in Monitoring the Economic, Social and Spiritual Values Associated with Forests

Topic 5.2: Forest Governance and Rights

Module 6: Putting Sustainable Forest Management into Practice

Topic 6.1: Writing a Forest Management Plan

Topic 6.2: Certification of Forest Management