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FOR Forest ConservationFOR200H1 Development of forest management philosophy in Canada; the sustained-yield paradigm and
concepts of sustainability. Techniques for more sustainable forest management: structural
retention; viable park and reserve networks; old growth; value-added and non-traditional
forest products. Canadian forest policy transformation. FOR201H1 The world’s major forest biomes; prospects for conservation and sustainable
management; consequences of different forest development strategies; tropical
deforestation and selective logging; biodiversity and non-timber forest products; the
fuelwood crisis; fire management and large carnivore conservation; ecological, economic
and social perspectives. FOR300H1 Traditional and non-traditional forest products; wood structure; properties and
material attributes; functional characteristics and logistics of wood product industry.
Contribution of innovative product development to conservation; adding value; residue use;
under-utilized species; wood protection. Forest product certification; eco-labelling; life
cycle analysis. FOR301H1 Role of forest site and stand analysis in sustainable forest management; field analysis
systems, dendrology of Southern Ontario; regeneration silviculture; plantation management;
forest restoration policy. Course involves significant group field trips and laboratory
work. FOR302H1 Forest policy and management implementation in the context of multiple land and
resource allocation needs; aboriginal and treaty rights; biodiversity conservation,
preserves and parks; wildlife management; tourism; angling and hunting; cultural and
social requirements; fire management; non-timber forest products. FOR303H1 Historical perspective/interactions between rural, urban, industrial, aboriginal
communities and forests in tropical and temperate developing and developed countries.
Forest conservation in relation to community groups, non-profit and for-profit NGOs;
governments and international organizations. FOR400Y1 Examination of current and emerging critical issues affecting sustainable management
and conservation of global forests. Seminars led by students, faculty and visiting
speakers. FOR401H1 Individual in-depth student research projects on significant forest conservation
projects, based on field and/or laboratory research, or literature survey. FOR402H1 Provides opportunities for students to work in small research groups to prepare
practical conservation plans for selected forest regions, primarily in Ontario. Alternate
course to FOR401H. FOR403H1 Provides opportunities for students to carry out individual in-depth study of current
forest conservation issues, under the director of a faculty member. FOR404H1 Determining physical, chemical, and biological properties of soils, soil fertility
testing and plant chemical analysis. Mineral nutrition of trees and seedlings, diagnosis
and interpretation of soil and foliar analyses. Prescription of soil amendments for
intensive forest management. FOR405H1 Processing of wood into commercial products including wood adhesion and composites
manufacturing; specifications and testing; sawmilling; wood drying; wood deterioration and
protection; life cycle analysis of wood-based products. FOR406H1 Study of the physiology of trees as unique life-forms, the tallest living perennials;
study of lateral cambium and secondary growth; long distance movement of water; tolerance
of disease and environmental stress. FOR407H1 Patterns and processes in forest stand dynamics; stand structure, plant size
hierarchies, empirical and theoretical approaches to plant competition; stand response to
silviculture; forest growth and yield models; analysis and modeling of mixed-species
stands; resource-based approaches to forest dynamics; stand-level responses to
anthropogenic environmental change. FOR408H1 Insect population dynamics, biodiversity and conservation, ecological indicators,
biorational control agents, biological control, host-insect interaction and integrated
management system. FOR409H1 Tree genetics; tree improvement; tree production, establishment and maintenance as a
basis for arboriculture. Role of arboriculture in commercial and urban forestry.
Restoration of rare and endangered tree species. FOR410H1 Climatic, edaphic, geomorphic and ecological characteristics of arid environments, and
roles of climatic change and land use practices in desertification. Traditional communal
land use adaptations and potential enhancement based on modern science; salt-resistant
plants; agroforestry; runoff harvesting; soil conservation; rangeland enhancement. FOR411H1 Relationships between communities and community-based forest management systems;
community dependence on forests; institutional analysis; participatory analysis, conflicts
and conflict resolution; co-management institutions and design of institutions for
sustainable forest management. FOR412H1 The nature of the tropical biome; climate; ecology; carbon sequestration potential.
Emerging critical ecological and social issues related to utilization, management and
conservation of tropical forests. FOR413H1 Temperate and tropical wildlife ecology and conservation; roles of wildlife in forest
conservation; impacts of forestry practices and landscape modification on wildlife;
ecology and viability of wildlife populations; human uses and abuses of game and non-game
species. FOR414H1 Nature of forest policy; structure and function of government; history of forest policy
in Canada; policy development process; forest policy at international, national and
provincial levels. |
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