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Topic outline
This five-lesson course describes the essentials of creating a forest management plan, including management plans for silviculture, business, ecosystem services, biodiversity, emergencies and disasters, and social, cultural and recreational aspects. The course explains what ‘SMART’ objectives are and how to conduct a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis in the context of forest management planning. Additionally, this course describes how to create monitoring and evaluation plans and apply adaptive monitoring principles to continuously ensure that forest management objectives are effectively met.
This course will be helpful to anyone interested in the subject of forest management, but it specifically targets:
- SMFE business owners
- Forest managers
- Forest management auditors
- Forest owners
- Local forest users
- Government/forest department officials
- Forestry teachers and students
- Creating SMART objectives for forest management.
- Creating a SWOT analysis as part of forest management planning.
- Creating a forest management plan including plans for silviculture, business, ecosystem services, biodiversity, emergencies and disasters, and social, cultural and recreational aspects.
- Creating a monitoring and evaluation plan to track the achievement of forest management objectives.
The course consists of three lessons of approximately 20 to 35 minutes each:
- Lesson 1: Setting forest management objectives
- Lesson 2: Developing plans for forest management
- Lesson 3: Formulating the business plan
- Lesson 4: Preparing for unexpected events and disasters
- Lesson 5: Monitoring and evaluation
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