Managing Forests for Multiple Values

This course looks into the different values or ecosystem services provided by forests, discusses how their relative importance may vary between stakeholders, and how it may affect forest management decisions. It also looks into some of the tools available to use assess and monitor the provision of a variety of forest goods and values over time. Students: • Critically discuss various viewpoints in relation to forest management • Identify and discuss areas of conflict, as well as possible solutions • Understand what criteria and indicators are, how they are used in forest management, and why we need them • Explain the difference between a goal, an objective and related indicators and targets