Time Schedule:
Kristiina Vogt
ESRM 101
Seattle Campus
Survey course covering forest ecosystems of the world, history of forestry and forest conservation, how forest ecosystems function, wildlife in forests, environmental issues in forestry, forest management, economics and products, and new approaches to forest management. Open to majors and nonmajors. Cannot be taken for credit if CFR 101 already taken. Offered: Sp.
Class description
ESRM 101A Forests and Society. Sustainability and Life-Cycles of Forests in Human Landscapes ~ Spring 2012
M-F 8:30-9:20pm Instructors: Kristiina Vogt (kvogt@uw.edu), Daniel Vogt (dvogt@uw.edu)
Forests have and continue to play important roles in providing environmental services, human values and natural resources to societies around the world. Historically those groups who successfully dominated access to forests and their resources had considerable political, economic and social power. During the last three decades, highly polarized conflicts over resource uses and conservation have played out in forest landscapes because they are embedded in human landscapes. This course provides a road map of factors that need to be considered when making decisions in forests and uses case studies to explore these issues.
Specific topics to be covered are: Historical and current uses of forests Management of forests Indigenous communities and forests Human health and forests Wars and forests Supernatural forest management Ecology and conservation of forests Disturbances and forests Carbon cycles of forests and climate change New energy products from forests How forestry problems are being resolved
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Recommended preparation
No prerequisites or background needed for the course.
Class assignments and grading
Weekly homeworks due every thursday and quiz every two weeks covering material presented during the 2 week period, no final exam
50% of the class grade is from weekly homework answer 10 essay questions per week from 30+ questions provided for the lectures given during one week; Total of 10 homework assignment turned in during the quarter (due every Thursday in class) each homework is worth 5% of your grade.
50% of the class grade is from quizzes quiz every two weeks for a total of 5 quizzes each quiz worth 10% of your grade; no comprehensive exam
