Rhedir gan School of Natural Sciences

20.000 Credyd neu 10.000 Credyd ECTS

Trefnydd: Dr Ruben Valbuena

1. The purpose of the module is to consider ways in which forest resources can be assessed and recorded, enabling growth and development to be scientifically monitored. The module will provide students with the opportunity to acquire knowledge and understanding of the specialist areas of mensuration, forest inventory and forest resource assessment and monitoring, the latter to include an introduction to the use of remote technologies.

2. The module will provide students with the opportunity to acquire knowledge and understanding of specialist areas of forestry, and to develop their independent learning and written communication skills. The evaluation of the module will include a report developed under professional standards, with the intention to train the students to communicate key concepts in forest inventories in professional environments.

3. The module will be fundamentally practical, with summative assessments developed as the results of hands-on demonstrations. The intention is to train the students with the skills necessary to find the information that is relevant to each case, as opposed to memorising specific formulae diverse forest inventory designs.

Forest mensuration: terminology and units; measurement of single trees, forest stands and forest products; assessment of current/potential yield. Forest inventory planning. Sampling techniques: types and application with respect to forest trees, forest-dwelling organisms and forest products; the effects of variation on sampling systems. Forest inventory and statistics, forest resource monitoring, recurrent forest inventory and their roles in forest and forest products certification.

The use of remote sensing (Earth observation) technologies will have a predominant role across all the other subtopics, as it has implications in the design and statistics of modern forest inventories.

Course material will be supplied as a series of course booklets, plus text book(s). In addition to the course material, there will be a guided reading handbook which contains supplementary course material, self-assessment, a timetable for carrying out the work and details of assessments. The student's work will be evaluated with summative assessments gradually submitted during the three months over which the module runs, which will be marked and commented for the students to keep improving as the module progresses. All these will be used to monitor student progress and provide feedback, toward a final summative assessment submitted at the end of the module and marked. Students will be able to contact the module organiser to seek guidance. There will also be a web-based information resource that students can use to find information or request information, and which will include a student mutual help facility.

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Grades C- to C+: Limited understanding of forest measurement, inventory and monitoring techniques. Limited ability to use techniques for calculating / estimating forest parameters e.g. height, basal area, stocking density, level of error in sampling. Limited evidence of wider reading.

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Grades B- to B+: Good understanding of forest measurement, inventory and monitoring techniques. Clear ability to use techniques for calculating / estimating forest parameters e.g. height, basal area, stocking density, level of error in sampling. Clear evidence of wider reading.

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Grades A- to A**: Excellent understanding of forest measurement, inventory and monitoring techniques. Advanced ability to use techniques for calculating / estimating forest parameters e.g. height, basal area, stocking density, level of error in sampling. Extensive evidence of wider reading and understanding.

1. Appreciate the fundamental importance of assessment, inventory and monitoring with respect to forest resource management.

2. Understand techniques, terminology and conventions used in forest mensuration and how these are applied in modern forest management.

3. Be able to use these techniques to perform a range of calculations relating to forest resources.

4. Understand how to plan a forest inventory.

5. Understand and be able to apply the sampling systems commonly used in forest inventory.

6. Appreciate how variation in the forest resource impacts on the process of forest inventory.

7. Learn how communicate topics related to forest inventory and provide the results of an inventory work following professional standards.

8. Appreciate the importance of monitoring forest resources.

9. Understand how the state of a forest resource may be reliably monitored over time to meet a range of objectives.

10. Appreciate the implications of using modern remote sensing technologies in forest inventories, and develop the skills necessary to implement them in practice.

Math	Enw	Disgrifiad	Pwysau
	Traditional Inventory based on field plot sampling		20.00
	Forest classification using aerial photography		20.00
	Estimation of forest variables using airborne laser scanners		20.00
	The value of forest information		40.00

		Oriau
Lecture	Online lectures / field videos	10
	Online discussion forums	15
Practical classes and workshops	Computer practicals	8
Private study	Use of teaching materials	167

• Llythrennedd - Medrusrwydd mewn darllen ac ysgrifennu drwy amrywiaeth o gyfryngau
• Rhifedd - Medrusrwydd wrth ddefnyddio rhifau ar lefelau priodol o gywirdeb
• Defnyddio cyfrifiaduron - Medrusrwydd wrth ddefnyddio ystod o feddalwedd cyfrifiadurol
• Hunanreolaeth - Gallu gweithio mewn ffordd effeithlon, prydlon a threfnus. Gallu edrych ar ganlyniadau tasgau a digwyddiadau, a barnu lefelau o ansawdd a phwysigrwydd
• Archwilio - Gallu ymchwilio ac ystyried dewisiadau eraill
• Adalw gwybodaeth - Gallu mynd at wahanol ac amrywiol ffynonellau gwybodaeth
• Sgiliau Rhyngbersonol - Gallu gofyn cwestiynau, gwrando'n astud ar atebion a'u harchwilio
• Dadansoddi Beirniadol & Datrys Problem - Gallu dadelfennu a dadansoddi problemau neu sefyllfaoedd cymhleth. Gallu canfod atebion i broblemau drwy ddadansoddiadau ac archwilio posibiliadau
• Ymwybyddiaeth o ddiogelwch - Bod yn ymwybodol o'ch amgylchedd a hyder o ran cadw at reoliadau iechyd a diogelwch
• Cyflwyniad - Gallu cyflwyno gwybodaeth ac esboniadau yn glir i gynulleidfa. Trwy gyfryngau ysgrifenedig neu ar lafar yn glir a hyderus.
• Gwaith Tîm - Gallu cydweithio'n adeiladol ag eraill ar dasg gyffredin, ac/neu fod yn rhan o dîm gweithio o ddydd i ddydd
• Mentora - Gallu cefnogi, helpu, arwain, ysbrydoli ac/neu hyfforddi eraill
• Rheloaeth - Gallu defnyddio, cydlynu a rheoli adnoddau (dynol, ffisegol ac/neu ariannol)
• Dadl - Gallu cyflwyno, trafod a chyfiawnhau barn neu lwybr gweithredu, naill ai gydag unigolyn neu mewn grwˆp ehangach
• Hunanymwybyddiaeth & Ystyried - Bod yn ymwybodol o'ch cryfderau, gwendidau, nodau ac amcanion eich hun. Gallu adolygu ,cloriannu a myfyrio'n rheolaidd ar eich perfformiad eich hun ac eraill.
• Arweinyddiaeth - Gallu arwain a rheoli, datblygu cynlluniau gweithredu ac amcanion, cynnig arweiniad a chyfarwyddyd i eraill, ac ymdopi â'r pwysau sy'n gysylltiedig ag awdurdod o'r fath

• Demonstrate awareness of the importance of risk assessment and relevant legislation
• Develop and identify research question(s) and/or hypotheses as the basis for investigation.
• Collect, analyse and interpret primary and/or secondary data using appropriate qualitative and/or quantitative techniques.
• Apply appropriate techniques for presenting spatial and/or temporal trends in data.
• Prepare effective maps, diagrams and visualizations.
• Engage in debate and/or discussion with specialists and non-specialists using appropriate language.
• Demonstrate the independence and skills required for continuing professional development

Goblygiadau o ran adnoddau ar gyfer myfyrwyr

This module is optional for distance-learning postgraduate students. Distance learning students / students opting to study this module remotely will need to possess their own computer, or have regular access to a computer with reliable internet. PC-based computers are required: the GIS software cannot be installed onto tablets or similar. Students based in Bangor should be able to access all the computer software that they need via University networked computers, at no cost to themselves.

Rhestrau Darllen Bangor (Talis)

http://readinglists.bangor.ac.uk/modules/ddl-4205.html

Rhestr ddarllen

https://bangor.rl.talis.com/modules/ddl-4205.html

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• D3AP: Diploma Forestry (Distance Learning) year 1 (DIP/FORDL)
• D5AH: PGDip Tropical Forestry year 1 (DIP/TF)
• D3AB: MSc Environmental Forestry year 1 (MSC/EFOR)
• D3AX: MSc Environmental Forestry (TRANSFOR-M exchange programme) year 1 (MSC/EFORTFM)
• D3AQ: MSc Forestry (Distance Learning) year 1 (MSC/FORDL)
• D5AC: MSc Tropical Forestry (Distance Learning) year 1 (MSC/TF)