Timber Purchasing and Harvesting PlanningLaajuus (13 cr)

Objectives

The student:
-knows the forms of timber trade icluding e-timber trade and the roundwood market conditions in Finland and their significance in wood supply
-knows the marketing methods in timber trade and the basics of customer relationship management
-knows how to utilize forest resource information, how to purchase wood and how to make the documentation of purchasing
-is aware of different laws, regulations, forest certification and recommendations concerning forestry and knows how to take them into account during the different phases of wood supply
-can identify ecologically important key habitats
-knows how to estimate the total volume of a cutting area and the volume and structure of the removal
-knows how to make plans for purchasing and harvesting and is able to manage operations by utilizing GIS information
-knows how to evaluate operations.

Content

Identification of key biotopes (field exercise), timber trade planning exercise, planning exercise on a harvesting area level, utilizing GIS information and GPS tools, chaining harvesting sites and making a resource plan, special features of harvesting in peatland forests, exercises with harvesting planning simulation program, evaluation of harvesting quality in the forest, evaluation of the quality of nature management procedures on a harvesting site, landscape work permit and landscape management in harvesting.

Further information

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