Open AccessINNOVATION IN FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS TEACHING AND RESEARCH
Author(s) -
F. Schmithüsen
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
radovi šumarskog fakulteta univerziteta u sarajevu
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2490-3183
pISSN - 1512-5769
DOI - 10.54652/rsf.2005.v35.i1.193
Subject(s) - ecoforestry , sustainable forest management , context (archaeology) , forest management , environmental resource management , natural resource , business , natural resource management , sustainable development , resource (disambiguation) , political science , environmental planning , forestry , forest ecology , intact forest landscape , economics , geography , ecology , computer network , archaeology , ecosystem , law , computer science , biology
UDK 630*8/.9
The Bologna process thrusts forestry and forestry education into the context of an evolving global economy as well as worldwide concerns about environmental protection and climate change. It stimulates the integration of forestry into the framework of sustainable land-use practices and the combination of forest management experience with new scientific knowledge and research methodology. Forest professionals need a comprehensive educational background if they are to tackle rapidly changing social, economic and political problems. At the same time they need to understand the evolving and locally specific social and cultural aspects of forestry. This demands a joint approach to forest management, environment protection and landscape conservation. Maintaining the natural resource base and managing forests in a sustainable manner will require teaching programme combining policy and law, business economics and management, and forest resource and environmental economics components.