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Module 3.2

Participants will be introduced to forest strategic and operational planning principles. The course consists of online lectures, group forums, quizzes and a culminating assignment for the Module (DC). The participant must pass the quizzes for all lecture material before doing the culminating assignment. The culminating assignment will be submitted to the course instructors for assessment. Once the participant has successfully passed the online forums, quizzes and culminating assignment, the DC will be awarded.

Module Objectives

  • Explain why forest planning is required.
  • Discuss basic principles of planning.
  • Identify and describe planning tools available for strategic and operational planning (2 tools for each method).
  • Describe the different levels of planning and how these levels are different.
  • Describe the specific operational elements that should be included in a forest management plan.

Module Schedule

This course involves a combination of recorded lectures, readings, assignments and participation in semi-synchronous online discussion forums and synchronous tutorials with instructors and other participants over a 6-week period.

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Course Content

Getting Started

  • Getting Started

    Welcome to Module 3.2

Introduction

  • Introduction

    Forest Strategic and Operational Planning Principles

Outline

  • Outline

Lesson 1: The Planning Process

  • Lecture: The Planning Process

    What is Forest Management, Why is Forest Management Important, Levels of Planning, Planning Steps, Forest Planning Document

  • Readings

    Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management in Canada: Key Trends and Conditions, orest Management: To Sustain Ecological, Economic, and Social Values, Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources, Forest Management Planning Manual for Ontario’s Crown Forests, Guiding principles for developing an indicator and monitoring framework

Lesson 2: Elements of Planning Part I

  • Lecture: Elements of Planning Part I

    What is a forest plan, Why do we plan, For what do we plan, Planning with VOIT, Hierarchical planning

Lesson 3: Elements of Planning Part II

  • Lecture: Elements of Planning Part II

    Models in forest planning (Strategic planning models, Tactical planning models, On the use of models), Steps to writing a management plan

  • Week 2 Quiz

Lesson 4: Forest Operations Planning Part 1

  • Lecture: Forest Operations Planning Part 1

    Anatomy of planning, How to implement a successful plan, The operations chain

  • Readings

Lesson 5: Forest Operations Planning Part 2

  • Lecture: Forest Operations Planning Part 2

    Strategic planning, Tactical planning, Operational planning and, Weighing and analyzing alternatives

  • Week 4 Quiz

Lesson 6: Planning Tools

  • Lecture: Planning Tools

    What’s in the Toolbox, Generic Tools, Forestry Specific Tools, and Summary

  • Readings

Culminating Assignment

  • Assignment

    Review the three management plans provided and conduct a VOIT-analysis for each

  • Assignment Submission

    Please submit the assignment