Course Title

Principles of Forestry

Course Number

10911351

Instructor Name

Faisal Shraim

Contact Information

[email protected]

Semester(s) and academic year(s)

First Semester 2024
First Semester 2023
First Semester 2022

Compulsory / Elective

Elective

This course highlights the economic and environmental significance of trees, objectives and methods of afforestation, afforestation ecology environmental factors and their influence on forest growth, development, and expansion. The course also looks at forest nurseries, afforestation methods, forest measurement, and ways of protecting forests from pests and diseases.

1-To know the types and classes of forests.

2-To understand the theory and practice of controlling forest establishment, composition, structure and growth.

3-To introduce students to silvicultural practice.

1-Have knowledge about managing and using forest for human benefits.

2.Classify forest by type, age, species, origin, and uses.

3.Understand the distribution of forests in Palestine and the world.

4. To identify and define environmental factors that regulate growth & development of forests.

5.Identify and name major forest trees.

6. Acquire skills and techniques of  forest establishment,  propagation & measurements.

7.Well management and maintenance of forest.

8-Successful dealing with silvicultural practices to improve growth and development.

1. Introduction to forestry. Sharpe, W. G. et al., 1986.
2. The practice of silviculture. Smith, D. M., 1986.
3. Agroforestry in sustainable agriculture system. Buck, L.E., et al, 1999.   
4. Forest Management Innovative Practices. Hussain, A.2012.