Course title
森林環境保全学Ⅱ   [Forest Environment Conservation Ⅱ]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 1  Semester 1st 
Course type 1st  Course code 05ec0113a
Instructor(s)
岩岡 正博, 松本 武   [IWAOKA Masahiro, MATSUMOTO Takeshi]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Agriculture Office afjgxte/L1151  Email address

Course description
Goal:
In this course, students will acquire the knowledge necessary to understand the latest research in the field of forest environment conservation, which is part of the discipline of natural environment conservation. Students will also study the knowledge involved in problem-solving in conducting natural environment conservation research.

Overview:
We will discuss the study of the knowledge and technique involved in the planning required for timber production and forest management; and the technique regarding a balance between environmental burden and productivity in forest resource production. We will also discuss the latest knowledge regarding methods of using forest resources, research regarding their impact on the surrounding environment, and its application.
Expected Learning
I. Perform cost analyses for timber production.
II. Acquire a way of thinking and technique required to implement sustainable utilization of forests as resources and environments.

Corresponding criteria in the Diploma Policy:
See the Curriculum maps.
URL:https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/
Course schedule
I. Takeshi MATSUMOTO
1. History of logging technique
2. Thinning
3. Surveys and evaluation of forest resources
4. Cost management I
5. Cost management II
6. Infrastructure of forestry operations I
7. Infrastructure of forestry operations II

II. Masahiro IWAOKA
8. Introduction
9. Productivity - Common mistakes and search for mistakes
10. productivity - Search for mistakes and correction
11. Optimization of production system I
12. Optimization of production system II
13. Mechanism I
14. Mechanism II
15. Theory of skyline cables

Please consult with the timetable because I (1 to 7) and II (8 to 15) above may be held in different class time during the same period or reverse order.
Prerequisites
This is an elective course classified as a special subject.
In addition to attending 30 hours of class time, students are recommended to prepare for and review the lectures, spending this university’s standard number of hours and using lecture handouts as well as references.
Required Text(s) and Materials
Forest Engineering. Yoshioka, T., Sakai, H., Iwaoka, M., Matsumoto, T., Yamada, Y., Suzuki, Y., Maruzen, Tokyo, 2020
Materials distributed in class or via Moodle etc. will be used.
References
U. Sundberg et al. (K. Kanzaki et al., translators), (1996), Operational Efficiency in Forestry (Analysis and Practice), 477 pp., Kaiseisha, Otsu.
Y. Konohira et al. (1998), An Introduction to Forest GIS: For the Future of Forest Management (Shinrin GIS Nyuumon: Korekara no Shinrin Kanri no Tameni), 100 pp.,Japan Forest Technology Association (Nihon Ringyou Gijutsu Kyoukai), Tokyo.
Assessment/Grading
Activities in the class such as questions during lectures and remarks in discussions (50%), Report (50%)
Message from instructor(s)
Our goal is to make forests livelier, more functional environments through human intervention and use and to gain from them greater benefit and profit.
Course keywords
Forest resource utilization, productivity, woody biomass
Office hours
Please contact instructors in each lecture by e-mail.
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
Related URL
http://kenkyu-web.tuat.ac.jp/Profiles/1/0000072/profile.html
Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
Last update
3/16/2020 5:07:55 PM