European forest bioeconomyLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

Student gets familiar with European forest bioeconomy. The student understands the diversity of forest ecosystems in Europe and the impact of forest ecosystems on forest management and forestry. The student outlines various political steering actions related to the forest bioeconomy. The student can recognize and understand the basic concepts of forest bioeconomy and industrial wood processing. The student identifies regional forest bioeconomy stakeholders in their home region and how they take bioeconomy aspects into account in daily operations.

Content

Key concepts related to the forest bioeconomy, European bioeconomy strategies, political framework of European forest bioeconomy and foresight of forest bioeconomy, European forest resources, regional viewpoints of forest bioeconomy, processing of forest biomass, different kind of industrial wood products, sustainable utilization of forest industry side-streams.

Materials

Study material is available in DigiCampus, course key provided to registered students.

Further information

All the course material is in English and all the assignments must be written in English. The course is fully on-line in DigiCampus. Password to DigiCampus will be provided upon course registration. Course can be completed continuously.

Execution methods

MOOC course, online exams and submission of learning diary.

Accomplishment methods

Course is evaluated based on score of quizzes (50%) and the learning diary (50%).