The study of the economic factors that influence forest management, including market demand, supply, and pricing.
Basic Forest Ecology: Understanding the principles of basic ecology, plant growth, and forest dynamics is crucial for successful forest management.
Forest Inventory: Measuring and assessing forests' natural resources, including tree species, ages, sizes, and quality, helps in managing and planning forest harvests.
Forest Management Plans: Developing forest management plans that describe forestry practices such as thinning, cutting, fertilization, and fire management.
Timber pricing and markets: Understanding regional and global timber markets, and understanding how to price standing forests and harvested products, helps in selling forest products.
Silviculture: Silviculture involves the application of different forest cultivation practices like thinning, pruning, and various tending operations to improve forest health, promote growth, and establish new forests.
Forest regulations and policies: Understanding the laws, regulations, and policies governing forestry practices and land-use management.
Forest ecology and environment: Forest management practices need to keep in mind the ecological and environmental impacts it may have on wildlife, soil, water, and air.
Forest management technology: Efficient use of technological advancements such as GIS, remote sensing to gather and process data to track forest productivity and growth patterns, reduce response time, and improve overall forest management.
Forest Health Management: Understanding the different factors that can affect forest health and employing strategies that promote a balanced, healthy forest community.
Ecosystem Services: Understanding the benefits of forest ecosystems such as carbon sequestration, water filtration, and wildlife habitat and improving their delivery for societal benefits.
Invasive Species Management: Effective management of invasive species that can affect forestry growth and productivity.
Forest Economics: Ability to analyze costs, profits, investments, and evaluating the social and economic implications of different forest management strategies.
Forest Certifications: Knowledge of voluntary forest certifications schemes such as Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC), can help ensure good forestry practices and sustainable forest management.
Forest Carbon Credits: The forest can be a significant source of carbon sequestration, and understanding carbon credit systems can benefit forest owners by incentivizing forest conservation and restoration work.
Silviculture: Silviculture focuses on the cultivation and management of forests for the production of timber and other forest products to meet commercial demands.
Forest Ecology: Forest ecology studies the relationships between living and non-living components of forest ecosystems and how they interact with each other.
Forest Resource Management: Forest resource management aims to optimize the value of forested lands through the integration of ecological, social, and economic factors.
Forest Products: Forest products economics includes the production, processing, and marketing of forest products like timber, paper, and lumber.
Forest Policy and Governance: Forest policy and governance involves the study of policy frameworks that govern forest management.
Forest Conservation: Forest conservation seeks to preserve forests and their biodiversity while managing them for economic benefits.
Forest Recreation and Tourism: Forest recreation and tourism economics involve the analysis of the economic benefits of managing forests for recreational activities such as hiking or camping.
Forest Landscaping: Forest landscaping involves the planning and design of forests or urban green spaces to meet desired aesthetic, ecological, and social outcomes.
Non-Timber Forest Products: Non-timber forest products economics focuses on the marketing and economic benefits of products derived from forests that are not timber.
Forest Carbon: Forest carbon economics includes the study of the economic and environmental benefits of carbon sequestration in forests.