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Forest and nature provide a range of services to human societies all over the world. These include production of timber, fuelwood, and clean drinking water, stabilisation of climate, protection of biodiversity, and hunting, fishing and recreation opportunities. Therefore, as an MSc student in Forest and Nature Management you learn to consider problems holistically, to plan for the long term, and search for sustainable compromises between ecological, economic and social interests.  

Couses
The education starts with a thematic course in Ecology and Management of Forests and Nature Resources. In this course you develop a deep understanding of the ecosystems in forests and other less intensively used vegetation types and you learn how to manage ecosystems in line with particular management objectives. Specialised courses in Applied Forest and Natural Resource Economics, Conflict Management, Project Management, and Natural Resource Sampling and Modelling follow.

The two blocks in spring (equalling a semester) are kept free of compulsory courses in order to make it easy for you to take optional courses, at the Faculty of Life Sciences, other universities in Denmark, or abroad. Thus you can shape your professional profile by focusing on, e.g., economics, human resources, ecology, tropical forestry, or any other field of your choice.

In the second year of study you complete a thematic course in Sustainable Management of Forest and Natural Resources. In this course you learn how to prepare long-term management plans for areas of forest and nature. To do this you make ample use of all your knowledge of ecology, economics and society.

The last six months of the education are spent on preparing the MSc thesis. You may for example focus on a particular area, an enterprise, a theory, or a matter of current interest. You can do the work alone or in a group.

Qualification
To enrol for the MSc course in Forest and Nature Management  you are required to have formal qualifications within each of the broader fields, ecology, economics and society. If your BSc does not cover all of these areas, you may enrol after taking supplementary courses.

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