207-410 Agroforestry

202-201 Plant Function and 202-203 Soil and Water Resources.

This course covers in detail the technical aspects of farm revegetation planning. Students will be expected to participate in field-based learning exercises and information gathering, and to contribute to discussion and debate. By the end of the subject students should:

• have a working knowledge of agroforestry diagnosis and design as an approach to the development of farm tree management opportunities on farms in Australia and overseas;

• have an understanding of the role of trees in providing for private landowner needs and aspirations;

• appreciate the importance of assessing landowners' needs, aspirations and performance criteria when designing agroforestry projects and development strategies;

• be able to develop technical design criteria for effective revegetation for resource conservation, agricultural production and direct commercial purposes;

• be able to undertake a multipurpose revegetation design project;

• be familiar with the opportunities for landowners to produce commercial forest products from private native forests; and

• be familiar with approaches to tree monitoring and evaluation.

A design project (25%), farm forestry strategy project (25%) and three-hour examination (50%).