This course will prepare you for the challenge of managing forests for the many benefits they provide, at a time of global environmental change. This course aims to develop an understanding of the physical, biological, economic and sociological principles and processes that underpin forestry; to apply this understanding to the sustainable management of trees, woodland and forests for multiple goods and ecosystem services (e.g. carbon sequestration, conservation, landscape, production of wood and non-wood forest products, protection of soil and water resources, and recreation); to provide an understanding of the social and environmental contexts in which forestry is practiced and the consequences of forestry for society and the environment; to develop an ability to synthesise concepts and ideas across forestry-relevant disciplines and to take a holistic view of forestry as a subject.