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Lincoln University and Sarawak Sustainable Tropical Forest Management

Lincoln University and Sarawak Sustainable Tropical Forest Management. The Changing Role of the Forest or Camp Manager. ITTO mission to Sarawak in 1989/90 3 recommendations for SFM including improving human resources. The Changing Role of the Forest or Camp Manager.

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Lincoln University and Sarawak Sustainable Tropical Forest Management

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  1. Lincoln University and SarawakSustainable Tropical Forest Management

  2. The Changing Role of the Forest or Camp Manager • ITTO mission to Sarawak in 1989/90 • 3 recommendations for SFM including improving human resources

  3. The Changing Role of the Forest or Camp Manager • ITTO mission to Sarawak in 1989/90 • Forest management increasingly complex • Move to sustainable management practices • Multiple objective forestry

  4. The Changing Role of the Forest or Camp Manager • ITTO mission to Sarawak in 1989/90 • Forest management increasingly complex • Expected to manage forest operations to meet the needs of forest certification and sustainable forest management • Malaysian Timber Certification started 1998 • Environmental, social and economic factors

  5. The Changing Role of the Forest or Camp Manager • ITTO mission to Sarawak in 1989/90 • Forest management increasingly complex • Expected to manage forest operations to meet the needs of forest certification and sustainable forest management • Need for more skills

  6. Postgraduate Diploma • Collaborative effort of the Sarawak Timber Association and Lincoln University • Cooperation from the Sarawak Forestry Corporation and the Sarawak Forest Department • Advisory Board • Forest Department Sarawak • MTCC • FAO • ITTO • WWF • WCS • UNIMAS

  7. Lincoln University • One of eight New Zealand government universities • Established as a School of Agriculture in 1878 and in 1896 offered its first degree National and international recognition • commerce • agriculture • natural resources • science • engineering • social science

  8. International Experience • International links with a number of universities • First New Zealand university to teach a New Zealand degree off-shore • Bachelor of Commerce and Management degree through Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia in the mid-1990s • Park ranger certificate with Forest Department Sarawak • Bachelor of Landscape Architecture in Singapore • Master of Natural Resources Management and Ecological Engineering involves one year each at BOKU University in Vienna, Austria and Lincoln University

  9. Master of Professional Studies • An advanced management qualification aimed at middle and senior managers who wish to build upon their experience • Part time, off-campus study • Mixture of self-study, seminars and lectures • Meetings held in regional centres • Forestry business specialisation

  10. Postgraduate Diploma (Applied Science) (Sustainable Tropical Forest Management) • Collaborative effort of the Sarawak Timber Association and Lincoln University • Initiated and funded by the Sarawak Timber Association • Degree offered by Lincoln University • Jointly managed • Content specific to tropical forest management in Sarawak • Combination of Lincoln University lecturers and local Sarawak forestry specialists • Graduates eligible to proceed to a Masters thesis

  11. Why a Postgraduate Degree? • Level of understanding required • Key theories and concepts in SFM • Exposure to tools and techniques for forest management • Use this background to analyse forestry problems • How all elements work together for sustainable forestry • MBA-style approach • Forestry for non-forester managers

  12. What Do Managers Need to Know?

  13. Delivering the Programme • The target student population

  14. The Typical Student Works in a remote camp Experienced manager but no first degree Needs to study part time Has a business degree Last in a classroom in 1980 Only has head office experience

  15. Delivering the Programme • The target student population • Provides key constraints • Weak study and writing skills • Part-time study • Short absences from workplace • Mix of teaching approaches • Intensive teaching weeks • Use of distance education techniques

  16. Intensive Teaching Weeks

  17. Distance Education

  18. Teaching Strategy • ‘Orientation to University Studies’ • One week course • Literature review, research writing • Project based assessment • Focus on applying new skills • Mirror working environments • Each module based around analytical skills and data collection for one project

  19. Personal Benefits

  20. Benefits for Employers

  21. Benefits - Ability to Lead (Number of Respondents)

  22. Research • Low impact logging productivity • Helicopter • Logfisher (swing yarder) • Community-based forest management • Ecosystems services • REDD+ • Forest certification

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