Presentation of Forestry Training Centre

An Introduction into Economics of Mountain Forestry - the Case of Austria

• The Austrian Forest Sector
• An Economic Analysis of Austrian Wood Supply Behaviour by Ownership Categories
• Austria Report

Income from Timber. The Economics of Mountain Forestry in Central Europe

• Income from Timber

International Forest Policy and Rural Development in Mountainous Regions

• International Seminar: The Role of Forests and Forestry in Rural Development – Implications for Forest Policy
• Resolution S4 – 1^st Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (Strassburg 1999)
• Forests of mountainous regions: gaps in knowledge and research needs (pdf)

Schneeberg - Alpine pasture as a complex ecosystem, introductory lectures

Workshop "Mountain Forestry and Rural Development"
Definition and solution of user-conflicts in the Schneeberg region – value-added regional potential

• Alpine pasture as a complex ecosystem: analysing the interrelations between pastoralism, forestry for protection, tourism, nature conservation and wildlife management;
  practical case-study with mountain walk, role-play and computer simulation
• Mountain Forest & Non Timber Values:
  Funghi & Wildlife Issues
• Natura 2000

• Optimal sequential forestry decisions under risk (pdf)
• First test

• Transfer to Ossiach via Hebalm (field trip):
  Silvicultural field study:
  Clearcut vs. selective cutting forestry - ecological, growth & yield, technical & socio-economic issues

• Day off (sightseeing programme - voluntary)

Introduction into problems of forest technology / risk management in mountainous terrain

• Perceptions of Risks in Mountain Forests
• Administrating Risk – A Social Science Perspective on Natural Hazard Prevention Based on an Austrian Case Study
• Mountain Risk Management
• Forestry decisions under risk

• Introduction to field trip in Lesachtal

• Field trip with instructions and demonstrations on mountain forest infrastructure options & problems; risk management tools

• Theoretical lectures on forest & silvicultural engineering
• Decison support systems in managing protection forests (pdf)

• Site visit in Patergassen: protection and protective forest, rock fall problems, hazard mapping, exercises in silvicultural systems evaluation

Excursion to Tarvisio forest: silvicultural problems in steep mountain forest terrain

• Spontaneous afforestation of fallows in Italy
• Nature oriented silviculture in the south-eastern Alps

• Final workshop and summing up - course evaluation - farewell party