Your search for agricultural sciences in North West Wales has returned 15 results

This programme, fully accredited by the Institute of Chartered Foresters, is designed to provide students with detailed knowledge of direct relevance to the modern forest manager. Key course modules cover the increasingly important social issues in forest management, silviculture (including alternatives to clear-cutting), forest ecosystems, and the sustainable use of non-timber forest products.

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The course aims to provide students with a broad and balanced understanding of the fundamental science underpinning Conservation and Land Use. The course addresses issues concerned with sustainable use of the countryside.

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This course will develop your understanding of forest ecosystems and their role in the global environment, and of the goods and services that forests can provide. This course has been running for more than 25 years, and its graduates are now working in forestry all over the world.

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The MSc course in Sustainable Tropical Forestry (SUTROFOR) is a two-year world-class integrated programme aimed at qualifying graduates to deal with the huge challenges in contemporary tropical forestry. The teaching staff is very active in research and the students will profit from our many connections throughout the world.

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Students will learn about how trees, people and agriculture can be combined in sustainably managed farms, forests and landscapes. The course equips you to deal with the principal forces driving change in farming and forestry, from thinking globally about issues like climate change and carbon trading to dealing with practical issues of how to manage trees on farms at a local level.

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We offer an integrated two-year world-class Masters Course in Sustainable Forest and Nature Management (SUFONAMA) based on our long experience in teaching and research, and building on masters programmes that have proved to be dynamic and viable. By joining the teaching and research experiences of five European leading educational institutions, this unique course will constitute an in-depth educational programme with inherent impetus to stay at the forefront of research-based teaching strongly linked to realities in many European and non-European countries.

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MSc - The course equips you to deal with the principal forces driving change in farming and forestry, from thinking globally about issues like climate change and carbon trading to dealing with practical issues of how to manage trees on farms at a local level. Phd/Mphil - Research on the interaction of people, agriculture and trees at a range of scales from ecophysiological interactions among system components through to landscape level effects, across both temperate and tropical environments, with a focus on multipurpose tree species and farm trees.

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Research into agricultural systems and practices ranging from the science of plant and animal production to rural policy and decision-making; with a focus on alternative crops, food and nutrition, farmer health, local knowledge and rural development. Current research focuses on sustainable development and agricultural ecology through Investigation into trade-offs between outputs of land, such as food, landscape and biodiversity, and the needs of local people; Relationship between systems of food production and ecology of plants and animals; Farm, forest and environmental valuation, accounting and appraisal; Physiology and agronomy of temperate and tropical cereals, root crops and oilseeds; Peri-urban farming systems.

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Conservation is researched from the genetic to global scales, with a strong emphasis on new approaches to biodiversity assessment, disturbance impacts, invasive species, restoration of degraded habitats and human perceptions and values. Current research includes: Assessing the impact of invasive species and their management; Valuation of biodiversity; Investigating mechanisms maintaining biodiversity in natural and managed ecosystems; Participatory approaches to biodiversity conservation; Assessing impacts of natural products harvesting and agricultural practices on biodiversity.

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Research is concentrated on the fundamental science of wood and plant fibres, natural fibre reinforced composites, and the use of plant-derived materials as chemical feedstocks; particular attention is paid to environmental impacts. Current research investigates: Wood ultrastructure and decay mechanisms, chemical modification, preservation and flow; Composite properties; Chemical products from plants.

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