The Department of Forest and Wood Science at Stellenbosch University aims to be the preferred supplier of world-class education, research and outreach in Africa for the benefit of all peoples, industries and societies at large, with a primary focus on sustainable management of tree-based natural resources and the processing thereof.

News from the Head of Department

The Department is the only tertiary institution in South Africa offering courses in Wood Products Science and Forest and Natural Resource Management.

The Annual Year Report (2008) of the Department is now available. Read more

 

WELCOME BACK TO ALL THE 2010 STUDENTS!

 

NEW for 2010!

  • Precision Forestry Symposium 2010:  Registration closes:  12 February

  • LIFE scholarship available to South African nationals - the scholarship is €42,000 and a return air ticket. Interested students should apply to either the SUTROFOR (www.sutrofor.net) or SUFONAMA (www.sufonama.net) programmes using the standard application form available on the homepages.Read more

  • Short Course:  Forest Finance and Valuation: What every forester should know Thursday 20 May 2010

    This popular one day short course will be presented again at the Department of Forest and Wood Science in Stellenbosch by Prof. Michael Jacobson from Pennsylvania State Univeristy.  Topics covered in the course:  evaluating forestry investments; forest valuation; and valuing environmental benefits.  The course fee is
    R 1 200.  Please contact Cori Ham for more information at
    cori@sun.ac.za or 021 808 3297.  

NEWS ARCHIVE

Important links

Centre for Renewable and Sustainable
  Energy Studies

CPWild
  (Commercial Products from the wild)

ForestInfoNet.co.za
  (Contractor Education and Training)

www.ipfe.info
  (International Partnership on Forestry

    Education)

Wood & Fibre Institute
  Department of Forest and Wood Science

 

Conference Proceedings

Plantation Certification Symposium 2007

IUFRO Precision Forestry Symposium 2006

Downloads

Download SA Costing Model file


UPDATED January 2010g

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