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We grow the people

who grow the trees"

Prof Bigalke

NEW!!

Postgraduate Diploma in Forestry and Wood Science from  January 2013

Precision Forestry Symposium: 3-5 March 2014

(only english version)

Shortcourse Wood Products Science Certificate: 2013

Shortcourse:  "Wood Fuel Supply Chain:  February 2013

Postponed till further notice

Official Forestry Research in South Africa was started in 1912 by the then Department of Forestry

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.

Message 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.

Annual Year Report (2011) of the Department

Departmental Newsletters:  Short courses, FEC

Conference Proceedings

• Fourth Forest Engineering Conference 2011

• Stellenbosch University Precision Forestry Symposium 2010

• Sustainable Forest Management in Africa  Symposium 2008

Downloads

• Annual report of Forest and Wood Science (2008)

• Annual report of Forest and Wood Science (2009)