Transport Operations in Forestry
Informacje ogólne
Kod przedmiotu: | E.2.TOF.SC.ECTIE.T |
Kod Erasmus / ISCED: | (brak danych) / (brak danych) |
Nazwa przedmiotu: | Transport Operations in Forestry |
Jednostka: | Wydział Leśny |
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Język prowadzenia: | angielski |
Skrócony opis: |
The main objective of the course is to familiarize participants with basic categories of techniques and technologies of wood extraction, impact of transport operations on forest environment, types of damage caused by wood extraction activity as exemplified by some cases in Poland, methods of damage assessment and strategies of damage prevention, as well as some economic and social aspects of timber transportation on the background of forestry certification in Poland. |
Pełny opis: |
The main objective of the course is to familiarize participants with basic categories of techniques and technologies of wood extraction, impact of transport operations on forest environment, types of damage caused by wood extraction activity as exemplified by some cases in Poland, methods of damage assessment and strategies of damage prevention, as well as some economic and social aspects of timber transportation on the background of forestry certification in Poland. 1. Introduction to forest transportation. 2. State-of-the-art of forest transportation in the World. 3. Basic problems of wood transportation in Poland. 4. Techniques and technologies of wood extraction used in Poland and in selected foreign countries. 5. Damage categories caused by wood extraction and strategies of damage prevention on the background of forestry certification in Poland. 1. Introduction to method of project construction, description of terrain classification used for wood extraction. 2. Determining the means of wood extraction types and wood extraction techniques and technologies and evaluation of expected extraction yield. 3. Methods of assessment of damage threat caused by planned techniques and technologies of wood extraction and discussion on potential measures used to reduce risk of damage. One day (6 hours) visit to selected local forest area to gather basic data necessary for the project to be prepared by student |
Literatura: |
• Ares A. et al. 2005. Ground-Based Forest Harvesting Effects on Soil Physical Prop-erties and Douglas-Fir Growth. scijournals.org/cgi/reprint/69/6/1822.pdf/ • Caterpillar Performance Handbook. Caterpillar, USA, 2009 • Dykstra D.P., Heinrich R. 1996. FAO model code of forest harvesting practice. Rome. • Gil W., Zaborski K. 2005. Wood extraction by agricultural tractors in Poland as exemplified by Forest District Starachowice. Scientific. Papers of Agric. Univ in Krakow. English and Polish version. • Wenger K. 1984. Forestry Handbook. Wiley^Sons, New York.Anon. |
Właścicielem praw autorskich jest Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowie.