Master Degree in Forest, Soils and Landscape Sciences

 

Location: Ancona - Brecce Bianche - entrance 1
Access: Open access
Order: D.M. 270/04
Type: Master Degree (2 years)


 
 

The course of study in short


 

The master's degree program in Forestry, Soil and Landscape Sciences (FORESPA) is aimed at providing graduates with an advanced level of professionalism in the agro-forestry sector so to make them capable of analyzing, planning, managing, monitoring, and enhancing the rural and mountain territories and their resources. During the two years, students will acquire interdisciplinary skills aimed at using professionally on the territory at different levels of scale, on aspects such as: the sustainable management of forests, pastures, and vegetal formations spread throughout the territories; the assessment of environmental impacts due to natural and anthropogenic disturbances on forests, grasslands, soil, and landscape; the sustainable use of natural resources and renewable energy sources; the planning and protection of the rural landscape and of forest and pastoral resources; the enhancement of typical productions (vegetable and animal) in mountain areas; the planning and management of interventions for the conservation of biodiversity; the protection of soils from erosion and pollution, as well as soil remediation for production and/or ecological purposes; the improvement, reconstitution and ecological restoration of degraded environments.

Link: https://www.d3a.univpm.it/lm_forespa.2223

 

Professional profie and employment opportunities

Forestry doctor

Function in a work context:

Graduates in Forestry, Soil, and Landscape Sciences are trained for the following sector functions:
- sustainable management, eco-certification, and conservation of forest, pastoral, and mountain resources;
- land management for hunting and wildlife purposes;

- landscape and ecological territorial planning (protected areas, areas with high naturalistic value);
- planning, management, and testing of silviculture, wood arboriculture, urban and peri-urban green areas;
- design, management, and testing of soil protection and soil maintenance works;
- design and management of ecological reconstitution and restoration works for degraded environments;
- design and management of sites for waste disposal and quarrying.

Skills associated with the function:

Graduates in Forestry, Soil, and Landscape Sciences will acquire the following skills related to territorial and environmental issues:
- experts in the analysis and monitoring of forests, pastures, and the rural landscape;
- experts in planning, sustainable management, and enhancement of forest and pastoral resources;
- experts in the conservation of biodiversity, and in the restoration of biotic and abiotic components of terrestrial ecosystems;
- experts in the design and management of energy and industrial transformation chains of wood biomass;
- experts in the design and implementation of interventions for the defense and conservation of the soil and water resources.

Employment opportunities:

Graduates in Forestry, Soil, and Landscape Sciences will find employment opportunities in:
• National and regional bodies and services for the defense and development of the environment and territory (State Technical Services, Forestry Corps, National and regional Parks and Reserves, National and Regional Agencies for the Environment, Watershed Authorities, Regional, Provincial and Municipal Technical Services and Departments, Mountain Communities, Union of Mountain Municipalities, Forestry Consortia, Reclamation and Irrigation Consortia and Consortiums of mountain watershed);
• National and international governmental and non-governmental bodies operating in the forestry and environmental sectors (FAO; WORLD BANK, European Union, etc.);
• National and international bodies for environmental quality control and certification of forest and environmental products and processes (FSC, PEFC, etc.);
• Research centers in the forest-environmental sector at public bodies (Universities, national and international agencies) and private entities;
• Firms operating in the sector of production and transformation of wood and derivatives from forest management, of energy enhancement of lignocellulosic biomasses and the green and blue economy;
• Companies operating in the design, construction, and maintenance of green areas and works and actions to protect the soil and water resources;
• Agro-forestry-pastoral, nursery, and agro-energy companies;
• Laboratories, professional studios, and service companies operating both in the fields of planning and management of forest and environmental resources, and in environmental monitoring and recovery;
• Producer associations and forest owners;
• Freelance activities;
• Teaching in secondary school, after obtaining the specific qualification and passing the competitions required by current legislation.

 
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