Course detail

Forensic Ecotechnics, Forest and Wood Species

ÚSI-1RDFEAcad. year: 2017/2018

The subject is aimed at issues of relevant relationships and connections of real expert objects in the complex of forest-trees-man.
Content targeting: the forest - biological organism; the development of relation of man and forest; trees - basic identification; the main criteria for assessing trees; forestry disciplines (forest establishment, forest tending, forest protection and regeneration of forest); forest valuation, forest stand, non-forest stand and ornamental trees; fees and expenses; legal legislation on the subject.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students gain knowledge through a multidisciplinary approach and cross-mash (in the respect of quantitative and qualitative assessment), in the legal environment CR, assessment of the forest and trees

Prerequisites

Forensic engineering - general methodology

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching is carried out through lectures and seminars. Lectures consist of interpretations of basic principles, methodology of given discipline, problems and their exemplary solutions. Seminars particularly support practical mastery of subject matter presented in lectures or assigned for individual study with the active participation of students.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Condition for gaining credit is the successful elaboration of semestral work of forensic expert opinion. The exam will be oral.

Course curriculum

1. Definition of the subject; cause of establishment; focus and objectives of the subject, the system FOREST-TREES-MAN; Code of ethics of a forensic expert; necessary terminology
2. System identification and assessment of conditions and structures of the expert object - with emphasis on forest and trees; FEld systemic methodology
3. Typologically united part of expert opinion in relevant fields
4. Forest - biological organism: what a forest is; developing relationship between man and forest; example in the part of the Šumava region
5. Forest ecosystem - the diversity of forest and signs of vegetation; Forensic
ecotechnics: forest and trees - a system approach to the solution
6. Basic forestry disciplines in a holistic concept of forest - brief review; Basic principles of forest management - forest maps; FEld and linkage to the European Union - from the perspective of the needs of the expert
7. Trees (set of mostly tree taxa) - important component of forest and permanent diffused green in urban and outdoor (free) landscape; tree taxa (requirements for knowledge, basic identification, distinguishing features)
8. Nomenclature; morphology, physiology (variability, biological and ecological requirements); trees in anthropogenic ecosystems
9. Method of contact vegetation valuation „CFA“; Special visual diagnostic methodology; Reduction factor RKFA
10. Safety diagnostics: symptoms, defects and deviations in growth and structure of wood
affecting stability; individual tree, identification and evaluation of the risks of its failure - chronic risks from the point of view of human factor and forest ecosystem
11. Valuation - valuation of forest: valuation of natural resources; forest particularities; Forest valuation theory; basic inputs for the valuation; Applied Forest valuation
12. Problems of determination of the level of damage to forest; valuation of non-productive functions of forest; assessment and valuation of biotopes; ecological damage
13. Valuation - valuation of trees and their stands on non-forest land: valuation of ornamental plants (trees); memorial trees; determination of the age of trees growing outside the forest (of generative, vegetative origin); International valuation standards IVS/EVS
14. Literature

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Goal of this subject is achieving selected and expert knowledge for system determination and assessment of real expert objects in the forest – trees – man system (the forest ecosystem and especially tree taxa) for demands of forensic engineering

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Not applicable.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ALEXANDR P. a KOLEKTIV: Forenzní ekotechnika: les a dřeviny. CERM s.r.o., Brno, 2010, ISBN 978-80-7204-681-2, 626 s.

Recommended reading

Alexandr, P. – Fér, F.: Ohodnocování dřevin a jejich porostů na nelesních pozemcích. Vydala Česká unie soudních znalců v lesním hospodářství v edici Ekotechnica Iuridica, ročník IV., svazek 3. 2008. 51 s.
Alexandr, P. – Roček, I. (1991): Technika a technologie výroby lesních štěpek. VŠZ Praha a Ústav aplikované ekologie a ekotechniky. 1991. 132 stran.
Alexandr, P.: Forenzní ekotechnika: les a dřeviny. Vybrané části kapitol 1. (část), 2. (část), 3. (část) a kompletní kapitola 7. Přednáška, specializační studium technického znalectví v oboru „Oceňování nemovitostí 37/N. VÚT v Brně – Ústav soudního inženýrství. Prosinec 2007.75 stran.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MSoI Master's

    branch REI , 2. year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

E-learning texts

Holušová, K., Vybrané statě pro studium forenzní ekotechniky: les a dřeviny, VUT v Brně 2012, ISBN: 978-80-214-4561-1 (cs)