The Yale Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry announces some upcomingintensive short courses (5 days)for individuals whose work requiresunderstanding what goes into managing forests - both for those with aprofessional background in forestry, and without.Executives Learning About ForestryWhen: March 21-26, 2010Where: Yale University, New Haven, CTForestry and the Global Environment: Challenges of Managing and ConservingForests in the 21st Century - an intensive short course designed to meet theneeds of busy executives, whether for-profit, government service or NGOs, whosework requires an understanding of forest resources.http://research.yale.edu/gisf/exec_course.htm

Foresters Becoming Executives

When: April 11-16, 2010
Where: Yale University, New Haven, CT
An intensive short course for experienced forest professionals to bring theirunderstanding of forest management to a higher level. Provides an overview offorestry at the global scale, the latest thinking in national and global issuesthat affect, and management skills for those with limited or rusty managementbackgrounds. It will cover global perspectives, strategic planning insights,financial considerations and emerging issues. It emphasizes the many aspects ofexecutive management not commonly taught at professional forestry schools.http://research.yale.edu/gisf/exec_course.htm

Forest Stand Dynamics
When:  February 7-12, 2010
Where: Eatonville, Washington
An Intensive One-week Mid-career Course conducted at the graduate level,designed to present and synthesize the most up-to-date information available inthe context of operational forest management, with field emphasis. A generalrequirement is a Bachelor?s degree in forestry or a related discipline, orpractical experience in natural resource management.  Taught by ChadwickDearing Oliver, M.F.S., Ph.D., Pinchot Professor of Forestry and EnvironmentalStudies at Yale University, and Director of Yale?s Global Institute ofSustainable Forestry and Patrick Baker, M.F., Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, MonashForest Dynamics Lab School of Biological Sciences, Monash University Australia.Website: http://research.yale.edu/gisf/stand_dynamics/index.htm