Forestry

1. You’re asked to draft a ten-year management plan for a mixed forest. Where do you start?

2. A bark beetle outbreak spreads after a dry summer. What do you do?

3. How do you feel about using satellite images, laser scanning and GIS to assess forests?

4. Local residents, a timber company and conservationists disagree about a planned harvest. How do you handle it?

5. Which tree species should be planted with a changing climate in mind? How does this question make you feel?

6. Fieldwork means long days measuring trees in rain, heat or snow. How do you feel about that?

7. You’re invited to join a research project on carbon storage in forest soils. How do you respond?

8. The Master’s is taught in English, in a group with students from different countries. How do you see that?

9. Which role sounds most like your future?

10. What motivates you most to pursue a Master’s degree in Forestry?