Updated April 15, 2009
 
The Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry
at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
 

Since its founding in 1900, the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies has been in the forefront of developing a science-based approach to forest management, and in training leaders world-wide.

The Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry established in 2000 continues this tradition. It's mission is to integrate, strengthen and direct the School's forestry research, education and outreach to address the challenges of sustaining forests in the 21st century and a globalized world.
 

Programs  
  • Forest Health
  • Forest Physiology & Biotechnology
  • Forest Policy and Governance
  • Landscape Management
  • Eastern Decision Support Consortium
  • Private Forests
  • The Forests Dialogue
  • The School Forests
  • Tropical Forestry
  • Yale Forest Forum

    • Research

    Faculty & Staff

     

     

    MidCareer Short Courses

    Forest Management Decision Support Tools:
    Introducing LMS and NED-2 for Resource Managers and Private Land Owners
    An Intensive One-day Course     May 1, 2009

    Executive Education in Global Forestry Trends and Challenges

  • Executives Learning about Forestry - March 29-April 3, 2009:
  • Foresters Becoming Executives - April 19-24, 2009:
    •   Global Institute Publications
     

    Incentives for Forestland Conservation in Connecticut (April 2008)

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    A Global Comparison of Forest Practice Policies Using Tasmania as a Constant Case (Feb. 2008)

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      More Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry Publications
    Other Publications by Global Institute Faculty
    Predicting Future Water Quality from Land Use Change Projections in the Catskill-Delaware Watersheds
    (December 2008)
    Professional Ethics for Natural Resource and Environmental Managers: A Primer
    (2007) Lloyd Irland. Preparation for the kinds of ethical issues that arise in private employment, for consultants, for government officials, and in the nonprofit sector.

     

    Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry
    360 Prospect Street
    New Haven, CT 06511 USA
    203.432.5117

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    Upcoming Yale Events

    Yale Forest Forum Lunch Seminars
    Thursday, April 23, 2009: Brett Hellerman, "Institutional Investing and How It Defines Environmental Investing"

    Special Talk:
    Thursday, April 23, 2009: P.P. Bhojvaid, Ph.D., "Growing Trees Outside Forests for Economic and Environmental Benefits in India"
    9:30 a.m., Marsh Hall Rotunda

    Eastern Decision Support Consortium Virtual Seminar
    Virtual Seminar Series II: Decision support and quantitative methods in forest ecosystem research and management
    April 27th and May 4th 2009, 12:00 noon EST
    Entirely web-based

    Eastern Decision Support Consortium Intensive 1-day course
    Introducing LMS and NED-2 for Resource Managers and Private Land Owners
    May 1, 2009

    Other Area Events

    Research News
    Forest Regeneration from Pasture in the Dry Tropics of Panama: Effects of Cattle, Exotic Grass, and Forested Riparia

    More Research News

    Yale F&ES Group at 2008 Symposium of Intertribal Timber Council

    More Global Institute Presentations

    Of Interest
    Yale School of Forestry ranked best in research productivity.

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