Forest Ecosystem Services

Education facts

Code: 4TS022

This course focuses on forest ecosystem services from a Swedish and global perspective and develops skills that are highly sought after by employers across the industry, policy and academic sectors. Students gain theoretical and practical knowledge about the various types of ecosystem services, their measurement, economic aspects and their use in ecosystem management, policy and decision-making. The course empowers students to identify and assess forest ecosystem services and propose sustainable ways to balance risks and benefits and to address current and future challenges. It also provides knowledge about the complex interactions between damage and various environmental factors and clarifies the importance of forest damage in a broader societal perspective. Through a variety of learning activities and contacts with forestry representatives and international experts, students are trained in critical thinking, practical problem solving, and oral and written communication.

Entry requirements

General entry requirements at an advance level. Specific entry requirements: English B/English 6. The English language requirements are considered fulfilled for those who hold a bachelor's degree of 180 credits from a Swedish higher education institution or 120 credits of completed studies at Linnaeus University (LNU). The English language requirements can also be met in other ways, specified on antagning.se/universityadmissions.se. For access to the courses included in the programme, the specific entry requirements specified in the syllabus for each individual course apply.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Forest Ecosystem Services

  Linnaeus University (Kalmar Växjö)

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 17 January 2027

  Pace of study: 50 %