Vienna, Austria

Forest Sciences

Forstwissenschaften

Master's
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Forest Sciences at BOKU (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences)

Language: GermanStudies in German
Subject area: agriculture, forestry and fishery, veterinary
Qualification: DI
Diplomingenieur/in, Dipl.-Ing
4 Semester
120 ECTS
University website: www.boku.ac.at

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Forest
A forest is a large area dominated by trees. Hundreds of more precise definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing and ecological function. According to the widely used Food and Agriculture Organization definition, forests covered 4 billion hectares (9.9×109 acres) (15 million square miles) or approximately 30 percent of the world's land area in 2006.
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