Forestry

New Zealand School of Forestry

Welcome to the School of Forestry

The School of Forestry at Canterbury is the only university department in New Zealand to offer professional forestry degree programmes.


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+64 3 364 2109, jeanette.allen@canterbury.ac.nz
NZ School of Forestry, College of Engineering, University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
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Forestry
Photo of Rob McGregor Rob McGregor, Bachelor of Forestry Science with Honours
 
Master of Engineering in Management
 
Log Production Coordinator, Rayonier
 
‘Apart from the work being interesting, the scenery is breathtaking...’

Features

New Zealand Beech Timber - Expanding Economic Viability for Sustainably Managed Indigenous Beech Forests
The research report which provided the background to the workshop on NZ Beech Timber is now available for download. There are limited printed copies of this report available. If you wish to receive a copy, please contact the School of Forestry, providing your postal address.
Video and audio copies of presentations and discussions from the day are available if you have QuickTime or an MP3 player.

Opportunities for Bushfire Research in New Zealand
The Bushfire CRC is offering two postgraduate scholarships (PDF, 210KB) at the University of Canterbury, in collaboration with the Scion Bushfire Research Group. Applications are invited from students interested in undertaking Masters studies with backgrounds in environmental and natural resource science, geography, social science, economics or engineering.

The Graham Whyte Fund
A fund established in memory of the late Dr Graham Whyte (pdf, 254KB)

News

Industry recognition for UC forestry students (16 May 2012)
 Two top students in the University of Canterbury's School of Forestry have had their achievements recognised by New Zealand's forestry industry.

Jump start for great ideas (15 May 2012)
UC staff are being given an opportunity to transform their great ideas into reality.

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