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nAmlBIA unlVERSITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
FACULTY OF HEALTH, NATURAL RESOURCES AND APPLIED SCIENCES
SCHOOLOF AGRICULTUREAND NATURALRESOURCESCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF NATURALRESOURCESSCIENCES
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOROF NATURAL RESOURCESMANAGEMENT
QUALIFICATION CODE: 08BNRS
COURSECODE: FMG821S
LEVEL: 8
COURSENAME: FORESTMANAGEMENT
DATE:JANUARY 2025
DURATION: 2 HOURS
MARKS: 100
SECOND OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER(S) Prof. Jonathan M. Kamwi
MODERATOR: Mr. Nathanael Amadhila
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Write clearly and neatly.
3. Number the answers clearly.
PERMISSIBLE MATERIALS
1. Examination question paper
2. Answering book
3. Calculator and Ruler
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1. What is forest increment? Discuss different types of increments. Discuss the [15]
graphical relationship between current annual increment and mean annual
increment.
2. Define forest sampling. Give advantages of sampling. Discussdifferent types of [15]
non-random sampling methods used in forestry.
3. Sustainability is a defining construct with silviculture. Any manipulation of a forest [10]
must result in stand conditions that maintains site/stand productivity. What do
we do in silviculture to maintain sustainable forest ecosystems?
4. What is forest regeneration? Write in brief about natural and artificial [10]
regeneration of Forests.
5. We examined reverse J-shape diameter distributions and their use in uneven- [10]
aged silviculture. How does selection system silviculture refashion stands to fit
this structure? What are the key ecological underpinnings that cause this
structure to be sustainable (i.e., reproducible through time).
6. What are the most critical, negative impacts of logging on a forest site, and how [10]
do we minimize those impacts?
7. Various procedures are available for estimating the merchantable volume of a [10]
sample plot of Pterocarpus angolensis in northern Namibia. Listthese procedures
and the information needed to apply them.
8. In forest inventory, various factors influence tree and stand variables and how [10]
they are measured. List as many of these factors as possible and discussany three
of them in relation to inventory of the Pterocarpus angolensis in northern
Namibia.
9. Discussthe types of human-caused forest disturbances with examples.
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