AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Department of Forestry
& Natural Environment
Management

Ecotourism - Forest Recreation

Course Content

Ecotourism. Concepts and definitions. Forms of ecotourism at the global and European level. Forest recreation. Forest Tourism. Natural leisure resources. Needs and demand for leisure. Natural optical resources. Forestry species in the landscape. Natural and man-made landscapes. Forest recreation projects and facilities: routes (sidewalks - paths - roads), recreation areas, camps, landscape enjoyment projects - sightseeing sites, environmental education projects. Recreational forest management - Operation.

Learning Results

Upon successful
completion of the course the student will be able to:
• has understood the methodology of installation of forest recreation areas and the
organization of ecotourism.
• uses data processing methodologies related to ecotourism and forest recreation for the
preparation of forest, ecological and environmental studies,
• collaborates with his / her classmates to create and present a plan-framework of a forest
recreation study which in the future in the course of his work as a Forester will be part of a
study-plan for an ecological, environmental, management or other related study.

NEWSLETTER

DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY 

The Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Management joined the Faculty of Plant Sciences of the AUA. The Department operates from the academic year 2019-2020 and is based in Tthe city of Karpenisi. Housed in the building facilities of the Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Management of the former Technical Scool (TEI)  of Central Greece.
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