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Today’s forest conservation and resource management decisions are made in the context of global agreements and international competition for forest products and services. Decision makers and practitioners must be prepared to compete in rapidly changing social, economic or cultural settings.
The University of British Columbia’s Master of International Forestry (MIF) is an intensive, 10-month, course-based master’s program that provides the knowledge, skills, and tools required to address the social, environmental, and economic challenges of global forest change and natural resources management.
The MIF empowers graduates to seek, negotiate, and implement solutions for complex global forest challenges, and most importantly, to adapt and succeed in changing landscapes.
As an MIF graduate, you will be equipped to:
Examine relationships among societies and their forested environments
Assess trends in the valuation and marketing of forest-based goods and services
Understand landscape-level changes and spatial datasets
Implement principles of sound forest governance
Negotiate and evaluate multilateral environmental agreements
Develop policies for sustainability
Break into the international forestry scene
As an MIF student, you will spend 8 months studying full-time on UBC’s Vancouver campus, and 2 to 4 months on an internship or in a guided study in your field of choice. The program’s curriculum is a mix of experiential learning and real-world experiences taught through:
Courses covering a wide range of topics, including:
Forests and society
Social, community, and Indigenous forestry
Integrated natural resources management
Natural resource economics and environmental finance
Forest business enterprise
International forest governance and policy
International forestry institutions, diplomacy, and negotiations
Leadership and management workshops to improve skills required for work with international organizationsInternship or directed study–previous MIF internships have been completed in Italy, Kenya, Malawi, Nicaragua, Thailand, Canada, and the United States, within a wide range of international organizations, including the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO)
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The MIF program is designed for global citizens and environmental stewards with a desire to upgrade their existing skills and graduate to leadership positions in:
Medical Insurance: 500 CAD per year
