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About Faculty

Faculty of Forest Sciences and Ecology

Postal address:
Studentų 11, Akademija,
LT-53361 Kaunas distr.
LITHUANIA

Dean of Faculty: Prof. dr. Vitas Marozas

Phone: +370 37 752232;
E-mail: mef@vdu.lt

Faculty provides undergraduate and graduate studies in forestry studies direction and biology study direction (study branch – ecology).

Applied research and experimental (social, cultural) development trends:

  • Environment (soil, air, water, vegetation) quality;
  • Biodiversity of the natural and anthropogenic ecosystems, their structure, stability and variation under climate change and human activity;
  • Renewable energy resources and their sustainability;
  • Biomass engineering and energetic processes in biotechnology;
  • Agro ecosystem sustainability and ecological intensification;
  • Wildlife populations;
  • Sustainable forests formation under changing environment conditions;
  • Forest stands productivity and growth modeling;
  • Logging technologies and wood quality;
  • Modern methods of remote sensing, spatial analysis and modeling.

STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE FACULTY FOR THE YEARS 2022-2024

Institutes and Laboratories:

Study programmes:

I cycle study programmes:

Forestry;
Applied Ecology.

II cycle study programmes:

Forestry;
Ecology and Climate Change;
Wildlife Resources and Management.

Doctoral right in the following fields of research:

Forest Science;
Ecology and Environmental Science
Environmental Engineering