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Students should be able to i) understand the complexity of agroforestry production systems, ii) to recognise the function of woody plants in agroforestry, iii) to estimate ecological and socio-economic basic conditions, iv) to recognise the interests of rural people.

Introduction to Earth Science: Origin of the universum, atmospheric oxygen, paleontology and biological evolution, formation of continents and oceans, plate tectonics and evidence for drifting continents, etc. The second parts contains:knowledge of worldwide water circles and climate change, of forest and food production as well as related worldwide ecological and economical interactions.

A seperate extensive literature list will be distributed on the occasion of the first lectures.As most important benchmark books we recommend the same publications as for "World Forestry I"

Overview of the world climate zones and forest formations. Surface dynamics of the forest formations, reasons and consequences of the occurring changes. Diversity of the products and services of the forest. Wood production and flow of trade. Non-Timber-Forest-Products (NTFPs). Multifunctionality of the forest, a regional and world-wide approach. Case studies.