Conservation with Forestry (Hons) Bangor University

Overview

Forests are the most biodiverse of all terrestrial ecosystems and contain the vast majority of the world’s species. Providing food, shelter, drainage, medicine, raw materials, and supporting the livelihoods of millions of people worldwide, they cover an estimated 30% of the Earth’s land surface, account for 50% of plant productivity, and store up to 45% of the world’s carbon .

Careers 

Bangor University benefits from a reputation of having produced award-winning professional foresters for almost 120 years. Consistently recognised as the most promising graduates, our students have won student awards from the Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF) every year since they were launched in 2012. Others like Graham Taylor and Geraint Richards have had their outstanding contributions to forestry recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

As a result, a high proportion of our graduates find a forestry-related job within six months of graduation. They are employed by a whole range of public, private and non-governmental management organisations in the UK and overseas, everywhere from Forest Research to the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana. Some choose to continue their studies at postgraduate level.

Typical roles after the Conservation with Forestry (Hons) programme offered at the Bangor University may include:

• Conservation officer

• Ecologist

• Environmental monitoring technician

• Environmental scientist

• Forest Scientist

• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) specialist

• Natural resource policy analyst

• Naturalist

• Outdoor adventure guide

• Researcher

• Soil conservationist

• Soil scientist

• Surveying and sapping technicians

• Teacher

• Urban/regional planner

• Woodland creation office