The course is aimed at qualifying students to deal with the enormous challenge in sustainable management of natural resources, namely the challenge of management of forests and nature areas in an integrated landscape context; the course constitutes an in-depth educational programme with inherent impetus to stay at the forefront of research-based teaching strongly linked to realities in many European and non-European countries; students studying in Bangor in their 1st year of study are registered on the MSc Environmental Forestry programme; students studying in Bangor in their 2nd year are registered on the MSc Conservation and Land Management programme.