The training is intended for professional development purposes. The certificate obtained does not replace the MYK authorization certificate in trainings where an MYK authorization certificate is mandatory.

Purpose of the Training

The Forest Crime Training Program provides participants with detailed knowledge and practical skills for detecting, preventing, and legally managing crimes in forest ecosystems.

Training Content

• Forest Crimes and Legal Framework
• Definition and types of forest crimes
• Legal regulations and national/international legal framework for forest crimes
• Environmental, economic, and societal impacts of forest crimes
• Detection and Monitoring of Forest Crimes
• Methods for detecting forest crimes
• Monitoring technologies and tools for forest crimes
• Techniques for tracking and reporting crimes
• Forest Smuggling and Illegal Logging
• Illegal trade of forest products and illegal logging
• Strategies and successful examples for combating smuggling
• Preventive measures to protect forest resources
• Forest Fires and Other Crimes
• Causes, criminal elements, and mitigation methods of forest fires
• Legal regulations and techniques for fighting forest fires
• Other forest crimes (illegal hunting, poaching, threats to biodiversity, etc.)

The training is open to institutional collaborations (package for institution/company legal entities), and individual applications are not accepted. The training content can be reorganized according to your institutional participant profile and needs. As a result of mutual discussions, the scope and method of the training (face-to-face / online) are determined and the relevant processes are completed. In case of mutual agreement, the date, time, and location of the training are planned in line with the availability of your institution’s participants and our instructors.