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| FORE0009-1 | Sustainable management of tropical forests
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| Duration : | 36h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Jean‑Louis Doucet |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| Tropical forests are home to an unique biodiversity, are important carbon sinks and provide a variety of products (mainly timber) essential to the development and the survival of local populations (non-timber forest products, game, medicines, etc.. ). The course objective is to provide management techniques combining all these aspects. Mainly focused on the African continent, it is divided into 12 chapters:
1. Major climates and vegetation units in the tropics.
2. Vegetation history and centers of endemism in Africa.
3. Description of African rain forests.
4. Overview of African wildlife.
5. Light requirements of woody species in tropical rain forest.
6. Phenology and growth of timber species in tropical rain forest.
7. Human impacts on tropical forests.
8. Management techniques in moist forests.
9. Management techniques in dry forests.
10. Reduced impact logging techniques.
11. Wildlife management in forest concessions.
12. Regeneration and silviculture. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| After completing the course the student is expected to be able :
1. To identify vegetation types by using botanical surveys.
2. To evaluate logging impacts.
3. To organise multipurpose inventories.
4. To implement game management plans.
5. To elaborate management plans for logging concessions.
6. To suggest reduced impact-logging techniques.
7. To propose regeneration techniques adapted to commercial species ecology.
8. To integrate social aspects in management plans.
9. To analyze films and vulgarization papers on the subject. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| This course is based on lectures delivered in a modular way (corresponding to chapters) and supplemented with contradictory discussions, films and external interventions (forestry professionals, forest managers, etc.).. Each course is preceded by a brief review of the previous lecture with a session of questions - answers. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face : 36h |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| BAYOL N., CASSAGNE B., BILLAND A., CHEZEAUX E., DEMARQUEZ B., DOUCET J-L., DUCHOCHOIS P., LEGAULT F., MALELE MBALA S., MORTIER P., NKEOUA G., ONOUVIET C., PIERRE J-M., TEILLIER L. 2010. Les taux de reconstitution, un outil pour les gestionnaires forestiers dans le bassin du Congo. Lettre de l'ATIBT, N°32, pp 46-50.
http://hdl.handle.net/2268/81235
DOUCET J-L., NTCHANDI OTIMBO P-A. & BOUBADY A-G. 2004. Comment assister la régénération naturelle de l'okoumé dans les concessions forestières ? Bois et Forêts des Tropiques 279, 59 - 72.
http://hdl.handle.net/2268/34555
DAINOU K., BAUDUIN A., BOURLAND N., GILLET J.-F., FETEKE F., & DOUCET J.-L. (in press). Soil seed bank characteristics in Cameroonian rainforests and implications for post-logging recovery. Ecological Engineering.
http://hdl.handle.net/2268/94917
DOUCET J-L., KOUADIO Y.L., MONTICELLI D., LEJEUNE P. 2009. Enrichment of logging gaps with moabi (Baillonella toxisperma Pierre) in a Central African rain forest. Forest Ecology and Management 258, 2407-2415.
http://hdl.handle.net/2268/22311
DOUCET J-L., DISSAKI A., MENGOME A., ISSEMBE Y., DAINOU K., GILLET J-F., KOUADIO Y. L., LAPORTE J., 2007. Dynamique des peuplements forestiers d'Afrique Centrale. Module de formation ATIBT, Paris, 134 p.
http://hdl.handle.net/2268/22468
VAN DE WEGHE J.P. 2004. Forêts d'Afrique centrale. ECOFAC. Edts Lannoo, Tielt, 367 p.
WHITE F. 1983. The vegetation of Africa. UNESCO, Paris, 356 p. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral examination (100%) |
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Contacts :
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| DOUCET Jean-Louis (Professeur)
Laboratoire de Foresterie des Régions tropicales et subtropicales
Unité de Gestion des Ressources forestières et des Milieux naturels
Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Passage des Déportés, 2
5030 Gembloux
+ 32 81 622342
jldoucet@ulg.ac.be |
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