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| GBLX2130-2 | Participatory management of Southern territories
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| Duration : | 18h Th, 6h AUTR |
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| Lecturer : | Cédric Vermeulen |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| This course constitutes at the same time an introduction as for the big tropical landscapes (essentially on Africa) and a first approach of participative management.
1. Theoricals aspects of participative management
2. Participation in tropical natural ecosystems
2.1. Particpation in tropical forest landscape
2.2. Particpation in mangrove swamp landscape
2.3. Particpation in svannah landscape
3. Rapid participation appraisial |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Starting with lectures by experts in natural ecosystems management and reviewing articles that express opposite opinions, management methods based on local participation are presented to the students.
After completing the course the student is expected to propose methods that reconcile social, ecological and economic aspect for a participatory sustainable management of tropical ecosystems.
He must be able to use an assement grid allowing to estimate quickly the observed level of participation. He must finally be able to develop a critical mind and begin a reflexive approach on participation . |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| General course of ecology |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Passive learning : lectures
Active learning : Work group, question and answer session
Methods of autotraining in works groups and collective presentation. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Lectures : 4h
Seminars : 20h
works group : 4h |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| During the course, different publications are distributed among the students. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written examination (100%)
Questions of different nature (multiple choice, restitution, conception...) |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| The presence at works groups is compulsory |
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Contacts :
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| The modalities of contact will be defined in the first course. To join the secretarial department: fortrop.gembloux@ulg.ac.be |
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