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| RAVT0003-1 | Management of large fauna in tropical areas
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| Duration : | 12h Th, 12h Pr |
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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 first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| This course propose a review of different types of wildlife management.
1. Internationals tools of conservation
2. Management of fires
3. Wildlife management in tropical forest
4. Capture and cropping
5. Human-wildlife conflicts
6. Zoo and sanctuarys in conservation strategies
7. Wildlife breeding
8. Management plan |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Starting with lectures and reviewing articles that express opposite opinions, wildlife management methods 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 wildlife.He will be also capable of developping a critical and ethic mind on wildlife management. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| General course of ecology and sociology from 3 bach; It is recommended to follow the whole module "wildlife" proposed (6 ects) in which this course joins. |
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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 |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Lectures : 4h
Seminars : 16h
Excursion : 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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| Schedules could be adapted
ATTENTION : The presence in excursion 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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