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| FORE0001-2 | Forests and forest ecosystems
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| Duration : | 24h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Hugues Claessens, Jean-Louis Doucet |
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| Coordinator : | Hugues Claessens |
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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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| Introduction : forests in the world : a worldwide challenge
Production of ecosystemic services (FAO data, Carbon, biodiversity, development tool,...)
Long term and sustainable management
The forest ecosystem
Description (tree, stand, soil, biodiversity)
Forest dynamic (forest cycle, metaclimax)
Forest biogeography
Forest ecosystemic services
Ecological function (biodiversity, soil, water cycle, Carbon cycle,..)
Production function (wood, non wood products)
Social function (recreation, developpement,...)
Forest management : from exploitation to sustainable management
Study case of Europe
Study case of tropical forests
Forest Management
Silviculture
Goals
Plantation silviculture
Ligniculture, STC
Near Nature Silviculture
Low Impact Harvesting
Conclusion : main specificities of forest ecosystem management. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The students will acquire a comprehensive approach of the importance of the forest in the world, in terms of space and ecosystemic services provider.
They will understand the functioning of the forest ecosystem as a basis of its sustainable management and especially of the main concepts and technics of silviculture for sustainable wood production.
They will be able to get a critical and objective point of view on the different management ways (deforestation, industrial plantations, sustainable silviculture,...) of the world |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| none |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| 12 lessons (24 hours)
- 8 lessons ex-cathedra
- 4 conferences with an invited speaker on actuality subjects |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| face-to-face |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Required readings :
diaporama powerpoint printed in 4 images/page
Recommended readings
Boudru M. 1989 - Forêts et sylviculture : traitement des forêts. Les Presses agronomiques de Gembloux, 356p.
Otto H.-J. 1998 - Ecologie forestière. IDF, Paris, 397p |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written examination : multiple choice and open question |
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Work placement(s) :
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| none |
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