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| FORE0012-1 | Forest products supply chain
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| Duration : | 12h Th, 8h Pr, 4h SEM |
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| Lecturer : | Jacques Hebert |
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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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| Definition and evolution of the forest sector.
Timber sales organization.
Stumpage prices analysis.
Logging organization in Belgium.
Grouping modes of forest owners and estates.
Market development of small diameter timber.
Centralizing organization for high value timber.
Assessment of future wood availability for pulp industry.
World development of prices and timber markets.
Current events : Short and medium term prospect in forest products market.
Seminar on forest politics in Belgium (external collaborator)
Seminar on biomass supply for energy purposes (external collaborator)
Diagnosis of a particular forest sector : individual work including literature search, synthesis, critical analysis, search for solutions, oral communication (10 min max.) and reporting (one-page summary and references). |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| This course will explore the analysis and interpretation of multiple relationships in both temperate and tropical timber markets between forest management, economy, wood technology and forest politics.
After completing the course the student is expected to
- make a diagnosis of a particular forest sector
- assess stumpage prices after a public sale of wood lots
- analyse or/and develop the forest policy of a country, of a region |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| General education in forestry. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Lectures : 12h
Practical Works : 8h
Seminars : 4h |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Vaious forest journals and mainly : L'écho des bois, le bois national, Forêts de France |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written examination (40%)
Stumpage price assessment (20%)
Personal report (40%) |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| HEBERT Jacques
Bât. GE Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Passage des Déportés 2
5030 Gembloux
Belgique
+32 81 622295
jhebert@ulg.ac.be |
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