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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 Zoology, ecology and sociology from bach; course on participative management (1 master); 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
Wildlife day : day of scientific communications : learning scientific communication |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Lectures : 6h
Seminars : 14h
Excursion : 4h |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| During the course, different publications in french and english are distributed among the students.E-campus available. |
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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 and at the "wildlife day" 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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| Basic supports |
| Student will find only basic support on-line. Several others supports will be given during the course. |
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