Study Programmes 2016-2017
FORE0034-1  
Tropical forest news
Duration :
12h Th, 12h Pr
Number of credits :
Master in forests and natural areas engineering (120 ECTS)2
Lecturer :
Jean-Louis Doucet, Adeline Fayolle
Coordinator :
Jean-Louis Doucet
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents :
Tropical forests face a significant deforestation in a context of global change. The course objective is to describe and analyze the main tools currently used to conserve and sustainably manage tropical forests. The various aspects covered are:
1. Indigenous peoples, social and community forestry 2. Management of a certified logging company : reduced impact looging, anti-poaching activities, wood processing,... 3. Forest certification (FSC, PEFC) and legality (FLEGT) 4. High Conservation Value Forests (HCVF) and Intact Forest Landscapes (IFL)
5. Forest regeneration and nursery management
6. The Carbon market and REDD +
Other topics will be addressed according to the current events.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
- Understand and analyze the major issues relating to the protection and management of tropical forests
- Analyze the causes of deforestation
- Advice a forest company that wishes to be certified
- Produce a simple management plan for a community forest
- Understand the issues related to the carbon market
- Implement a reforestation program (planting activities, nursery management,...)
- Live in the rainforest and to adapt to local socio-cultural and socio-économical contexts.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
FORE0009-1. Sustainable forest management
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
The course is integrated in the module "Tropical Forest" that will be given in a logging concession, in the middle of the Cameroonian rainforest. The theoretical lessons will be completed by field visits, practical activities in the forest and discussions with the main stakeholders.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Lessons given in a logging concession : face-to-face, practical activities, document reading and discussions
Recommended or required readings :
Papers will be given to the students. Their reading is required.
Assessment methods and criteria :
The assessment will take into account:
- the behavior and the participation of the student (20 %)
- an oral exam (80 %)
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
DOUCET Jean-Louis
FAYOLLE Adeline
Laboratoire de Foresterie des Régions tropicales et subtropicales
Unité de Gestion des Ressources forestières et des Milieux naturels
Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Passage des Déportés, 2
5030 Gembloux
+ 32 81 622342
jldoucet@ulg.ac.be
adeline.fayolle@ulg.ac.be
Items online :
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