Duration
10h Th, 22h Pr, 4h SEM
Number of credits
| Master in forests and natural areas engineering (120 ECTS) | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
1. Introduction (definition, history)
2. Framework of a management plan
3. Delimitation of parcels
4. Even aged forest management
5. Irregular forest management
6. Management of small forests
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
This course introduces the basic concepts of forest management in temperate areas. It emphasizes on the multifunctionality of the forest
At the end of this course the student is able to:
- demonstrate his mastership of these basic concepts
- implement the techniques and dataset involved in the implementation of a management plan for major forest types (regular vs. irregular, public vs. private)
- establish the necessary links with other disciplines interacting with forest management (forestry, ecology, economics, use of wood)
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Mandatory prerequisities :
- ENVT0045 - Géomatique et télédétection appliquées
- FORE0004 - Dendrométrie et inventaires
- FORE0022 - Fondements écologiques de la sylviculture
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures (25%)
Group assignements (65%)
Seminar (10%)
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face, Group assignment
Recommended or required readings
The lectures notes and the dataset used in the exercises will be available on the blackboard system
Assessment methods and criteria
- group report (50 %)
- individual report (25 %)
- written knowledge test (25 %)
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The course material and the data sets are provided to the students in the form of a USB key
Contacts
Philippe Lejeune
081/622296
p.lejeune@ulg.ac.be