Duration
12h Th, 8h Pr, 4h SEM
Number of credits
| Master in forests and natural areas engineering (120 ECTS) | 2 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
Definition and evolution of the forest sector.
Timber sales organization.
Stumpage prices analysis with practical exercises.
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)
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).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
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
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
General education in forestry.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Lectures: 10h Practical works: 6h Seminar: 2h
Recommended or required readings
Vaious forest journals and mainly : L'écho des bois, le bois national, Forêts de France
Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination with anay document (50%)
Stumpage price assessment (extra)
Personal report (50%)
Ongoing examination (no examination in June)
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
HEBERT Jacques Bât. GE Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech Passage des Déportés 2 5030 Gembloux Belgique +32 81 622295 jhebert@ulg.ac.be