Tropical forest news

Duration

12h Th, 12h Pr

Number of credits

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 mainly given in a logging concession : face-to-face, practical activities, document reading and discussions.
Complementary letures will also be given at the University.

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

Consult the document:"Master en gestion des forêts et milieux naturels, Module "Foresterie tropicale", informations pratiques"

Contacts

DOUCET Jean-Louis
FAYOLLE Adeline

Foresterie tropicale
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

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