2017-2018 / PAYS0014-1

Ecological engineering

Duration

24h Th, 18h Pr, 30h FT

Number of credits

 Master in forests and natural areas engineering (120 ECTS)6 crédits 

Lecturer

Jan Bogaert, Marc Dufrêne, Grégory Mahy

Coordinator

Grégory Mahy

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

Ecological engineering is concerned with ecosystem management, creation with and/or for biodiversity . We will consider how ecological theory is used for facilitating ecological restoration of habitats. Planification, ethics and funding of EI projects will be assesed through case studies, field visit and conferences.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the teaching, you should be able to :
- Assess the integrity of an ecosystem and its biodiversity
- Use ecological concepts et technicas skills to identify petinent actions for ecological restoration of degraded habitats.
- Propose a EI strategy taking into account financial, ethics and societals opportunities.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Ecology basis

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Theory teaching Personnal lectures and class synthesis Conferences by external experts
Field visit

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Recommended or required readings

Paper portfolio provided during the period

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during the period based on practicals and seminars + quizz Porportion for each activities will be detailled at the begining of the period

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Grégory MAHY Unité Biodiversité Paysage g. mahy@ulg.ac.be 081 62 22 45