Management of large fauna in tropical areas

Duration

12h Th, 2h Pr, 6h SEM, 4h FT

Number of credits

Lecturer

Cédric Vermeulen

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

This course propose a review of different types of wildlife management.
1. Internationals tools of conservation 2. Management of fires 3. Wildlife management in tropical forest 4. Capture and cropping 5. Human-wildlife conflicts 6. Zoo and sanctuarys in conservation strategies 7. Wildlife breeding 8. Management plan

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Starting with lectures and reviewing articles that express opposite opinions, wildlife management methods are presented to the students. After completing the course the student is expected to propose methods that reconcile social, ecological and economic aspect for a participatory sustainable management of wildlife.He will be also capable of developping a critical and ethic mind on wildlife management.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

General course of Zoology, ecology and sociology from bach; course on participative management (1 master); It is recommended to follow the whole module "wildlife" proposed (6 ects) in which this course joins.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Passive learning : lectures Active learning : Work group, question and answer session
Wildlife day : day of scientific communications : learning scientific communication

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

Lectures : 6h Seminars : 14h Excursion : 4h

Recommended or required readings

During the course, different publications in french and english are distributed among the students.E-campus available.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written examination (100%) Questions of different nature (multiple choice, restitution, conception...)

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Schedules could be adapted
ATTENTION : The presence in excursion and at the "wildlife day" is compulsory

Contacts

The modalities of contact will be defined in the first course. To join the secretarial department:fortrop.gembloux@ulg.ac.be

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