Duration
10h Th, 6h Pr, 2h SEM, 6h FT
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
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course is an introduction in participative management. His goal is to give an outline of the various levels of participation and a critical analysis of this practice.
1. Theoricals aspects of participative management
2.Tools and methods of participation
3. Participation in tropical natural ecosystems
3.1. Social and community forestry
3.2. Peripherics areas of reserves and social dynamics
4. Participation in temperate natural or semi-natural ecosystems
4.1. Citizen-based approachs
4.2. Rivers contracts
4.3. Collectives approchs in urban management
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Starting with lectures by experts in natural ecosystems management, films of reviewing articles that express opposite opinions, and field excursions, management methods based on participation 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 tropical and temperate ecosystems.He will be also capable to developp critical mind about participation and to give the level of participation in study cases.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Prérequis :
General course from bach : Biosphère, agriculture, society; Sociology; Forest and forest ecosystems; Equipe, organisation et changement; General ecology.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Passive learning : lectures
Active learning : Working group, question and answer session
Field excursion: interactive excursion : The students are responsible for the contents of the excursion
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Lectures : 8h
Seminars : 8h
Excursion : 6h
Practical exercices : 2h
Recommended or required readings
During the course, different publications in french or english are distributed among the students.
Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination (100%) Questions of different nature (multiple choice, restitution, conception...)
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Schedules could be adapted in coordination with others courses of the module.
ATTENTION : The presence in excursion and practical exercices is compulsory
Contacts
The modalities of contact will be defined in the first course. To join the secretarial department: fortrop.gembloux@ulg.ac.be
Items online
On line
Only the theorical basis is available on line.