Duration
Actualité des forêts tropicales : 12h Th, 12h Pr
Agroforesterie tropicale : 16h Th, 8h AUTR
Botanique tropicale appliquée : 12h Th, 12h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in forests and natural areas engineering (120 ECTS) | 6 crédits |
Lecturer
Actualité des forêts tropicales : Jean-Louis Doucet, Adeline Fayolle
Agroforesterie tropicale : Jean-Louis Doucet
Botanique tropicale appliquée : Jean-Louis Doucet
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Actualité des forêts tropicales
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.
Agroforesterie tropicale
The course objective is to propose management methods to reconcile agriculture and forestry in a sustainable manner in tropical areas. It is divided in three main chapters:
1. Definition
2. Agroforestry systems in dry tropical regions
2.1. Multipurpose trees on cropland
2.2. Windbreaks
2.3. Alley cropping
2.4. Sylvopastoralism
3. Agroforestry systems in moist tropical regions
3.1. Shifting cultivation
3.2. Improved fallows
3.3. Home gardens
3.4. Alley cropping
3.6. Taungya
Botanique tropicale appliquée
Tropical forests are home to many species whose identification is often difficult.
The objective of this course is to identify botanic families through vegetative characteristics. This knowledge should allow forest engineers to identify species using determination keys and reference books.
1. Identification criteria and remarkable characteristics
2. Reference books
3. Systematic (about 50 families)
4. Collection, conservation and handling of tropical vegetal samples.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Actualité des forêts tropicales
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.
Agroforesterie tropicale
After completing the course the student is expected to : ·Be able to implement agroforestry programs considering ecological and social environment. ·Be able to identify main agroforestry species and their techniques of regeneration. ·Be able to manage agroforestry nurseries.
Botanique tropicale appliquée
After completing the course the student is expected to : ·Be able to identify botanic families through vegetative characteristics. ·Be able to describe vegetal samples with adequate terms. ·Be able to identify species by using determination keys and reference books. ·Be able to collect, conserve and prepare vegetation samples.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Actualité des forêts tropicales
FORE0009-1. Sustainable forest management
Botanique tropicale appliquée
Basic knowledge on botany
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Actualité des forêts tropicales
The course is integrated in the module "Tropical Forest" that will be given in a logging concession, in the rainforest of Gabon. The theoretical lessons will be completed by field visits, practical activities in the forest and discussions with the main stakeholders.
Agroforesterie tropicale
The course is integrated in the module "Tropical Forest" that will be given in the rainforest of Gabon. The theoretical lessons will be completed by field visits, practical activities in the agroforests and discussions with the main stakeholders.
Botanique tropicale appliquée
The course is integrated in the module "Tropical Forest" that will be given in a logging concession, in the rainforest of Gabon. The illustrated theoretical lessons will be completed by identification activities in the forest.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Actualité des forêts tropicales
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.
Agroforesterie tropicale
Lessons given in a logging concession and in agroforests of Gabon : face-to-face, films, practical activities, document reading and discussions.
Botanique tropicale appliquée
Lectures : 12 h Practical Works : 12 h
Recommended or required readings
Actualité des forêts tropicales
Papers will be given to the students. Their reading is required.
Agroforesterie tropicale
Recommended references :
BOFFA J-M. 2000. Les parcs agroforestiers en Afrique subsaharienne. Cahier FAO Conservation 34. FAO, Rome, 251 p.
CARRIERE S. 2002.L'abattage sélectif : une pratique agricole ancestrale au service de la régénération forestière. Bois et forêts des tropiques 272 (2), 45-62.
DICKEN Mc & VERGARA P. 1990. Agroforestry : classification and management. Wiley & sons, 382 p.
DOUCET, J.-L. (Ed.), VERMEULEN, C., De VLEESCHOUWER, J.-Y. (Other coll.), NZOYEM SAHA, N., JULVE LARRUBIA, C., LAPORTE, J., & FEDERSPIEL, M. (2012). Regards croisés sur la foresterie communautaire : l'expérience camerounaise. Gembloux, Belgique: Presses Agronomiques de Gembloux.
http://hdl.handle.net/2268/135637
VERMEULEN C., DOUCET J.-L. 2008. Les premières forêts communautaires du Gabon : Récits d'une expérience pilote. Sainte-Ode, Belgique: Impribeau.
http://hdl.handle.net/2268/21913
VERMEULEN, C, DUBIEZ, E, PROCES, P, DIOWO, M, YAMBA, Y, MUTAMBWE, S, PELTIER, R, MARIEN, J.-N, & DOUCET, J.-L. (2011). Enjeux fonciers, exploitation des ressources naturelles et Forêts des Communautés Locales en périphérie de Kinshasa, RDC. Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement = Biotechnology, Agronomy, Society and Environment [=BASE], 15(4), 535-544.
http://hdl.handle.net/2268/100072
WEIGEL J. 1994. Agroforesterie pratique. Editions du Ministère de la Coopération, Paris.
See ecampus for the slides
Botanique tropicale appliquée
LETOUZEY R. 1969. Manuel de botanique forestière. Afrique tropicale. Tome 1 Botanique générale. Centre Technique Forestier Tropical, Nogent sur Marne, 189 p.
LETOUZEY R. 1970. Manuel de botanique forestière. Tomes 2 A. Centre Technique Forestier Tropical, Nogent Sur Marne, 210 p.
LETOUZEY R. 1972. Manuel de botanique forestière. Tomes 2 B. Centre Technique Forestier Tropical, Nogent Sur Marne, 244 p.
Meunier, Q, Moumbogou, C., Doucet, JL. 2015. Les arbres utiles du Gabon. Presses agronomiques de Gembloux. http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/handle/2268/183815
Slide copies and syllabus are available on ecampus
Assessment methods and criteria
Actualité des forêts tropicales
The assessment will take into account:
- the behavior and the participation of the student (20 %)
- an oral exam (80 %)
Agroforesterie tropicale
The assessment will take into account: - the behavior and the participation of the student (20 %) - a written exam (80 %)
Botanique tropicale appliquée
Oral examination (80 %): the student will identify taxa (pictures and / or vouchers) on the basis of his (her) knowledge and / or using floras.
The behavior and the participation of the student in the field (20 %)
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Actualité des forêts tropicales
Consult the document:"Master en gestion des forêts et milieux naturels, Module "Foresterie tropicale", informations pratiques"
Agroforesterie tropicale
See the document: "Master en gestion des forêts et milieux naturels, Module "Foresterie tropicale", informations pratiques"
Botanique tropicale appliquée
Consult the document:"Master en gestion des forêts et milieux naturels, Module "Foresterie tropicale", informations pratiques"
Contacts
Actualité des forêts tropicales
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
Agroforesterie tropicale
DOUCET Jean-Louis (Professor) Foresterie tropicale Gestion des Ressources forestières Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech Passage des Déportés, 2 5030 Gembloux + 32 81 622343 jldoucet@ulg.ac.be
Botanique tropicale appliquée
DOUCET Jean-Louis (Professor) Foresterie tropicale Gestion des Ressources forestières Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech Passage des Déportés, 2 5030 Gembloux + 32 81 622343 jldoucet@ulg.ac.be
Items online
Agroforesterie tropicale
Agroforestry
Pdf used in Gabon