Participatory management of natural environments

Duration

10h Th, 6h Pr, 2h SEM, 6h FT

Number of credits

Lecturer

Cédric Vermeulen

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

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
 Collective games

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

Lectures : 9h Seminars : 4h 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@uliege.be

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

The distance learning implemented is a teaching based on "oral" powerpoints offered successively on e-campus, at the rhythm of the scheduled courses, loaded the day scheduled or a few days before. The learner will follow them in the order proposed by the successive chapters, and this asynchronously (before, during or after the scheduled time). Examples and exercises are inserted between the chapters by way of illustration, to replace meetings with external speakers and Practical exercices.
 

Assessment subjects

All chapters uploaded on e-campus are to be studied. They must be understood and assimilated in order to begin the work required for the final evaluation.
 

Assessment methods

The assessment will be based on a homework assignment. This will include a case study (scientific publication on participation in the broad sense) to be read and understood, then analysed according to a grid of questions provided by the teacher. Learners can refer to the course to answer the different questions. The evaluation will be based on the quality of the answers and the understanding of the questions asked, which implies a prior understanding of the course. The work will be sent by email (cvermeulen@uliege.be) to the course holder no later than the day of the exam (June 12). The file sent will be named name_firstname_examenGP2020.

Contacts

cvermeulen@uliege.be

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

Assessment subjects

Same as June

Assessment methods

The assessment will be based on a homework assignment. This will include a case study (scientific publication on participation in the broad sense) to be find, read and understood, then analysed according to a grid of questions provided by the teacher. Learners can refer to the course to answer the different questions. The evaluation will be based on the quality of the answers and the understanding of the questions asked, which implies a prior understanding of the course. The work will be sent by email (cvermeulen@uliege.be) to the course holder no later than the day of the exam. The file sent will be named name_firstname_examenGP2020.

Contacts

cvermeulen@uliege.be

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