Duration
14h Th, 7h 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
* Biology of the main game species in Wallonia. * Basics of hunting legislation. * Managing the balance forest - game. * Forest management for carrying capacity * Population dynamics, population estimation and calculation of the culling plan * Bioindicators-based management * Management of small game species * Monitoring of protected species * Management of invasive species * Monitoring tools of wildlife
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The student will be able :
* to adapt the management based on the status of the species
* integrating the forest management components required for large wild mammals
* to adapt its management and, in particular, culling plans based on objective criteria
* to use monitoring tools adapted to the species studied
* to have fully integrated management system that prevails in Walloon hunting context
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Lectures
Exercise session (shooting plans)
Lectures by external professionals on well defined topics
Excursion on a pilot estate concerning habitat management for red deer, supervised by field rangers
Recommended or required readings
Assessment methods and criteria
written test combining: * a multiple choice questionnaire * Some open questions * exercise on the shooting plan
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
distance learning
Assessment subjects
Biology of the main game species in the Walloon Region. Basis of hunting legislation. Management of the forest-game balance. Population dynamics, population estimates and calculation of shooting plans. Management by bioindicators Plains game species management Monitoring of protected species
Assessment methods
written test combining: * a multiple choice questionnaire * Some open questions * exercise on the shooting plan
Contacts
alain.licoppe@spw.wallonie.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
Contacts
Items online
ecampus
Diaporama structuré en chapitres (format pdf)