2019-2020 / FORE0018-3

Management of large fauna in temperate climate

Duration

14h Th, 7h FT

Number of credits

 Master in forests and natural areas engineering (120 ECTS)2 crédits 

Lecturer

Alain Licoppe

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

* 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

alain.licoppe@spw.wallonie.be

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)