Duration
Tropical forests today : 12h Th, 12h Pr
Tropical agroforestry : 16h Th, 8h AUTR
Applied tropical botany : 12h Th, 12h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in forests and natural areas engineering (120 ECTS) | 6 crédits |
Lecturer
Tropical forests today : Jean-Louis Doucet, Adeline Fayolle
Tropical agroforestry : Jean-Louis Doucet
Applied tropical botany : 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
Tropical forests today
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.
Tropical agroforestry
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
Applied tropical botany
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
Tropical forests today
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.
Tropical agroforestry
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.
Applied tropical botany
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
Tropical forests today
FORE0009-1. Sustainable forest management
Applied tropical botany
Basic knowledge on botany
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Tropical forests today
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.
Tropical agroforestry
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.
Applied tropical botany
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)
Tropical forests today
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.
Tropical agroforestry
Lessons given in a logging concession and in agroforests of Gabon : face-to-face, films, practical activities, document reading and discussions.
Applied tropical botany
Lectures : 12 h Practical Works : 12 h
Recommended or required readings
Tropical forests today
Papers will be given to the students. Their reading is required.
Tropical agroforestry
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
Applied tropical botany
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
Average of the three courses.
Tropical forests today
Examen oral
Tropical agroforestry
Written exam (100 %)
Applied tropical botany
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
Tropical forests today
Consult the document:"Master en gestion des forêts et milieux naturels, Module "Foresterie tropicale", informations pratiques"
Tropical agroforestry
See the document: "Master en gestion des forêts et milieux naturels, Module "Foresterie tropicale", informations pratiques"
Applied tropical botany
Consult the document:"Master en gestion des forêts et milieux naturels, Module "Foresterie tropicale", informations pratiques"
Contacts
Tropical forests today
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
Tropical agroforestry
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
Applied tropical botany
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
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
Contacts
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
Tropical forests today
1. Social and community forestry
2. Management of a certified logging company: reduced impact logging, 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
Tropical agroforestry
Everything that was seen in the classroom and in the field
Applied tropical botany
Oral examination with collaborate
Assessment methods
Tropical forests today
Oral examination with
Tropical agroforestry
Written exam to be returned by email
Applied tropical botany
All taxa seen in class and in the field
Contacts
Tropical forests today
Jean-Louis Doucet : jldoucet@uliege.be
Tropical agroforestry
Jean-Louis Doucet : jldoucet@uliege.be
Applied tropical botany
Jean-Louis Doucet : jldoucet@uliege.be