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
See for each of the three components.
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
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
See for each of the three components.
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
- 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
See for each of the three components.
Tropical forests today
FORE0009-1. Sustainable forest management
Applied tropical botany
Basic knowledge on botany
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Theoretical courses and lectures at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech.
Visit and practical work in a forest concession in Cameroon.
Tropical forests today
The course is integrated in the "tropical forestry" module which will be given in the lecture hall and in the field in Cameroon if the health situation allows it.
Tropical agroforestry
The course is integrated in the "tropical forestry" module which will be given in the lecture hall and in the field in Cameroon if the health situation allows it.
Applied tropical botany
The course is integrated in the "tropical forestry" module which will be given in the lecture hall and in the field in Cameroon if the health situation allows it.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
If the health situation allows it, visits and practical work will be organized in the field in Cameroon in January or June.
Tropical forests today
Theoretical courses and lectures at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech.
Visit and practical work in a forest concession in Cameroon (Low impact logging, regeneration methods, etc.).
Tropical agroforestry
Theoretical courses and lectures at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech.
Visit and practical work in Cameroon?
Applied tropical botany
Theoretical courses at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech.
Visit and practical work in Cameroon.
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
If the health situation allows it, visits and practical work will be organized in the field in Cameroon in January or June.
The evaluation of the module (including the three components) will be organized as follows:
- At Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech: 2/3 of the points on the basis of a continuous evaluation at the end of the theoretical module (oral for applied botany and tropical forest news, written for agroforestry) ;
- In the field: 1/3 of the points for the practical part (acquired knowledge on logging, reforestation, recognition of trees in the forest, general participation).
If the sanitary situation does not allow to go to the field or if students cannot go to the field, only the theoretical evaluation (carried out at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech) will be taken into account, it will then count for the totality of the points.
Tropical forests today
If the health situation allows it, visits and practical work will be organized in the field in Cameroon in January or June.
The evaluation of the module (including the three components) will be organized as follows:
- At Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech: 2/3 of the points on the basis of a continuous evaluation at the end of the theoretical module (oral for applied botany and tropical forest news, written for agroforestry) ;
- In the field: 1/3 of the points for the practical part (acquired knowledge on logging, reforestation, recognition of trees in the forest, general participation).
If the sanitary situation does not allow to go to the field or if students cannot go to the field, only the theoretical evaluation (carried out at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech) will be taken into account, it will then count for the totality of the points.
Tropical agroforestry
If the health situation allows it, visits and practical work will be organized in the field in Cameroon in January or June.
The evaluation of the module (including the three components) will be organized as follows:
- At Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech: 2/3 of the points on the basis of a continuous evaluation at the end of the theoretical module (oral for applied botany and tropical forest news, written for agroforestry) ;
- In the field: 1/3 of the points for the practical part (acquired knowledge on logging, reforestation, recognition of trees in the forest, general participation).
If the sanitary situation does not allow to go to the field or if students cannot go to the field, only the theoretical evaluation (carried out at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech) will be taken into account, it will then count for the totality of the points.
Applied tropical botany
If the health situation allows it, visits and practical work will be organized in the field in Cameroon in January or June.
The evaluation of the module (including the three components) will be organized as follows:
- At Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech: 2/3 of the points on the basis of a continuous evaluation at the end of the theoretical module (oral for applied botany and tropical forest news, written for agroforestry) ;
- In the field: 1/3 of the points for the practical part (acquired knowledge on logging, reforestation, recognition of trees in the forest, general participation).
If the sanitary situation does not allow to go to the field or if students cannot go to the field, only the theoretical evaluation (carried out at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech) will be taken into account, it will then count for the totality of the points.
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
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
Average of the three courses. Evaluations will be performed by ecampus in case of COVID.
Tropical forests today
Any session :
- In-person
oral exam
- Remote
oral exam
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Additional information:
The evaluation of the module (including the three components) will be organized as follows:
- At Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech: 2/3 of the points on the basis of a continuous evaluation at the end of the theoretical module (oral for applied botany and tropical forest news, written for agroforestry) ;
- In the field: 1/3 of the points for the practical part (acquired knowledge on logging, reforestation, recognition of trees in the forest, general participation).
If the sanitary situation does not allow to go to the field or if students cannot go to the field, only the theoretical evaluation (carried out at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech) will be taken into account, it will then count for the totality of the points.
Tropical agroforestry
Any session :
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
- Remote
oral exam
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Additional information:
The evaluation of the module (including the three components) will be organized as follows:
- At Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech: 2/3 of the points on the basis of a continuous evaluation at the end of the theoretical module (oral for applied botany and tropical forest news, written for agroforestry) ;
- In the field: 1/3 of the points for the practical part (acquired knowledge on logging, reforestation, recognition of trees in the forest, general participation).
If the sanitary situation does not allow to go to the field or if students cannot go to the field, only the theoretical evaluation (carried out at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech) will be taken into account, it will then count for the totality of the points.
Applied tropical botany
Any session :
- In-person
oral exam
- Remote
oral exam
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Additional information:
The evaluation of the module (including the three components) will be organized as follows:
- At Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech: 2/3 of the points on the basis of a continuous evaluation at the end of the theoretical module (oral for applied botany and tropical forest news, written for agroforestry) ;
- In the field: 1/3 of the points for the practical part (acquired knowledge on logging, reforestation, recognition of trees in the forest, general participation).
If the sanitary situation does not allow to go to the field or if students cannot go to the field, only the theoretical evaluation (carried out at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech) will be taken into account, it will then count for the totality of the points.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
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
DOUCET Jean-Louis (Professor)
Foresterie tropicale
Gestion des Ressources forestières
Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Passage des Déportés, 2
5030 Gembloux
+ 32 81 622342
jldoucet@uliege.be
Tropical forests today
DOUCET Jean-Louis
Foresterie tropicale
Gestion des Ressources forestières
Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Passage des Déportés, 2
5030 Gembloux
+ 32 81 622342
jldoucet@uliege.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@uliege.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 622342
jldoucet@uliege.be