Duration
Tropical forests today : 6h Th, 18h Pr
Tropical agroforestry : 12h Th, 12h Pr
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. Wildlife management in logging concessions
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 organized as follows:
Part I. Agroforestry
1. Definition, advantages and disadvantages of agroforestry
2. Classification of agroforestry systems
3. Issues
4. Agroforestry systems and sustainable charcoal production
5. Importance of land tenure: application to slash-and-burn agriculture, agroforests, agroforestry parks and silvopastoral systems
6. Conclusions: key messages
Part II. Setting up and managing a nursery
Part III. Example of an agroforestry project: cocoa production in Côte d'Ivoire and Congo
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, visits and practical work in a forest concession in Congo.
Tropical forests today
The course is integrated in the "tropical forestry" module which will be given in Congo.
Tropical agroforestry
The course is integrated in the "tropical forestry" module which will be given in the field in Congo.
Applied tropical botany
The course is integrated in the "tropical forestry" module which will be given in the field in Congo.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
If the health situation allows it, visits and practical work will be organized in the field in October.
Tropical forests today
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Visit and practical work in a forest concession in Congo
Tropical agroforestry
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Lessons and practical work in Congo.
Applied tropical botany
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Visit and practical work in Cameroon.
Recommended or required readings
Tropical forests today
Tosso, D.-N. F., Haurez, B., Bracke, C., & Doucet, J.-L. (2018). Itinéraire technique du système agroforestier taungya en rdc.
https://hdl.handle.net/2268/221439
Tosso, D.-N. F., Haurez, B., Lonpi-Tipi, E., Bracke, C., & Doucet, J.-L. (2018). Essences agroforestières de la République Démocratique du Congo.
https://hdl.handle.net/2268/221453
Haurez, B., Fonteyn, D., Toint, S., Bracke, C., Doucet, J.-L., Daïnou, K., Kéhou, S., & Vermeulen, C. (2020). Elaboration et mise en oeuvre d'un plan de gestion de la faune. Guide Technique à destination des
gestionnaires des forêts de production d'Afrique centrale. Presses Agronomiques de Gembloux.
https://hdl.handle.net/2268/253115
Daïnou, K., Tosso, D.-N. F., Bracke, C., Bourland, N., Forni, E., Hubert, D., Kankolongo, M., Loumeto, J. J., Louppe, D., Ngomanda, A., Ngomin, A., Tchuante Tite, V., & Doucet, J.-L. (2021). Guide pratique des plantations d'arbres des forêts denses humides d'Afrique. Gembloux, Belgium: Les presses agronomiques de Gembloux.
https://hdl.handle.net/2268/259075
Tosso, D.-N. F., Daïnou, K., Sonké, B., Levicek, C., Bracke, C., Forni, E., Jobbé-Duval, B., Ligot, G., Tchuanté Tité, V., Gourlet-Fleury, S., & Doucet, J.-L. (Eds.). (2020). Sentiers de suivi de la croissance, de la mortalité et de la phénologie des arbres tropicaux : Guide méthodologique. Liège, Belgium: Presses Universitaires de Liège.
https://hdl.handle.net/2268/246287
Daïnou, K., Bracke, C., Vermeulen, C., Haurez, B., De Vleeschouwer, J.-Y., Fayolle, A., & Doucet, J.-L. (Eds.). (2016). Hautes Valeurs de Conservation (HVC) dans les Unités Forestières d'Aménagement du Cameroun : concepts, choix et pratiques. Gembloux, Belgium: Presses Agronomiques de Gembloux.
https://hdl.handle.net/2268/201957
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. Evaluations will be performed by ecampus in case of COVID.
Tropical forests today
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Other : Participation (behavior, integration,...) at 25% of the total score
Tropical agroforestry
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
Other : Participation (behavior, integration,...) at 25% of the total score
Applied tropical botany
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Other : Participation (behavior, integration,...) at 25% of the total score
Additional information:
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
See the document : Module de foresterie tropicale 2022 au Congo
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