Duration
36h Th
Number of credits
| Master in agroecology (120 ECTS) | 3 crédits | |||
| Master in forests and natural areas engineering (120 ECTS) | 3 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
Tropical forests are home to an unique biodiversity, are important carbon sinks and provide a variety of products (mainly timber) essential to the development and the survival of local populations (non-timber forest products, game, medicines, etc.. ). The course objective is to provide management techniques combining all these aspects. Mainly focused on the African continent, it is divided into 7 chapters:
1. Major climates and vegetation units in the tropics.
2. Centers of endemism in Africa.
3. Ecology of timber species.
4. Overview of African wildlife.
5. Human impacts on tropical forests.
6. Management plans of moist forests.
7. Reduced impact logging techniques.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
After completing the course the student is expected to be able : 1. To identify vegetation types by using botanical surveys. 2. To evaluate logging impacts. 3. To organise multipurpose inventories. 4. To implement game management plans. 5. To elaborate management plans for logging concessions. 6. To suggest reduced impact-logging techniques. 7. To integrate social aspects in management plans. 8. To analyze films and vulgarization papers on the subject.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
This course is based on lectures delivered in a modular way (corresponding to chapters) and supplemented with contradictory discussions, films and external interventions (forestry professionals, forest managers, etc.).. Each course is preceded by a brief review of the previous lecture with a session of questions - answers.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face
Recommended or required readings
Reading refences listed below is recommended:
AGYEMAN, V.K., SWAINE, M. D., THOMPSON J. 1999. Responses of tropical forest tree seedlings to irradiance and the derivation of a light response index. Journal of ecology 87, 815-827.
Biwolé, A. B., Daïnou, K., Fayolle, A., Hardy, O. J., Brostaux, Y., Coste, S., Delion, S., Betti, J. L., & Doucet, J.-L. (2015). Light Response of Seedlings of a Central African Timber Tree Species, Lophira alata (Ochnaceae), and the Definition of Light Requirements. Biotropica, 47(6), 681-688. http://hdl.handle.net/2268/193382
Bourland, N, Kouadio, Y. L, Lejeune, P, Sonké, B, Philippart, J, Daïnou, K, Fétéké, F. R, & Doucet, J.-L. (2012). Ecology of Pericopsis elata (Fabaceae), a Timber Species Considered as Endangered, in Southeastern Cameroon. Biotropica, 44(6), 840-847.
http://hdl.handle.net/2268/109867
DAINOU K., BAUDUIN A., BOURLAND N., GILLET J.-F., FETEKE F., & DOUCET J.-L. (2011). Soil seed bank characteristics in Cameroonian rainforests and implications for post-logging recovery. Ecological Engineering 37, 1499-1506.
http://hdl.handle.net/2268/94917
DOUCET J-L., DISSAKI A., MENGOME A., ISSEMBE Y., DAINOU K., GILLET J-F., KOUADIO Y. L., LAPORTE J., 2007. Dynamique des peuplements forestiers d'Afrique Centrale. Module de formation ATIBT, Paris, 134 p.
http://hdl.handle.net/2268/22468
Fayolle, A., Picard, N., Doucet, J.-L., Swaine, M., Bayol, N., Bénédet, F., & Gourlet-Fleury, S. (2014). A new insight in the structure, composition and functioning of central African moist forests. Forest Ecology & Management, (329), 195-205.
http://hdl.handle.net/2268/170553
Mille, D, Louppe, D. 2015. Mémento du forestier tropical. Editions Quae.
http://www.quae.com/fr/r4730-memento-du-forestier-tropical.html
Morin, J., Fayolle, A., Favier, C., Bremond, L., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Bayol, N., Lejeune, P., Beeckman, H., & Doucet, J.-L. (2017, January 17). Present-day central African forest is a legacy of the 19th century human history. eLife, 20343.
http://hdl.handle.net/2268/205439
WHITE F. 1983. The vegetation of Africa. UNESCO, Paris, 356 p.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
Additional information:
Written continuous evaluation (100%).
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Outside contributors may vary from year to year
Contacts
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