Duration
14h Th, 7h FT
Number of credits
| Master in forests and natural areas engineering (120 ECTS) | 2 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
* 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, hybrid 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
written test combining: * a multiple choice questionnaire * Some open questions * exercise on the shooting plan
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Association of one or more MOOCs
Items online
ecampus
Diaporama structuré en chapitres (format pdf)