Course objectives
- To understand the multifunctional dimension of the forest and to know the various categories of actors in its management (in France).
- To have a basic knowledge of silvicultural treatments and to evaluate the different itineraries in order to make decisions.
- To make students aware of the forestry environment.
Course contents
- History of the French forest and its current structure
- Forest stands and their silvicultural treatments: understanding forest stands and the management decisions to be taken
- Notions of forest management and sustainable management: getting in touch with forestry time and its technical and legal constraints
- The actors of the forest-wood environment from a regional example: discover a very diverse sector: approach of the human and social complexity of the management of the forest and the forest-wood sector
- International timber trade: framework, problems, issues
Teaching and learning methods
- Lectures on silviculture and the basis of forest management (30h)
- Seminar on international timber trade (6h)
- Forest management tour and fieldwork (34h)
Examination
- Tour report
- Hammering report
Competences acquired
- Ability to make a simple analysis of a stand in a temperate environment in interaction with its environment and to understand its management level.
- Knowledge of the main forest and timber stakeholders in a given region and their interactions.
