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41 modules
MSc BioGET MSc Tropical Forestry

Agroforestry

Field of study
Integrative learning & fieldwork
Teaching place
Montpellier · Other places

Courses objectives Acquisition of the knowledge and methods for analysing, evaluating and improving agroforestry systems and developing the integration of tree in cropping, farming and...

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SM FNS-MI MSc Tropical Forestry

Anthropology of development

Field of study
Humanities
Teaching place
Montpellier

Courses objectives Since the 1970’s, development (its principles, its modes of action, its achievements) has been subjected to many criticisms. In some cases they have led to the...

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Basics of forest management

Field of study
Environmental sciences · Integrative learning & fieldwork · Tools & Personal development
Teaching place
Nancy · Other places

Courses 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...

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MSc Tropical Forestry

Dendrometry and forest inventory

Field of study
Environmental sciences · Tools & Personal development
Teaching place
Montpellier · Other places

Courses objectives To provide the tools necessary for quantitative assessment of forest stands in tropical countries To improve skills in data analysis and use of biomass models. Course...

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MSc GloFor MSc Tropical Forestry

Ecological engineering for tropical ecosystems

Field of study
Integrative learning & fieldwork
Teaching place
Montpellier

Courses objectives Ecological engineering is understood here as the implementation of principles and understanding of the functioning and structure of ecosystems, including their...

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Economic calculation for forestry

Field of study
Humanities · Integrative learning & fieldwork
Teaching place
Nancy

Courses objectives Be familiar with the methods of economic calculation. Know how to apply economic calculation to a wide variety of problems, including, but not limited to, the forestry...

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SM FNS-MI Short-term course MSc Tropical Forestry

Environmental evaluations: Principles and methods

Field of study
Environmental sciences · Humanities · Tools & Personal development
Teaching place
Montpellier

Courses objectives To learn how to frame an environmental impact assessment in a development context and in a tropical zone. Course contents Principles and functions of environmental...

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MSc BioGET MSc Tropical Forestry

Ethno-ecology and environment

Field of study
Humanities
Teaching place
Montpellier

Courses objectives Explain how people use plants, animals and other elements of their environment, how they conceive of that environment, and how conceptions and representations of that...

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MSc Tropical Forestry

Foreign language

Field of study
Tools & Personal development
Teaching place
Montpellier

Courses objectives Acquisition of a firm grasp of written and spoken English in order to work internationally. For students who already have a good level of English (i.e. with the skills...

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Forest and Environmental law

Field of study
Humanities
Teaching place
Nancy

Courses objectives The relations between human societies and their environments are legally framed by regulations and norms that aim to limit their interactions. Environmental law,...

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MSc Tropical Forestry

Forest Management

Field of study
Integrative learning & fieldwork
Teaching place
Montpellier · Other places

Courses objectives To provide the means to implement an approach of both temperate and tropical forest management, taking into account the ecological characteristics of the forest, the...

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Short-term course MSc Tropical Forestry

Forest policies for tropical ecosystems

Field of study
Humanities
Teaching place
Montpellier

Courses objectives The overall goal of the course is to make future forest managers aware of forest policy issues which they may have to deal with in the course of their careers. All...

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SM FNS-MI

Forest Policy

Field of study
Humanities
Teaching place
Nancy

Courses objectives This module is aimed at students with little knowledge of current forestry policies in Europe and internationally. It aims to provide them with a basic knowledge of the...

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Forestry management tour

Field of study
Environmental sciences · Integrative learning & fieldwork · Tools & Personal development
Teaching place
Other places

Courses objectives Knowledge of the main forest and timber actors in a given region and their interactions. Course contents The actors of the forest-wood environment from a regional...

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MSc GloFor MSc Tropical Forestry

Frontiers in Ecosystem Monitoring

Field of study
Environmental sciences · Tools & Personal development
Teaching place
Montpellier

Courses objectives Please go to the module's page on the GloFor website. Course contents Please go to the module's page on the GloFor website. Teaching and learning methods Please go to...

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MSc GloFor MSc Tropical Forestry

Geographic information systems

Field of study
Tools & Personal development
Teaching place
Montpellier

Courses objectives Please go to the module's page on the GloFor website. Course contents Please go to the module's page on the GloFor website. Teaching and learning methods Please go to...

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Geomatics

Field of study
Tools & Personal development
Teaching place
Nancy

Courses objectives The module focuses on the concepts, techniques and data related to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and their applications for spatial and resource management....

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MSc GloFor

GloFor research planning

Field of study
Tools & Personal development
Teaching place
Kourou · Montpellier

Courses objectives Please go to the module's page on the GloFor website. Course contents Please go to the module's page on the GloFor website. Teaching and learning methods Please go to...

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International strategic environmental evaluation

Field of study
Environmental sciences · Humanities · Integrative learning & fieldwork · Tools & Personal development
Teaching place
Montpellier · Other places

Courses objectives Implement in the field and in an international context, an evaluation of a project or an environmental management system with feedback to stakeholders. To acquire the...

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MSc Tropical Forestry

MSc Thesis

Field of study
Environmental sciences · Humanities · Integrative learning & fieldwork · Tools & Personal development
Teaching place
Montpellier · Other places

Courses objectives and content The thesis project is a research project that must deal with environmental and, preferentially, tropical issues in natural ecosystems or within cropping...

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MSc BioGET Doctoral module SM FNS-MI MSc GloFor Short-term course MSc Tropical Forestry

Nature policies and environmental NGO strategies

Field of study
Humanities
Teaching place
Montpellier

Courses objectives The overall objective of the course is to provide participants with the basic knowledge necessary to understand international ecopolitics: international environmental...

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MSc BioGET Doctoral module SM FNS-MI Short-term course MSc Tropical Forestry

Negotiation for environmental management

Field of study
Humanities
Teaching place
Montpellier

Courses objectives The objective of this course, based on the theoretical field of negotiation, is to allow participants to develop a coherent framework of thinking in order to better...

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SM FNS-MI

Professional internship

Field of study
Environmental sciences · Humanities · Integrative learning & fieldwork · Tools & Personal development
Teaching place
Other places

Courses objectives The objectives of the professional mission internship are to implement the knowledge and skills acquired during the teaching phase and to integrate the student into a...

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MSc Tropical Forestry

Scientific communication / Research planning

Field of study
Tools & Personal development
Teaching place
Montpellier

Courses objectives This module prepares students to the design, planning and implementation of a research project in general. The academic training is applied to the building of the...

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MSc Tropical Forestry

Statistics using ‘R’

Field of study
Tools & Personal development
Teaching place
Montpellier

Courses objectives R software is a powerful statistical data analysis application (among other statistics), free of copyright, and is being increasingly used by the scientific community....

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MSc BioGET Doctoral module SM FNS-MI Short-term course MSc Tropical Forestry

Strategic environmental management analysis

Field of study
Humanities
Teaching place
Montpellier

Courses objectives The specific objective of this course is to present the theoretical framework of Strategic Environmental Management Analysis (SEMA) and in particular to understand its...

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Support for the professional project

Field of study
Tools & Personal development
Teaching place
Palaiseau

Courses objectives The objectives of the individual internship are to apply the knowledge and skills acquired during the academic phase and to integrate into a professional network. It...

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MSc BioGET MSc Tropical Forestry

Survey methods in social sciences

Field of study
Humanities
Teaching place
Montpellier · Other places

Courses objectives To acquire the basic concepts in sociology To learn to reflect on one's practices in the production of scientific data (data collection, processing and analysis) in the...

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MSc BioGET Short-term course MSc Tropical Forestry

Tropical forest and climate change

Field of study
Environmental sciences
Teaching place
Montpellier

Courses objectives Land use change is responsible for about 10% of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions. Tropical forest ecosystems can contribute to both pillars of addressing global...

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MSc GloFor MSc Tropical Forestry

Tropical forest and climate change: applications

Field of study
Integrative learning & fieldwork
Teaching place
Montpellier

Courses objectives Land-use change in the tropics is responsible for 20% of human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG). Tropical forests and tree plantations may be important carbon...

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MSc BioGET MSc Tropical Forestry

Tropical forest ecology

Field of study
Environmental sciences
Teaching place
Montpellier

Courses objectives Acquisition of the insight necessary to understand the recent advances and controversies in ecology of tropical treed communities as a basis for the evaluation of...

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MSc BioGET SM FNS-MI Short-term course MSc Tropical Forestry

Tropical humid forests (in French Guiana)

Field of study
Environmental sciences · Tools & Personal development
Teaching place
Kourou · Other places

Courses objectives To acquire the scientific basis for understanding the functioning of tropical humid forests. To make students aware of the problems posed by biodiversity conservation...

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Short-term course MSc Tropical Forestry

Tropical silviculture

Field of study
Environmental sciences
Teaching place
Montpellier

Courses objectives Provide knowledge on silviculture, objectives and constraints influencing management, in tropical rain forests, based on last research results. Tropical timber wood...

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