2023-2024 / ENVT3061-1

Agrobiodiversity, ecosystemic and landscape services, Introduction

Duration

16h Th, 8h AUTR

Number of credits

 Master in agroecology (120 ECTS)2 crédits 
 Master in agricultural bioengineering (120 ECTS)2 crédits 

Lecturer

Marc Dufrêne, Kevin Maréchal

Coordinator

Marc Dufrêne

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

ES concept origin
ES typology
How to measure and to map the ES?
How to evaluate the ES?
ES, agriculture and agroecology

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

They will be able to define and understand the complexity of ecosystem services and to estimate their relative importance in the landscape with different types of indicators.
They will be able to use ecosystem services as indicators of the interactions between actors and users of a landscape.
They will be able to develop holistic and holistic ecosystem services assessments by applying them in particular to landscape architecture or agroecology.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Good knowledge in ecology, andscape analysis and agriculture

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is interactive with students taking charge of part of the material on the basis of a series of bibliographical references but the current health situation (COVID) will be taken into account to allow a virtual logic.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Blended learning


Additional information:

Face-to-face and a study report on agricultural systems in transition for Agro and AgroEco (Prof. K. Maréchal).

Recommended or required readings

Will be given during the course.

June session :

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )

- Remote

written exam ( open-ended questions )

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person

August-september session :

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )

- Remote

written exam ( open-ended questions )

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person


Additional information:

Written examination (60%) and evaluation of the report project (40%).

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

 The organization will be announced in class.

Contacts

Marc.Dufrene@ULiege.be

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