Expertise and Management of Natural and Anthropized Spaces 1

General objectives: to understand the methods and tools necessary for the expertise and management of natural and anthropized spaces. Acquire a scientific culture in the implementation of protocols (rigor, relevance...) and in the capacities of evolution of methods (self-training, use of tools for monitoring knowledge...).

At the end of this module, the students will have the skills to set up methods of biodiversity studies necessary to define management plans, or expertise missions that are requested to public organizations (ONCFS, Parks, research laboratories...) or to research offices. This module includes the ability to criticize objectives and methods.

The teaching is carried out in the form of 3 sequences

Sequence 1 : Preparing a naturalist expertise

At the end of the sequence, learners are able to provide the information necessary to validate a naturalist's expertise. They know the tools for bibliographic research. They are able to analyze a scientific article (in English) to extract information on the methods used. They have seen the rules for formatting reports.

Session 1: Group work: list the elements contained in a naturalist study - Duration 1.5 hours

            Analysis of studies carried out within regulatory frameworks: management plans, PNA, DOCOB, impact studies...

            Sessions 2 & 3: Reading articles - Duration: 6 hours

Work on the content (technical vocabulary), work on the form of the articles.

The work is based on the content analysis of two recent articles.

Session 4: Bibliographic research tools and report formatting - Duration 1.5 hours

Session 5: Group work: formatting the naturalist study - Duration 3 hours.

At the end of the session, one hour is devoted to presenting and preparing the work to be done in a non-classroom setting.

Students will complete a synthesis on a monitoring method associated with a given organism/taxonomic group. Time commitment: 6 hours.

Students will research an existing synthesis of a monitoring method associated with a given organism/taxonomic group. Time commitment: 1 hour.

Sequence 2: Carrying out a naturalist expertise

            At the end of the sequence, the students will have seen the elements of regulation on protected species and protected areas. They will know the regulatory procedures necessary to carry out surveys, in particular access to private land, intellectual property of naturalist data, etc. In addition, they will have knowledge of the different types of protocols (student presentations based on the synthesis exercise in sequence 1).

            Sessions 1, 2 and 3: presentation of the regulations necessary for naturalist expertise.

Sessions 4 & 5: Learner presentations on methods.

Presentations are prepared at the beginning of the session for 30 minutes using a computer connected to the Internet and a guide sheet. Presentations are 5 minutes long. Each presentation is followed by 5 minutes of comments

Sequence 3: Communicating naturalist expertise

At the end of the sequence, the learners know the rules of oral communication (in particular the use of the slide show). They also master the communication of naturalist data in naturalist databases.

Sessions 1, 2 and 3: Work from student presentations (sequence 2)

Presentation and application of the rules of oral communication

Sessions 4 & 5: management of naturalist data and incorporation into the databases associated with the SINP.

- Experiences in the professional environment of biodiversity management

- Use digital reference tools and computer security rules to acquire, process, produce and distribute information

Module of the professional license Studies and Development of Natural Spaces

Module respecting the work-study schedule

Know the process of knowledge formation in different disciplines

English: know the scientific vocabulary associated with the disciplines, understand a simple written or oral scientific document, be able to understand a general public document in English (written, oral or video)

Know how to mobilize concepts and tools from different disciplines to analyze a document, an observation or the result of an experiment

Know how to search for and extract information in a critical manner, prioritize sources of information and identify their reliability, and produce a synthesis

Know how to make an oral presentation and a scientific written report, using illustrations and a presentation adapted to the public concerned, with the help of adapted computer tools