Forests, wood and global issues

  • ECTS

    3 credits

  • Component

    Faculty of Science

  • Hourly volume

    24h

Description

 History and sociology of wood

            History of the uses of wood, from the Paleolithic to the present day

            Myths about trees and wood: a guided tour of the Jardin des Plantes

            Wood and forest: representations and uses

Carbon and climate change

            Greenhouse effect and climate change

            Carbon balance from forest to wood products

Economy and geopolitics of the wood industry           

            Carbon economy

            The global wood industry - Geopolitics and sustainability of wood uses - Global flows

            The actors of the traditional and technical wood industry, in France and in the world

            Geopolitics of production, conflicts of land use. Value of the forest compared to other uses (mining, agriculture, urbanism, ...)

Forest ecosystem services

            Biodiversity, air/water filtration, hydraulic regulator

            Reception of the public, products gathering, hunting,

            Landscape, opening/closing of environments

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Objectives

The EU "Forest, wood and global issues" aims to understand the historical, economic, geopolitical, societal and environmental context around the forest and wood at a global and local level.

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Targeted competencies

Describe environmental concepts (climate change, carbon sinks, carbon emissions)

To know the perception of the forest and its uses through time and different cultures and economies

Describe the interactions between the forestry sector and global environmental issues

Describe the ecosystem services provided by the forest

Describe the wood industry on a global and local scale, evaluate the economic and geopolitical stakes

Acquire theoretical and practical notions for conducting field surveys - ability to write an "interview guide" for the field week

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