AgroParisTech, created in 2007, is the French institute for education and research in life sciences, agronomy, food technology and environment B ROMAN-AMAT
AgroParisTech : present on 8 sites all over France, of which 3 are involved in forestry : Nancy, Kourou, Montpellier Headquarters, Massy and Grigon NANCY CLERMONT KOUROU MONTPELLIER
AgroParisTech : The NANCY Centre
A short history of Nancy school of forestry 1824 : creation of the school in downtown Nancy, where it still is 1882 : creation of a research lab in forestry 1964 : research is included in INRA 2000 : creation of «joint» research labs with INRA 2007 : inclusion of ENGREF in AgroParisTech
Main figures about the Nancy Centre site area : 1,3 ha administrative staff : 44 scientists and teachers : 36 students : 172 engineer : 130 post master : 15 PhD students : 27 research labs : 3 rooms and flats for students: 89
Forests belonging to the school learning by practicing In a 25 km radius around Nancy : 3 forests covering 770 ha (beech, oaks, conifers) used for experiments and training
The most important forest library in France 100 000 documents 200 subscriptions access to world on-line data bases
AgroParisTech and its partners in Nancy EFICENT EOF INRA Altogether ~200 scientists and faculty in 14 labs, from molecular biology to ecosystem science NANCY UNIVERSITY Closely linked to forest managers and the forest-based economic sector
The main fields of expertise in Nancy Sustainable management of temperate forests - lowland hardwoods : oaks, beech, maple, cherry-tree, ash,...; mixed stands - various silvicultural treatments: coppice / c. with standards/ high forest and selection system - multifunctional management (now including C budgets) tropical forests - ecological basis for a multifunctional management of rain forest in French Guyana - sustainable management of plantations (soil fertility; e g Congo)
MSc European Forestry in Nancy : module 7 UNIT Contents Organizers ECTS 1 Introduction to the management of temperate hardwood forests in France (field course) 2 Forest sector modelling ; scientific and policy issues 3 to 7 Forest ecology and dynamics : 5 courses to be chosen between : Integrative biology of tree water budget Modelling biological systems Biogeochemical processes and carbon budget in forest soils Wood as a bio-indicator of climate change Wood quality modelling Functional diversity and dynamics of plant communities AgroParisTech 1 AgroParisTech INRA, Forest economics research lab INRA AgroParisTech INRA Nancy University Nancy University AgroParisTech 2 3 each : 5 x 3 = 15 8 Project (6 weeks), spatial and temporal species distribution 9 Seminar hardwood forests management issues, prepared by personal work AgroParisTech and Nancy University AgroParisTech and Nancy University 9 3
MSc European Forestry in Nancy : main possibilities for module 8 AgroParistech - INRA research labs Forest economics («LEF») : forest sector modelling, non market goods and services Forest resources («LERFoB»): forest ecology forest growth silviculture wood science
MSc European Forestry in Nancy : main possibilities for module 8 (ctd) Other labs in Nancy INRA - Nancy University : Forest ecology and ecophysiology : impact of global changes on forest ecosystems impact of forests on global water and carbon cycles impacts of stresses on various tree species INRA : Biogeochemical cycles : forest soils, in natural forests and plantations, temperate and tropical zones mineral budgets and long term management of soil fertilty Carbon budget in the soil
MSc European Forestry in Nancy : main possibilities for module 8 (ctd) Other labs INRA - Nancy University : Interactions between trees and microorganisms interactions of trees with bacteria and fungi, mycorhizae, ecogenomics levels : cell, tree, stand, ecosystem Other research labs in forestry in France : INRA, CEMAGREF, CNRS, CIRAD, Paris XI University.
AgroParisTech Thank you for your ATTENTION bernard.roman-amat@agroparistech.fr http://www.agroparistech.fr/