Everyone Eating Well within Environmental Limits
Language(s) of instruction : AN
ECTS : 3
Détail du volume horaire :
Lecture : 21
Directed study : 6
Modalités d'organisation et de suivi :
Coordinator : Vidal Alain
Pedagogical team : Supervision: Alain Vidal, PhD, HDR, WBCSD and IUCN
Educational teamGéraldine Abrami, PhD, IR, UMR G-EAU, Irstea, MontpellierAna Nicod, MSc, Nestlé, Vevey (Switzerland)Fabrice de Clerck, PhD, Scientific Director, EAT, Stockholm (Sweden)Aline Mosnier, PhD, Scientific Director, FABLE, UN-SDSN, Montpellier.
Procedure and organisation : Fundamentals on natural resources (planetary boundaries) (6h), food and nutrition security (6h) and interactions (3h) – 12h negotiation games to dive deeper into interactions between natural resources, food and nutrition security and poverty, based on real cases from the developing world : 6h of preparatory work, 6h of interactive games. Examples from cutting-egde research on sustainable intensification and climate-smart agriculture (6h) 21 hours of lecture and 6 hours of tutorialVideo-conferences are utilized for the overseas lecturers.
Objectifs pédagogiques visés :
Contenu : Objectives: To know and understand the global status of natural resources (planetary boundaries), food and nutrition security and poverty. To know and understand how natural resources interact with and sustain food and nutrition security. To know and understand the pathways to sustainable / ecological intensification and climate-smart agriculture. Curriculum: Fundamentals on natural resources (planetary boundaries) (6h), food and nutrition security (6h) and interactions (3h) – 15h
Negotiation games to dive deeper into interactions between natural resources, food and nutrition security and poverty, based on real cases from the developing world : 3h of preparatory personalwork, 6h of interactive games.
Examples from cutting-egde research on sustainable intensification and climate-smart agriculture (6h).
Prerequisites : Global agronomy course (Clues)Land use and ecosystem services course (Clues).
Bibliographie : H. C. J. Godfray, J. R. Beddington, I. R. Crute, L. Haddad, D. Lawrence, et al., 2010. Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People, Science 327, 812–818. J. Rockström, W. Steffen, K. Noone, Å. Persson, 2009. Planetary boundaries: Exploring the safe operating space for humanity, Ecol. Soc. 14, 32.
Période(s) et lieu(x) d’enseignement :
Period(s) : Novembre.
Location : PARIS
Integrated assessment of ecosystem services and sustainability
Language(s) of instruction : AN
ECTS : 4
Détail du volume horaire :
Lecture : 12
Directed study : 6
Directed study : 9
Practical class : 12
Online class : 1.5
Modalités d'organisation et de suivi :
Coordinator : Gabrielle Benoit
Pedagogical team : Philippe Baveye, AgroParisTech; Matéo Cordier, UVSQ; Pauline Choquet & Victor Moinard, INRAE (EcoSys); Francesco Accatino (SAD APT, INRAE); Vincent Martinet (EcoPub, INRAE); Catherine Gomy, CG Conseil, consultante.
Procedure and organisation : Introduction: conceptual frameworks to assess land-use and management Ecosystem services: insight from France to European-scale assessments(Francesco Accatino, 3h of lecture); topical questions on the concept of ecosystem services, and current challenges (Philippe Baveye, AgroParisTech; 3h lecture). Economic valuation of services (Vincent Martinet, INRAe; 3h lecture).Practical work on the monitoring of ecosystem services in the context of agricuture on the Saclay Plateau (Paris area; 6h). Landscape or 'territorial' metabolism: an industrial ecology approach underpinned by economic input-output analysis and material flow (Mateo Cordier, UVSQ, 12 h lecture + practical on a case-study). Life-cycle thinking and approaches to integrated environmental assessment: rationale and current use in the conctext of environmental management at product or organization level.
Objectifs pédagogiques visés :
Contenu : Land use and management serve multiple purposes and generate a host of impacts, whether negative or positive on the environment. Approaches that integrate across all of these aspects are necessary when it comes of evaluating and designing management strategies that align best with the imperative of sustainable development.
The course aims at raising students' awareness of three complementary approaches applicable to the management of ecosystems and of bio-based industry in general: the ecosystem services framework, and metabolism and life-cycle approaches. Course attendants will get to grips with the principles of these approaches, gain insight from their application to agricultural systems and bio-based value-chains, and gain practical know-how on how to apply them in 3 different case-studies.
They will become familiar with environmental management, the ISO 14 000 standards and the principles of their implementation in various decision-making contexts to improve the environmental performance of production systems or organizations.
The course will equip students with the tools and methods currently used in this process for the environmental assessment of products and services, and their eco-design.
Prerequisites : Basic knowledge (at Bachelor's level) in ecology, biogeochemistry and agronomy.
Bibliographie : Provided on the e-learning platform of course.
Période(s) et lieu(x) d’enseignement :
Period(s) : Octobre - Novembre - Décembre.
Location : PARIS
