Sustainable Forest Management
The Forestry Department brings together a team of 7 professors, 2 researchers, 1 forest engineer specialized in various disciplines such as : forest ecology, silviculture, tree harvesting, forest management planning, wood science and engineering, forest policy. In the context of global change (climatic, societal, economic), our aim is to train future forest engineers capable of meeting the challenges of the evolving forest sector.
Students will prepare a degree in agricultural engineering, with a major in “Forestry” and a minor in “Forest Science and Engineering” for those who have completed all the forestry courses offered at Bordeaux Sciences Agro. This curriculum provides a multi-disciplinary vision of forestry, integrating the entire forest-wood chain, from the trees to the forest products and services. It also enables the students to get to know all the stakeholders and their specific issues. On the top of that we maintain close links with the entire forest and wood industry through guest speakers, field trips, forest company visits, and numerous exchanges with professionals and timber investment management organizations.
Some of our courses are shared with the Université de Bordeaux and the École supérieure du bois, and we have an exchange program with the Université Laval in Quebec (Canada). We also offer a dual degree with the École supérieure du bois.
We have multidisciplinary forestry scientific expertise thanks to our partnership with several INRAE research laboratories (UMR BIOGECO, UMR ISPA, UMR ETTIS) and the University of Bordeaux (UMR I2M). We also benefit from a strong socio-economic environment thanks to our close links with the Xylofutur competitiveness cluster and the BioForTer business chair.
The BioForTer Chair
A pioneering project on the theme of Bioeconomy applied to the forestry-wood sector in New Aquitaine.
The “Bioeconomy, Forests and Territories” – BioForTer chair project aims to offer concrete solutions to the forest-wood sector by developing an inclusive and sustainable forest bioeconomy.
Led by Bordeaux Sciences Agro, the project aims to create a dynamic transition towards a sustainable bioeconomy for forest production systems, industry stakeholders and improve the communication and mutual understanding between the forest-wood sector and society. The project will integrate issues of human, economic and social sciences into its work, and will combine research, the transfer of this knowledge to economic players in the wood and forestry sector, and teaching to integrate this knowledge into the relevant training courses on campus.
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