Master 2 Ecology of tropical forests

Acquire knowledge and tools for analysing and modelling tropical forests and respond to conservation and management issues in these complex systems.

Cross-disciplinary skills

• Designing, leading and finalising a team project over the medium term
• Write a report, illustrate it with communication media and speak in public
• Using information and communication technologies
• Read, write and express yourself in scientific English

Scientific and technical skills

• Design and implement an experimental protocol
• Collecting and analysing experimental data
• Conducting a scientific assessment
• Translating, interpreting and presenting scientific results
• Proficiency in statistical processing and modelling software

Subject-specific skills

• Fundamental knowledge of tropical forest biology
• Characterising and measuring biodiversity
• Analyse and conceptualise the structure and functioning of tropical forest ecosystems
• Analysis and management of climatic and anthropogenic disturbances in tropical natural environments
• Modelling ecological systems

Recruitment level : Bac + 4

Accessible in : initial training

Training required :
The EFT course is aimed at students with a Master 1 in ecology or biology, students in the second year of an engineering school specialising in life sciences and also students with a Master 1 in biostatistics.

Site requirements : https://www.ecofog.gf/spip.php?article349

Admission requirements :
Based on an application and possibly a telephone interview.

Registration form:
For all applications, please contact the head of the BEE Master's programme: sabrina.coste@univ-guyane.fr
Once the candidate has been accepted by the teaching team, enrolment is carried out by the Science and Technology DFR Registrar's Office.

Career opportunities 

• Doctorate (research) 
• Management/conservation of tropical environments 

Sectors of activity 

• Research (public or private) 
• Environment 
• Popularising science