The Applied Research Laboratory

The Applied Research Laboratory a) contributes in the economic growth and in the promotion of the applied scientific research ; b) develops and implements national and international research and training programs in collaboration with national and international partners ; c) enhances skills ; d) participates in the Department self-financing.

The Laboratory is a structure that gives job opportunities to forest engineers and acquire first professional experiences, in the following fields:

Agroforestry
Natural resource management
Biometry
Forest biology
Forest ecology
Forest economics
Ecotourism
Environmental impact survey
Water and soils management
Pedology
Nature protection
Forest policy
Sylviculture
Remote sensing and GIS

For these purposes, the laboratory has a permanent staff specialized in various fields such as:

1- Realization

Forest resource evolution analysis
Spatial analysis
Forestry analysis
Soils cartography
Land use cartography
Biodiversity conservation
Forest strategic policy development
Biodiversity inventory
Forest inventory
Natural and artificial management plan

2- Training

Natural resource management
Forestry analysis
Gender approach
Computing
Forest inventory
Forest strategic policy development
Remote sensing and GIS

3- Surveys

Forest resource management
Ecotouristic management
Forest spatio-temporal dynamics analysis
Biodiversity conservation
Ecology diagnosis
Woody and non woody products markets
Community forest management
Pedology
Economic profitability of forest project and investment

4- Monitoring and expertise

Assessment of natural resource potentiality
Assessment of forest project

5- Organization

Continuous training sessions (workshops, seminars, conferences, etc)