M2 Climate, Land Use and Ecosystem Services
Terrestrial ecosystems are a core component of the climate system and a key provider of services to human societies via their production of biomass for food and fuels or their regulation of environmental resources. As the demand for these services is rapidly growing, these ecosystems have been manipulated and managed to an unprecedented extent, via changes in land occupation and use worldwide, in particular for agricultural and forestry purposes. Facing up to the current ecological challenges thus requires a careful understanding of ecosystem processes and services to design and implement management strategies that enhance ecosystem services in a changing global environment. The economic sectors targeted include agriculture and forestry but also the agri-food sector, energy and the bio-economy in general, while the programme will also be relevant to policy-making in the area of environmental regulation and natural resources management, from local to global scales. The overarching objective of this MSc programme is to provide students with the scientific knowledge, know-how and skills necessary to understand the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems in response to major drivers such as climate change, land-use change patterns and ecosystem management technologies. Graduates from this programme will possess in-depth knowledge of biosphere-climate interactions, acquire methods to assess ecosystem services, and be fully aware of the panel of technological options available in terms of land-use planning management to promote the sustainable development in rural and semi-urban areas.
The course is aimed at students who want to go into research, higher education teaching, expertise and R&D professions in the field of the environment, both at local level and at national and global levels.
Targeted employers include public bodies (local and regional authorities, public agencies working in the field of the environment and water, research organisations: INRA, CNRS, IRD, IRSTEA, CIRAD, IRSTEA; Universities and Engineering Schools), and private companies (in the field of the environment - services, consultancy-, industry, consultancy and agricultural and forestry development), amongst others.
This course also prepares students to enter employment in international organisations (NGOs, FAO, World Bank, etc.)
Students of the Master CLUES at a meeting at AgroParisTech with the French Minister of Agriculture Mr S. Le Foll, discussing during the COP21 of Agriculture and Climate Change
Further information on the master
Student testimonials
Ecologie fonctionnelle et écotoxicologie des agroécosystèmes
Laboratoire des sciences du climat et de l'environnement - DRF
Agronomie
Centre international de recherche sur l'environnement et le développement
Ecologie Systématique et Evolution
Sciences pour l'Action et le Développement : Activités, Produits, Territoires.
Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique - Institut Pierre Simon Laplace.
Le S1 est constitué d'un tronc commun, réparti en 3 blocs thématiques, et d'une UE à choix.
Subjects | ECTS | Lecture | directed study | practical class | Lecture/directed study | Lecture/practical class | directed study/practical class | distance-learning course | Project | Supervised studies |
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Land-use planning and agriculture in peri-urban areas | 3 | 12 | 12 | |||||||
Understanding and managing soil organic matter for ecosystem services delivery | 3 | 9 | 6 | 15 | ||||||
Subjects | ECTS | Lecture | directed study | practical class | Lecture/directed study | Lecture/practical class | directed study/practical class | distance-learning course | Project | Supervised studies |
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Biogeochemical cycles and surface-atmosphere exchanges and interactions : global scale | 4 | 30 | 15 | |||||||
Biosphere-Atmosphere interactions at local scale | 3 | 12 | 6 | 12 | ||||||
Climatic system- Introduction to atmospheric dynamics and energetics | 3 | 20 | 8 | |||||||
Subjects | ECTS | Lecture | directed study | practical class | Lecture/directed study | Lecture/practical class | directed study/practical class | distance-learning course | Project | Supervised studies |
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Agronomy for global issues | 3 | 17 | 12 | |||||||
Land-use engineering for the provision of climate and environmental services | 3 | 12 | 3 | 9 | ||||||
Public policy for climate and environmental regulation | 1 | 18 | ||||||||
Subjects | ECTS | Lecture | directed study | practical class | Lecture/directed study | Lecture/practical class | directed study/practical class | distance-learning course | Project | Supervised studies |
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Ecology under climate change | 3 | 18 | 12 | |||||||
Everyone Eating Well within Environmental Limits | 3 | 21 | 6 | |||||||
Integrated assessment of ecosystem services and sustainability | 4 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 1.5 | ||||
Le S2 est constitué de 2 UE de tronc commun (non compensables), et d'un stage.
Subjects | ECTS | Lecture | directed study | practical class | Lecture/directed study | Lecture/practical class | directed study/practical class | distance-learning course | Project | Supervised studies |
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Integrative project | 4 | 6 | 12 | 30 | ||||||
Subjects | ECTS | Lecture | directed study | practical class | Lecture/directed study | Lecture/practical class | directed study/practical class | distance-learning course | Project | Supervised studies |
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Modelling concepts and applications | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 30 | |||||
Subjects | ECTS | Lecture | directed study | practical class | Lecture/directed study | Lecture/practical class | directed study/practical class | distance-learning course | Project | Supervised studies |
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Stage | 23 | |||||||||
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Rank of previous year and size of the promotion.
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List of other masters requested (excluding Saclay).
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All transcripts of the years / semesters validated since the high school diploma at the date of application.
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Professional project.
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Curriculum Vitae.
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Certificate of English level.
(TOIEC/TOEFL or IELTS scores are not mandatory (you can upload any relevant document instead). Example of grade : B2 : IELTS score 5.5/6.5 ; TOEIC > 785 (C1>945) ; TOEFL IBT score 72/94 ; Cambridge FCE A or B grade) -
Motivation letter.
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Certificate of French (compulsory for non-French speakers).
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VAP file (obligatory for all persons requesting a valuation of the assets to enter the diploma).
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Letter of recommendation from a trainee.
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Detailed description and hourly volume of courses taken since the beginning of the university program.
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The application procedure, which depends on your nationality and your situation is explained here : https://urlz.fr/i3Lo.
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Referring contact information (compulsory for non-international applicants).