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M2 Climate, Land Use and Ecosystem Services

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  • Places available
    22
  • Language(s) of instruction
    English
Présentation
Objectives

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.

Location
PALAISEAU
Career prospects

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.)


 

Collaboration(s)
Laboratories

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.

Programme

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Stage 23
Modalités de candidatures
Application period
From 01/02/2024 to 15/06/2024
Compulsory supporting documents
  • Rank of previous year and size of the promotion.

  • Motivation letter.

  • List of other masters requested (excluding Saclay).

  • Professional project.

  • All transcripts of the years / semesters validated since the high school diploma at the date of application.

  • 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)
  • Curriculum Vitae.

Additional supporting documents
  • Referring contact information (compulsory for non-international applicants).

  • Letter of recommendation from a trainee.

  • Certificate of French (compulsory for non-French speakers).

    (In principle we ask for a B1 certificate for French, but it is not mandatory either. We trust that you will pick up enough French during the programme to get by in Paris.)
  • Detailed description and hourly volume of courses taken since the beginning of the university program.

  • VAP file (obligatory for all persons requesting a valuation of the assets to enter the diploma).

  • The application procedure, which depends on your nationality and your situation is explained here : https://urlz.fr/i3Lo.

  • Supporting documents :
    - Residence permit stating the country of residence of the first country
    - Or receipt of request stating the country of first asylum
    - Or document from the UNHCR granting refugee status
    - Or receipt of refugee status request delivered in France
    - Or residence permit stating the refugee status delivered in France
    - Or document stating subsidiary protection in France or abroad
    - Or document stating temporary protection in France or abroad.

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