{"id":104708,"date":"2026-05-02T21:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T20:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/univga.org\/courses\/certificat-professionnel-en-sylviculture-et-gestion-durable-des-forets-tropicales\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T21:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T20:18:09","slug":"professional-certificate-in-forestry-and-sustainable-management-of-tropical-forests","status":"publish","type":"courses","link":"https:\/\/univga.org\/en\/courses\/certificat-professionnel-en-sylviculture-et-gestion-durable-des-forets-tropicales\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Certificate in Tropical Forest Silviculture and Sustainable Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>At the heart of the transformations in the African timber sector, the Congo Basin stands out as an ecological and economic pivot, between<\/strong>, le Bassin du Congo s\u2019impose comme un pivot \u00e9cologique et \u00e9conomique, entre <strong>industrialization 2nd\/3rd transformation<\/strong>, the rise of certifications <strong>FSC\/PAFC<\/strong>, and new international requirements such as <strong>EUDR<\/strong> imposing geolocated traceability. The ban on exporting logs in CEMAC, the dynamism of the <strong>Nkok SEZ<\/strong> and the transition to bioeconomy reinforce the urgency of mastering the <strong>Silviculture &amp; Sustainable Forest Management<\/strong> to secure the supply of legal and responsible wood. In this context, Central Africa needs professionals capable of reconciling <strong>productivity, conservation, legality, and climate<\/strong> to serve exporting companies (EU\/China\/USA) and booming wood projects (MOB, CLT). This certificate directly equips field actors and study office professionals to enhance technical performance, compliance, and local added value.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>UNIVGA Method<\/strong> is 100% online, asynchronous, with a recommended pace of. <strong>5\u20138 hours\/week<\/strong>. You will work on <strong>real case studies of African projects and workshops<\/strong> (inventories, volumetrics, EFIR\/RIL, drying, grading), you will carry out <strong>volume calculations<\/strong> (Algan\/Schaeffer), <strong>sawing optimization plans<\/strong>, modeling <strong>Cadwork\/Revit<\/strong> et des <strong>Eurocode 5 verifications.<\/strong>The entire program is strictly aligned with the <strong>OIBT \/ FAO \/ COMIFAC standards<\/strong> as well as with the practices and guidelines <strong>FSC, PEFC\/PAFC, FCBA, CTBA, ATIBT.<\/strong>The skills are immediately <strong>transferable<\/strong> in the forest (inventories, regeneration, directional felling), in the sawmill (cutting, drying, quality), in the workshop (joinery\/cabinetmaking\/framing), on wood sites (MOB, CLT), or within study offices and quality\/certification services.<\/p>\n<p>At the end, you will be able to advance to positions of<strong>forestry engineer<\/strong>, <strong>site manager<\/strong>, <strong>sawmill operator<\/strong>, <strong>wood classifier<\/strong>, <strong>carpenter\/cabinetmaker\/woodworker<\/strong>, <strong>BIM wood designer<\/strong>, <strong>responsible FSC\/PAFC certification.<\/strong>, <strong>APV-FLEGT auditor<\/strong>, <strong>export manager<\/strong> or <strong>ZES workshop manager.<\/strong>The UNIVGA Professional Certificate is valued by forestry operators (Rougier, Precious Woods CEB, Olam, CBG), industrialists in the <strong>Nkok SEZ<\/strong>, wood EPCs and structural BE, as well as by administrations (Ministries of Water and Forests, ANPN, MINFOF) and donors (BAD, AFD, Proparco, IFC) in CEMAC and Francophone Africa. You will have a portfolio of professional deliverables (inventory sheets, forestry plans, EUDR risk analyses, cutting simulations, and BIM models) attesting to your ability to <strong>deliver results that comply with international standards.<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Become operational in African tropical forestry: inventory, regeneration, growth models, and EFIR. UNIVGA certified, aligned with OIBT\/FAO\/COMIFAC, with real cases from the Congo Basin and EUDR requirements. 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