Wanted

Objectives

• Create and learn to use a tool to identify footprints or other marks left by certain mammals in our forests.

Realisation

CARAH asbl (Cellule Forêt Nature Environnement), Hout Info Bois asbl, Royal Forestry Society of Belgium, with the educational support and co-designer of Empreintes asbl and with the support of the European Regional Development Fund (Interreg Va - Forêt Pro Bos).

Description

In the ‘Avis de recherche’ activity, participants are involved in building their own identification tool for various animals: roe deer, wild boar, squirrels, rabbits, etc. One group is working on animal footprints and droppings. The other group is looking at visible damage to trees. Drawings are added to the activity sheet to provide the material needed to make identification tools. Once equipped, participants can set off in search of clues in the forest, sharing useful information with each other!