TU Dresden – Tropical Forestry Blog
Institute of International Forestry and Forest Products – Chair of Tropical Forestry
Category: Alumni
News from FLOURISH: Exploring forest landscapes with project partners in Nghe An, Vietnam
In the first two weeks of April, Dr. Simon Benedikter, the research coordinator of the “Forest Landscape Restoration for Improved Livelihoods and Climate Resilience” (FLOURISH) project, went on a trip to Laos and Vietnam. Follow his exciting journey exploring the…
Read MoreSuccess story of Tropical Forestry students: The Tropen Concept Group in Uganda
The real impact of our MSc course “Tropical Forestry” cannot be detected and evaluated in the classroom, but in the personal and professional development of our previous students in their career steps afterwards. In the beginning of this year, we…
Read MoreMeeting our MSc Alumni: Minsi and Patience in Uganda
Trips to our project partner countries are always an opportunity to meet Alumni from our MSc course Tropical Forestry in Tharandt and promote the course to interested students. In March, we travelled to Uganda for the WoodCluster project. There, we…
Read MoreMSc research in Kenya: An assessment of how land degradation has changed
Widespread land degradation has been threatening the capacity of the Sasumua catchment, located in Nyandarua county of Kenya, to supply a large percentage (20%) of Nairobi’s fresh water. In an attempt to halt land degradation in the catchment, a biophysical…
Read MoreCall for Abstracts – AGEP and D + C Journal cooperation
The AGEP network and the Journal for Development and Cooperation D + C are about to continue its collaborative initiative to offer AGEP students and alumni a presentation about their research topics and submit an article for the D +…
Read MoreAlumni Profile: Marcelo Rezende, FAO
To some extent, the study of Tropical Forestry at TUD was repetitive for me. I had already had a background in Forestry with B.Sc. in Forest Engineering and experience while working for over 2 years in the forestry sector. Even…
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