Tag Archives: Africa

Summer school workshop on natural resource based rural development in Africa

Posted on September 18, 2017 by

What is the role of natural resources in rural development? What are the roles of natural resources in addressing sustainable developmental goals? What are the future paths for rural development? Are there any success stories or failures of natural resource … Continue reading →

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Learning from German technologies for Africa

Posted on September 15, 2017 by

An excursion took our guests from Africa and colleagues from the TU Dresden to the Upper Lusatia near the Polish border. It was part of a symposium on wood-based innovation in August, organized by our institute. The excursion gave insight … Continue reading →

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The love for the forest connects us – from Paraguay to Ethiopia

Posted on June 21, 2017 by

I am Isabel from Paraguay, I came to study in Germany, and I ended up doing my fieldwork in Ethiopia.  For us who love forestry the world is small, we are all connected somehow. My research is about the agroforestry … Continue reading →

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MSc field research experiences in Uganda

Posted on April 25, 2017 by

Why spending only one month on the actual fieldwork? Is it sufficient? Will you get adequate data? These were some of the many questions running through my mind. In my MSc thesis, I want to investigate the decision-making of farm … Continue reading →

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Open Position in WoodCluster project

Posted on April 25, 2017 by

Within the new project WoodCluster, we are offering  a research assistant position with the possibility to qualify for PhD. Application deadline is 5 May 2017. More details are available on the website of TUD.

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Project Kick-off: WoodCluster

Posted on February 28, 2017 by

The new BMBF-project WoodCluster, under the lead of Prof. Dr. Jürgen Pretzsch for Tropical Forestry at the Institute of International Forestry and Forestry Products, was launched in the second week of February. The opening was a kick-off meeting held in … Continue reading →

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Study trip to the highlands of Ethiopia

Posted on October 21, 2016 by

All of us had heard about Ethiopia, none of us had ever visited the country at the Horn of Africa before. The Institute of International Forestry and Forest products at Technische Universität Dresden offered an interesting research project under the … Continue reading →

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