Call For Applications – Latin America Regional Alumni Capacity Building and Networking Seminar

“Integrated Natural Resources and Environmental Governance andPolicy Making in Latin America – A Cross-country Learning Exchange” 22 – 28 September 2024 in La Plata, Argentina Designed as a cross-country learning exchange, this regional alumni seminar will look at environmental development problems across Latin America from an interdisciplinary and actor-oriented perspective. It addresses scientists and practitioners

First regional alumni capacity building and networking seminar held in Vientiane, Lao PDR

From 26 to 30 September 2022, the TU Dresden (Institute of International Forestry and Wood Products, Institute of Hydrology and Meteorology), United Nations University-FLORES and the National University of Laos (NUOL) jointly organized a regional alumni seminar in Vientiane, Lao PDR. The seminar addressed former students from Southeast Asia who studied at TU Dresden and

Experiences from participation in the co-production of policy recommendations to strengthen EU FLEGT instruments

Fredy Polo, a PhD candidate in the institute has conducted a systematic literature review on the effects of FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements (preliminary results here) and participated in the expert workshop held in the framework of the project “FLEGT Research evidence on Policy changes on Timber Legality and Sustainability” led by Prof. Metodi Sotirov (Uni

Our Alumni Network Project “Integrated Natural Resources and Environmental Management”

The project aims at bringing together alumni from all over the world for strengthening interdisciplinary and holistic approaches on complex environment and development policy issues. For this, three alumni capacity building and networking seminars are planned, which will take place in Laos, Ethiopia and Germany.

Join us at the #IFPM4

The Chair of Tropical and International Forestry invite you all to the “4th International Forest Policy Meeting” on 27 – 29 April 2022. Several members of our institute will participate as presenters: Two of our alumni, Gordon Manu and Johanne Eckelmann, in the “Early career researchers’ competition” (Wednesday, 27.04.) Dr. Sarah Burns in Session 1

Meet Aruna Kainyande – An alumnus & new institute staff member

My name is Aruna Kainyande, and I am from Sierra Leone, West Africa. I live in Dresden, a city that has become my home away from home for the past two years. I have recently joined the Institute of International Forestry and Forest Products in April 2022 as a Research Assistant in the WoodCluster Project.