Tag: DAAD

My research stay in Ethiopia: I learn from the indigenous knowledge of the local people

June 28, 2017

I am Shibire Bekele from Ethiopia, Studying MSc. In Tropical Forest Management in TU Dresden, Germany. I am working in my master thesis on financial analysis of smallholder’s woodlot and homestead agroforestry systems in Southern Ethiopia. The thesis is integrated under the WoodCluster project and supervised by Prof. Jürgen Pretzsch from TU Dresden and co-supervisor … More My research stay in Ethiopia: I learn from the indigenous knowledge of the local people

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

June 21, 2017

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. What is your MSc thesis research about? My research is about the agroforestry system, and the role of trees in farms. … More The love for the forest connects us – from Paraguay to Ethiopia

DAAD Network Meeting 2017-04-17 – a Student Report

April 24, 2017

In 6th and 7th of April a special DAAD meeting took place in the city of Bonn: the network-meeting between the programmes “Development-related Postgraduate courses” (EPOS), the one which the Master of Tropical Forestry is part of, and the “Helmut Schmidt Programme – Master courses in Public Policy & Good Governance” (PPGG). Each year, since … More DAAD Network Meeting 2017-04-17 – a Student Report

Master students attending the Congress ForestSAT-2016 and DAAD Workshop in Chile

November 25, 2016

The Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology at University of Göttingen together with the Instituto Bosques y Sociedad, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Recursos Naturales at Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia (UACh) this year hosted the 6th International DAAD Alumni and Student Workshop on “The science policy gap regarding informed decisions in forest policy … More Master students attending the Congress ForestSAT-2016 and DAAD Workshop in Chile