NEXtra Kick-off

Preeyaphat and Lwin, we are doctoral researchers from the Insititute of International Forestry and Forest Products. We are also doctoral researchers in the first court of the NEXtra programme. The United Nations University-FLORES, Technische Universität Dresden, and Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER) have formed a remarkable partnership known as NExtra, the

My internship experience at the FAO

Last year, I (Sherry Kyamagero) had an incredible opportunity to work as a paid intern for the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations. My internship lasted four months, and I had the privilege of working from July to October 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, my internship was entirely home-based. I supported

An alumnus, Vianny, as a speaker at GLF Africa 2021

One of our DAAD scholar graduates (batch 2015-2017), Vianny Ahimbisibwe, had recently been a speaker at the Global Landscapes Forum Africa 2021 in a session titled “Know how needed for successful forest landscape restoration in Africa”. Working as a research scientist at the Thünen Institute of International Forestry and Forest Economics, while pursuing his doctoral

Discussing “Global Perspectives on Forests” at the Political Art Days Festival in Dresden

October 1st 2020 was an exceptional day for the institute. First of all, we transitioned from the 27-year leadership of Prof. Jürgen Pretzsch to Prof. Lukas Gießen. Our institute also changed its name to: “Chair of Tropical and International Forestry”. Second of all, we manifested one of our institute’s core philosophies – collective action –

WoodCluster progress on teaching component: Conceptualization of Training of Trainers

The WoodCluster project deliverables consist of two components: Research and Teaching. One of the outputs in the Teaching component is the “Training of Trainers” module. The following reports the progress, the process of which integrates recent empirical research and expertise of our team members.  

Tree Banks, tree collateral & blockchain for Community Forest Enterprises at COP25

How can we incentivize smallholder forestry to engage in Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR)? Limited tenure and market access, long gestation periods, biotic and abiotic risks, marginal, degraded and remote sites: All of these phenomena represent just some of the constraints for smallholders engaged in sustainable forest management or FLR. How to overcome them and ensure