Forest Governance Scholarship for PhD – Call for Applications

The Chair of Tropical and International Forestry grants a “Forest Governance Scholarship for PhD” dedicated to research on “Forest Farmers’ Organizations in timber value chains: Financial performance, power, and governance“. The deadline for application is 16.07.2023. Please see details of the position in the following PDF:

Welcoming Dominic – PhD candidate in Global-SDG-campus network

Hi everyone, I am Dominic, I come from Hamburg, Germany. I joined the Chair of Tropical Forestry in October 2022 as a Ph.D. candidate under the DAAD-funded project “forestry curricula study tracks through a Global-SDG-campus network”. The project aims to develop higher education networks in teaching and research regarding forest-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in

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.

Reflection on the WoodCluster Project teaching component

The WoodCluster project consists of two components: Teaching and Research, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research through DAAD and DLR, respectively. While the teaching module concluded in 2021, the research module continues up to 2022. The following summarizes the major deliverables of the teaching module and reflects on the