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

Doctoral defense of Dr. Beatus John Temu – contribution to the WoodCluster Project Tanzania

On November 5th 2021, Dr. Beatus John Temu defended his doctoral thesis titled “Exploration of the Tanzanian forest sector contribution to national economy: Micro, meso and macro level analysis”. His doctoral thesis contributes significantly to the on-going WoodCluster project, particularly in enhancing the understanding of Tanzania’s forest and wood cluster. He sought to understand the

Alumni success story: Japhet Noah Mwambusi and his passion in silviculture

Japhet Noah Mwambusi was a DAAD scholarship holder in our MSc course “Tropical Forestry” batch of 2017-2019. He did his master’s thesis research on “Silvicultural Treatments of Woodlots of Smallholder Forest Producers and their Relation to the Timber Market in Mufindi District, Tanzania”, which contributed to the WoodCluster project. Recently in November, one part of

Adventure in Tanzania: Fieldwork amid the pandemic

Mambo (what’s up in Swahili)! I’m Kendisha, a doctoral student from Indonesia under the WoodCluster project. This year, amid the pandemic, I was finally able to undertake fieldwork in Tanzania, from March 8th (which is women’s day) until June 5th (environment day). My topic is about the potential role of forest farmers’ organizations in linking

Tanzania National Scenario Workshop within the WoodCluster Project

A scenario workshop involving national-level stakeholders is a vital research activity within the WoodCluster project that tackles the decision-making level. In this unprecedented year of 2020, we are happy that this activity has been successfully implemented. On November 27th 2020, our project partner in Tanzania, Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), conducted the National Scenario Workshop in

WoodCluster and PhytoWood Projects under COVID-19: Challenged to be flexible and focused

Uncertainty is what most people probably feel currently in their private and professional life worldwide. It also characterizes our current work in the WoodCluster and PhytoWood-Synergies projects. The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted the project flow from one day to the other. After being still confident to postpone activities for a few weeks or a few months