International Forestry Field School 2024

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Sustainable Forestry in the Tropics: Unlocking the Bioeconomic Potential of Thailand’s Teak PlantationsSeptember 29 – October 10, 2024 in Chiang Mai, Thailand Unlock the secrets of Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) with the International Forestry Field School in Thailand. We provide you an enriching experience combining SFM theory and practice in the tropical

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

Welcoming Preeya – a new Phd candidate from Thailand

Hello! My name is Preeyaphat Chaiklang, or you can call me “Preeya”. I am from Thailand. I joined the Chair of Tropical and International Forestry in April 2023 as a DAAD doctoral candidate under the “Resource Nexus for Sustainability Transformations (NEXtra) programme.” The programme is a joint one between Technische Universität Dresden and the United

The XV World Forestry Congress: Perspectives from TUD Junior Researchers

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in collaboration with the Korea Forest Service held the XV World Forestry Congress from May 2nd to 6th, 2022 in Seoul, South Korea. In the time of climate and biodiversity crises, to discuss the future and roles of the forestry sector in achieving the sustainable development

Michael Jenke’s successful doctoral defense on Community Forestry in Thailand

Michael Jenke successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled “Enabling effective community forestry through a national co-management program: The case of Thailand’s community forestry program” on March 7th, 2022. Michael’s project was supervised by Prof. Jürgen Pretzsch (Chair of Tropical and International Forestry, TU Dresden), Prof. Uta Berger (Chair of Forest Biometrics and Systems Analysis, TU

“There is nothing small about forest smallholders” – Panel discussion at the 3rd International Forest Policy Meeting

How do institutions affect small-scale forestry at multiple levels? How does the institutional change process drive small-scale forest use/forest management? What could be the future orientations on organizational governance on small-scale forestry? Those are the overarching questions we strived to address during a panel discussion at the online 3rd International Forest Policy Meeting (IFPM3), hosted