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 developmentContinue reading “The XV World Forestry Congress: Perspectives from TUD Junior Researchers”
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Tran Van Hiep’s successful doctoral defense on small bamboo enterprises in Vietnam
In the morning of May 19th, 2021, Tran Van Hiep successfully defended his doctoral thesis titled “Key Factors Affecting Small Bamboo Enterprises Upgrading in North Vietnam: Case Studies from Chuong My, Hanoi and Thanh Hoa Province”. Hiep’s research was supervised by Prof. Pretzsch (Chair of Tropical and International Forestry, TU Dresden), Prof. Darr (Faculty of Life Sciences, Rhein-Waal UniversityContinue reading “Tran Van Hiep’s successful doctoral defense on small bamboo enterprises in Vietnam”
Successful doctoral defense of La Thi Tham on Acacia hybrid value chains in Vietnam
On Monday, April 19th 2021, La Thi Tham successfully defended her doctoral thesis titled “A transition towards higher value uses of natural-resource based products: Case study of value chains and impacts on rural livelihoods of Acacia hybrid timber in Central Vietnam”. With Summa Cum Laude, Tham has performed an outstanding defense and overall research work!
“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), hostedContinue reading ““There is nothing small about forest smallholders” – Panel discussion at the 3rd International Forest Policy Meeting”
Participating in the virtual conference Tropentag 2020
As in every other year, our institute members and students participate in the Tropentag conference. Like other major events in the unprecedented year of 2020, the conference was shifted to be held virtually. This year, beside a student who won the photo competition of Tropentag, our doctoral candidate, La Thi Tham, participated and presented herContinue reading “Participating in the virtual conference Tropentag 2020”
First MSc thesis within the FLOURISH project completed
Hi everyone. I am Ta Quoc Truong – a now-former Master student in Tropical Forestry at TU Dresden. In this summer semester, I conducted my research on lung bamboo (Bambusa longissima sp.nov) – an endemic bamboo species in my country – Vietnam. My research took place within the FLOURISH project. Lung bamboo is a clump-type bamboo speciesContinue reading “First MSc thesis within the FLOURISH project completed”
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