Marcel Starfinger

since 08/2019

Technische Universität Dresden, Germany: Doctoral Candidate at the Chair for Tropical Forestry

02/2018 – 06/2019

UNIQUE forestry and land use GmbH, Freiburg, Germany: Working Student & Assistant (part-time)

08/2017 – 11/2017

UNIQUE forestry and land use GmbH Freiburg, Germany: Intern

05/2017 – 12/2018

University of Freiburg, Germany, Chairs for Forest and Environmental Policy & Environmental Governance: Research Assistant (part-time)

05/2016 – 07/2016

Greenpeace Germany, Hamburg: Consultant for the Forest/Biodiversity Team

02/2016 – 05/2016

Greenpeace Germany, Hamburg: Internship at the Biodiversity/Forest Team

09/2015

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO):

Assistance to the FAO Secretariat at the XIV. World Forestry Congress, Durban, South Africa

09/2014 – 01/2015

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy:

Internship at the Forestry Department, Preparation of the World Forestry Congress

09/2011 – 09/2012

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ): Volunteer service at the Bolivian organization PROBIOMA (Productividad, Biósfera, Medio Ambiente), Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

2016 – 2018

Master of Environmental Governance (M.Sc.),
University of Freiburg, Germany
Master’s thesis: Standard Setting for Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR):Discourses, Typologies & Prospects

2012 – 2016

International Forest Ecosystem Management (B.Sc.), Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, Germany
Bachelor’s thesis: Forests for Food Security in Bolivia

12/2012 – 12/2018

Scholarship from the German Academic National Foundation (Studienstiftung)

02/2019

“To guide or not to guide FLR? Analyzing proposed guidance and standards”
Presentation at the FLR 2019 Conference, Manila, Philippines