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Jul 22, 2022
Source: Tropical Forestry Blog

Bike Excursion Day 5 – “Exploring Polish pine forests”

As the final day of our Bike Excursion, we started our cycling journey from Martinshof hostel, Rothenburg to Przewoz, Poland 20 km in distance to explore the state administration and management of Polish Pine Forests. After we had breakfast in Martinshof hostel and checked out in the morning, …
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Jul 20, 2022
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Bike Excursion Day 4 – “Water fun on the Neiße & How to combine nature conservation and forest management”

Our fourth day of bike excursion began with breakfast prepared by Dalitso, Christa, and Sagar from 6:30 am to 7:30 am. Thereafter we checked out of Peregrinus, Goerlitz and we headed to Kulturinsel by cycling at 8:00 am, where we were supposed to meet the boating company.
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Jul 19, 2022
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Expanding political science knowledge for interdisci­plinary forest governance research

Experiences from the Summer School on Policy Processes and Governance organised by the international Public Policy Association Fredy Polo, one of our doctoral candidates in the institute, participated in the renowned Summer School on “Policy Processes and Governance” at the University of …
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Jul 18, 2022
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Bike Excursion Day 3 –  “A huge sawmill plant & an unexpected link between family history and a forest enterprise association”

Like all days, we started early, 7 am to be precise, with a delicious breakfast prepared by our classmates (Yankee, Julie, and Rajendra). Cycling began at 8 am sharp, which meant we were in line, ready for the adventure. On these trips, you must be prepared for the unexpected.
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Jul 15, 2022
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Bike Excursion Day 2 – “Two forest enterprises and one cool dinner at the end”

After a good breakfast at Peregrinus Gorlitz, we took off for Zittau, one of the most demanding cycling days of our field trip. We hopped on a train towards Zittau with our bikes. At the town hall of Zittau, we learned that Zittau has the largest Municipal Forest in Germany. It is situated …
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Jul 14, 2022
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Bike Excursion Day 1 – “Get to know the local landscape and a global biodiversity collection”

The long-awaited bicycle excursion for Organization and Management Systems module after series of bicycle trainings in Dresden was here with us. It started with little drops of rains on a bright Monday morning with smiley faces moving with our bikes and bags as we conveyed at Bayerische Straße, …
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Jun 28, 2022
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Forest restoration requires smallholders and their access to safe and fair financing

Read about Marcel Starfinger’s experiences from his field work in Thailand on the RECOFTC webpage here.
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Jun 15, 2022
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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 …
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Jun 13, 2022
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Meet Musse – Our new international climate protection fellow

I’m Musse Tesfaye Gebre from Ethiopia. In March 2022, I started my international climate protection fellowship of Alexander von Humboldt, hosted by the Chair of Tropical and International Forestry at the Technische Universität Dresden. My research project is entitled “Ethiopia’s ambition to …
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