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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...

Joint activity with “kaffeepause” – an art project of people with disabilities

Since 2019, the Chair of Tropical Forestry is collaborating under the lead of Prof. Jürgen Pretzsch with the Diakonie St. Martin for the project “kaffeepause” (= coffee break). “kaffeepause” is an art and education project for people with disabilities. Every...

Tropical Forestry Team at the Political Art Days Festival in Dresden

Current students, alumni, current and former staff members associated with the Chair of Tropical Forestry will contribute to the Panel Discussion entitled “Global Perspectives on Forests” on Thursday, October 1, 2020 starting at 6 PM in Dresden. The panel discussion...

TUD Photo Contest Winner at Tropentag 2020

Jakob Scheler, a forestry student at the TU Dresden, won the international photo competition in the category of photo stories, organized by the non-profit organization Let’s plant e.V. in cooperation with the Tropentag conference 2020. Jakob presented a series of...

Call for DAAD Scholarship applications for Admission 2021

You  are invited to attend the 2021 MSc Course in TROPICAL FORESTRY. The course is taught in English at Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), one of the 11 German Universities of Excellence. Over many decades, the international orientation and socio-economic focus...

Farmer-forest enterprise cooperation in commercial tree growing: Field research experiences in Uganda

My name is Sherry Kyamagero. I come from Uganda. I am a master’s student in the international programme Tropical Forestry at the Institute of International Forestry and Forest Products, Technische Universität Dresden. Here are my field research experiences amid the...

BluoVerda e.V – an alumni initiative for sustaining Landscapes in Latin America

Breath of fresh air: A trip in the Sächsische Schweiz National Park

During the Corona pandemic, in which almost everyone is following online programs, a remarkable step was taken for the well-being of the Tropical Forestry Master students. A field trip was arranged under the framework of the “Organization and Management System”...

Students elaborating business models of forest organizations

In the module “Forest Organizations and Management”, our MSc students had the task to elaborate business models of various forest organizations. In a course of two days, the students came to the campus in Tharandt to conduct group work. This...