news — Chair of Tropical and International Forestry

Jul 02, 2020

Call for DAAD Scholarship Applications

Your 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 have...

Jul 01, 2020

Source: Tropical Forestry Blog

ASTAT: Successful video conference of the project partners

Communication via videoconferencing has become part of our daily work routine in the last few months due to the COVID19 pandemic. The same applies to the partners of the research project ASTAT (“Development of sustainable forest management and use concepts...

Jun 25, 2020

Source: Tropical Forestry Blog

Experiences and lessons learned from GLF Bonn 2020 virtual conference

On 3-5 June 2020, Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) Bonn 2020 took place online. Two of our MSc Sustainable Tropical Forestry students, Mariela Yapu Alcázar (from Bolivia) and Npoagne Issahaku Tawanbu (from Ghana), participated in the conference. Here they shared their...

Jun 23, 2020

Source: Tropical Forestry Blog

Introducing the CamForst project: Sustainable Forest Management on Cameroon

Accept greetings from Jude Kimengsi, Principal Investigator of the CamForst Project. CamForst is a three-year collaborative research project titled: “Past customs, current law: Analyzing the Effects of Endogenous and Exogenous Institutions on Sustainable Forest Management in Cameroon”. The …

Jun 02, 2020

Source: Tropical Forestry Blog

Back in Ecuador: collective action to face the COVID crisis

Upon my graduation from the M.Sc. Tropical Forestry on January 2020 I started to get ready to go back home. By the beginning of March, my plan was to stay in Europe for a couple more weeks, spending some time...

Jun 02, 2020

Source: Tropical Forestry Blog

Field research stay in Ethiopia: Doing by learning and study life in times of COVID-19

I’m Mulugeta Geremew Guchale from Ethiopia and student of the Tropical Forestry and Management M.Sc. course. After completing three-semesters of the master, I traveled to my home country at the end of February 2020, to conduct the field research data...

May 26, 2020

Source: Tropical Forestry Blog

Workshop on Project Monitoring and Reporting: Introduction to Geographic Methods using Open-Source Software

BluoVerda Deutschland e.V., an association established by alumni from the MSc and PhD program at our Chair of Tropical Forestry and Weltweit e.V., are organizing the online workshop “Project Monitoring and Reporting: Introduction to Geographic Methods using Open-Source Software”. This is...

May 19, 2020

Source: Tropical Forestry Blog

Job call – Tutor for the MsC Tropical Forestry

The chair of Tropical Forestry at the TUD is offering a Tutor position for the Tropical Forestry Master Course in Tharandt. Due to the Corona pandemic the previous process was interrupted, therefore the deadline for application is extended to 29.05.2020....

May 18, 2020

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Virtual Dresden Nexus Conference 2020

The third edition of the Dresden Nexus Conference (eDNC2020) will take place 3–5 June 2020 as online event under the theme “Circular Economy in a Sustainable Society”. The registration is now open and this event is entirely free of charge....