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Apr 07, 2022

Call for Applications: Southeast Asia Regional Alumni Capacity Building and Networking Seminar

We welcome applications for the seminar “Tools for actor-based management of conflicting interests in the land-water-forest nexus in Southeast Asia” on 25 September – 1 October 2022 in Vientiane, Lao PDR. For further information, please see:

Apr 07, 2022

Call for Applications - Southeast Asia Regional Alumni Capacity Building and Networking Seminar

Apr 04, 2022

Source: Tropical Forestry Blog

PhD Scholarship in Forest Governance

The Chair of Tropical and International Forestry is granting a Forest governance Scholarship for PhD dedicated to research on “Analysing and governing trade-offs and conflicting interests among SDGs in forest landscapes“. The deadline for application is 01.05.2022. Please see details of the …

Apr 04, 2022

Forest Governance Scholarship for PhD

The Chair of Tropical and International Forestry, as part of the Department of Forest Sciences at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences is granting a “Forest Governance Scholarship for PhD”

Mar 21, 2022

Source: Tropical Forestry Blog

Reflection on the WoodCluster Project teaching component

The WoodCluster project consists of two components: Teaching and Research, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research through DAAD and DLR, respectively. While the teaching module concluded in 2021, the research module continues up to 2022. The following summarizes …

Mar 15, 2022

Source: Tropical Forestry Blog

Doctoral defense of Dr. Beatus John Temu – contribution to the WoodCluster Project Tanzania

On November 5th 2021, Dr. Beatus John Temu defended his doctoral thesis titled “Exploration of the Tanzanian forest sector contribution to national economy: Micro, meso and macro level analysis”. His doctoral thesis contributes significantly to the on-going WoodCluster project, particularly in …

Mar 08, 2022

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My internship experience at the FAO

Last year, I (Sherry Kyamagero) had an incredible opportunity to work as a paid intern for the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations. My internship lasted four months, and I had the privilege of working from July to October 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, my …

Mar 07, 2022

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Climate Beyond Borders: An initiative of the Alexander von Humboldt International Climate Protection fellows

Twelve scholars from the International climate protection fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (ICP AvH), launched a podcast on Spotify titled “Climate Beyond Borders”. Their recent episode is on Footprints on drought. This podcast is among the chosen platforms to communicate …