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A timber truck fully loaded with logs drives over a very simple wooden bridge in a forest.
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A timber truck fully loaded with logs drives over a very simple wooden bridge in a forest.
Institute of

WF Forestry

Dr. Tatiana Lizbeth Ojeda Luna

Scientist at the Thünen Institute until December, 31. 2020 | Doctoral degree 2023

Working Area

  • Forestry Worldwide

Regional Expertise

  • Ecuador, Nicaragua

Research Project

Curriculum Vitae

  • 2003 - 2009: Bachelor of Science in Forestry (Universidad Nacional de Loja, Ecuador)
  • 2008 - 2010: Researcher in the Long Term Monitoring on Climate Change Impact on Biodiversity of Southern Ecuador, MICCAMBIO Project (Universidad Nacional de Loja, Ecuador)
  • 2010 - 2011: Assistant professor and researcher in the centre for the Amazonian and development studies (Universidad Nacional de Loja, Ecuador)
  • 2012 - 2013: Master of Science in Environmental Socioeconomics (Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Centre – CATIE, Costa Rica)
  • 2013 - 2013: Researcher in the project of drinking water, communities and climate change, with focus in Nicaragua (Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Centre – CATIE, Costa Rica)
  • 2014 - 2014: Monitoring and evaluation of scientific research projects (Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation –SENESCYT,  Ecuador)
  • 2014 - 2016: Assistant professor and researcher of the ecological basis for restoration of biodiversity and ecosystem function at the southern of Ecuador, REBIO Project (Universidad Nacional de Loja, Ecuador)
  • since 05/2016: Ph.D. student in Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology Programme (Göttingen University, Germany)
  • 4/2016 - 3/2020: Guest scientist in charge of the assessment of opportunity costs of avoided deforestation, LaForeT Project (Thünen Institute, Germany)
  • 4/2020 - 12/2020: Research Scientist for the Thünen Institute of International Forestry and Forest Economics
  • 2023: Doctoral degree in cooperation between the Thünen Institute and the Georg-August-University Göttingen. Title of the dissertation: "Linking forests and rural people: income generation, deforestation, and ecosystem services. Evidence from the Ecuadorian lowland rainforests.”
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