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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. Hans-Walter Roering

Scientist at the Thünen Institute until January, 31. 2022

Working Area

  • Forestry in Germany

Curriculum Vitae

  • Born on January 17th 1958 in Rotenburg/Wümme (Lower Saxony)
  • 1978 - 1983: Study of Forest Sciences at Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg (Account: Graduated Forester)
  • 1984 - 1986: Trainee at State Forest Service of Schleswig-Holstein (Account: Forestry Assessor)
  • 1986 - 1989: Junior Forest Officer at State Forest Service of Schleswig-Holstein (National Forest Inventory, Forest Management Planning)
  • 1991 - 1992: Junior Forest Officer at the Chamber of Agriculture Schleswig-Holstein, Forest Department (Forest Inventory)
  • 01/1992 - 05/1992: Desk Officer for Hunting and Timber Market at the Ministry for Nutrition, Agriculture and Forestry of Schleswig-Holstein
  • 1992 - 1996 and 2003 - 2008: Deputy Head of the Department for Information and Documentation at the Federal Research Center of Forestry and Forest Products (BFH)
  • 1996 - 2003: Scientist at the Institute for Economics at the BFH (2002 Graduation Dr. rer. nat.)
  • 2008 - 2015: Deputy Head of the Scientific Information Centre at the Thünen Institute
  • 2015 - 2018: Head of the Division Scientific Information at the Thünen Institute
  • 01/2019 - 01/2022: Scientist at the Thünen Institute of Forestry
    (until 30.11.2021 Thünen Institute of International Forestry and Forest Economics), Hamburg
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