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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. Paùl Eguiguren

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

Working Area

  • Forestry Worldwide

Regional Expertise

  • Ecuador, Costa Rica

Research Project

  • LaForeT | Landscape Forestry in the Tropics: REDD+ und Restoration

Curriculum Vitae

  • 2008 – 2010: Researcher at the Project: Long term Monitoring on Climate Change Impact on Biodiversity of Southern Ecuador (MICCAMBIO), at the Universidad Nacional de Loja, Ecuador.
  • 2010 – 2010: Fiscalist at the irrigation Project Phase II, at the Secretaria Nacional del Agua, Ecuador.
  • 2010 -  2011: Researcher at the Biodiversity and Climate Change Department, at the Universidad Nacional de Loja, Ecuador.
  • 2012 – 2013: Master Degree in Management and Conservation of Tropical Forests and Biodiversity at the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE – Costa Rica).
  • 2014 – 2016: Researcher at the Project: Ecological basis for restoration of biodiversity and ecosystem function at the southern of Ecuador (REBIO).  Biodiversity and ecosystem services research program, at the Universidad Nacional de Loja, Ecuador
  • since 03/2016: Ph.D. Student in Forest Sciences at the School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan of Technische Universität München, Germany.
  • 04/2016 - 3/2020: Guest scientist in charge of the assessment of forest transitions and ecosystem services in the tropical forest of Ecuador, LaForeT Project, at the Institute of International Forestry and Forest Economics, 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 TU of Munich. Title of the dissertation: „Forest ecosystem services and multifunctionality across the land use transition phases in Ecuadorian forest landscapes."
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