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where key findings from a peer-reviewed scientific study were translated into a practice-oriented article for companies and authorities.

a table and softened in the background, thus unreadable, the article from the Holz Zentralblatt

Project brief 2026/02a | Peter Elsasser

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MIC) and the National University of Asunción (UNA) in Paraguay have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding with the Thünen Institute.

Project brief 2025/32a | Tomke Honkomp

Project brief 2025/31a | Richard Fischer

The Brazilian land-use policy mix has been quantitatively analysed and evaluated using innovative network methods.

Quantitative network tools provide innovative methods for policy mix analyses

The TiMBA software has now been successfully published in the Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS). With this, TiMBA is officially peer-reviewed by independent experts.

New global study examines the drivers behind changes in natural and planted forests

Forests are essential for biodiversity, climate regulation, and livelihoods. But what influences whether forests are lost, preserved, or expanded?

Schematic representation of the enhanced forest transition hypothesis for primary and natural forests as well as planted forests and plantations.

As part of the GEOS-EUDR project, the Thünen Institute of Forestry assessed 21 global forest and tree cover datasets to evaluate their suitability for verifying compliance with the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).

In a collaborative effort with colleagues from Switzerland and Austria, we examined data from Forest Accountancy Data Networks in the DACH region between 2015 and 2022.