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given at the Land Systems and Sustainable Management Research Group, University of Bern, Switzerland

Group photo with members of the Land Systems and Sustainable Management research group

Juliana Freitas Beyer, Fatemé Ghafarian and Melvin Lippe attended Living Planet Symposium organized by European Space Agency (ESA) hosted during 22.- 27.06.2025 at the Vienna Conference Center.

Group photo with colleagues from the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) and colleagues from the Thünen Institute of Forest Ecosystems. From left to right: Niklas Langner (BLE), Katja Oehmichen (TI Forest Ecosystems), Juliana Freitas Beyer, Stefanie Nadler (BLE), Fatemé Ghafarian, Melvin Lippe

The study assesses the potential pathway towards formalising the informal (locally referred to as Jua Kali) wooden furniture microenterprises in Kenya, a vital but often overlooked segment of the informal economy.

Interviewing informal wooden furniture microenterprises in Kenya (locally referred to as Jua Kali)

A literature review to explore how methods to assess substitution effects could be incorporated in a monitoring of the bioeconomy.

Spatial scope of scientific research on Substitution effects within bioeconomy

On July 21, nine participants from the Hamburg Adult Education Center visited the Thünen site in Hamburg-Bergedorf to learn about the work of the Thünen Institute.

The Scientific Advisory Council on Forest Policy (WBW) has issued a current statement providing guidance on the climate protection benefits of forests and wood use. The document was presented to Parliamentary State Secretary Martina Englhardt-Kopf at the beginning of July.

The Thünen Institute of Forestry and the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM, Brazil) will collaborate in the new research project "EUDR Effects".

André Guimarães, executive director of IPAM; Caroline Salomão, IPAM consultant; Richard Fischer, senior scientist Thünen Institute

In collaboration with IUFRO, the global forest science network, the Thünen Institute of Forestry hosted the second ForMIP 2.0 workshop. On site in Hamburg-Bergedorf and worldwide via livestream, they discussed different models for the forestry sector.

A group of people are standing in front of some trees.

Project brief 2025/01a | Paola Pozo Inofuentes

Eine Abbildung des Project brief, soft im Hintergrund Ausschnitte von anderen Project brief.

From May 13-17, 2025, Björn Seintsch, Cornelius Regelmann, and Lydia Rosenkranz participated in the International IUFRO Conference of Research Group 4.05 Managerial economics and accounting, entitled "Socioeconomic changes and challenges in the forest sector: acknowledging the role of managerial…

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Seminar on the intersection of geospatial analysis, policy advice, and sustainability science -

Participation of the GEOS-EUDR and RiMoDi projects in the Living Planet Symposium 2025 in Vienna

New publication: Reality gaps in formalisation of wooden furniture microenterprises in Kenya

New Publication: “How to define and quantify substitution effects in the bioeconomy: a scoping review”

Visit of the VHS Hamburg

What forests and wood do for climate protection

Partnership contract for EUDR Effects project signed

Thünen Institute hosts international exchange on models for the forestry sector

Tracing paper products and their associated sustainability effects in the countries of origin

Participation in the international IUFRO Conference in Prague

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