Further news 2024 - 2014

The results of the joint research project "WEHAM Scenarios" are now published and available for download.

New CITES listing in focus - three days of intensive information on the consequences. June 7-9, 2017

On June 7, 2017, the closing event of the joint research project "WEHAM-Szenarios" took place in Berlin with about 70 participants. The project results were presented and discussed together with the stakeholders from the fields of forestry, forest ownership, timber industry, nature protection,…

The telephone survey shall reveal the public opinion on wishes and claims to the German forest / Thünen Institute asks for participation.

In 2017 Hellen Nansikombi, Moses Kazungu and Christina Jany have reinforced the LaForeT team - time to extend a cordial welcome!

Kristin Franz completed her Ph.D. thesis with the title "Nature protection payments for forest owners - problem and solution approach from the perspective of the Agency Theory" on March 6, 2017. Her doctorate was result of a co-operation between Thünen Institute and Göttingen…

Also institutions abroad are highly interested in information about how forests and timber use are regulated, monitored and analysed in Germany.

Which consequences do the five design dimensions in CE have on the choice of the status quo option? How frequent do respondents in a choice experiment choose the status quo option, rather than another option?

A recently published article in “Forest Policy and Economics” deals with the question of how the carbon storage in forest and wood products can be increased, and which costs are associated with it.

A recent article from our institute deals with several objections which are being raised against the monetary valuation of ecosystem services by some scientists as well as practitioners.