Further news 2024 - 2014

For the third time after 2015 and 2018, in November 2020 the Global Bioeconomy Summit took place. Due to the Corona pandemic the event was completely virtual – a great challenge as people from all over the world participated.

Richard Fischer successfully defended his doctoral thesis on 20. November 2020. His dissertation is titled “Functional interrelations of governance elements and their effects on tropical deforestation - combining qualitative and quantitative approaches”. The work was carried out in cooperation…

Project brief 2020/21 · Tatiana Ojeda Luna et al.

The German television channel NDR tested in its magazine MARKT (broadcasted on November 9, 2020) how good the advice was when buying FSC-certified decking boards in the DIY stores OBI, Bauhaus and Hornbach.

Project brief 2020/20 · Paúl Eguigren et al.

This study evaluates the synergies and trade-offs between ecosystem services and ecosystem service multifunctionality across different land use transition phases.

Since mid-October, Mr Tomke Honkomp has been a member of our team in the department Forest Products Markets.

The analysis of specific methodological aspect in the project wood resources monitoring results in a new publication. Objective of the analysis was to explore the residence times of felled timber in forest storage in forest enterprises after severe storm events.

Since October, Dr. Paola Pozo Inofuentes is member of our team of research scientists in the ‘Forests and Society’ department.

This study explores what drives household deforestation decisions in the lowland rainforest frontiers, with emphasis on the institutional environment (conservation strategies, titling, and governmental grants for poverty alleviation) and the quality of forest resources (timber volume potential).