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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. Holger Weimar


Institute of Forestry

Leuschnerstraße 91
21031 Hamburg-Bergedorf
Telephone
+49 40 739 62 314
Telephone
+49 40 739 62 314
Email
holger.weimar@thuenen.de

Head of Working Area Forest Products Markets


Working Area

  • Forest Products Markets

Regional Expertise

  • Germany, Europe

Curriculum Vitae

  • 1992-1994: Apprenticeship as Joiner/Carpenter
  • 1994-2000: Studies in wood science and technology at the University of Hamburg and at the University of Bangor/Wales (Diploma degree)
  • 2001-2006: Scientist at the Section of Economics of Forest Products, Department of Wood Science, University of Hamburg
  • 2007 - 09/2013: Scientist at the Institute for Forest Economics
  • 2008: Doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat.) at the University of Hamburg. Title of the dissertation: “Empirische Erhebungen im Holzrohstoffmarkt am Beispiel der neuen Sektoren Altholz und Großfeuerungsanlagen.”
  • since 10/2013: Scientist at the Thünen Institute of Forestry
    (until 30.11.2021 Thünen Institute of International Forestry and Forest Economics)

Further Publications

Below you find further publications by Dr. Holger Weimar, which are not registered in TI-LIT.

2006

  • SÖRGEL, C.; MANTAU, U.; WEIMAR, H.: Ökologische Potenziale durch Holznutzung gezielt fördern. Marktanalyse der Holzprodukte und der wichtigsten Konkurrenten. Ergebnisse der Marktanalyse zum Projekt Ökopot (unveröffentlichter Arbeitsbericht). Hamburg 2006, 127 S.

2005

  • MANTAU, U.; WEIMAR, H.; KUIPER, L.; LEEK, N.: Origin and Commercialization Structure of Post-Consumer Wood in Germany and The Netherlands. Report Work Package 3 of the BioXchange study, University of Hamburg, Department of Wood Science, Section of Economicx of Forest Products, Germany and Probos, The Netherlands. Hamburg 2005, 37 S.

Cooperation on Scientific Panels

  • Arbeitsgruppe Potenziale von Holz in der Bioökonomie der Charta für Holz 2.0, Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL)
  • United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Team of Specialists on Sustainable Forest Products
  • United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Team of Specialists on Forest Products and Wood Energy Statistics
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