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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

Ferdinand Peters

PhD student | Scientist at the Thünen Institute until June, 30. 2024

Working Area

  • Forestry Worldwide

Regional Expertise

  • Ecuador, Sambia and the Philippines

Projects

Involved in

ongoing projects

    completed projects

    Curriculum Vitae

    Education

    • 2008 - 2011: Bachelor Internationales Land and Water Management, Wageningen University
    • 2011 - 2015: Master Forest Ecology and Management, University of Freiburg
    • since 2018: University of Salzburg, UNIGIS-Professional

    Professional Experiences

    • 5/2015 - 11/2015: GIZ Bangladesh, Portfolio for Biodiversity and Adaptation to Climate Change, Intern
    • 12/2016 - 3/2017: University of Bern, Tropical Rain Forest Ecology - Chair of Vegetation Ecology, Research Assistant
    • 7/2017 - 6/2019: Consultand for tropical Forest and Land use in Ecuador:
      - Universidad Tecníca Particular de Loja - Ecuador, External Expert Project Formulation
      - AISO (Academia de Innovación para la Sostenibilidad), External Expert GIS
      - Whistler Consultora Cía. Ltda., External Expert Forest Inventories
    • 7/2019 - 06/2024: Thünen Institute of Forestry
      (until 30.11.2021 Thünen Institute of International Forestry and Forest Economics)
    • languages: German (Native), English, Dutch, Spanish
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