Further news 2023 - 2014

Publications in this special issue highlight that third-party voluntary certifications can be a valuable tool to enhance sustainability practice, but it is a complex and costly instrument that often requires external financial support, especially for smallholders in rural contexts of developing…

The international meeting of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Division 4.05 Managerial Economics and Accounting was hosted by the Thünen Institute of Forestry in Hamburg-Altona, Germany, September 5-7, 2022.

This study discusses the possible unintended effects of the regulation and elaborate on potential ways to reduce the negative impacts, on vulnerable groups in producer countries, such as smallholders, Indigenous peoples, and local communities. (IPLCs)

Project brief 2022/34a | Margret Köthke

This study investigates whether there is an evidence base for assessing the impacts of agroforestry compared to segregated land use.

Many countries have water pollution as a major problem, with agricultural practices representing the primary source of pollution.

On August 11, 2022, Thünen Institute of Forestry received a visit from two professors from Kyrgyzstan, Dr. Aibek Upenov, Rector of the Talas State University and Dr. Ermek Baibagyshov, Rector of the Naryn State University.

This study simulated the future impacts of land use and land cover change (LULC) and national policy enforcement on the multifunctionality of tropical forest landscapes in the northern Ecuadorian Amazon (NEA), which is characterized by high biodiversity and endemism.

This poses challenges to the independence of any scientist, specifically if involved in governance research.

Melvin Lippe from the fields of activity Forestry Worldwide, organized together with colleagues from the University of Oxford, University of Surrey and Anglia Ruskin University (all UK), and Groningen University, Netherlands, an international and multidisciplinary workshop on participatory and…