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Research
Ongoing Research Projects
Giant Panda research project: habitat, conservation and local livelihood impacts
Giant Panda research project [Ch]
Green Economy Transitions in the Least Developed Countries
GET-LDC at POLLEN Conference
GET-LDC publications and other materials
GET-LDC Final Seminars
Multilevel Governance and Carbon Management – Learning from REDD+: An Enhanced Global Comparative Analysis
Doctoral thesis projects
On-going doctoral thesis projects
Combining growth models and multi-date satellite imagery inventory for improved carbon prediction of tropical forest (AccuCarbon)
Environmental vulnerability, social resilience and multi-scale governance
Completed Research Projects
Private Agricultural Investments and Land Use Change Impact on The Adaptive Capacity of Local Communities to Climate Change in Mozambique
TALDA
WAMEC
MAGERMA
PAPFDA
RUBAGRIT
IFREMA
Management of trees for farmland rehabilitation
Improvement of traditional Acacia senegal agroforestry in the Sudan
Tropical forest management and rehabilitation as means of biodiversity conservation in Africa
Earlier reseach activities
Development
Ongoing Development Projects
Building Biocarbon and Rural Development in West Africa (BIODEV)
Biodev – List of publications
Biodev – List of project activities
Completed Development Projects
Biomass Monitoring and Harvest Planning System for Sustainable Supply of Renewable Energy
Nile Basin Community Watershed Management Project (CWMP)
Trees, Agroforestry and Climate Change in Dryland Africa, TACCDA
Using acacias in landscape management practices to mitigate land degradation, reduce poverty, and promote food security
Education & studies
Ongoing Education and Training Projects
Forestry Higher Education Advancement in Laos (FORHEAL)
Higher Education for Food security and Environmental Sustainability in Eritrea (HEFSESE)
Project activities
Partnership for Forestry Higher Education Cooperation in Mekong Region (HEI ICI PARFORM)
Activities for 2017
Activities for 2018
Activities for 2019
Activities for 2020
Developing Finnish Science, Technology and Innovation Cooperation between Europe, Africa and the LAC Region (FinCEAL)
Completed Education and Training Projects
Forestry Higher Education Cooperation between Laos and Finland (FoLAFI)
Forest Landscape Rehabilitation in the Mekong River Basin (FORMEB)
Landscape Management Planning and Training for the Environment in South Sudan (LAMPTESS)
Doctoral training for Wondo Genet College of Forestry and Natural Resources (Hawassa University), Ethiopia
North-South Exchange Programme in Education
Forest restoration and rehabilitation in Southeast Asia FORRSA
North-South-South Higher Education Exchange in Forest Sciences between Ethiopia, Sudan and Finland
Sudan Finland scholarship programme 1991-1997
Past Courses & Events
Past courses and events
Green economy and bioeconomy: Which way to go?
Mekong field Course 2015
Mekong field Course 2017
Laos Field Course 2019
Summer School: Managing Sustainable Forest Landscapes
Managing Sustainable Forest Landscapes (HSS-2015)
Doctoral thesis projects
On-going doctoral thesis projects
Completed doctoral theses