Dr. Mélanie Feurer

Project administration and implementation

Field research, analysis and dissemination

Support mandates on global forest policy

Administer scholarship program for international students

International collaboration

Assistance teaching

BSc in Forest Sciences

BSc in Agricultural Sciences

Agroforestry in tropical landscapes

Community forestry

FLEGT

Tropical landscapes, forests and agroforestry

Ecosystem services

Role of local communities in managing natural resources

Livelihoods of small-scale farmers and forest-dependent people

Climate change mitigation and adaptation

Global forest policy

PhD project - Modelling ecosystem services in a forest frontier landscape in Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar

Pinoy Tannin - Extracting tannins from tree biomass of locally adapted agroforestry systems for application in the plywood industry and enhanced livelihoods of local communities in the Philippines

AFF-HAFL scholarship program - Supporting scholarships for MSc students in International Forestry and building a network of young professionals engaged in the African Forest Forum

Forest landscape restoration - Updating the global Forest Landscape Restoration guidelines

Feurer M, Zaehringer JG, Heinimann A, Naing SM, Blaser J, Celio E, 2020. Quantifying local ecosystem service outcomes by modelling their supply, demand and flow in Myanmar’s forest frontier landscape. Journal of Land Use Science, 19 (2), 1–39.

Schneider F, Feurer M, Lundsgaard-Hansen LM, Myint W, Nuam CD, Nydegger K, Oberlack C, Tun NN, Zähringer JG, Tun AM, Messerli P, 2020. Sustainable Development Under Competing Claims on Land: Three Pathways Between Land-Use Changes, Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being. The European Journal of Development Research, 32 (2), 316–337.

Feurer M, Heinimann A, Schneider F, Jurt C, Myint W, Zaehringer JG, 2019. Local Perspectives on Ecosystem Service Trade-Offs in a Forest Frontier Landscape in Myanmar. Land, 8 (3), 45.

Feurer M, Gritten D, Than MM, 2018. Community forestry for livelihoods: Benefiting from Myanmar’s mangroves. Forests, 9 (3), 150.

Young Ecosystem Services Specialists (YESS)