Dr. Mélanie Feurer
Profile

Dr. Mélanie Feurer Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
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Address
Berner Fachhochschule
School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL
Fachbereich Waldwissenschaften
Länggasse 85
3052 Zollikofen
Activities
Responsibilities
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
Teaching
Degree programmes
BSc in Forest Sciences
MSc in Forest Sciences
BSc in Agricultural Sciences
Subjects
Agroforestry in tropical landscapes
Community forestry
Ecosystem services
FLEGT
Research
Specialisations
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
CV
Professional experience
- 10/2021 - present Research Associate / Postdoc University of Freiburg, Germany
- 07/2018 - present Research Associate BFH-HAFL
- 04/2014 - 07/2018 Research Assistant BFH-HAFL
- 12/2016 - 05/2017 Consultant FAO, Italy
- 01/2015 - 08/2015 Research Intern RECOFTC, Myanmar
- 04/2013 - 10/2013 Intern Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, Ghana
Education
- 08/2018 - 06/2021 PhD in Geography and Sustainable Development University of Bern
- 08/2017 - 07/2018 MSc in Geography University of Bern
- 02/2014 - 01/2017 MSc in Agriculture and Forestry Bern University of Applied Sciences
- 09/2010 - 12/2013 BSc in International Agriculture Bern University of Applied Sciences
Projects
Other projects
Policy scenarios for ecosystem services in Myanmar
Modelling ecosystem services in a forest frontier landscape in Tanintharyi Region
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
Forest landscape restoration - Updating the global Forest Landscape Restoration guidelines
Promoting smallholder forest landscape restoration in West Africa
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
Publications
Regional scale mapping of ecosystem services supply, demand, flow and mismatches in Southern Myanmar
Memberships
Internal memberships
Hugo P. Cecchini Institute
External memberships
Young Ecosystem Services Specialists (YESS)
Language skills and intercultural knowledge
Language skills
- German - Native or bilingual proficiency
- English - Full professional proficiency
- French - Professional working proficiency
- Spanish - Elementary proficiency
Intercultural knowledge
- Myanmar
- Philippines
- Ghana
- Togo
- Uzbekistan
- Switzerland