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Tropical Silviculture and Forest Ecology
Institution
Section overview
Description
Non-sustainable use of tropical forests and forest conversion severely endanger the development of tropical countries. Land-use change is also one of the driving forces of global change. Thus, the main objective of our institute is to study and develop sustainable management systems for different forest and tree based land-use systems. Based on modern concepts of tree and forest ecology, management of land-use systems have to be in accordance with the variety of economic and other goals.
Activities
- Research
Parent institution
Coordinated projects
- Carbon and non-carbon effects of climate regulation of land transformation systems at the landscape level
- Enrichment of biodiversity in oil palm plantations (EFForTS-BEE) - long-term trajectories of floral succession and harvesting
- SFB 552: B4 - Drought effects on soil water regime and water partitioning in cacao agroforest
Work package leader of collaborative projects
Involved in research projects
Contact
Tropical Silviculture and Forest Ecology
Buesgenweg 1
D-37077 Göttingen
Lower Saxony
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)551 39 3652
Fax: +49 (0)551 39 4019
Email: esiegel(@)gwdg.de