Teaching and research areas
Tropical forest ecology, conservation, and land cover change
Further information
Teaching and research areas
Climate change mitigation and adaptation, methods and policies for sustainable management of Tropical landscapes, tropical forest ecology, tropical silviculture and forest management, plantation forestry in the Tropics
Further information
Research area
Biodiversity, Restoration Ecology, Agroforestry
Teaching
TROP120, TROP130, TROP210, TROP220
On-going activities
Supervision of students, teaching, and research
Publications
Teaching and research areas
Ecophysiology and genetics of forest trees, tropical forest ecology, silvicultural systems, ecosystem rehabilitation, agroforestry, community-based forest management, non-wood forest products, geographical focus on East and West Africa, Sudan, and Southeast Asia.
Further information
Ecosystem carbon, forest biomass, structure and size of trees
TROP110
Project on ecosystem carbon in tropical landscapes
Member of the editorial board of Functional Ecology
Dryland (landscape management, rehabilitation, agroforestry, silviculture)
ME454 Agroforestry in the tropics and developing countries
Senior Researcher Academy Project: Carbon sequestration and Soil Fertility on African Drylands: Implications for Food and Woodfuel Production, Land Rehabilitation and Community Development (CASFAD)
Team member Ministry for Foreign Affairs project: Landscape management Planning and Training for the Environment in Southern Sudan (LAMPTESS)
Tutoring students in the course National Forest Programme and other courses and theses work.
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
Sustainable Forest Landscape Management
Agroforestry in the Tropics
Natural Resource Policy and Governance
Green Economy / Low-Emission Development Strategies and Plans
Nationally Determined Contributions (UNFCCC NDC)
UNFCCC process and negotiations
Building Biocarbon and Rural Development in West Africa (BIODEV)
Green Economy Transitions in the Least Developed Countries: Multi-scale Analysis of Energy and Forest Use in Laos and Cambodia (GET-LDC)
PhD supervision
PhD. Forests and livelihoods. Charles Darwin University, Australia.
M.Sc. Environmental research & management. Charles Darwin University, Australia.
Grad.Dip.Sc. Plant Biology (Botany). University of Western Australia.
Forests and livelihoods, planted forests/reforestation, forest landscape restoration, plantation forestry, bamboo, Geographical focus: China, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia.
Green Economy Transitions in the Least Developed Countries: Multi-scale Analysis of Energy and Forest Use in Laos and Cambodia (GET-LDC) (Project 2014-2018).
Supervising Masters Students.
Teaching: Lecturer for ‘Introduction to tropical forestry’ course (TROP170).
Member of Steering Group ‘Developing a Forestry Module in the World Bank’s LSMS’.
Member of Systematic Review team: ‘The socioeconomic effects of large-scale tree plantations on local people’.
M.Sc. Agriculture & Forestry, University of Helsinki
D.Sc. Agriculture & Forestry, University of Helsinki
Social forestry and livelihoods, plantation forestry, silviculture, forestry and climate change (REDD+)
Green Economy Transitions in the Least Developed Countries: Multi-scale Analysis of Energy and Forest Use in Laos and Cambodia (GET-LDC) (Project 2014-2018)
Environmental vulnerability, social resilience and multi-scale governance (ENVGOV) (Project 2015-2016)