Here you can find the names of doctoral students and researchers
Doctoral researchers
Adrián Monge Monge
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Department of Forest Sciences
Field of science
Forestry, Geography, Environmental sciences, Economics
Doctoral student
Education
MSc: Forest Economics, University of Helsinki
BSc: Tropical Forestry, Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
Research area
REDD+, community forestry
Vulnerability and adaptation
Sustainable forest management
On-going activities
Environmental vulnerability, social resilience and multi-scale governance (ENV-GOV)
Teaching
Students co-supervison
Social media management
Publications
Arttu Malkamäki
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Doctoral Student
Education
MSc in Forest Economics and Marketing, University of Helsinki
Research areas
Plantation forestry; Local communities; Social-ecological resilience; Governance networks; Uruguay; South Africa
On-going activities
The socioeconomic impacts of large-scale tree plantations on local communities. Examining the empirical evidence. (UH-CIFOR 2016-17)
The impacts and governance of tree plantation landscapes in South Africa. (2017-18) [this is my own PhD project and not directly linked to any other on-going project at the department, but I guess its worth mentioning as it tells what I'm currently working on]
Teaching courses in the ecosystem service approach, plantation forestry in the tropics, and quantitative methods in social sciences, among others.
Publications
Dipjoy Chakma
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Doctoral Student
Education
MSc (Agri & For), Forest Products Marketing and Management, University of Helsinki, Finland
BSc (honors), Forestry, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
Research area
Value Chain Analysis, Livelihood analysis, Community Forest Management, Sustainable Management of Non-Timber Forest Products.
On-going activities
Coordinating the Forest Landscape Rehabilitation in the Mekong River Basin (FORMEB) cooperation project: (VITRI – Dept. Forestry, National University of Laos).
Research topic: The role of non-timber forest products in rural livelihoods and enhance their
resiliency and adaptive capacity to climatic uncertainties: case Lao PDR
Publications
Badal Ahmed Hassan
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Doctoral Student
Education
M.Sc. Agr. & For. (Major: Tropical Foresst Ecology and Management), University of Helsinki
B.Sc. Environmental Management and Engineering, Tampere University of Applied Sciences
Research area
Dryland resources management. Sustainable utilization of natural resources. Poverty alleviation.Biodiversity restoration and rehabilitation of degraded land.
On-going projects
The role of Boswellia and Commiphora species in rural livelihood security and climate change adaptation in the Horn of Africa: Case study north-eastern Kenya.
Enass Yousif A. Salih
Doctoral student
Education
MSc: In Forestry, University of Khartoum, Sudan
MSc entitled : “Phytochemical and Antifungal Analysis of Extracts of Terminalia brownii“
Research areas
- Ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology of forest trees
- Wood sciences and chemistry
- Extraction, chromatography and phytochemistry
- In vitro antimicrobial activities of medicinal plants from African forests
- Non-wood forest products
On-going activities:
African medicinal plants as sources of antimicrobial compounds
Publications
Ibrahim Toure
DOCTORAL STUDENT
Education
MSc: Computer Science, Columbus State University, Georgia, USA
BSc: Computer Science, Columbus State University, Georgia, USA
Research Area:
Climate change, Carbon dynamics in semi-arid land-uses;
Deforestation and land degradation in the Sahel;
Climate smart agriculture; Rehabilitation of degraded lands;
Sahel; West-Africa
ON-GOING ACTIVITIES
Systematic quantitative review of the drivers of deforestation in the Sahel
Assessment of participatory action learning activities involving methods of fodder tree propagation, planting and restoration of degraded pasture (ICRAF)
Mawa Karambiri
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Doctoral Student
Education
MSc: Social Sciences, Catholic University of West Africa, Burkina Faso
Research area
Forest governance, Climate change, Policy, local democracy, Gender
On-going activities
Involve in the Building Biocarbon and Rural Development in West Africa (BIODEV) Project
PhD courses and research activities.
Publications
Arinloye, A.D.D., Karambiri, M., Binam, JSavadogo, P., Kalinganire, A., Bayala, J. 2016. Gender in decision making, access to and control over labor and extension services: A Perception survey in Burkina-Faso. Dryland Systems CGIAR. pp1-72
Karambiri, M., Elias, M., Vinceti, B., Grosse, A., 2016, Exploring local knowledge and preferences for shea (Vitellaria paradoxa) ethnovarietiesin Southern Burkina Faso through a gender and ethnic lens. Forests, Trees and Livelihoods, Special issue
Karambiri, M., 2015. Démocratie locale « en berne » ou péripéties d’un choix institutionnel « réussi » dans la gestion forestière décentralisée au Burkina Faso, Working Paper 20, In Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI), eds. Murombedzi, J., Ribot, J., Walters, G., CODESRIA Serie.
Mustafa Fahmi
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Doctoral researcher
Education
BSc. in Forestry Science (2003), Sudan.
MSc. Forestry Science (2009), Sudan.
Research area
Community-based acacia forests management for improved land productivity and livelihood in Sudan.
On-going activities
I’m doing research in the project titled: Carbon sequestration and Soil Fertility on African Drylands: Implications for Food and Woodfuel Production, Land Rehabilitation and Community Development (CASFAD).
Working on the data analysis for my PhD. study.
Publications
Wafa Abaker
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Doctoral student
Research area
Carbon stocks in biomass and soil, water balance.
On-going activities
Research: Carbon dynamics in dryland ecosystems in Sudan.