Forests, trees and rural livelihoods

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Forests, trees and rural livelihoods

• Plan for development of the core area The
  importance of trees, forests and forest products
  to rural livelihoods in the next 1-2 years
• Overview of presentation
• Education
• MSc course in Agricultural Development
• MSc course in Sustainable Tropical Forestry
  Development
• Research
• New initiatives
• On-going activities

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Forests, trees and rural livelihoods

• Education - MSc course in Agricultural
  Development
• Continue and strengthen our key role
• New module
• Streamlining our participation in thematic module
• Implement three modules using new learning
  management software

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Forests, trees and rural livelihoods

• Education - MSc course in Sustainable Tropical
  Forestry Development
• Erasmus Mundus Masters Course
• Two-year 120 ECTS course
• Includes five European universities
• University of Wales, Bangor
• The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University,
  Copenhagen (SL, co-ordinator)
• Dresden University of Technology
• École Nationale du Génie Rural, des Eaux et des
  Fôrets, Montpellier
• University of Padova
• A lot of standardisation to do
• Deadline in 11 days

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Forests, trees and rural livelihoods

• Education - MSc course in Sustainable Tropical
  Forestry Development
• Common first year

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Forests, trees and rural livelihoods

• Education - MSc course in Sustainable Tropical
  Forestry Development
• Specialisation in second year

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Forests, trees and rural livelihoods

• Education - MSc course in Sustainable Tropical
  Forestry Development
• Further opportunities and challenges
• Write standard text books
• Further use of technology supported teaching
  (mixed mode)
• Further development of long distance teaching
  (incl. continuing education modules)
• Using available teaching material in
  capacity-building projects

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Forests, trees and rural livelihoods

• Research
• New initiatives (2005)
• Application for research programme Estimating
  the value of forests to the rural poor new
  methods and data for better decision making
  submitted to RUF. DKK 4.9 million, 2005-08
• Initiative pool application for ENRECA project in
  Tanzania submitted to RUF. DKK 200,000. 2005-06
• Involved in EU application to be submitted in
  September 2005
• Four new PhD students will start in 2005
• Another five PhD scholarships applied for (KVL,
  RUF, Danish Research Agency)

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Forests, trees and rural livelihoods

• Research
• On-going main activities
• Final reporting of PETREA People, Trees and
  Agriculture in Africa (2001-05)
• Final reporting of FORLIFE Forests, Livelihoods
  and Farmers in Mozambique (2003-05)
• Implementation of ComForM Community Based
  Natural Forest and Tree Management in Himalaya
  (2003-07)
• Implementation of FOMABO Forest Management in
  Bolivia (2003-06)
• Implementation of nine PhDs (Nepal, Lao PDR,
  Tanzania, Mozambique, Ghana, Bolivia)