Dr. Mélanie Feurer

Project lead, coordination and implementation

Research, analysis and dissemination

Consultancy on global forest policy and programmes

International collaboration activities

Lectures and module coordination

BSc in Forest Sciences

BSc in Agricultural Sciences

MSc in Forest Sciences

MSc in Circular Innovation and Sustainability

Tropical forest management

Community forestry

Agroforestry

Ecosystem services

Global forest policies

Socio-ecological impact of global forest policies and initiatives

Tropical forests and agroforestry

Land use dynamics and transitions

Community forestry

Ecosystem services

Climate change adaptation and resilience

Livelihoods of forest-dependent people

Switzerland's role in deforestation-free supply chains and the EUDR

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

Sanogo NDM, Dayamba SD, Renaud FG, Feurer M, 2022. From wooded savannah to farmland and settlement: Population growth, drought, energy needs and cotton price incentives driving changes in Wacoro, Mali. Land, 11 (12).

Malek Z, Loeffen M, Feurer M, Verburg P, 2022. Regional disparities in impacts of climate extremes require targeted adaptation of Fairtade supply chains. One Earth, 5 (8).

Feurer M, Rueff H, Celio E, Heinimann A, Blaser J, Htun AM, Zaehringer JG, 2021. Regional scale mapping of ecosystem services supply, demand, flow and mismatches in Southern Myanmar. Ecosystem Services, 52.

Feurer M, Caillard I, Geisler E, Damnyag L, Kokou K, 2021. Integrating smallholders into forest landscape restoration. Tropical Forest Update 30/3-4

Thompson I, Blaser J, Feurer M, 2021. Two organizations and a common goal: The ITTO-CBD Collaborative Initiative on Tropical Forest Biodiversity. Tropical Forest Update 30/1

Feurer M, Zaehringer JG, Heinimann A, Naing SM, Blaser J, Celio E, 2020. Quantifying local ecosystem service outcomes by modelling their supply, demand and flow in Myanmar’s forest frontier landscape. Journal of Land Use Science, 19 (2), 1–39.

Fromm I, Feurer M, Mengel S, 2020. Sustainable palm oil production in Honduras: Myth or reality? International Review of Modern Sociology, 46 (1-2), 79-101

Schneider F, Feurer M, Lundsgaard-Hansen LM, Myint W, Nuam CD, Nydegger K, Oberlack C, Tun NN, Zähringer JG, Tun AM, Messerli P, 2020. Sustainable Development Under Competing Claims on Land: Three Pathways Between Land-Use Changes, Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being. The European Journal of Development Research, 32 (2), 316–337.

Feurer M, Heinimann A, Schneider F, Jurt C, Myint W, Zaehringer JG, 2019. Local Perspectives on Ecosystem Service Trade-Offs in a Forest Frontier Landscape in Myanmar. Land, 8 (3), 45.

Feurer M, Gritten D, Than MM, 2018. Community forestry for livelihoods: Benefiting from Myanmar’s mangroves. Forests, 9 (3), 150.

Agyei K, Agyeman VK, Asare RA, Asante WA, Benefoh DT, Blaser J, Damnyag L, Deppeler A, Feurer M, Foli EG, Heeb L, Kofie W, Klossner M, Kyereh B, Kwakye Y, Oduro KA, 2014. REDD+ in agricultural landscapes: evidence from Ghana's REDD+ process. ITTO, Yokohama, Japan.

Hugo P. Cecchini Institute for International Cooperation

HAFL Mentorship Programme

International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO)

Global Land Programme (GLP)

Young Ecosystem Services Specialists (YESS)

Resilience Connections Network (RCN)

Young Professionals in Agricultural Research and Development (YPARD)