2022

The EU will, on 6 July, be voting on the regulation to curb EU-driven deforestation and forest degradation. The currently proposed definition of forest degradation is wholly inadequate, and is likely to undermine any efforts at sustainable forest management. The full text of a statement signed by 48 scientists and delivered to the EU.

The Rainforest Ecology course offers an engaging learning experience through its active learning approach, as well as a unique transdisciplinary perspective, with contributions from researchers and practitioners from tropical regions who participate through video-link. Additionally, the course places emphasis on the ethical considerations involved in representing people within tropical ecological research.

Fritz Kleinschroth leads a tour of Zurich North's Opfikerpark/Glattpark, an area that was once an industrial site and more recently a massive construction zone, highlighting the enduring presence of urban wilderness within the redeveloped landscape.  

Two articles and one book chapter were recently published Fritz Kleinschroth. This work highlight the multiple facets and narratives that emerged during an interdisciplinary reseach on the water-energy-food-nexus. The highly debated construction of hydropower dams and large-scale irrigation projects for sugarcane production in the remote Omo-Turkana region were at the core of this project.