Fellowships awarded

47th Session

Twenty-three fellowships were awarded by the International Tropical Timber Organization at the 47th session of the International Tropical Timber Council. The newest group of fellowship recipients represents 13 different countries and includes ten female fellows.

ITTO offers fellowships through the Freezailah Fellowship Fund to promote human resource development and to strengthen professional expertise in member countries in tropical forestry and related disciplines. The goal is to promote the sustainable management of tropical forests, the efficient use and processing of tropical timber, and better economic information about the international trade in tropical timber.

Awardees are listed as follows:


Mr. Baniako, Kwadwo Nti Baniako  (Ghana)   
Preparing a Master's Thesis on "Carbon Allocation in Agroforestry Plantation of Indigenous Tree Species in the Wet Evergreen Forest in Ghana" at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana
 
Ms. Chaniveliyil House, Sindhumathy, C. R.  (India)  
Undertaking a Masters Program in Forestry with Specialization in Wood Science at the College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University in Thrissur, Kerala State, India
 
Ms. Coraça de Freitas, Alexandra  (Brazil) 
Undertaking a Masters Program in Management and Conservation of Tropical Forests and Biodiversity at CATIE in Turrialba, Costa Rica
 
Dr. Dave, Sanjay Mahendrakumar  (India)  
Undertaking a Short  Training Course on "Non-Invasive Genetic Techniques in Wildlife Conservation" at Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
 
Mr. De Mello, Roberto Lecombte   (Brazil)  
Participating in the “World Conference on Timber Engineering” in Auckland, New Zealand
 
Ms. Díaz Ríos, Leandra Fany  (Bolivia)  
Preparing a Technical Document on "Estimation of the Total Economic Value of the Area Used by Community Forest Organization AIFU, Santa Cruz  -Bolivia"
 
Dr. González-Peña, Marcos Miguel  (Mexico)  
Participating in the 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Research Group on Wood Protection in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
 
Ing. Gutierrez Patzi, Cristhian Celso  (Bolivia)  
Undertaking a World Forest Institute International Fellowship Program at World Forestry Center in Portland, U.S.A.
 
Mr. Kouadio, Kouakou Bob  (Côte d'Ivoire)  
Carrying out Ph.D. Research on “Impact of Bushfires on Vegetation and Wildlife” at the University Center for Research and Application in Remote Sensing (CURAT), the University of Cocody in Abidjan,  Côte d'Ivoire
 
Ms. Kurniasih, Heni  (Indonesia)  
Carrying out a Pilot Study on “Indonesian Community Forest Management Approaches” as a part of a PhD Program at the University of Melbourne in  Melbourne, Australia
 
Ms. Moncada González, Ana Carolina  (Colombia)  
Preparing a Masters Thesis on "Effects of Shadow of Intensive Silvopastoral Systems (SSPI) with Timber Species on Populations of Parasites of Cattle in Dry Caribbean of Colombia" at the University of Antioquia in Colombia
 
Mr. Narvaez Ortiz, Ildefonso  (Colombia)  
Undertaking a Masters Program in Development Practice at CATIE in Turrialba, Costa Rica
 
Mr. N'Djao, Mayabassim  (Togo)  
Undertaking a Masters Program in Agronomy and Agri-Food Technologies with a Specialty in Environmental Management of Ecosystems and Tropical Forests at AgroParisTech in Montpellier, France
 
Mr. Neba, Funwi-Gabga  (Cameroon)  
Undertaking a Short Training Course in "Spatial Ecology, Geospatial Analysis, and Remote Sensing for Conservation" at the Smithsonian-Mason Global Conservation Studies Program in Front Royal, U.S.A.
 
Ms. Nguetse, Mbah Immaculate    (Cameroon)  
Undertaking a Laboratory Training Internship in “Methodologies to Quantify Carbon Sequestration in Forest Plantation” at the Earth Science Laboratory in Johannesburg, South Africa
 
Mr. Opoku, Samuel Mensah    (Ghana)  
Carrying out Masters Research on "Growth and Productivity of Khaya grandifoliola in the Dry Semideciduous Forest of Ghana: A Comparison in Pure and in Mixed Stands" at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana
 
Ms. Ranabhat, Sunita     (Nepal)  
Undertaking a Masters Program in Tropical and International Forestry at Goerg-August-Universität in Göttingen, Germany
 
Ms. Samaniego Arcos, Catty Marisela    (Peru)  
Preparing aTechnical Document on "Mechanisms of Governance for Public Institutions with Expertise in Forestry in Peru"
 
Mr. Shah, Shailendra Kumar    (Nepal)  
Undertaking a Masters Program in Watershed Management at  Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University in Pokhara, Nepal
 
Dr. Simo Tagne, Merlin     (Cameroon)  
Undertaking Research on "Characterization of thermophysical properties of tropical woods: Study of the influence of temperature and water content in order to optimize the quality of wood for sustainable use" at the Laboratoire d’Etude et de Recherche sur le Materiau Bois, Université Henri Poincaré in Nancy, France
 
Mr. Tagbi, Kossi Afedo    (Togo) 
Preparing an Advance Study Diploma Thesis on “Preliminary Study of the Gowth Dynamics of Indigenous Species in Forest Plantations : the Case Study of Missahoe Gazetted Forest - Togo" at the University of Lome in Lome, Togo
 
Ms. Timilsina, Lila Bati    (Nepal)  
Undertaking a Short Term Training Course on "Species Monitoring and Conservation: Terrestrial Mammals" at Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, U.S.A.
 
Ms. Tomaselli, Maria Fernanda  (Ecuador)  
Undertaking a Certificate Program in "Livelihoods and Markets" at  Coady International Institute in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada