Fellowships awarded

42nd session of the International Tropical Timber Council

Twenty-eight fellowships were awarded at the 42nd session of the International Tropical Timber Council in May 2007. The newest group of fellowship recipients represents 18 different countries and includes nine 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 Kenneth Agbesi Anyomi (Ghana)

Undertaking masters research on 'Dendrochronological Study of Teak (Tectona Grandis) in Ghana' at Freiberg University, Germany

Ms Judith Alonfe Armand (Cameroon)

Attending an advanced training course in 'Tropical Forest Ecosystem and Climate Change - Mitigation and Adaptation' at the Institute of Forest Ecosystem Research and Management, Halle (Salle), Germany

Ms Jeimmy Rossmary Avendaño (Colombia)

Preparing a masters thesis on 'Generic Biomass Models for Native Species in Relation to Architecture and Use' at CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica

Mr Bruno Bokoto de Samboli (Central African Republic)

Undertaking a masters program in administration and participatory management of forest resources at CRESA, Yaounde, Cameroon

Mr Wiyaou Borozi (Togo)

Undertaking DEA research on 'Contribution of Sustainable Forest Management in Alédjo: Human Pressure, Forms of Resource Exploitation and Management System' at the University of Lomé, Togo

Dr Alvaro Gustavo Cañadas López (Ecuador)

Preparing a technical document on 'Support Decision System or the Decentralization of the Forest Sector in the Ecuadorian Amazon'

Ms Trixie Ann Cruzat Clemente (Philippines)

Attending an international symposium on forest soil and ecosystem health in Noosa, Australia

Ms Sumana Devkota (Nepal)

Undertaking a masters program in forestry at the Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University, Pokhara, Nepal

Ms Agathe Die (Cote d'Ivoire)

Undertaking PhD research on 'Estimation of the Ligneous Productivity and Study on the Seasonal Cambium Activity of Teak in Cote d'Ivoire: Application to Two Indigenous Species (Azobe and Acajou)' at Univerité Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Ms Prudencia Ikombe Dikua (Cameroon)

Attending a post diploma course at Cyprus Forestry College, Prodromos, Cyprus

Dr Parag Dubey (India)

Attending the IUFRO All Division 5 Conference on Forest Products and Environment: A Productive Symbiosis in Taipei, Taiwan

Mr Ishmael Hashmiu (Ghana)

Attending the EarthCorps International Program for Environmental Restoration Training at EarthCorps, Seattle, USA

Mr Paulo César Hernández Arango (Colombia)

Preparing a masters thesis for the Program in Environmental Socio-Economics at CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica

Mr Luis Francisco Hilton Guardado (Guatemala)

Attending the XIX International Intensive Course in Diversified Management of Natural Tropical Forests at CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica

Ms Caroline Imun (Papua New Guinea)

Attending the International Plantation Certification Symposium 2007 in Stellenbosch, South Africa

Mr Thomas Bobway Koffa (Liberia)

Attending a short training course in 'Monitoring and Assessment Techniques for Tropical Forest Resources' at the International Institute for the Management of Resources and Environment in Chemnitz, Germany

Mr Binod Koirala (Nepal)

Attending a short training course in 'Participatory Approaches in Forestry and Natural Resources Development Projects' at the Training Center for Tropical Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, University of the Philippines, Los Baños, the Philippines

Ms Kikelomo Irironke Kola-Oladiji (Nigeria)

Attending a short training course on environmental management at Galilee College, Tivon, Israel

Dr Thein Kywe (Myanmar)

Preparing a technical document on 'Properties of Hardwoods, Identification and its Utilization in Myanmar'

Mr Justin Menie Ngoua (Gabon)

Undertaking a masters program in agronomy and agribusiness with specialization in rural and tropical forestry at ENGREF, Montpellier, France

Mr Prem Raj Neupane (Nepal)

Attending a joint summer module in CATIE, Costa Rica as part of an MSc program in sustainable tropical forestry at the University of Wales, Bangor, UK

Mr Michael Ofosu (Ghana)

Undertaking masters research on 'Evaluation of the Modulus of Rupture of Some Selected Lesser Utilized Timber Species for Furniture and Construction in Ghana' at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Dr Ombir Ombir Singh (India)

Attending the IUFRO All Division 5 Conference on Forest Products and Environment: A Productive Symbiosis in Taipei, Taiwan

Mr Symphorien Ongolo Assogoma (Cameroon)

Undertaking a professional license program in landscape management at Universite de Limoges, Limoges, France

Dr O.K. Remadevi (India)

Attending the IUFRO All Division 5 Conference on Forest Products and Environment: A Productive Symbiosis in Taipei, Taiwan

Ms Mirian Noelia Reyes Abanto (Peru)

Attending the XIX International Intensive Course in Diversified Management of Natural Tropical Forests at CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica

Dr Yongyut Trisurat (Thailand)

Attending the International Conference on Parks, Peace and Partnerships 2007 in Alberta, Canada

Mr Claudio Patricio Zanabria (Peru)

Attending the XIX International Intensive Course in Diversified Management of Natural Tropical Forest at CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica