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Prof. Dr. Hans-Micheal Köhl
Prof. Dr. Michael Köhl

Head of the Institute

Tel.: 040/73962-100
Email: michael.koehl(a)vti.bund.de


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Research Area:
- International Forest Development and Forest Policy
- Sustainable Forest Management
- Climate Change and Forests
- Biometrics, Spatial Statistics and Forest Information
   Systems
Specialised in:
Quantitative Methods
Regional Expertise:
Worldwide
Other Activities:

United Nations
- Chair of the UNECE ICP Forests (since 2005)
- Contribution Author IPCC - Report „Good Practice Guidance for Greenhouse Gas Inventories and Uncertainty Management in Land Use, Land-use Change and Forestry“ (2001 - 2004)
- United Nations FAO/ ECE Timber Division, Geneva, Leader "Team of Specialists on Temperate and Boreal Forest Resource Assessment 2000 (TBFRA-2000)" (1994 - 2004)
- UNECE ICP Forests, Member Specialist Working Group on Increment Analysis in Permanent Sample Plots, Contribution to "Manual on Monitoring Air Pollution Effects in Forests" (1993 - 1995)
- United Nations FAO/ ECE Collaboration „Expert Consultation on Global Forest Resources Assessment 2000“ (1995 - 1996)  

Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE)

- Co-editor of the report “State of Forests and Sustainable Forest Management in Europe 2007” for the 5th MCPFE, Warsaw 2007
- Coordinator Advisory Group on the Improvement of the Pan-European Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management, MCPFE (2001 - 2003)  

International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)

- Deputy leader IUFRO –> Subject Group S.4.02 "Forest Resources Inventory and Monitoring"
(since 2005)
- Leader IUFRO –> Subject Group S.4.02
"Forest Resources Inventory and Monitoring"
(2001 - 2005)
- Leader IUFRO –> Subject Group S.4.11
"Statistics, Mathematics and Computers" (1995-2000)
- Leader IUFRO – Working Group S.4.11.1
"Statistical Methods" (1990-1995)  

European Forest Institute (EFI)

- Member EFI Board (since 2010)
- Member Scientific Advisory Board (2006 - 2010)
- Associate Research Expert (since 1996)