Welcome to
REFOREST Programme
A Regional Research School in Forest Sciences (REFOREST) is a new, innovative, interdisciplinary and unique regional PhD degree programme for training future generation forest scientists in Africa. The programme is hosted at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) and is anchored in partnerships where universities in the region in collaboration with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) support PhD training in forest sciences.
Programme Activities
Impacting and improving livelihoods and environment in Africa
REFOREST Programme brings together intellectual resources within Eastern and Southern Africa and from across different regions of the world to build up scientific excellence in forest sciences within the region. Through an innovative regional approach, it strengthens partnerships, where several universities join hands to support a regional PhD training programme.
Latest
News & Events
Group Photo: PhD Forest Sciences Students with various University Leaders during the opening session of the orientation week program (11th January 2021) A total of twenty deserving PhD Scholarship applicants were awarded REFOREST PhD scholarships to undertake the PhD Forest…
In May, 2020 REFOREST Programme hosted at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) and supported by Sida announced a call for 20 PhD scholarships in Forest Sciences. Following this call, the programme received 334 applications (18% were female). REFOREST Programme Academic…
On 23rd May 2020, REFOREST Programme invited applications for PhD scholarships in Forestry supported by Sida and organized by the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Tourism at Sokoine University of Agriculture in partnership with Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences –…