Prof. Dr. Michael Köhl

• Internationale Waldpolitik
• Nachhaltige Waldbewirtschaftung
• Klima, Wald und Landnutzung
• Internationale Wald-Ressourcen-Erfassung

Spezialisiert in

• quantitative Methoden

Räumliche Expertise

• Deutschland
• Europa
• Tropen und Subtropen

Studium

• 1978-1983 Forstwissenschaft, Universitäten Göttingen und Freiburg i. Br. 
• 1982-1986 Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Freiburg i. Br. 
• 1982 Studienaufenthalt, University of Minnesota, Dept. of Natural Resources, St. Paul, MN, USA
• 1983 Diplom Forstwissenschaft
• 1983 Vordiplom Wirtschaftswissenschaften
• 1986 Promotion an der Forstlichen Fakultät der Universität Freiburg i. Br.
• 1993 Habilitation an der Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule, Zürich

Berufserfahrung

• 1984-1987 Wissenschaftlicher Angestellter, Institut für Waldwachstumskunde, Abteilung für Forstliche Biometrie, Universität Freiburg i. Br.
• 1987-1988 Biometriker, Pfizer GmbH, Abt. Klinische Forschung,  Karlsruhe
• 1988-1997 Leiter der Forschungsgruppe Inventur-Methoden, Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft (WSL), Birmensdorf, Schweiz
• 1997-2004 Professor für Biometrie und Forstliche Informatik am Institut für Waldwachstum und forstliche Informatik der TU Dresden
• 2004-2013 Leiter des Instituts für Weltforstwirtschaft an der Bundesforschungsanstalt für Forst- und Holzwirtschaft, Hamburg
• Seit 2004 Professor für Weltforstwirtschaft an der Universität Hamburg

Editor

• Tropical Forestry Handbook, VOL. 1-4., Springer, Heidelberg (gemeinsam mit Laszlo Pancel), 2016

United Nations

• 
Chair, International Co-operative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests operating (ICP-Forests) under the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
• 
Leading Author IPCC-Report "Good Practice Guidance for Greenhouse Gas Inventories and Uncertainty Management in Land Use, Land-use Change and Forestry", 2001-2003
• Leading Author IPCC-Report "Good Practice Guidance for Greenhouse Gas Inventories and Uncertainty Management in Agriculture, Forestry and other Land Use", 2003-2006
• 
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)
• United Nations FAO/ECE Forestry and Timber Section, Member "Team of Specialists on Monitoring Sustainable Forest Management" (seit 2018)
• United Nations FAO Rome, Member "Advisory Group on Global Forest Resource Assessment" (seit 2017)
• Contributing author "Low Emission Development Strategy (LEDS) for Fiji (2018)

Forestry Europe

• Coordinating author, Forestry Europe-Report "State of Forests in Europe", 2009-present
• 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 (2010-2016)
• Member Scientific Advisory Board (2006-2010)
• Associate Research Expert (since 1996)