Associate Professor of Oil Palm & Tropical Forests at Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences.
Online Open Day
19 March
Location Velp
31 January
Online Open Day
19 March
Location Velp
31 January
Associate Professor of Oil Palm & Tropical Forests at Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences.
Associate Professor Dr. Ir. Peter van der Meer studied tropical forestry (Wageningen University & Research, 1988) and conducted PhD research on natural regeneration in the tropical rainforest of French Guiana. He then worked for 3½ years in Australia on the sustainable management of native eucalyptus forests.
In 1999, he began as a researcher in international forest and nature management at Wageningen University & Research. He has been a project leader for forest research in Malaysia (Sarawak), China, India, Indonesia, Suriname, and Mozambique.
In 2014, he joined Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences (HVHL) as the coordinator of the Tropical Forestry specialisation (Forest and Nature Management program).
Since 2017, he has also been involved in the MSc program in Agricultural Production Chain Management as the coordinator of the Forest Chain specialisation.
Since September 2018, he has been a part-time associate professor of oil palm and tropical forests.
The associate professorship of Oil Palm and Tropical Forests works on the sustainable use of ecosystem services from tropical forest areas. The focus is on reducing deforestation and optimizing goods and services from existing plantations and forest areas. We support local users in improving business models for forest products. This contributes to combating biodiversity loss and climate change.