Biography
From 1991 to 1997 Andreas worked as researcher and assistant professor for Forest- and Forest Sector Policy and Forest Regional Planning at the University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BOKU) Vienna.
From 1997 to 2001 he held a position with the European Forest Institute (EF) (Joensuu, Finland) first as researcher in its “Forest Products Markets and Socio-economics Programme, later as acting programme manager and senior researcher for EFI’s “Policy Analysis” –programme.
From 2001 to 2003 he was affiliated with Wageningen University in the Netherlands as Assistant Professor for Forest and Nature Conservation Policy.
From 2003 to 2006 he was rejoined the European Forest Institute as Programme Manager for the EFI’s “Forest Products Markets and Socio-Economics” Programme.
He has been involved in numoerous national and international research and consultancy projects and has authored more than 70 national and international publications and has also been highly active as speaker at scientific and professional meetings.
Lately his research has focussed on illegal logging and FLEG(T)-processes in projects funded by DFID-UK, the Finnish Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry as well as the Ministerial Conference for the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE). Within IUFRO he is the Leader of the IUFRO-Taskforce “Illegal Logging and FLEG(T) – processes”.
Current teaching
Course leader: Forestry B.Sc. top up – (distance learning)
Undergraduate:
Forest Policy, Society and Governance
Geographic Information Systems
Urban Forestry and Green Infrastructure
Advanced Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing
Graduate:
Geographic Information Science
Advanced Spatial Information Science
World Forest Resources, Society and Trade (contributing)
Research interests/activities
Forest and Nature Conservation Policy and Economics
Land Use Planning
Geographic Information Systems
Peer reviewed
Janse G., Ottitsch A. Factors Influencing the Role of Non Wood Forest Products and Services – results from a comparative study covering Norway and the Netherlands. Forest Policy and Economics 7 (2005), pp 309 – 31
Book Chapters
Ottitsch A., Krott M. Urban Forest Policy and Planning, in: Konijnendijk C., Nilsson K., Randrup T., Schipperijn J. (eds.), Urban Forests and Trees – A Reference Book, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2005, pp. 117 – 147
Ottitsch A., Krott M. Urban Forest Policy and Planning, in: Konijnendijk C., Nilsson K., Randrup T., Schipperijn J. (eds.), Urban Forests and Trees – A Reference Book, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2005, pp. 117 – 147
Ottitsch A., Michie B., Palahi M., Wardle P.: Changes in the Forest Sector in Europe and Russia, in: Mery G., Alfaro R., Kanninen M., Lobovikov M. (eds.): Forests in the Global Balance, Changing Paradigms; IUFRO World Series Volume 17, International Union of Forest Research Organisations; Helsinki, 2005, pp. 231 - 242
Consultancy Reports
Ottitsch A., Kazusa L., Kaczmarek K., Raae K.: Study on the issues of illegal logging and related trade of timber and other forest products issues in Europe; Report to the Warsaw Liaison Unit for the Ministerial Conference for the Protection of Forests in Europe, Warsaw, 2004, 62 p.
Ottitsch A., Kazusa L. Moiseyev A.: Impacts of reduction of illegal logging in European Russia on the EU and European Russia forest sector and trade; EFI-Technical Report, European Forest Institute, Joensuu, 2005; 87 p.
Ottitsch A., Keel, A. Waldrelevante Foerderungsprogramme in der EU-27 sowie Vergleich Schweiz. Basler & Hofmann. Zurich. 79 pp. (Forest relevant subsidy programs in the EU-27 and comparison with Switzerland) – Report to the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment