From: Karin Hjelm <Karin.Hjelm(a)slu.se <mailto:Karin.Hjelm@slu.se> >
Sent: Monday, 18 January 2021 12.05
To: ess-alla <ess-alla(a)slu.se <mailto:ess-alla@slu.se> >
Subject: IBFRA conference 2021
Hi all!
IBFRA will arrange a conference with the theme “a changing boreal biome: assessing the vulnerability and resilience of boreal ecosystems to climate change and their socio-economic implications” that might be of interest for several of you, please visit the website for more information:
https://sites.google.com/alaska.edu/ibfra2021/home-page
The conference will be held August 16-20, fully virtual. Deadline for abstracts is February 1st.
BR,
Karin
Karin Hjelm
Universitetslektor
Docent
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Institutionen för Sydsvensk Skogsvetenskap
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From: International Society of Tropical Foresters <istf(a)yale.edu <mailto:istf@yale.edu> >
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2021 23:35:20 +0000
Subject: Invitation to attend the 2021 virtual ISTF conference
We would like to invite you and your colleagues to participate in the 27thannual International Society of Tropical Foresters conference. The deadline for submissions to has been extended until FRIDAY, January 22. Submit your abstracts for breakout sessions, posters, flash talks, and applications for the ISTF Innovation Prize. This year’s theme will be “Timelines and Critical Junctures: Re-examining Crises as Opportunities for Change”.
The Yale ISTF Chapter is dedicated to the advancement of tropical forest studies at the Yale School of the Environment, formerly known as the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. The ISTF conference has been hosted at Yale for 26 years and addresses a range of socio-ecological issues across the tropics. The 2021 conference will bring together an international community of academics, practitioners, activists, policy makers, artists, journalists and community leaders to re-examine crises as moments of learning and opportunities to set forth on new trajectories. Seizing these moments requires us to reflect on the interconnected nature of society, economy and the environment while motivating efforts to mitigate future events in light of our past successes and failures.
While the conference will unfortunately not be held in-person as per tradition, we hope that the online format will allow wider access and participation from attendees around the world, especially for participants and speakers that have historically faced difficulties with travel to the United States. Its virtual format will also allow us to offer subtitles in Spanish via Zoom's software.
Register and submit you abstracts at our 2021 conference website:
<http://istfconference.events.yale.edu/> http://istfconference.events.yale.edu/
Follow Yale ISTF on Facebook @yalefesistf, Twitter @YaleISTF, and Instagram @YaleISTF for updates as more conference details unfold!
See you there!
Yale ISTF 2021 Team
Dear colleagues,
I am writing to inform that we are editing a virtual special issue (VSI) of Soil Biology & Biochemistry, entitled "Plant-soil interactions in forests: Effects of management, disturbances and climate". I feel that you may contribute to this special issue.
Soil Biology & Biochemistry publishes original, scientifically challenging research articles of international significance that describe and explain biological processes occurring in soil.
Impact Factor: 5.795, 5-Year Impact Factor: 6.767
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/soil-biology-and-biochemistry
The Open call of the VSI is located at (or see the end of this email):
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/soil-biology-and-biochemistry/call-for-pa…
The submission is now open until the 11th of April 2021.
All submissions will go through the normal SBB review and publication process, all the accepted articles will be collected at the end to form an virtual special issue. The handling chief editor of this VSI is Joann Whalen (joann.whalen(a)mcgill.ca) the guest editors are Shirong Liu, Andreas Schindlbacher, Cindy Prescott, Alexia Stokes and myself.
We aim to have the special issue ready by December 2021.
We look forward to reading your manuscript to this special issue and please inform your colleagues of this opportunity.
Best regards,
Junwei Luan
Luan, Junwei（栾军伟）
Ph.D./Professor
Institute for Resources and Environment,
International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan (ICBR),
State Forestry and Grassland Administration
#8 Futong East Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100102
Tel:+86 10 84789785
Email: junweiluan(a)icbr.ac.cn
junweiluan(a)126.com
Special issue information:
Plant-soil interactions in forests: Effects of management, disturbances and climate
This special issue will bring together studies that provide mechanistic and quantitative knowledge and perspectives on plant and soil interactions, that are related to soil organic carbon and nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems. The formation of soil organic matter, physical (aggregation) and chemical protection, and nutrient cycling, are largely affected and modulated by plant species traits, diversity, and their interactive effects with root exudation, root-associated microorganisms, and litter quality, especially at the rhizosphere and litter-soil interface. However, our understanding of these processes is still limited and those variations in plant traits, especially root traits, that have the strongest potential to influence soil processes, as well as their interactions with soil organisms, remains largely unexplored. Furthermore, these processes and their interactions face modification or decoupling under the impacts of management practices, disturbances, and environmental change. For example, extreme weather events, including drought, heat and freezing, and species gains and losses that are a consequence of climate change, may affect above- and below- ground biota differently. Therefore, decoupling likely occurs, exerting significant impacts on carbon and nutrient cycles. We require an improved understanding of how belowground processes vary mechanistically across spatial and temporal scales, and how potential feedbacks to external factors, including management practices, disturbances, and climate, are affected. In-depth understanding is essential for increasing accuracy of terrestrial biogeochemical and dynamic vegetation models, which are often limited by inadequate integration of key belowground processes.
This special issue focusing on plant-soil interactions related to soil organic carbon and nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems, and the potential feedbacks under impacts of management, disturbances and climate change, aims to narrow down the role of plant and soil interactions in shaping soil organic carbon and nutrient cycling. We invite submissions on recent findings, methodological breakthroughs and challenges, and innovative concepts for inspiring discussions on plant-soil interactions in artificial or natural forest ecosystems in a variety of biomes.
Background and significance
Plant-soil interactions determine ecosystem functions and services of forests, including carbon sequestration, soil erosion and flood control, remediation and improved soil fertility. Trees, especially roots and root-associated microbes, influence soil biodiversity, structure, microbial processes and biogeochemical cycling. Physical and chemical properties of soils affect the nutrition, productivity and diversity of plants.
Forest management practices and silvicultural treatments affect plant-soil interactions and consequently the associated ecological functions and services of forests. Understanding the responses of these critical ecological processes (e.g. biodiversity, carbon and nutrient cycling) and their interactions with other environmental or human disturbances is essential for designing sustainable forest management strategies.
Concurrently with forest management, climate changes affect the complex interactions between plants and soil. Though numerous field experiments manipulating single or multiple environmental factors gained insights into the potential ecosystem responses, and our understanding has improved by studying natural climate gradients, climate change effects on plant-soil interactions still remain uncertain, especially in forest ecosystems.
This special issue will cover a wide range of topics in relations to forest management practices, disturbances, environmental changes and their effects on critical ecological processes and interactions. It is highly relevant to policy makers in making decisions about sustainable forest management with consideration of protecting soil, biodiversity and their interactions.
Submissions to SBB that deal with these matters in experimental and conceptual terms are invited and can be tagged as intended for consideration for collation into the Virtual Special Issue (VSI: Forest plant-soil interactions) at the point of submission via the online EES system.
Tagging options will remain open until 11 April 2021, with the aim of publishing the accepted papers as a collated special issue in December 2021. All manuscripts will be handled and considered in the same manner as mainstream submissions to the journal, and likewise published promptly online if accepted. General enquiries about the topic can be made to either of the co-ordinating editors below.
Junwei Luan
International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan
Institute for resources and environment
Beijing, 100102 P.R. China
E-mail: junweiluan(a)icbr.ac.cn
Shirong Liu
Chinese Academy of Forestry
The Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection
Beijing, 100091 P.R. China
E-mail: liusr(a)caf.ac.cn
Andreas Schindlbacher
Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Austria
Wien 1131 Austria
E-mail: andreas.schindlbacher(a)bfw.gv.at
Cindy Prescott
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 Canada
E-mail: Cindy.Prescott(a)ubc.ca
Alexia Stokes
French National Research Institute for Food, Agriculture and Environment
Montpellier 34398 Cedex 5 France
E-mail: alexia.stokes(a)cirad.fr
Joann Whalen
Department of Natural Resource Sciences
McGill University, Macdonald Campus, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Québec PQ H9X3V9, Canada
Email: joann.whalen(a)mcgill.ca
Enabling Factors to Scale Up Forest Landscape Restoration
<https://www.iufro.org/typo3temp/assets/_processed_/8/d/csm_2020_11_20_WWF_I
UFRO_FLR_Policy_Study-cover_39715b07a1.jpg> Beschreibung:
https://www.iufro.org/typo3temp/assets/_processed_/8/d/csm_2020_11_20_WWF_IU
FRO_FLR_Policy_Study-cover_39715b07a1.jpgThe time is now to make forest
restoration (FLR) at scale a success. This study seeks to better understand
enabling governance and economic factors that can inform FLR implementation,
based on sound evidence gathered from diverse contexts.
Enabling Factors to Scale Up Forest Landscape Restoration: The Roles of
Governance and Economics. Full Report with Case Studies
Published by WWF-Germany, November 2020
Author: Stephanie Mansourian, environmental consultant and Deputy
Coordinator of the IUFRO Task Force on Transforming Forest Landscapes for
Future Climates and Human Well-Being
WWF and IUFRO have come together to push the forest restoration agenda
forward using our combined scientific, policy and field implementation
expertise. Both of our organizations have been exploring lessons learned in
FLR (IUFRO FLR Snapshot and WWF FLR Field Experiences) to understand what
works and what doesn't as a basis for informing future implementation.
The purpose of this report is to identify the enabling factors at the
national or subnational scale (including specifically governance and
economic factors) that have motivated the initiation of forest restoration,
that have enabled its implementation at scale, and that are key to
sustaining it.
It reviews case studies of 10 locations that have scaled up forest
restoration (Bhutan, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Georgia, Kenya,
Madagascar, Viet Nam, the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and Sahel, and
Brazil's Espírito Santo State) in order to identify possible enabling
factors related to governance and economics and thereby to guide future FLR
interventions.
Download report from:
https://www.iufro.org/news/article/2020/11/23/enabling-factors-to-scale-up-f
orest-landscape-restoration/
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Von: ngobieng [mailto:marie-ange.ngo_bieng@cirad.fr]
Gesendet: Montag, 16. November 2020 03:40
Betreff:
Extended deadline for special issue on forest restoration in the journal
Forest Ecology and Management: 31st of December 2020
Open Call: Active restoration of timber production and other ecosystem
services in secondary and degraded forest.
Extended deadline: 31st of December 2020
Dear Colleagues
I am writing to inform that I am editing a special issue (SI) of Forest
Ecology and Management, entitled "Active restoration of timber production
and other ecosystem services in secondary and degraded forest". From your
research focus, I feel that you may contribute to this special issue.
Forest Ecology and Management is a peer reviewed journal that publishes
scientific articles linking forest ecology with forest management. 2019
IF: 3.170. 5-year IF: 3.581. Website:
<https://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-ecology-and-management>
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-ecology-and-management
The Open call of the SI is located at:
<https://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-ecology-and-management/call-for-pa
pers/open-call-active-restoration-of-timber-production>
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-ecology-and-management/call-for-pap
ers/open-call-active-restoration-of-timber-production
The submission portal is now open (from the 1st of September), and until the
31st of December 2020.
All submissions will go through the normal FEM review process. The handling
editor of this SI is Cindy Prescott ( <mailto:Cindy.Prescott@ubc.ca>
Cindy.Prescott(a)ubc.ca) the guest editors are Plinio Sist, Bryan Finegan and
myself.
We aim to have the special issue ready by December 2021.
We look forward to reading your Manuscript. Please inform your colleagues of
this opportunity.
--
Marie Ange NGO BIENG
UR Forêts et Sociétés. CIRAD
Campus International de Baillarguet, TA C-105/D
34398 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
Programa Bosques, Biodiversidad y Cambio Climatico. CATIE Edificio
principal. Turrialba. Cartago.
30501. Costa Rica
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Dear Members of IUFRO Mailing Lists for Divisions 1 and 4
Please see the attached call for submissions to a special issue of Forests journal titled "Modelling and Managing the Dynamics of Pine Forests".
On behalf of Unit 1.01.10 - Ecology and Silviculture of Pine, I would like to invite you to submit a manuscript for this issue.
Best regards,
Teresa Fidalgo Fonseca
IUFRO 1.01.10 Coordinator
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Teresa de Jesus Fidalgo Fonseca
ECAV - CIFAP /Department of Forestry Sciences and Landscape Architecture
UNIVERSIDADE DE TRÁS-OS-MONTES E ALTO DOURO
Quinta de Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real (Portugal)
E-mail tfonseca(a)utad.pt<mailto:tfonseca@utad.pt>
CAPSIS community member (modeler) http://capsis.cirad.fr/capsis/home
Researcher at Centro de Estudos Florestais - FORCHANGE group
IUFRO Deputy coordinator http://www.iufro.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6269-3605
[Homepage UTAD]<https://www.utad.pt/>
Dear all:
We have formed a new coordination team for the IUFRO Working Party 4.02.01 on Resource Data in the Tropics. The focus of the Working Party will be on legacy tropical forest data sets: finding them, getting them and their metadata archived in an up-to-date digital format, and getting these data available for use, with appropriate protocols and credit to the sources of the data.
We invite you to join our email list at <https://lists.iufro.org/mailman/listinfo/wp40201/> https://lists.iufro.org/mailman/listinfo/wp40201/ , where we discuss issues related to these datasets.
Regards,
Sheila Ward
Coordinator IUFRO 4.02.01
Invitation to join the email list for IUFRO 4.02.01 Resource Data in the Tropics
Dear all:
We have formed a new coordination team for the IUFRO Working Party 4.02.01 on Resource Data in the Tropics. The focus of the Working Party will be on legacy tropical forest data sets: finding them, getting them and their metadata archived in an up-to-date digital format, and getting these data available for use, with appropriate protocols and credit to the sources of the data. We invite you to join our email list at <https://lists.iufro.org/mailman/listinfo/wp40201/> https://lists.iufro.org/mailman/listinfo/wp40201/ , where we discuss issues related to these datasets.
Please contact tropfordata(a)gmail.com with any questions or comments.
Regards,
Sheila Ward
Coordinator IUFRO 4.02.01
Von: Sheila Ward
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 23. September 2020 00:41
Betreff: Data collection on Pterocarpus erinaceus (African rosewood)
Dear Members of IUFRO Mailing Lists for Divisions 1, 2, 4 and 5 and Research Groups 1.02.00, 4.02.00 and 5.01.00:
You might be interested in participating in this survey:
You are invited to fill out a google form on ECOWAS-PARI collaborative research for data collection on Pterocarpus erinaceus (African rosewood). Participation is by anyone who has information on this important but endangered species.The survey will only take about 10 minutes to complete.
The link is below:
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScq9ZLayITMMvp7Y8f_ofILDWg5fB6vm_N…> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScq9ZLayITMMvp7Y8f_ofILDWg5fB6vm_N…
Thank you!
Regards,
Sheila Ward
Deputy Coordinator IUFRO 1.02.04
Von: Loeffler, Theresa (NFOI) [mailto:Theresa.Loeffler@fao.org]
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 17. September 2020 15:21
Betreff: DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS EXTENDED to 15 Oct - Wangari Maathai
Forest Champions Award
Do you know a true forest champion?
Nominate them for the Wangari Maathai Award by 15 October!
The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) is awarding one extraordinary
individual for improving our forests and the lives of people who depend on
them. The winner of the 2021 award will be celebrated for their outstanding
achievements at the upcoming XV World Forestry Congress
<http://wfc2021korea.org/> , in May 2021 in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Along with international recognition and prestige, the awardee will receive
a cash prize of USD20,000
and travel support to participate in the award ceremony in Seoul.
<http://www.cpfweb.org/97445/en/> Click here to make your nomination!
Eligibility: Applicants should be nominated by a third party. Nominees may
be persons, living or recently deceased, who have made exceptional
contributions to forests. Professional and research contributions will only
be considered if they are conducted outside of normal work-related
responsibilities. Applications received from a nominee's kin or business
partner are not eligible for consideration. Applications related to
grassroots initiatives are particularly encouraged.
Selection: The submission deadline for nominations has been extended to 15
October 2020. The awardee will be selected by a jury nominated by CPF
members, which will take into account gender and regional balance when
considering potential awardees.
Announcement: The awardee will be notified of their selection via email in
February 2021. This year's Wangari Maathai Award will be presented during
the XV World Forestry Congress <http://wfc2021korea.org/> (24-28 May 2021),
at the Coex Convention Center in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
To submit an application: Please send completed nominations to the CPF
Secretariat at cpf(a)un.org. Find more information and the application
guidelines which should be used when submitting your nomination at the CPF
website <http://www.cpfweb.org/97445/en/> .
The CPF launched the first Wangari Maathai Award in 2012 to honour and
commemorate the impact of this extraordinary woman who championed forest
issues around the world. The Wangari Maathai Award is an initiative of CBD,
CIFOR, CITES, FAO, GEF, ICRAF, ITTO, IUCN, IUFRO, UNCCD, UNDP, UNEP, UNFCCC,
UNFF and World Bank, all members of the CPF. Nominations will be reviewed by
an international jury of renowned personalities, who will also take into
consideration such elements as empowering women, youth and civil society,
fostering social commitment, promoting networks and improving the valuation
of forests in society.
Dear all,
I just want to inform you that yesterday, I published a column in the
french newspaper "Le Monde" about tropical deforestation with a focus on
the Amazon. "Le Monde" is ranked among the “benchmark” French dailies,
it is the most widely read daily newspaper in France (2.42 million
readers in 2016) and the second in number of copies sold (323,565
copies per issue in 2019)
here attached the document and the link:
https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2020/08/15/la-deforestation-n-est-pas-…
cheers
Plinio Sist
Cirad-ES,
Directeur-Director UR Forêts et Sociétés
Tropical managed Forests Observatory (TmFO) Coordinator
IUFRO 1.02.02 Ecology&Silviculture of moist forests in the tropics
Campus International de Baillarguet, TA C-105/D
34398 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
Tél : +33 4 67 59 39 13
Tel.Portable/Mobile Phone: +33 786 3289 46
http://ur-forets-societes.cirad.fr/
Le 12/08/2020 à 17:30, Jens Peter Skovsgaard a écrit :
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> Dear IUFRO colleagues
>
> /This Newsletter includes two main items:/
>
> -Division Coordinator and Board meetings. /Deadline for input: 8
> September 2020./
>
> -Call for input to best practice guidelines for organizing, hosting
> and reporting of IUFRO online events. /Deadline for input: 26 August
> 2020./
>
> *Division Coordinator and Enlarged Board meetings*
>
> -On 28 May 2020 the Division Coordinators and Division Deputy
> Coordinators convened in a Zoom meeting to discuss current affairs and
> to begin planning for the next Board meeting. The Covid-19 situation
> and the postponement of essentially all ‘classical’ IUFRO events for
> an unforeseeable time was a prominent item on the agenda. As part of
> the meeting we also briefly discussed a guideline drafted by IUFRO on
> best practices for /participation/ in virtual meetings.
>
> - On 9 September 2020 Division Coordinators and Division Deputy
> Coordinators will convene again in a Zoom meeting to prepare for the
> online Board meeting scheduled for 10-11 September.
>
> -The Board meeting in spring 2020 was postponed to 10-11 September
> 2020 and will be conducted as an online Zoom meeting for the Enlarged
> Board (including, for example, Division Deputy Coordinators). In
> addition to being a ‘normal’ Board meeting with relevant business
> issues, strategic as well as operational, on the agenda, the meeting
> serves to introduce new Board members, Division and Task Force
> Coordinators and Deputy Coordinators to IUFRO’s general policies and
> mode of operation. Reporting from the Divisions and discussion of
> future activities are significant components of the programme. For
> your information, I enclose the report from Division 1. Please alert
> me to any items or suggestions you wish me to bring forward at the DC
> or at the EB meeting. I need your input no later than 8 September, but
> the sooner the better.
>
> *Call for input to best practice guidelines for organizing, hosting
> and reporting of IUFRO online events*
>
> Essentially all our IUFRO activities for 2020 have been postponed and
> some have even been cancelled. There is a risk that the dynamic
> networking of IUFRO will approach a temporary standstill. Instead, we
> should use this opportunity to pioneer the new tools that are now
> bringing the world together and which have already revolutionized our
> way of working and communicating. Some of the new tools, for example
> Zoom, seem to offer even more interactive and participatory
> opportunities than the telephone, the e-mail, video and other
> ‘old-fashioned’ online meeting facilities.
>
> Teresa Fonseca and I are currently working to draft best practice
> guidelines for organizing, hosting and reporting IUFRO online events.
> This effort can only be done effectively with broad participation and
> inclusion of knowledge and experience of officeholders across all
> IUFRO units. There are already many general guidelines available, so
> we clearly want to focus on the special situation in IUFRO. Some of
> you may already have experience, others may have interesting or useful
> ideas. Our objective is to draft a set of recommendations that can be
> discussed by the Division Coordinators and, possibly, the Enlarged
> Board or the Management Committee at their meetings in September.
> Please send your comments, ideas and suggestions directly to Division
> 1 Deputy Coordinator Teresa Fonseca at tfonseca(a)utad.pt
> <mailto:tfonseca@utad.pt> no later than 26 August 2020. Teresa and I
> will then compile and edit a first draft for further discussion.
>
> We look forward to hearing from you.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> JP
>
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From: Philip G Comeau < <mailto:pcomeau@ualberta.ca> pcomeau(a)ualberta.ca>
To: <mailto:rg10100@lists.iufro.org> rg10100(a)lists.iufro.org
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 10:45:34 -0700
Subject: Forests - Special Issue on Silviculture and Management of Boreal Forests
Dear Colleagues,
The boreal forest circles the northern portions of the earth and represents approximately 30% of the global forest area. This region has a short growing season with 6 to 8 months of below-freezing temperatures and a low diversity of tree species. However, it is an important source of lumber and wood fibre and provides a range of ecological and social services. Boreal forests play important roles in climate regulation and are an important reservoir of carbon. Global climate change is having major impacts and, in addition to forestry, the mining and energy sectors are active in this region.
About two-thirds of the world’s boreal forests are managed. Management intensity varies from extensive management in Canada and Russia to intensive management in Fennoscandia. Harvesting has increased the number of successional or second-growth forests in many areas, with associated changes in structural characteristics and biodiversity. Challenges to management of boreal forests include: slow growth rates, an abundance of poor soil conditions including imperfectly or poorly drained sites as well as rapidly drained sites and cold soils, wetting up of sites following harvest, remoteness, and high costs. A range of silvicultural practices, including draining, mechanical site preparation, prescribed burning, planting, thinning, and cleaning, are applied. Both even-aged and uneven-aged systems are applied, with stand and site characteristics and other factors influencing the choice of system.
The aim of this Special Issue is to document recent advances in silviculture and management of boreal forests with particular emphasis on managing boreal forests for a broad range of services and adaptation to climate change. We invite original research and review papers covering a range of topics relating to the silviculture and management of boreal forests that demonstrate and compare short-term and long-term outcomes of practices in relation to their impacts on tree growth, yield, biodiversity, economics, resilience, and other values.
The deadline for manuscript submission is April 4, 2021.
Additional information, author instructions and the link for paper submission are available at: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests/special_issues/Silviculture_Management…
Phil Comeau
Professor Emeritus (Silviculture and Stand Dynamics)
University of Alberta'
Email: phil.comeau(a)ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-668-1879
https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1lJMDF7zSsd89LdW217E0AGzA5bl4…
1970-2020: Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the BSc Forestry program at the U of A
The University of Alberta is located in ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Amiskwacîwâskahikan) on Treaty 6 lands, the ancestral lands of the Papaschase, and the homeland of the Métis peoples.
