Dear Colleagues in Division 1 and Division 2
I want to invite you to submit an abstract for the flash talk session
organized jointly by Division 1 (silviculture) and Division 2 (genetics and
physiology).
Regards
Somidh Saha
Session : T3.27 Flash talks
New forests with greater resilience: the importance of forest genetic
resources in forest landscape restoration
Somidh Saha, Santiago C González-Martínez, Palle Madsen, Douglass F. Jacobs,
Stephen Cavers, René
Zamora Cristales
Climate change impacts and anthropogenic activities have destroyed vast
tracts of forest across the
globe. Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) is a planned national,
international, and global process
that aims to restore degraded forest land to increase ecological
functionality and human well-being.
Research has shown that nearly 2 billion ha of land is suitable for FLR, but
these future forests will
have to have high resilience to withstand growing climate change impacts.
One strategy for handling
these pressures is to carefully manage levels of genetic diversity in
forests restored by humans to
ensure adaptive potential. This session invites presentations on how forest
genetic resources can be
effectively deployed during the planning, initiation, establishment, and
future management of forests
restored under the FLR. The session will focus on five thematic questions:
1. How can we effectively deploy the genetic diversity of native trees,
herbs, and shrubs
during forest restoration?
2. How can multifunctional use of forests (e.g., multipurpose trees,
biomass, non-timber
forest produce, etc.) be enhanced through genetic resource management?
3. Which forest management and silvicultural interventions can be used in
FLR to increase
gene flow?
4. How should we plan tree breeding programs to increase environmental and
disease
tolerance without compromising the natural genetic diversity of the
population?
5. How can we integrate FGR management with the nursery sector at national
and
international levels to ensure supply of high quality, genetically diverse
planting stock?
6. How we can produce seeds and plants to implement commitments under the UN
Decade
on Ecosystem Restoration, and regional Initiatives such as 20x20 in Latin
America and
AFR100 in Africa?
The session will have a global focus comprising FLR and forest genetic
resources in all terrestrial
forest ecosystems. Submissions linking FLR activities to forest genetic
resource management from
less-studied forest ecosystems will be welcomed. This interdisciplinary
session aims to bring together
foresters, forest owners, forest geneticists, silviculturists, nursery
sector representatives, and biologists
in presentation and discussion.
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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS)
Dr. rer. nat. Somidh Saha
KIT-Associate-Fellow (Faculty of Civil Engineering, Geo- and Environmental
Sciences)
Senior Scientist
Head of a Research Group: <https://www.itas.kit.edu/english/rg_syl.php>
Sylvanus
Karlstr. 11
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Fax: +49 721 608-24806
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Dear Colleagues of Division 1
Please submit or distribute our session on oaks to potential IUFRO congress
participants.
Here are the session details below.
Regards
Somidh Saha
Session number T3.3 Oral / Poster
Disappearing oak woods: conservation and management of global oak forests
Organized by: Somidh Saha, Teresa Fidalgo Fonseca, Magnus Löf, Daniel C. Dey
Oaks (Quercus spp.) are foundational species in many forest ecosystems.
There are more than 500 species of oaks worldwide, and they can be naturally
found in all continents except Antarctica and Australia. They exist in
temperate broadleaved forests, subtropical and tropical montane/submontane
forests, and temperate and subtropical arid and scrub forests. Mature oak
trees provide direct and indirect
support to thousands of species. For example, in the UK, old Quercus robur
trees are associated with
nearly 2300 species of flora and fauna. In addition to high biodiversity
values, oaks provide high-quality
timber and a wide range of other ecosystem services. Most of the oak species
are long-living in their
respective ecosystem; hence, they are essential for ecosystem functioning
and health. However, oak
forests worldwide are declining due to climate change impacts, diseases,
habitat destruction, and the
replacement of oak trees by fast-growing tree species. The report of oak
decline has been emerging
in scientific literature since the end of the 20th century. Therefore, there
is an urgent global need to
sensibilize and work towards the conservation and sustainable use of
remaining oak forests. Moreover,
we call to BRING BACK THE OAKS in their native ecosystem, where they used to
thrive for thousands of
years, to increase biodiversity, ecosystem services, and resilience to
climate change impacts. Therefore,
the planned session invites contributions to oak forests conservation,
restoration, regeneration, and
management. The proposed session aims to invite contributions from all
different oak forest ecosystems
comprising a wide range of topics. We also plan for a special issue from our
session.
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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS)
Dr. rer. nat. Somidh Saha
KIT-Associate-Fellow (Faculty of Civil Engineering, Geo- and Environmental
Sciences)
Senior Scientist
Head of a Research Group: <https://www.itas.kit.edu/english/rg_syl.php>
Sylvanus
Karlstr. 11
76133, Karlsruhe, Germany
Phone: +49 721 608-24644
Fax: +49 721 608-24806
E-mail: <mailto:somidh.saha@kit.edu> somidh.saha(a)kit.edu
Web: <https://www.itas.kit.edu/english/rg_syl_saha_somidh.php>
https://www.itas.kit.edu/english/rg_syl_saha_somidh.php;
<http://www.somidh.com/> www.somidh.com
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[Ein Bild, das Schmuck, Modeaccessoire, Perle, Schmuckherstellung enth?lt. Automatisch generierte Beschreibung]Colleagues,
Forests are increasingly under pressure. More frequent disturbances due to climate change, such as wildfires and windthrows, but also impacts from invasive pests and extensive use are affecting the health of forest communities. Seed production of tree species plays an important role in the adaptation of natural and commercial forests to the new reality, as it drives both the spatial and temporal spread of natural regeneration, but also influences afforestation using seedlings from tree nurseries. In the temperate zone, seed production of common tree species tends to be highly variable between years and synchronized spatially, a phenomenon termed masting.
The aim of this symposium is to bring the current state of research on masting to a broad professional and lay audience and to discuss how monitoring of seed production in European forests can be improved, to what extent forecasts can be developed based on historical relationships with weather and other factors, and how such data and forecasts can benefit forestry, conservation, and public health.
Date: 15 June 2023, 9:30 am
Location: Vienna, Austria, and via livestream
Organizers: Commission for Interdisciplinary Ecological Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Details:
Conference homepage: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/kioes/kioes/detail/seeding-the-future
Programme: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/kommissionen/kioes/pdf/Veranstaltungen/Inv…
Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeZyHDHj6IwbZ1ttznQAr-_JhB6jhcLrf9…
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the session organisers, I would like to invite you to submit abstracts for oral talks and posters as part of T5.1 entitled "Artificial Intelligence in Forest Biometry: from predictions to understanding" of the IUFRO World Congress held at Stockholm on 23-39 June 2024. Please submit your abstracts by June 2nd 2023 at https://www.appinconf.com/kas/Abstract?projectName=iufro2024abstracts<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.appinconf.com/kas/Abstract?projectN…>.
Best wishes,
Felipe Bravo
Session organisers: Felipe Bravo, Clara Antón-Fernández, Sheng-I Yang
Artificial intelligence (AI) encompasses a wide range of techniques and frameworks dating back tothe mid twenty century. The use of AI in forestry is relatively new, especially when compared to the
early adoption of AI in other fields such as agriculture. In forest biometry, the irruption of AI spins researchers and practitioners to unfold the analysis of complex big data. Narrow AI, defined as an
AI system that is specified to perform a limited task, is commonly applied in forest biometry (e.g., analysis of forest structure with 3D point cloud data). Currently, it is possible to efficiently prototype AI
algorithms thanks to plenty of publicly available databases, open-source libraries, and the accessibilityto computing platforms.
However, the application of AI in forest biometry is mainly focused on improving predictions. Due to the potential power of AI, opportunities are open to broad applications of AI, such as enhancing the
understanding of forest processes. Thus, it is important to discuss, jointly with academia and industrialsectors, about the implications, limitations, and capabilities of this technology as an alternative quantitative method.
Prof. Dr. Felipe Bravo
Catedrático de Planificación Forestal/Professor of Forest Management
Chair SMART Global Ecosystems | Senior Researcher at iuFOR
Instituto Universitario de Gestión Forestal Sostenible | Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute
Universidad de Valladolid
ETS Ingenierías Agrarias, Universidad de Valladolid
Avda. de Madrid, 44 -- 34004 Palencia
España-Spain
Tl +34 979108424 Fx.+34 979108440
https://smartglobalecosystems.uva.es/ | http://www.research4forestry.euhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-6695 | https://portaldelaciencia.uva.es/investigadores/181874/detalle
Dear Colleagues
We would like to invite your attention to the CALL FOR ABSTRACTS for our sub-plenary session in the XXVI IUFRO World Congress, 23-29 of June 2024, Stockholm
Subplenary Theme 3 Forest Biodiversity and its ecosystem services
S3.1 Assisted migration for adapting forests to climate change
The abstract submission period is open until 2 June 2023, 23:59 p.m. (CEST) and interested individuals are encouraged to apply.
Please visit the submission page at: https://www.appinconf.com/kas/Abstract?projectName=iufro2024abstracts<https://r.notify.appinmed.com/tr/cl/JZLsVlbaGX7P9asUWVfL46wtVQiZthblTZrP12e…>
We are looking forward to receiving your excellent and numerous abstracts!
Kind regards
On behalf of the organizers
Debojyoti Chakraborty
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Dr. Debojyoti Chakraborty
Senior Scientist
Department of Forest Growth, Silviculture and Genetics
Austrian Research Centre for Forests BFW
Seckendorff-Gudent-Weg 8, 1131 Vienna, Austria
Telefon +43 1 878 38-2101
Mobil +43 660 5086 480
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Web https://www.bfw.gv.at<https://www.bfw.gv.at/>
From: Mikolaj Lula <mikolaj.lula(a)slu.se>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2023 10:45 AM
Subject: IUFRO- Climate-smart pine forest management
TECHNICAL SESSION CALL FOR ABSTRACTS.
XXVI IUFRO World Congress, 23-29 of June 2024, Stockholm
Technical Theme 1
T1.5 Climate-smart pine forest management
The technical session abstract submission period is open until 2 June 2023, 23:59 p.m. (CEST) and interested individuals are encouraged to apply.
Please visit the submission page at: https://www.appinconf.com/kas/Abstract?projectName=iufro2024abstracts<https://r.notify.appinmed.com/tr/cl/JZLsVlbaGX7P9asUWVfL46wtVQiZthblTZrP12e…>
We are looking forward to receiving your excellent and numerous abstracts!
Kind regards,
Mikolaj Lula
Dear friends of IUFRO
I would like to draw your attention to three IUFRO World Congress sessions of special interest to scientists and teachers of silviculture:
* Close-to-nature silviculture for global change adaptation and mitigation (subplenary session S1.1)
* Interactive forest management: Should silviculture and forest operations comply with governance or the opposite? (technical session T4.18)
* Teaching and training in silviculture: contemporary challenges and future prospects (technical session T5.32)
The session on close-to-nature silviculture focuses on one of the hottest topics in contemporary forest research.
The session on interactive forest management focuses on issues on the boundaries between silviculture, forest operations and governance issues. These less explored boundaries represent an emerging research topic and deserve more attention. We are keen to spark the discussion!
The session on teaching and training in silviculture will provide communicators, teachers and students the opportunity to share experience and exchange views on pedagogics and other related topics. This session is organized in cooperation with IFSA.
Please submit your abstract by 2 June 2023 to the much advertised https://www.appinconf.com/kas/Abstract?projectName=iufro2024abstracts
Best wishes,
JP
Jens Peter Skovsgaard
Coordinator, IUFRO Div. 1 Silviculture
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On behalf of the session organisers, I would like to invite you to submit abstracts for oral talks and posters as part of session T4.21 National perspective of Forest resources policy and governance in countries of Latin America under a sustainable perspective of the IUFRO World Congress held at Stockholm on 23-39 June 2024.
Please submit your abstracts by June 2nd 2023 at https://www.appinconf.com/kas/Abstract?projectName=iufro2024abstracts.
Session details
T4.21 National perspective of Forest resources policy and governance in countries of Latin America under a sustainable perspective
Session type: Technical
Duration: 120 minutes
Congress theme: 4: Forests for sustainable societies
Note that the Congress organizers reserve the rights of slightly editing the text of your session description for the Book of Abstracts, and that the abstract call will be launched by the IUFRO Headquarters and is open to all, so you may need to include contributions that were not originally proposed for your session.
For sessions involving oral presentations, the Congress Scientific Committee recommends 10-15 min including discussion for standard oral presentations, but you may want to consider also shorter (5-10 min) and even flash talks (3-5 min). All contributions to your session must be submitted in the Call for Abstracts, and that also include speakers in panel discussions.
For sessions involving poster presentations, the Congress Organizing Committee is pleased to communicate that there will be only electronic posters and that the session will be split in two parts - one oral part and one poster part. Session organizers are required to propose a moderator also for their poster session, as it will include short oral presentations of the posters.
Vitor Afonso Hoeflich, D. Sc. em Economia Rural
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0561-3933
Professor do Departamento de Economia Rural e Extensão - Universidade Federal do Paraná -
- Coordenador do Grupo de trabalho da IUFRO
4.05.03 - Managerial economics and accounting in Latin America
-Vice-Coordenador do Grupo de trabalho da IUFRO 9.05.08 - Forest and natural resources policy and governance in Latin America and the Caribbean
Contatos: Whatsapp 5541-99602.9350,
Recados: 41-3360.4206 41.3360.4212
skype: vitorah.hoeflich
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Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the session organisers, we would like to invite you to submit abstracts for oral talks and posters to the Session “T2.18. Mixed Forest plantations as resilient natured-based solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation” of the IUFRO 2024 Congress in Stockholm, Sweden, 23 – 29 June 2024.
This session will focus on findings from tree diversity experiments and silvicultural trials comparing mixtures with monocultures in forest plantations. Abstracts can be submitted until 2 June 2023 at https://iufro2024.com/call-for-congress-abstracts/
Best regards,
Hernán Serrano-León
T2.18. Mixed forest plantations as natured-based solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation
Session organizers: Hernán Serrano-León, Ramona Werner, Joel Jensen, Hervé Jactel, Carolyn Glynn
Forest plantations globally provide an increasingly large share of the wood products that contribute to a carbon-neutral bioeconomy, while reducing the harvest pressure on native and natural forests. Their importance is likely to increase with the projected rise in the global demand for the provision of multiple forest goods, and the increasing threat to natural forests posed by climate change. Yet, plantations are faced with controversies related to the potential negative impacts of dominating monospecific plantations for the maintenance of biodiversity and ecosystem functions and to the increasing vulnerability of monocultures to biotic and abiotic risks intensified by climate change (CC).
A growing body of evidence suggests that multi-specific mixed forest plantations provide a wider array of ecosystem services and can be more efficient in sequestrating carbon, while better coping with CC-related stress and biotic disturbances. These results can be traced to mechanisms of complementary or facilitated resource use and alleviated competition in mixed plantations, and can result from a “portfolio effect” of diversification that minimizes the risk of a given species or forest function to be drastically affected. Nevertheless, there is an apparent reluctance among landowners and stakeholders to adopt mixed plantations as a nature-based solution for CC mitigation and adaptation. Among the possible factors preventing the expansion of mixed plantations is an insufficient scientific base for management practices regarding the type of species mixtures that optimize CC mitigation, adaptation and ecosystem functioning across contrasting site conditions.
This session focuses on findings from tree diversity experiments, silvicultural trials comparing mixtures with monocultures, and analyses of the socio-economic contexts of tree-species diverse plantations. This session presents recent research that 1) improves the mechanistic understanding behind the potential of mixed- forest plantations to mitigate and adapt to climate change, or 2) identifies trade-offs and synergies among adaptation, mitigation and other objectives in the management of mixed-forest plantations. The final aim of this session is to identify the knowledge gaps that prevent progress towards a wider implementation of mixed plantations in adaptive forest management strategies and restoration measures, and to discuss research approaches to fill these gaps.
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Hernán Serrano-León
Research Associate
Freiburg University, Chair of Silviculture and Chair of Geobotanics
@TreeDivNet MixForChange <https://mixforchange.cirad.fr/> project
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