dear colleagues,
Please find enclosed a paper published in current biology by Rutishauser
et al. 2015, from our TmFO network that might interest you, particularly
those interested in tropical silviculture.
abstract:
While around 20% of the Amazonian forests has been cleared for pastures
and agriculture, one fourth of the remaining forests is dedicated to
wood production. Most of these production forests have been or will be
selectively harvested for commercial timber, but recent studies show
that even soon after logging, harvested stands retain much of their
tree-biomass carbon and biodiversity. We use a network of 79 permanent
sample plots (376 ha total) located at 10 sites across the Amazon Basin
to assess the main drivers of time-to-recovery of post-logging tree
carbon. Recovery time is of direct relevance to policies governing
management practices (i.e. allowable volumes cut and cutting cycle
lengths), and indirectly forest-based climate change mitigation
interventions. We found that the proportion of initial above-ground
carbon stock lost (i.e., trees harvested and destroyed by logging
operations) best predicted the time to recover initial carbon stocks. No
other variables tested contributed substantially to the prediction of
recovery times, despite the fact that the sampled plots span large
geographic and environmental gradients across the entire Amazon Basin.
These results reveal clear patterns that can clarify tradeoffs for
policy-makers and forest managers between short-term economics and
long-term carbon storage and hence climate regulation. Forest management
regulations vary among Amazonian countries, but generally set minimum
cutting cycles at 30-60 years, with harvests of 10- 30 m3 ha-1. While
these cutting cycles are generally insufficient to recover commercial
timber stocks, such harvest intensities require 7 and 21 years
respectively to recover their initial ACS, assuming ACS losses
proportional to harvested timber volumes.
cheers
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Plinio Sist
Cirad-ES
Directeur-Director
UR (B&SEF) "Biens et Services des Ecosystèmes Forestiers tropicaux"
Coordinator of IUFRO 1.02.02 Ecology and 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-bsef.cirad.fr/fr
Division 1 Colleagues:
Announcing an *“Expert Workshop on Restoration and Adaptation of Mountain
Forests in Central and Northeast Asia”* to be held 19-22 October 2015 at
the City Hotel in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. This workshop is sponsored by IUFRO
Unit 1.06.00 Restoration of Degraded Sites, Unit 1.01.05 Mountain Forest
Management, and the Task Force Forest Adaptation and Restoration under
Global Change. It provides a targeted follow-on to the workshop held in
2014 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and to the Keep Asia Green work supported by
the ASEAN-Korea Environmental Cooperation Project (AKECOP) and the Special
Programme for Development of Capacities (SPDC) of the International Union
of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). For more information contact Dr.
John Stanturf, jstanturf(at)fs.fed.us.
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John Stanturf
Center for Forest Disturbance Science
US Forest Service Southern Research Station
320 Green Street
Athens, GA 30602 USA
+ 706-559-4316 tel
+ 706-559-4317 fax
+ 706-202-8066 mobile
website: http://sites.google.com/site/johnstanturf/
*“Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their
problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost
confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a
failure of leadership.”* ~ Colin Powell
Views and Opinions expressed in this email are solely representative of the
sender and do not represent those of the Forest Service or any other agency.
Dear Colleagues,
I am please to invite you to this side event organized by Cirad, FAO and
Cifor on concession in tropical forests. The main objectove of this side
event is to discuss and to evaluate the future prospects of
concession-based forestry, firstly based on an analysis of specific
challenges the forest concession forestry now faces in the three major
tropical forest regions (Amazon Basin, Congo Basin and South East Asia)
and, secondly by comparing the design and implementation of forest
concessions in the three regions where tropical forests occur (Central
Africa, Tropical America and South east Asia). I hope that the
colleagues from division 1 attending the congress will participate to
this side event on Monday night 19h45-21h00...
best regards
--
Plinio Sist
Cirad-ES
Directeur-Director
UR (B&SEF) "Biens et Services des Ecosystèmes Forestiers tropicaux"
Coordinator of IUFRO 1.02.02 Ecology and 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-bsef.cirad.fr/fr
Effects of Ungulate Browsing on Forest Regeneration and Silviculture
Birmensdorf (Zürich), Switzerland / 14 - 16 October 2015
http://www.wsl.ch/iufro-ungfor2015/
Dear Division 1 Scientists and Colleagues,
Ungulate browsing is one of the many factors that affect tree establishment, growth and mortality and thus both structure and species composition of forests. Tree saplings are part of the usual food of ungulate species and palatable tree species, like Abies alba (European silver fir), are often browsed by ungulates. At the same time, natural regeneration of a mixture of species is valued in mountain protection forests to mitigate damages of snow avalanches, rockfall, mass flow and wind storms. Thereby, species with deep rooting systems (like Abies alba and Acer pseudoplatanus) are particularly important.
Measuring and monitoring the effects of ungulates on forest regeneration pose however major challenges because leader shoot browsing rate linearly correlates neither with tree density nor with species composition. The conference intends to present the current state of knowledge on ungulate impacts on tree regeneration and their implications for forest stand dynamics. We specifically focus on sustainable natural tree regeneration under current and predicted future climate.
If you are working in this area and have not yet registered for the symposium, here is your chance to do so: visit http://www.wsl.ch/iufro-ungfor2015/registration/ and book your place!
We are looking forward to welcoming you to WSL Birmensdorf!
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posted by Brigitte Burger on behalf of
Andreas Zingg, research forester, dipl Forsting. ETH
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
CH-8903 Birmensdorf
Switzerland
phone +41-44-739 23 35
fax +41-44-739 22 15
http://www.wsl.ch
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From: Fulvio Ducci CRA-SEL < <mailto:fulvio.ducci@entecra.it> fulvio.ducci(a)entecra.it>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 12:24:16 +0200
Subject: Cost Action FP1202 on Marginal Populations FGR. Call for a Training School on " Altitude Marginal populations, " Forest genetic resources of marginal populations of forest trees", 30.08.2015-4.09.2015, Pieve Tesino (Trento, Italy).
Cost Action FP1202 MaP FGR “Strengthening conservation: a key issue for adaptation of marginal/peripheral populations of forest trees to climate change in Europe (MaP-FGR)”, is organizing a 2015 Training School. This Training School is especially focused on forest genetic resources of marginal and peripheral populations of forest trees at high elevation edge and on how they are evolving and adapting to the effects of current isotherm shift.
Lectures will focus on case studies on forest species at high elevation edge, presenting methodology and results obtained by researchers working in research institutions participating in the Cost Action FP1202 MaP-FGR and invited experts.
The training school aims to provide intensive training on the adaptation and evolution of MaP populations of forest trees at high elevation edge of species distribution, at widening the knowledge of the Action activities and sharing expertise between trainers and trainees.
Only candidate Trainees from COST countries and NCC Countries, or related to Cost non European Countries can apply.
Title: Forest genetic resources of marginal populations of forest trees at high elevation edge
Date: 31 August 2015 - 4 September 2015
Co-organized with the Alpine Study Centre (University of Tuscia, Italy)
Venue: Alpine Study Centre, Pieve Tesino (Italy)
Deadline for submission is July 22, 2015
More details at: <http://map-fgr.entecra.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Call_TS2015.pdf> Call_TS2015.pdf
Dr. Fulvio Ducci
Chair and Grant Holder
Cost Action FP1202
“Strengthening conservation: a key issue for adaptation
of marginal/peripheral populations of forest trees to climate change in Europe
(MaP‐FGR)”
<http://www.cost.eu/domains_actions/fps/Actions/FP1202> http://www.cost.eu/domains_actions/fps/Actions/FP1202
<http://map-fgr.entecra.it/> http://map-fgr.entecra.it/
Tel. +39 0575 353021 <tel:%2B39%200575%20353021>
Fax + 39 0575 353490 <tel:%2B%2039%200575%20353490>
Skype: ghiandaiafd
Von: Nygren Pekka (Luke) [mailto:pekka.nygren@luke.fi]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 14. Juli 2015 13:55
Betreff: International Workshop on Forest Science Publishing (IUFRO WP 9.01.06)
International Workshop on Forest Science Publishing
IUFRO WP 9.01.06
Helsinki, Finland, 14 - 16 October 2015
Dear Colleague,
The International Workshop on Forest Science Publishing will be the first activity of the new Working Party 9.01.06 of IUFRO. The initiative to establish the Working Party was made in the IUFRO World Congress in Salt Lake City, USA, in October 2014. The aim of the working party is to provide a forum for discussions, training, exchange of ideas, and development of editorial practices of journals dealing with forests, wood science, and related research. The Working Party and its first meeting are expected to be of special interest to the editors, editorial board members, and reviewers of peer-reviewed forest science journals for discussing timely issues on scientific publishing.
Based on feedback from Working Party members, the first workshop will emphasise peer-review and open access/open data issues yet contributions on any issue relevant to forest science publishing are welcome. The workshop will be composed of keynote talks, voluntary oral and poster presentations, and working groups. The working groups will formulate the activities of the Working Party until the next IUFRO World Congress in 2019.
The workshop website is www.metla.fi/fsp2015/index.htm and we invite you to submit abstracts and register through the website. The abstract submission will be open through 15 August 2015. Registration at the lower fee 380 € will be open through 9 September 2015. Thereafter the registration fee will increase to late level 460 €. Abstract submission will redirect you to the Open Journal System of the Finnish Society of Forest Science and the Natural Resources Institute Finland.
We ask you to read the Author Guidelines before submitting an abstract. Selected presentations will be published as full articles in a special issue of Silva Fennica (www.silvafennica.fi <http://www.silvafennica.fi/> ).
We hope that you find all the relevant information on the workshop in these websites. If you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact chair of the organising committee, Pekka Nygren (contact details below).
On behalf of the Organising Committee of the Workshop and the Workshop host, The Finnish Society of Forest Science, I wish you welcome to Helsinki next October!
Pekka Nygren
Secretary General, Finnish Society of Forest Science
Associate Editor, Silva Fennica
PO Box 18, 01301 Vantaa, Finland
tel. +358 40 801 5596
e-mail: pekka.nygren(a)luke.fi
A reminder that the deadline for submission of Abstracts has been extended to July 10th 2015, and that online registration and payment system is open for IUFRO Eucalypt Conference 2015 “Scientific cultivation and green development to enhance the sustainability of eucalypt plantations” | October 21 - 24, 2015 | Zhanjiang City, Guangdong, CHINA
This will be a conference for IUFRO Working Group 2.08.03 – Improvement and Culture of Eucalypts. It will focus on benefits, issues, and technologies associated with improving the development, growth and management of eucalypt plantations.
The key conference topics include:
- Ecological and Social Sustainability of Eucalypt Plantations
- Genetics and Breeding Technologies
- Silviculture and Management
- Forest Health and Nutrition
- Wood Technology and Utilization
Send your abstract today and register as soon as possible!
Details at http://www.euciufro2015.com and in the attached announcement (also posted on http://www.iufro.org/download/file/19293/1112/zhanjiang15-3rd-announcement_…)
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posted by Brigitte Burger, IUFRO Headquarters, on behalf of Run-Peng Wei, Coordinator of IUFRO 2.08.03
Von: Andreas Zingg [mailto:andreas.zingg@wsl.ch]
Gesendet: Freitag, 26. Juni 2015 15:49
Betreff: Registration for the IUFRO Symposium Effects of ungulate browsing on forest regeneration and silviculture
Dear colleagues, dear friends
Registration for the IUFRO Symposium http://www.wsl.ch/iufro-ungfor2015/index_EN mentioned below
is now open: http://www.wsl.ch/iufro-ungfor2015/registration/index_EN
Effects of ungulate browsing on forest regeneration and silviculture
Special implications for Abies alba (European silver fir)
Venue: WSL, Birmensdorf
Date: 14-16 October 2015
Conference Language: English
Conference Sponsors/Organisation
IUFRO Units:
1.01.09 - Ecology and silviculture of European silver fir
1.01.12 - Silviculture and ungulates
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
Please forward this information to your colleagues, friends and especially to the members of your IUFRO group
Best regards
Andrea Kupferschmid and Andreas Zingg
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Andreas Zingg, research forester, dipl Forsting. ETH
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
CH-8903 Birmensdorf
Switzerland
phone +41-44-739 23 35
fax +41-44-739 22 15
http://www.wsl.ch
Colleagues! Scientists!
Forest research projects are often carried out without the public knowing much about them. If you think that your research project deserves more attention than that, here is your chance: showcase your research work in the blog competition of the XXIV World Forestry Congress!
By submitting a blogpost you can help to significantly boost awareness, engagement and investments in forestry in general and on one of the six Congress sub-themes in particular:
* Forests for socioeconomic development and food security
* Building resilience with forests
* Integrating forests and other land uses
* Encouraging product innovation and sustainable trade
* Monitoring forests for better decision-making
* Improving governance by building capacity
The blog competition closes on July 31 midnight CET.
Details of the blog competition are at: <https://forests2015.wordpress.com/2015/05/08/announcing-forests2015-blog-co…> https://forests2015.wordpress.com/2015/05/08/announcing-forests2015-blog-co…
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