Dear all,
A new book on a topic we like is available via the Earthscan Forest Library series. For more information, please use the link below!
Best wishes
/Bjorn
Björn Hånell
Professor of Silviculture
President International Peat Society (IPS)
Coordinator IUFRO Division 1 Silviculture
Dept of Forest Ecology and Management
SLU
SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden
Phone: +46 90 7868297,
FAX: +46 90 7868414
Cell: +46 70 6898 478
[AppleMark]
Managing Forests as Complex Adaptive Systems
Building Resilience to the Challenge of Global Change
Edited by Christian Messier<http://www.routledge.com/books/search/author/christian_messier/>, Klaus J. Puettmann<http://www.routledge.com/books/search/author/klaus_j_puettmann/>, and K. David Coates<http://www.routledge.com/books/search/author/k_david_coates/>
Series:The Earthscan Forest Library<http://www.routledge.com/books/series/ECTEFL/>
This book links the emerging concepts of complexity, complex adaptive system (CAS) and resilience to forest ecology and management. It explores how these concepts can be applied in various forest biomes of the world with their different ecological, economic and social settings, and history. Individual chapters stress different elements of these concepts based on the specific setting and expertise of the authors. Regions and authors have been selected to cover a diversity of viewpoints and emphases, from silviculture and natural forests to forest restoration, and from boreal to tropical forests.
The chapters show that there is no single generally applicable approach to forest management that applies to all settings. The first set of chapters provides a global overview of how complexity, CAS and resilience theory can benefit researchers who study forest ecosystems. A second set of chapters provides guidance for managers in understanding how these concepts can help them to facilitate forest ecosystem change and renewal (adapt or self-organize) in the face of global change while still delivering the goods and services desired by humans. The book takes a broad approach by covering a variety of forest biomes and the full range of management goals from timber production to forest restoration to promote the maintenance of biodiversity, quality of water, or carbon storage.
For list of contents and more information, seehttp://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415519779/
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"Sustaining the Future of Acacia Plantation Forestry"
18-21 March 2014, Hue, Vietnam
This is a joint conference of the recently formed IUFRO Working Party WP 2.08.07 on Acacia Genetics and Silviculture, WP1.02.06 on Ecology and Silviculture of Acacia and WP 2.04.01 on Population, Ecological and Conservation Genetics and will be hosted by the Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences (VAFS). The conference will include invited and contributed presentations and posters, discussion sessions, satellite and business meetings, and in-conference and post-conference tours.
This 4 days' conference with the theme, "Sustaining the Future of Acacia Plantation Forestry" will be structured so as to promote discussion between geneticists, breeders and scientists concerned with management regime development and interactions of the crop with its biotic and abiotic environment. This broad ranging review should provide scientific support to those responsible for developing and implementing forest plantation management policies. While our primary interest is in tropical acacias we recognize that there is a much more established tradition of planting temperate species such as A. mearnsii, and we will welcome contributions from scientists working on those crops.
To be included in the mailing list for updates on the conference, please contact:
Ms Jane Harbard
School of Plant Science
University of Tasmania
Private Bag 55
Hobart 7001
Tasmania, Australia
Email: J.L.Harbard(a)utas.edu.au
For more information please follow the link: http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-2/20000/20800/20807/
And please accept my apologies for duplicate emails on the occasion of this 1st Announcement.
Jane
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Jane Harbard
The University of Tasmania
School of Plant Science
Private Bag 55
Hobart TAS 7001 Australia
J.L.Harbard(a)utas.edu.au
Tel: +61 3 6226 7657
Fax: +61 3 6226 2698
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Student Conference Scholarships
The IUFRO Conference on Forests for People
and
2013 National Outdoor Recreation Conference
Student Conference Scholarships
Motivated and accomplished students enrolled full-time in an outdoor recreation management, planning, or closely-related degree program are encouraged to apply.
Up to at eight student scholarships will be awarded for the 2013 National Outdoor Recreation Conference. At least half of the scholarships awarded will be to qualified students from within the surrounding region. A scholarship valued at $785 will be awarded to cover lodging, conference registration, and one-year student membership to SORP. Included in this total is a $250 check to be used for travel expenses. All scholarship recipients are expected to attend the full four-day conference.
The deadline for student conference scholarship applications is February 15, 2013.
For more information: http://www.recpro.org/student-conference-scholarships
Sponsor a Student to Attend Conference
Please consider being a student scholarship sponsor! Visit www.recpro.org <https://recpro.memberclicks.net/home> and click on the <https://recpro.memberclicks.net/assets/2012_Conference/sorp_sponsorship_bro…> "SORP Sponsorship and Exhibitor Opportunities" on the left side of the homepage. Any contribution amount is appreciated. Your donation will help cultivate a young mind preparing to enter the outdoor recreation profession. They are the future!
Don’t forget - SORP is a 501(c)(3) organization, making your contribution tax-deductible.
About the National Outdoor Recreation Conference
The Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals is proud to be sponsoring the 2013 National Outdoor Recreation Conference with the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). The theme of the conference is “A Bridge to Prosperity” that will highlight and showcase best practices
and case studies on how the outdoor recreation profession (planning, management, research and policy) is a bridge, connector and catalyst for prosperity through: Tourism, jobs, health and wellness, personal enjoyment and recreation; Education, environmental values, environmental stewardship; and Rural economic development and sustainable communities.
More information about the conference is posted at: http://www.recpro.org/2013-sorp-ffp-conference
About the Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals
The Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals (SORP) is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization formed in 1983. It is the Nation’s premier professional association supporting outdoor recreation professionals in planning, research, management, policy and administration. It is dedicated to the proposition that the welfare of citizens and visitors, communities, environment, and economy will be enhanced through opportunities for the public to experience and enjoy the outdoors.
For the past 30 years, the Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals (formerly the National Association of Recreation Resource Planners) has sponsored an annual conference for the outdoor recreation profession. Most recently, the conference has been held in Baton Rouge, Breckenridge, Portland OR, Pittsburgh, Austin, and Missoula.
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Brenda Adams-Weyant
Association Manager
Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals
(formerly NARRP)
PO Box 221
Marienville, PA 16239
(814) 927-8212
(814) 927-6659 FAX
<http://recpro.memberclicks.net/message/image/964c4456-f410-41aa-bf4d-dbd11f…>
7th National Forest Conference " Forests - Knowledge and Innovation " - Portugal
>From 2013-06-5 to 2013-06-8, Vila Real and Bragança, Portugal, IUFRO Unit involved: 1.01.10
We are inviting you to join us for the upcoming Portuguese National Forest Conference organized by the Portuguese Society of Forest Sciences (SPCF), the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douto (UTAD) and Escola Superior Agrária de Bragança of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (ESAB-IPB). The conference will be held from 5 to 8 June 2013, in Vila Real (5 and 6) and Bragança (7 and 8).
http://www.utad.pt/vPT/Area2/agenda/Paginas/7_congresso_florestal_nacional.…http://esa.ipb.pt/7cfn2013/
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Teresa Fidalgo Fonseca, PhD
CIFAP/Department of Forest and Landscape
UTAD/ University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
Apartado 1013/P.O. Box 1013
5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal
Tel. +351 259 350 821/ Fax. +351 259 350 859
CAPSIS community member (modeler) http://capsis.cirad.fr/capsis/home
COST Deputy http://www.cost.eu<http://www.cost.eu/>
IUFRO Deputy http://www.iufro.org/<http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-1/10000/10100/10110/>
Von: recpro(a)memberclicks-mail.net [mailto:recpro@memberclicks-mail.net] Im Auftrag von Brenda Adams-Weyant
Gesendet: Dienstag, 11. Dezember 2012 15:30
An: burger(a)iufro.org
Betreff: 2013 SORP-FFP Call for Presentations Update
Call for Presentation and Poster Proposals
IUFRO Conference on Forests for People
and
The 2013 National Outdoor Recreation Conference
The response for submitting abstracts for poster and presentation sessions to the IUFRO Conference on Forests for People and the 2013 National Outdoor Recreation Conference has been gratifuying. Ninety-five abstracts have been submitted to date---some to host a larger session and some for individual presentations.
Due to the normal challenges of international communications, we have decided to extend the deadline for abstracts for the IUFRO Conference on Forests for People to January 15, 2013.
The submittal requirements and directions remain the same.
<https://recpro.memberclicks.net/assets/2012_Conference/2013_call_for_presen…> Click here to download the Call for Proposals and Abstract Submission Form package.
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Brenda Adams-Weyant
Association Manager
Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals
(formerly NARRP)
PO Box 221
Marienville, PA 16239
(814) 927-8212
(814) 927-6659 FAX
<mailto:Brenda@RecPro.org> Brenda(a)RecPro.org
Dear IUFRO Division 1:
Can you please post this announcement?
Thanks,
Sheila Ward
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*Request for Meliaceae presentations for IUFROLAT 2013*
The Meliaceae Working Party (1.02.04 - Sustainable management and genetic
resources in Meliaceae) of the International Union of Forest Research
Organizations (IUFRO) is organizing session(s) on the Meliaceae for the
Third IUFRO – Latin America Congress (IUFROLAT 2013). IUFROLAT 2013 will be
held in San Jose, Costa Rica from June 12 to 15, 2013 and will focus on
research relevant to forest management and policy. Information on IUFROLAT
2013 (in English, Spanish, and Portuguese) is available at
http://web.catie.ac.cr/iufrolat/IufroLat_bienven_ing.htm
For the Meliaceae sessions, we are requesting abstracts on the tropical
timber species of the Meliaceae (mahogany, Spanish cedar, etc.) on issues
related to their sustainable use. Topics could include, but are not limited
to, genetic resources, insect management, regeneration, ecology, forest and
plantation management, and policy and trade. Presentations will be 12
minutes for the presentation and 3 minutes for questions. Poster
presentations are also welcome. Abstracts can be in Spanish, Portuguese, or
English, and the deadline for receipt by Sheila Ward is 20 December 2012 at
mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com. (This will allow for assistance with
abstract corrections for final submission by 31 December 2012 for IUFROLAT
review).
The format of the abstract (both oral and poster presentations) should be
as follows:
*Heading information:* Title; name(s) of author(s) in order of effort;
institution of first author; mailing address and e-mail of first author;
key words (5 maximum); relevant IUFROLAT theme and subtheme.
*Text:* Maximum of 400 words. State the study objective, the principle
findings, and the most important conclusions. Do not include tables,
figures, or references. Indicate whether you will make an oral or poster
presentation.
IUFROLAT 2013 themes can be found at:
http://web.catie.ac.cr/iufrolat/IufroLat_objetiv_ing.htm
Abstracts will be peer reviewed for acceptance, based relevance to congress
themes, scope, quality, and originality. For details on abstract
preparation please see
http://web.catie.ac.cr/iufrolat/IufroLat_ponenc_ing.htm
There may be a reorganization of the studies in order to determine which
ones are most suitable for oral presentations or as posters, based on the
focus of the paper.
A Scientist Assistance Programme is available. Deadline for submission of
applications: January 31, 2013.
(http://www.iufro.org/science/special/spdc/) More information is
available at:
http://web.catie.ac.cr/iufrolat/IufroLat_becas_ing.htm
Dear Colleagues:
The IUFRO-led Global Forest Expert Panels (GFEP) initiative will launch its report "Understanding Relationships between Biodiversity, Carbon, Forests and People: The Key to Achieving REDD+ Objectives" and the related policy brief at Forest Day 6, Sunday 2 December 2012, 13:30 - 14:30.
For details, please download the invitation at http://www.iufro.org/download/file/9264/5303/gfep-bfmr-forest-day6-invitati…
Best regards
IUFRO Headquarters
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International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
IUFRO Headquarters - Secretariat
Mariabrunn (BFW), Hauptstrasse 7 │ A-1140 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43-1-877 0151-0 │ Fax: +43-1-877 0151-50
Website: <http://www.iufro.org/> http://www.iufro.org │ Email: office(a)iufro.org
XXIV IUFRO World Congress: <http://www.iufro2014.com/> http://www.iufro2014.com/
October 5-11 2014, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Call for Presentation and Poster Proposals
The 2013 National Outdoor Recreation Conference and
IUFRO Conference on Forests for People
Reminder - the deadline is seven days away.
The deadline for submitting presentation and poster proposals is Friday, November 16, 2012.
More information about the 2013 National Outdoor Recreation and Forests for People Conference is at <http://recpro.memberclicks.net/message/urlRedir?id=44313&recip=b9e337fe-815…> http://www.recpro.org/2013-sorp-ffp-conference. Check back often, as updates will be made regularly as the program develops.
<https://recpro.memberclicks.net/assets/2012_Conference/2013_call_for_presen…> Click here to download the Call for Proposals and Abstract Submission Form package. You can also download the submission package at the website listed above.
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Brenda Adams-Weyant
Association Manager
Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals
(formerly NARRP)
PO Box 221
Marienville, PA 16239
(814) 927-8212
(814) 927-6659 FAX
<mailto:Brenda@RecPro.org> Brenda(a)RecPro.org
Early registration ends on November 9 for the upcoming IUFRO Symposium: NUTRIENT DYNAMICS OF PLANTED FORESTS. The event will be held 27-28 November, 2012 in Vancouver, Washington, USA (10 miles from the Portland, Oregon airport). Agenda and registration information is available online at: www.westernforestry.org
This IUFRO symposium features several expert speakers from around the world and is intended to provide a forum on the principles of nutrition in nursery seedlings and juvenile forest trees. Emphasis will be placed on the development of effective and environmentally sound technologies to optimize seedling quality and promote reforestation and forest restoration operations. The first day will focus on Nutrition in the Nursery and at Field Establishment and the second day will focus on Juvenile Stand Nutrition. The program is aimed toward an international audience of nursery and forest practitioners, scientists, and educators. Selected papers will be published as a special issue in the international journal, New Forests.
The symposium is being organized by Western Forestry and Conservation Association, Purdue University, and USDA Forest Service with support from IUFRO divisions 1.01.03 (Temperate Forest Regeneration), 1.06.00 (Restoration of Degraded Sites), and 3.02.00 (Stand Establishment and Treatment).
Diane Haase
Western Nursery Specialist
Editor, Tree Planters' Notes
USDA Forest Service
PO Box 3623
Portland, OR 97208
503.808.2349 office
503.867.0469 mobile
DLHaase(a)fs.fed.us
http://RNGR.net
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