Dear all Division 1 Officeholders,
Please note the message from John Parrotta about session proposals for our upcoming World Congress – the deadline is the end of this month!
Kind regards
/Bjorn
Från: IUFRO Headquarters <office(a)iufro.org<mailto:office@iufro.org>>
Datum: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 13:48:17 +0200
Till: Björn Hånell <bjorn.hanell(a)slu.se<mailto:bjorn.hanell@slu.se>>
Ämne: IUFRO World Congress 2014 - Call for Session Proposals - REMINDER =
[IUFRO Newsletter]
REMINDER
Dear Colleagues,
This is to remind you that the deadline for the submission of session proposals for the XXIV IUFRO World Congress is April 30th, 2013.
Proposals will be evaluated as they are received, so submissions well in advance of the April 30th deadline are strongly encouraged.
Acceptance decisions will be made no later than June 30th, 2013. An open Call for Abstracts will be issued in July, with online abstract submission until October 15th and acceptance decisions until November 30th (2013).
The detailed Call for Session Proposals is below.
I am looking forward to your response and expect a great number of excellent proposals.
Sincerely yours
John Parrotta
Chair of the Congress Scientific Committee
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XXIV IUFRO World Congress
"Sustaining Forests, Sustaining People: The Role of Research"
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: October 5-11, 2014
http://www.iufro2014.com/<http://www.iufro.org/typo3conf/ext/tcdirectmail/web/click.php?l=0&t=html&c=…> – http://www.iufro.org/events/congresses/2014/<http://www.iufro.org/typo3conf/ext/tcdirectmail/web/click.php?l=1&t=html&c=…>
CALL FOR SESSION PROPOSALS
PDF for download<http://www.iufro.org/typo3conf/ext/tcdirectmail/web/click.php?l=2&t=html&c=…>
Dear IUFRO Officeholder, dear Colleagues,
The Congress Scientific Committee invites submission of session proposals for the 2014 IUFRO Congress. In keeping with the spirit of the Congress title – Sustaining Forests, Sustaining People: The Role of Research – the Congress Scientific Committee is developing a program that will highlight the contributions that forest science is making to address the significant environmental, social and economic challenges facing our world. The Congress program will reflect the forest science community's diverse contributions across the full range of natural and social science disciplines, with special emphasis on key issues and research areas identified in IUFRO's 2010-2014 Strategy.
Session proposals will be accepted that address one or more of the following Congress themes:
- Forests for People
- Forest Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
- Forests and Climate Change
- Forest and Water Interactions
- Forest Biomass and Bioenergy
- Forests and Forest Products for a Greener Future
- Forest Health in a Changing World
Who may submit a session proposal?
All who share an interest in the future of forests and forest science session are invited to submit session proposals. We encourage proposals that involve collaboration between two or more IUFRO Divisions or Task Forces and/or with organizations not formally associated with IUFRO, and from university students at all levels. We strongly recommend IUFRO officeholders and others actively involved in IUFRO Research Groups, Working Parties, and Task Forces communicate with their respective Division representatives on the CSC (or Task Force coordinators) before submitting proposals – this will greatly facilitate broader involvement of IUFRO divisional units and Task Forces in the scientific program and avoid overlaps among sessions.
Session proposals from non-IUFRO member organizations are encouraged although preference will be given to those that are prepared jointly with IUFRO Divisional units and Task Forces (see http://www.iufro.org/science/<http://www.iufro.org/typo3conf/ext/tcdirectmail/web/click.php?l=3&t=html&c=…> for more information) – if assistance is needed to identify appropriate partners within IUFRO, please contact the CSC Chair or other members of the CSC.
Preparing and submitting a session proposal.
Proposals should be submitted between January and April, 2013, online at www.iufro2014.com<http://www.iufro.org/typo3conf/ext/tcdirectmail/web/click.php?l=0&t=html&c=…> using the Session Proposal Form. Proposals will not be accepted after April 30th.
In addition to providing basic information on session organizer(s), session title, alignment with Congress themes, and a short abstract of the session proposal, those submitting proposals should submit (online) a more complete proposal (as a Word document) that describes the session objectives and content in relation to Congress theme(s), proposed session format (i.e., presentation of individual papers and/or posters, moderated panel discussion, or other forms of presentation) and lists proposed speakers (if known), their organizational affiliations and tentative titles of their presentations. Proposed sessions should be organized to be 2-21Ž2 hours in length. For sessions involving oral presentations, we recommend that each speaker be given a minimum of 15 minutes for his/her presentation.
Please note that the abstract submission process will be open to all, so session organizers may need to include papers or posters that were not originally proposed for their sessions. Please be aware of this possibility and the need for flexibility in designing your session. In the event that the number of accepted abstracts for a particular session exceeds the number that can be accommodated in a single session, organizers may be given an additional session slot in the Congress program.
Criteria for selection.
Session proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by members of the Congress Scientific Committee with primary consideration given to their scientific quality and relevance to the Congress themes. Other factors that will be considered are: the involvement of two or more IUFRO units (Divisions, Task Forces, Research Groups and Working Parties) and/or non-IUFRO organizations; [geographic and gender] diversity of proposed session speakers/presenters; and the involvement of students and young scientists. Proposals will be evaluated as they are received, so we strongly encourage submissions well in advance of the April 30th deadline.
Acceptance decisions will be made no later than June 30th, 2013. An open Call for Abstracts will be issued in July, with online abstract submission until October 15th and acceptance decisions until November 30th (2013).
Responsibilities of session organizers.
Session organizers of accepted proposals are expected to communicate with prospective presenters regarding submission of abstracts (online, from late July to mid-October 2013), and will be asked to review abstracts submitted for their sessions during the abstract review period (i.e., in late October to late November 2013). Session organizers may be asked to assist the CSC in the editing of accepted abstracts. They will also be responsible for moderating sessions (or assigning session moderation responsibilities) and are encouraged to pursue publication options for papers presented in their sessions.
Abstracts of papers and posters presented during the Congress will be published in a special volume of The International Forestry Review, as was done for the 2010 Congress in Seoul, Republic of Korea. As formal Congress proceedings with full papers will not be published, session organizers should explore alternative publication options (books, special issues of journals, etc.) for their sessions.
We look forward to hearing from you and for your active participation in the design of an excellent scientific program for the 2014 IUFRO Congress in Salt Lake City.
The IUFRO 2014 Congress Scientific Committee
John Parrotta (Chair: jparrotta(a)fs.fed.us<mailto:jparrotta@fs.fed.us>); Jens Peter Skovsgaard (Division 1: jps(a)ess.slu.se<mailto:jps@ess.slu.se>); Yousry El-Kassaby (Division 2: y.el-kassaby(a)ubc.ca<mailto:y.el-kassaby@ubc.ca>); Hans Heinimann (Division 3: hans.heinimann(a)env.ethz.ch<mailto:hans.heinimann@env.ethz.ch>); Ron McRoberts (Division 4: rmcroberts(a)fs.fed.us<mailto:rmcroberts@fs.fed.us>); Andrew Wong (Division 5: ahhwong(a)frst.unimas.my<mailto:ahhwong@frst.unimas.my>); Tuija Sievänen (Division 6: tuija.sievanen(a)metla.fi<mailto:tuija.sievanen@metla.fi>); Tod Ramsfield (Division 7: Tod.Ramsfield(a)nrcan-rncan.gc.ca<mailto:Tod.Ramsfield@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca>); Robert Jandl (Division 8: robert.jandl(a)bfw.gv.at<mailto:robert.jandl@bfw.gv.at>); Jim Johnson (Division 9: jim.johnson(a)oregonstate.edu<mailto:jim.johnson@oregonstate.edu>); Mike Wingfield (Vice-President, Divisions: Mike.Wingfield(a)up.ac.za<mailto:Mike.Wingfield@up.ac.za>); Su See Lee (Vice-President, Task Forces, Special Programmes, Projects and IUFRO-led Initiatives: leess(a)frim.gov.my<mailto:leess@frim.gov.my>); Lisa Hansen (International Forestry Students Association: hansen.lisa.c(a)gmail.com<mailto:hansen.lisa.c@gmail.com>); Richard Guldin (ex-officio; COC Chair)
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Dear Colleague,
we would like to inform you that we are organizing the conference Tree
Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology (TRACE) 2013 in Viterbo,
Italy, 8-11 May 2013.
TRACE 2013, organized in conjunction with the Association for Tree-ring
Research (ATR, www.tree-ring.org) seeks to strengthen the network and
scientific exchange of scientists and students involved in the study of
tree-rings. It aims at presenting and discussing new discoveries and
approaches in the wide field of tree-ring science. The scope of the
meeting includes all fields of dendrochronology, such as tree-rings in
archaeology, climate, geomorphology, glaciology, fire history, forest
dynamics, hydrology, physiology, and stable isotopes.
The deadline for abstract submission is 24 March 2013.
All information available at: www.trace2013.unitus.it
With best regards,
The local Organizing Board
Gianluca Piovesan, Manuela Romagnoli, Alfredo Di Filippo
PS: we would be grateful if you could share this email with people you
think could be interested to participate. Thank you!
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ALFREDO DI FILIPPO, PhD
DendrologyLAB
Dept. of Agriculture, Forests, Nature and Energy (DAFNE)
Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
www.daf.unitus.it/dendro
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
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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
