Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to share with you that abstracts are now being accepted for the 2024 Short Rotation Woody Crops International Conference, to be held 13-16 May 2024 in Columbia, Missouri, USA and hosted by the University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry. The abstract submission deadline is 19 January 2024.
Information on abstract submission, lodging, and other conference details can now be found on the conference website: https://woodycrops.wixsite.com/srwc2024.
Exciting news! The SRWC 2024 conference will have multiple opportunities for students, including a new student poster competition and a student career panel, led by professionals from academia, government, and industry. Please share this announcement with undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.
Stay tuned for more information. The conference website will be regularly updated as new information becomes available!
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions and pass this information on to as many people as possible.
We hope to see you there!
Kind regards,
Conference Steering Committee
Elizabeth Rogers (co-chair), University of Missouri; USDA Forest Service; elizabeth.r.rogers(a)usda.gov<mailto:elizabeth.r.rogers@usda.gov>
Ryan Vinhal (co-chair), USDA Forest Service; ryan.vinhal(a)usda.gov<mailto:ryan.vinhal@usda.gov>
Asia Dowtin, Michigan State University; dowtinas(a)msu.edu<mailto:dowtinas@msu.edu>
Solomon Ghezehei, North Carolina State University; sbghezeh(a)ncsu.edu<mailto:sbghezeh@ncsu.edu>
Rich Hallett, USDA Forest Service; richard.hallett(a)usda.gov<mailto:richard.hallett@usda.gov>
Austin Himes, Mississippi State University; ah3798(a)msstate.edu<mailto:ah3798@msstate.edu>
John Kort, Poplar and Willow Council of Canada; pwccpoplar(a)gmail.com<mailto:pwccpoplar@gmail.com>
Dana Mitchell, Department of Energy; dana.mitchell(a)ee.doe.gov<mailto:dana.mitchell@ee.doe.gov>
Elizabeth Nichols, North Carolina State University; egnichol(a)ncsu.edu<mailto:egnichol@ncsu.edu>
Heidi Renninger, Mississippi State University; hr427(a)msstate.edu<mailto:hr427@msstate.edu>
Erik Schilling, NCASI; eschilling(a)ncasi.org<mailto:eschilling@ncasi.org>
Courtney Siegert, Mississippi State University; courtney.siegert(a)msstate.edu<mailto:courtney.siegert@msstate.edu>
Nancy Sonti, USDA Forest Service; nancy.f.sonti(a)usda.gov<mailto:nancy.f.sonti@usda.gov>
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Colleen Zumpf, Argonne National Laboratory; czumpf(a)anl.gov<mailto:czumpf@anl.gov>
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*Online Symposium: Legacy of the Tropical Forest Foundation 19 Jan 2023*
The International Society of Tropical Foresters (ISTF) and the
International Forestry Working Group of the Society of American Foresters
(IFWG-SAF) are offering the online symposium “Legacy of the Tropical Forest
Foundation” on Friday 19 January 2023 for 2.5 hours, at 7-930am Seattle,
10am-1230pm Washington DC, 10pm-1230am Jakarta.
The Tropical Forest Foundation was active from 1990 to 2015, with
independent branches in Brazil, Indonesia, and Guyana, South America,
continuing today. The TFF was a unique forum that engaged industry,
conservation and researchers in productive dialogue about tropical
forestry. The TFF had much impact by developing techniques and
demonstration projects for low impact logging for the tropics, and the
influence of the TFF continues today.
Symposium information is posted at
https://tropicalforesters.org/blog/2024/01/13/online-symposium-legacy-of-th…
. Find your time zone at
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html. Register for the
session at https://forms.gle/gNxFG59PDHN4mam96 . Questions? Contact
tropicalforesters(a)gmail.com
More information on the Tropical Forest Foundation at
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BrV3R4kOl_RPe2sPSeVxJdtebm_1xoCJ?us…
*Symposium schedule:*
*a. **Introduction to ISTF and IFWG-SAF. *Sheila Ward, ISTF (2 min)
*b. Intro **to Symposium and speakers. *Mike Sterner, ISTF (5 min)
*c.* *History of the Tropical Forest Foundation**. *Keister Evans, Forest
Carbon Offsets, LCC. USA. (10 min)
*d**. Development and Implementation of Reduced Impact Logging by the
Tropical Forest Foundation.* Jim Bowyer, University of Minnesota, USA (10
min)
*e.* *Collaboration for the Tropical Forest Foundation: Education,
research, and outreach.* A. L. (Tom) Hammett, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University, USA (15 min)
*f**. **Some Lessons Learned from Johan Zweede, Art Klassen, and the Rest
of TFF. *Jack Putz, University of Florida, USA (15 min)
*h. TFF: Reduced Impact, Improved Income & Better Market Credibility. *Hasbie
HASBILLAH, Tropical Forest Foundation-Indonesia (15 min)
*i**. Open Discussion *(Moderators Sterner / Ward – 50 min)
Dear Brigitte-
I am hoping that this message can be distributed to all of IUFRO. The Terra
Viva Grants Directory can be an important source of funding information for
many in IUFRO.
Thank you,
Sheila Ward
Executive Officer
International Society of Tropical Foresters-Global
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Terra Viva Grants Directory (TVG) is now open for subscriptions for 2024!
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now open for subscriptions for 2024! Now part of the International Society
of Tropical Foresters (ISTF; https://tropicalforesters.org) TVG is the
go-to grants database for agriculture, energy, environment, and natural
resources for the world's developing countries.
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La Sociedad Internacional de Forestales Tropicales (ISTF) y el Grupo de
Trabajo de Silvicultura Internacional de la Sociedad de Silvicultores
Americanos (IFWG-SAF) ofrecen la 3.era sesión sesión del simposio en línea
*"* *La le**ñ**a en el trópico: **De las cocinas a la deforestación” *en el
viernes 12 de enero de 2024 a las 16:00 horas Costa Rica y México CDMX,
17:00 horas Perú y 22:00 UTC+0. El tema se trata de la dependencia de una
gran parte de los residentes de los trópicos en la leña y el carbón para
cocinar. Se encuentra más información en
https://tropicalforesters.org/blog/2023/12/27/simposio-en-linea-la-lena-en-…
. Busca más información con respecto a su hora en el sitio siguiente
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html. Registrarse para la
conferencia en
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeBkq9p0s6CIEnIj6dMudXUOyLLgxfVXcY…
.
¿Preguntas? Contactar por correo-e a tropicalforesters(a)gmail.com
El programa de la la 3.era Sesión:
a. *Introducción al simposio*. Sheila Ward O Mike Sterner, ISTF (5
minutos)
b. *Introducción a los presentadores*. Luis Armando Aznar Molina,
Supervision, (Aseguramiento de la Calidad, Seguridad y Medio Ambiente)
ACSMA- Medio Ambiente, México (5 minutos)
c. *Consumo de leña y carbón vegetal y su impacto en la deforestación
de bosques naturales en Comunidades Nativas de Aguaytía - Perú*. Jorge
Álvarez Melo, Profesor, Universidad Nacional Agraria de la Selva, Perú (15
minutos)
d. *Análisis financiero de una plantación familiar de Gliricidia
sepium*. Carlos Navarro, CATIE, Jubilado, Costa Rica (15 minutos)
e. *Manejo local de rebrotes para el abasto de leña y carbón en una
región indígena de México*. Patricia Gerez Fernández, CITRO - Universidad
Veracruzana, México. (15 minutos)
f. *Leña y carbón en la nueva ruralidad: Percepciones de cambio en
Sierra de Zongolica, México*. Antonio Sierra Huelsz, Investigador
posdoctoral CONACyT, Universidad de Guadalajara, México México (15 minutos)
g. *Discusión abierta* (Moderador: Luis, Mike y/o Sheila ~60 minutos)
Información sobre la primera (1.era) sesión en *ingles* se se encuentra en
https://tropicalforesters.org/online-symposium-fuelwood-in-the-tropics-from…
. Los videos de las presentaciones de la 1.era Sesión se encuentra en
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwGsom_l27zq4vUOEqEvPajLMeFuK2BfY
. Información
sobre la segunda Sesión *en **ingles* se encuentra en
https://tropicalforesters.org/blog/2023/09/22/online-symposium-fuelwood-in-…
Los
videos de las presentaciones de la segunda Sesión se encuentra en
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwGsom_l27zp10biIrFHSojLrK9eRZ7Ga .
Dear Oak Managers and Scientists,
This is a reminder that the call for abstracts for the International Oak Symposium<https://naturalresources.tennessee.edu/oak-symposium/> is open until January 19, 2024. Please consider submitting an abstract for this important Symposium (7-10 October, 2024 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA).
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