Von: Sheila Ward <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 24. März 2021 00:04
Betreff: Join the e-list for IUFRO Working Party 4.02.01 Resource Data in the Tropics
Dear Colleagues:
You are invited to join the e-list for IUFRO Working Party 4.02.01 Resource Data in the Tropics, at https://lists.iufro.org/mailman/listinfo/wp40201/ We are focusing the unit on the discovery, curation, and use of legacy tropical forest datasets.
Much legacy data for tropical forests, including inventory and plot data, are in danger of being lost. Many tropical forest projects over the years have generated data, but the information is scattered among different institutions and people, some still only on paper, some digitized but in older formats.
These legacy datasets are invaluable for understanding how tropical forests change through time, including the cumulative impacts of land use and climate, and changes in patterns of biodiversity. change in land use and climate, and changes in patterns of biodiversity and carbon storage. Many of the forests represented in historical datasets no longer exist, so these data are the only record of the natural vegetation of the area.
There is also a need to develop a set of standard descriptive metadata, or a metadata scheme, for describing these datasets. This would assist not only with recovering and describing old data sets, but also ensure that future datasets can be consistently described and that their loss can be avoided in the future.
The first step is to review datasets referred to in older meta databases (e.g., ATROFI-UK and TROPIS) to determine if they are still available, and if they are in need of updated electronic curation. We are also reaching out via electronic media and networks, to find additional legacy tropical datasets and information on these studies. The next steps will be to develop an updated metadatabase regarding these datasets, develop with stakeholders policy on ownership and appropriate use, seek funding, and electronically curate such datasets.
We invite your participation in the e-list to discuss these and related topics.
IUFRO 4.02.01 Coordination Team
https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-4/40000/40200/40201/
Dear Colleagues of IUFRO Division 2 and IUFRO 2.09.02 Unit,
I would like to remind you that Special Issues of the Open Access Journals "Forests", "Plants" and "Frontiers in Plant Science" will cover research topics of high relevance for our Working Group and Division 2:
· New Insights into Plant Somatic Embryogenesis: Genetic and Epigenetic View (Plants, Eds: Montalbán IA, Moncaleán P)
· Application of Biotechnology Techniques on Tree Species (Forest, Eds: Canhoto J, Moncaleán P, Correia S)
· Zygotic and Non-Zygotic Embryogenesis: Evolutionary, Developmental and Practical Aspects (Frontiers in Plant Science, Eds: Canhoto J, Moncaleán P, Correia S, Loyola-Vargas VM, Scherwinski-Pereira JE)
See the information below and provided links.
These announcements are also posted at the IUFRO 2.09.02 Unit Noticeboard<https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-2/20000/20900/20902/notice…>.
Please forward the information to any interested colleague from this IUFRO Unit and others!
Kind regards,
Jean-François Trontin
IUFRO 2.09.02 Unit Coordinator
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Special Issue, PLANTS: New Insights into Plant Somatic Embryogenesis: Genetic and Epigenetic View
Dr. Itziar A. Montalbán and Dr. Paloma Moncaleán (Neiker, Spain) will serve as Guest Editors for a Special Issue of the Open Access Journal "Plants" on the following highly relevant topic for our Working Group: "New Insights into Plant Somatic Embryogenesis: Genetic and Epigenetic View".
For those who are interested in contributing to this Special Issue, further information is available at the Journal's dedicated webpage<https://www.mdpi.com/journal/plants/special_issues/plant_somatic_embryogene…>.
Do not hesitate to contact Dr. Itziar A. Montalbán (imontalban(a)neiker.eus) and Dr. Paloma Moncaleán (pmoncalean(a)neiker.eus<mailto:pmoncalean@neiker.eus>) for any request.
Deadline for manuscript submission: June 15, 2021
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Special Issue, Forests: Application of Biotechnology Techniques on Tree Species
Pr. Jorge Canhoto (University of Coimbra, Portugal), Dr. Paloma Moncaleán (Neiker, Spain) and Dr. Sandra Correia (University of Coimbra, Portugal) will serve as Guest Editors for a Special Issue of the Open Access Journal "Forests" (EISSN 1999-4907) on the following highly relevant topic for our Working Group: "Application of Biotechnology Techniques on Tree Species".
For those who are interested in contributing to this Special Issue, further information is available at the Journal's dedicated webpage<https://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests/special_issues/Tree_Biotechnology>.
Do not hesitate to contact Pr. Jorge Canhoto (jorgecan(a)bot.uc.pt<mailto:jorgecan@bot.uc.pt>), Dr. Paloma Moncaleán (pmoncalean(a)neiker.eus<mailto:pmoncalean@neiker.eus>) or Dr. Sandra Correia (sandraimc(a)ci.uc.pt<mailto:sandraimc@ci.uc.pt>) for any request.
Deadline for manuscript submission: August 20, 2021
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Special Issue, FRONTIERS IN PLANT Sciences: Zygotic and Non-Zygotic Embryogenesis: Evolutionary, Developmental and Practical Aspects
Pr. Jorge Canhoto (University of Coimbra, Portugal), Dr. Paloma Moncaleán (Neiker, Spain), Dr. Sandra Correia (University of Coimbra, Portugal), Dr. Victor M. Loyola-Vargas (CICY, Mexico) and Dr. Jonny E Scherwinski-Pereira (EMBRAPA, Brazil) will serve as Topic Editors for a Special Research Topic of the Open Access Journal "Frontiers in Plant Science" on the following highly relevant topic for our Working Group: "Zygotic and Non-Zygotic Embryogenesis: Evolutionary, Developmental and Practical Aspects".
For those who are interested in contributing to this Special Issue, further information is available at the Journal's dedicated webpage<https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/17744/zygotic-and-non-zygotic-e…>.
Do not hesitate to contact Pr. Jorge Canhoto (jorgecan(a)bot.uc.pt<mailto:jorgecan@bot.uc.pt>), Dr. Paloma Moncaleán (pmoncalean(a)neiker.eus<mailto:pmoncalean@neiker.eus>), Dr. Sandra Correia (sandraimc(a)ci.uc.pt<mailto:sandraimc@ci.uc.pt>), Dr. Victor M. Loyola-Vargas (vmloyola(a)cicy.mx<mailto:vmloyola@cicy.mx>) or Dr. Jonny E Scherwinski-Pereira (jonny.pereira(a)embrapa.br<mailto:jonny.pereira@embrapa.br>) for any request.
Deadline for manuscript submission: August 31, 2021
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