Colleagues,
It is our great pleasure to inform you that the Book of Abstracts of the First International Conference on Reforestation Challenges, held on 3-6 June 2015 in Belgrade, Serbia, are now available at:
http://www.iufro.org/publications/proceedings/proceedings-meetings-2015/#c2…
Enjoy the read!
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posted by IUFRO Headquarters on behalf of:
Dr Vladan Ivetić
Associate Professor
University of Belgrade
Faculty of Forestry
Department for Seed science,
nursery production and afforestation
Kneza Višeslava 1
11030 Belgrade, Serbia
tel: +381 11 3053 873
fax: +381 11 2545 485
mob: +381 64 2383 584
www.sfb.bg.ac.rs
Dear Colleagues:
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Survey for restoration practitioners:
Seed and seedling sources in forest and landscape restoration
Meeting global and national commitments for forest and landscape restoration requires large amounts of tree seed and seedlings, either through planting or natural dispersal and recruitment.
Asia Pacific Forest Genetic Resources Programme (APFORGEN), hosted by APAFRI, is conducting a global survey about the availability of seed and seedlings for forest and landscape restoration, in collaboration with Bioversity International and the regional forest genetic resources programmes in Latin America (LAFORGEN) and Sub-Saharan Africa (SAFORGEN).
If you have been involved in forest and landscape restoration projects, we would much appreciate if you could share your experiences with us.
Click here to start the survey : <https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/seeds_for_restoration> https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/seeds_for_restoration
The results of the survey will be used to identify action needs and recommendations for countries and the international community on how to improve supply of tree seeds and seedlings, in order to help meet global and national restoration targets.
Thank you for your participation!
Regards,
Ms. Syuqiyah
Information Officer
APAFRI
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posted on behalf of APAFRI by IUFRO HQ
Dear members,
We are pleased to invite you to the final conference and workshops of
ProCoGen project “Promoting Conifer Genomic Resources Conference”
(www.procogen.eu) organized by INRA at Orléans, France, from November
30th to December 4th 2015.
The aim of this international event will be to serve as a showcase of
main results achieved in the project, along with other internationally
relevant achievements brought in by key invited speakers and general
attendees. External researchers from similar initiatives worldwide, from
complementary disciplines ranging from genomics, to molecular and
population genetics, tree physiology and developmental biology,
biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, bioinformatics and conifer
breeders, are invited to present and discuss recent and relevant results
on structural, functional, comparative and translational genomics of
conifer species. Emphasis will be given to broaden the coverage of key
actors, from public research institutes and Universities to privately
funded research organizations. External and ProCoGen keynote speakers,
oral and poster presentations from external attendees and ProCoGen
members will be included in the program. The number of participants will
be limited to 120. The registration is free of charge. Meals, travel and
accommodation are at the participant expenses.
Abstract submission and registration deadline: 30th October 2015.
Notifications of abstract review will be given shortly after reception
and perusal by the scientific committee, and up to the week following
the registration deadline.
This open conference will be followed by three ProCoGen workshops on 3rd
and 4th December 2015
The registration is free of charge. The number of participants will be
limited to 30 per workshop.
• Training Workshop on “Practicalities of marker and genome-assisted
selection”
• Dissemination Workshop on “From our labs to your forests” and
• Dissemination Workshop on “Transfer of genome-related tools to
breeding programs”
Registration is online on the project website www.procogen.eu under
final conference. Please check the website for agenda and updates.
Hope to see you in Orleans!
Colleagues,
The ProCoGen Final Open Conference and Workshops will be held on 30 November – 4 December 2015 in Orléans, France.
This international event will serve as a showcase of main results achieved in the project, along with other internationally relevant achievements brought in by key invited speakers and general attendees. External researchers from similar initiatives worldwide, from complementary disciplines ranging from genomics, to molecular and population genetics, tree physiology and developmental biology, biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, bioinformatics and conifer breeders, are invited to present and discuss recent and relevant results on structural, functional, comparative and translational genomics of conifer species.
Emphasis will be given to broaden the coverage of key actors, from public research institutes and Universities to privately funded research organizations. External and ProCoGen keynote speakers, oral and poster presentations from external attendees and ProCoGen members will be included in the program. The number of participants will be limited to 100-120. The registration is free of charge. Meals, travel and accommodation are at the participant expenses.
Abstract submission and registration deadline: 30th October 2015. Notifications of abstract review will be given shortly after reception and perusal by the scientific committee, and up to the week following the registration deadline.
This open conference will be followed by three ProCoGen workshops on 3rd and 4th December 2015
The registration is free of charge. The number of participants will be limited to 30 per workshop.
• Training Workshop on “Practicalities of marker and genome-assisted selection”
• Dissemination Workshop on “From our labs to your forests” and
• Dissemination Workshop on “Transfer of genome-related tools to breeding programs”
Registration is online on the project website www.procogen.eu under final conference. Please check the website for updates
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posted by IUFRO Headquarters on behalf of Vedhu Krystufek
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Mag. Dr. Vedhu Krystufek
Bundesforschungs- und Ausbildungszentrum für Wald, Naturgefahren und Landschaft /
Federal Research Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape
Institut für Genetik / Department of Genetics
Abteilung Genomforschung / Unit of Genome Research
A-1131 Wien, Seckendorff-Gudent Weg 8, AUSTRIA
Tel: +43 / 1 / 87838 / 2117 Fax: +43 / 1 / 87838 / 2250
E-mail: <mailto:Berthold.Heinze@bfw.gv.at> vedhu.krystufek(a)bfw.gv.at URL: <http://bfw.ac.at/> http://bfw.ac.at
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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
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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Brigitte Burger, Web Management
IUFRO Headquarters
