Dear All:
I am sorry about the date error. The corrected announcement is below.
Thanks,
Sheila Ward
Deputy Coordinator
IUFRO working party 1.02.04
Sustainable management and genetic resources in Meliaceae
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IUFRO MELIACEAE MEETING, June 25-26, 2012, Nairobi, Kenya. The deadline for
abstracts is November 15, 2012 for the first meeting of the IUFRO working
party 1.02.04 – Sustainable management and genetic resources in Meliaceae –
to be held on Monday and Tuesday, June 25 and 26, 2012 in Nairobi, Kenya.
The purpose of the meeting is to share the latest in research and
applications for a global perspective on solutions for the tropical timber
species of the Meliaceae (subfamily Swietenoideae). This meeting will be
held in conjunction with the IUFRO-FORNESSA Regional Congress in Africa
(IUFRO = International Union of Forest Research Organizations; FORNESSA =
Forestry Research Network of Sub-Saharan Africa). For more information,
see “Upcoming IUFRO Meetings” at:
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-1/10000/10200/10204/activit…
The deadline for receipt of abstracts is November 15, 2011. See attached
announcement for more details. Please pass on to others who might be
interested.
Dear all:
This is a reminder on the IUFRO MELIACEAE MEETING, June 25-26, 2011,
Nairobi, Kenya. The deadline for abstracts is November 15, 2011 for the
first meeting of the IUFRO working party 1.02.04 – Sustainable management
and genetic resources in Meliaceae – to be held on Monday and Tuesday, June
25 and 26, 2012 in Nairobi, Kenya. The purpose of the meeting is to share
the latest in research and applications for a global perspective on
solutions for the tropical timber species of the Meliaceae (subfamily
Swietenoideae). This meeting will be held in conjunction with the
IUFRO-FORNESSA Regional Congress in Africa (IUFRO = International Union of
Forest Research Organizations; FORNESSA = Forestry Research Network of
Sub-Saharan Africa). For more information, see “Upcoming IUFRO Meetings”
at:
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-1/10000/10200/10204/activit…
Please see the attached announcement for more information. Please pass on
this information to others who might be interested.
Thanks,
Sheila Ward
Deputy Coordinator
IUFRO working party 1.02.04
Sustainable management and genetic resources in Meliaceae
Sorry for ending this again. I believe the 1st time did not work.
Yousry
From: El-Kassaby, Yousry
Sent: October-28-11 9:53 AM
To: 'div2(a)lists.iufro.org'
Cc: 'lumz(a)mail.forestry.ac.cn'; Robert Guy; 'Santiago C. Gonzalez-Martinez'; 'Mike Wingfield'
Subject: IUFRO-FORNESSA Africa Congress
Dear IUFRO Division 2 Officeholders:
Please take a good look at the attached “1st Announcement and call of abstracts for the FIRST IUFRO-FORNESSA REGIONAL CONGRESS” and “the Congress poster” that will be held in Nairobi, Kenya (25 – 30, JUNE 2012). I strongly feel that this meeting could offer Division 2 a platform to show our latest research ideas as well as an opportunity to interact on a personal level and discuss/plan Division 2’s future directions.
It is also important to note that the IUFRO Board will also be meeting during this time, so this will provide a rare chance to interact with the Board and share our ideas. Santiago Gonzalez-Martinez and I will act as the contact people for organizing Division 2 session. So, please send this e-mail to your mailing list and encourage members participation. Kenya is a fantastic place to visit and we rarely get the chance to go to Africa.
Please let Santiago and I of your plans and if you intend to attend and contribute an oral or a poster presentation to this meeting. At this stage, we will not restrict ourselves to a particular theme and will endeavour to make it complementary to the Congress theme.
I look forward to hearing from you all and I can’t say how excited I am about this rare opportunity.
Take care,
Yousry El-Kassaby
Division 2 Coordinator
Dear IUFRO Division 2 Officeholders:
Please take a good look at the attached “1st Announcement and call of abstracts for the FIRST IUFRO-FORNESSA REGIONAL CONGRESS” and “the Congress poster” that will be held in Nairobi, Kenya (25 – 30, JUNE 2012). I strongly feel that this meeting could offer Division 2 a platform to show our latest research ideas as well as an opportunity to interact on a personal level and discuss/plan Division 2’s future directions.
It is also important to note that the IUFRO Board will also be meeting during this time, so this will provide a rare chance to interact with the Board and share our ideas. Santiago Gonzalez-Martinez and I will act as the contact people for organizing Division 2 session. So, please send this e-mail to your mailing list and encourage members participation. Kenya is a fantastic place to visit and we rarely get the chance to go to Africa.
Please let Santiago and I of your plans and if you intend to attend and contribute an oral or a poster presentation to this meeting. At this stage, we will not restrict ourselves to a particular theme and will endeavour to make it complementary to the Congress theme.
I look forward to hearing from you all and I can’t say how excited I am about this rare opportunity.
Take care,
Yousry El-Kassaby
Division 2 Coordinator
Dear Colleagues:
The 30th General Assembly of ICSU was concluded last week in Rome.
Additional Press Releases were issued by the ICSU Secretariat at the
conclusion of the final session, one of them containing detailed information
about the new President of ICSU:
Nobel Prize winning scientist is new President of ICSU:
http://www.icsu.org/general-assembly/press-room/press-releases/Press%20Relea
se%20Presidency.pdf/view
Responsibilities of scientists underlined by scientific community:
http://www.icsu.org/general-assembly/press-room/press-releases/Press%20Relea
se%20Universality.pdf/view
You are welcome to forward these press releases to your contacts.
Best regards
Brigitte Burger
IUFRO Headquarters
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forwarded on behalf of Michael Kleine by Brigitte Burger, IUFRO
Headquarters.
Dear Colleagues,
ICSU is currently holding its 30th General Assembly in Rome, Italy, in which
IUFRO is represented by Deputy Executive Director Michael Kleine.
Two press releases were issued at the conclusion of yesterday's session of
the 30th General Assembly:
- Research solutions for sustainability in a rapidly changing world:
http://www.icsu.org/general-assembly/press-room/press-releases/Press%20relea
se%20ESSI.pdf/view
- New Global science initiative on Urban Health:
http://www.icsu.org/general-assembly/press-room/press-releases/Press%20Relea
se%20Urban%20Health.pdf/view
You are welcome to forward these press releases to your contacts.
Best regards
Brigitte Burger
IUFRO Headquarters
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forwarded on behalf of Michael Kleine by Brigitte Burger, IUFRO
Headquarters.
IUFRO D5 Conference 2012 - 3rd Announcement
Call for proposals | abstracts
Dear Colleagues and friends,
Next year, from July 8 to 13 2012, the IUFRO Division 5 Conference FORESTS
& FOREST PRODUCTS will take place in Lisbon, Portugal.
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
The proposed sessions are already online and OPEN FOR MORE PROPOSALS (
<http://www.iufro2012.org/nm_quemsomos.php?id=38> find more).
TOPICS ( <http://www.iufro2012.org/nm_quemsomos.php?id=61> find more)
Contributions are invited that relate to the following topics:
Wood Quality | Physiomechanical Properties of Wood | Wood-based materials
and their Applications | Wood Processing | Wood Protection | Composites
and Reconstituted Products | Pulp & Paper | Properties and Utilization of
Plantation Woods | Energy and Chemicals from Forest Biomass | Forest
Products Marketing | Non-wood Forest Products | Forest Products Education
| Wood Culture | The Role of Wood in a Sustainable Society | Cork: the
ultimate sustainable forestry practice
Instructions and submissions, please click here
<http://www.iufro2012.org/nm_quemsomos.php?id=37> .
DEADLINES
Technical Sessions proposals - October 31st 2011.
Submission of abstracts November 14th 2011
IUFRO, along with the Technical University of Lisbon/ ISA invites you to
take an active part in this important event through submitting more
proposals / abstracts that surely will enrich the ambitious program. The
2012 D5 Conference hopes to address some of the major issues concerning
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d3dy5pdWZybzIwMTIub3JnL25tX3F1ZW1zb21vcy5waHA/aWQ9NjM=> FORESTS AND FOREST
PRODUCTS now and into the future with keynote talks and technical sessions.
It would be greatly appreciated, if you can forward this information to your
colleagues, friends, students, or anyone who may be interested in the
conference.
Looking forward to receiving your contributions.
Best regards
Pekka Saranpää (Finland)
Conference Chair
Jamie Barbour (USA)
Conference Co-Chair
Helena Pereira (Portugal)
Local Organising Committee Chair
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Dear all,
Recently, I received an email from Andrew Groover(Research Geneticist.
US Forest Service. Davis CA) asking for assistance in obtaining
germplasm for a new project. Andrew will be glad to provide more
information if anyone of you is interested in the project. Below, I am
forwarding you Andrew's message. Thank you very much for your help.
Sincerely,
*#################*
Dear Colleague,
As part of a new project funded by the US Department of Energy, we are
examining the role of ploidy changes in developing superior hybrid
poplar for bioenergy production. We are currently seeking to establish
the frequency of triploidy and aneuploidy in F1 interspecific hybrids in
traditional breeding programs. We are writing to ask if you can provide
us a small amount of leaf tissue (less than 0.5g) from F1 individuals
from any of the species combinations listed below. Ideally, we would
like to have between as few as 6 and as many as 24 F1s from each full
sib family, and if available tissue from the parents. We can process up
to 20 families from your collections. Trees for which some phenotypic
information is available would be highest priority, as would be trees
that you suspect might be triploid/aneuploid (based on growth phenotype
or sterility).
For the tissue we receive from you, we will use low-coverage “next
generation” sequencing to develop a molecular karyotype for each
individual. We will make the karyotype as well as SNP marker genotypes
available to you for the submitted samples. If you wish, you may code
the identities of the samples but we do need to know the relationships
among samples (i.e. which samples are from the same family and which
samples are from parents vs F1s).
If you are interested in participating in the project, please contact
Andrew Groover (agroover(a)fs.fed.us <mailto:agroover@fs.fed.us>
530-759-1738). We will establish with you what genotypes should be
sequenced, and provide you with collection instructions and vials, and a
shipping account. We very much appreciate your assistance.
Sincerely,
Luca Comai and Isabelle Henry (UC Davis)
Andrew Groover (US Forest Service)
*Female Parent* *Male Parent*
trichocarpa deltoides
deltoides trichocarpa
maximowiczii deltoides
deltoides maximowiczii
maximowiczii nigra
nigra maximowiczii
nigra deltoides
deltoides nigra
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Andrew Groover
Research Geneticist
US Forest Service
Davis CA
530-759-1738
agroover(a)fs.fed.us
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IUFRO MELIACEAE MEETING 25-26 June 2012 Nairobi, Kenya
The first meeting of the IUFRO working party 1.02.04 – Sustainable
management and genetic resources in Meliaceae – will be held on Monday
and Tuesday June 25 and 25 2012 in Nairobi, Kenya. The purpose is
share the latest in research and applications for a global perspective
on solutions for the Meliaceae.
This meeting will be held in conjunction with the IUFRO-FORNESSA
Regional Congress in Africa (IUFRO = International Union of Forest
Research Organizations; FORNESSA = Forestry Research Network of
Sub-Saharan Africa). We are also investigating a field trip on the
Meliaceae for Wednesday July 27.
Potential sessions for the Meliaceae meeting are as follows:
Advances on the shoot borer
Conservation and use of Meliaceae genetic resources (genetics,
conservation,germplasm production etc)
Population genetics of natural populations
Management of Meliaceae plantations
Meliaceae ecology and biogeography
Meliaceae management in natural forests (including multiple use management)
If you would like to chair one of these sessions, or have other
suggestions for sessions, please send them to Dr. Sheila Ward
(mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com ) by September 1, 2011. These
sessions will be coordinated with those of the African Regional
Congress.
If you wish to submit a paper or a poster please send it to: Dr.
Sheila Ward (Deputy Coordinator; IUFRO Meliaceae Working Party;
mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com) AND Dr. Joe Cobbinah (chair, Africa
Regional Congress Scientific Committee; joe.cobbinah(a)ymail.com;
iufroforn_2012(a)yahoo.com). The deadline is 15 November, 2011
The abstract should include: title, list of authors with email address
and affiliations, and a 300-350 word abstract. Please indicate in
which of the above sessions the abstract would best, and the theme(s)
of the African Regional Congress it addresses. Presenters that address
the Congress themes (as well as the Meliaceae meeting themes) may be
eligible to receive partial or complete coverage of costs for
attending the meeting. Information on the Regional Congress and its
themes can be found at:
http://fornis.net/content/first-iufro-fornessa-regional-congress .
For more information, please contact:
Dr. Sheila Ward
Deputy Coordinator
IUFRO working party 1.02.04 –
Sustainable management and genetic resources in Meliaceae
mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com
+01-787-763-8584
Dear Colleagues,
Forest bioenergy is one of six thematic areas included in the IUFRO Strategy
2010-2014. In this context, I would like to draw your attention to the
High-level Research Conference "The Future Role of Bio-energy from Tree
Biomass in Europe" that will be held from 6 to 11 November 2011 in Vienna,
Austria.
The conference is organized by IUFRO in collaboration with the European
Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) and the European Science
Foundation (ESF), the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry,
Environment and Water Management, and the Austrian Federal Research and
Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW). The new
IUFRO Task Force on Forest Bioenergy has played a key role in developing the
scientific programme of the conference.
In 2011, the International Year of the Forest, the conference will
contribute to understanding bio-energy drivers, options and impacts on
forest growing, management and production of traditional goods and services
in the future. The scientific programme will focus on
- Availability of biomass
- Biodiversity, landscape ecology and soil water quality
- Supply chain and system evaluation
- Forest biomass as feedstock for the energy and biorefinery sector
The Conference will feature lectures by invited high-level speakers, short
talks by young and early stage researchers, poster sessions and open
discussion periods as well as a forward look. You can find detailed
information about the conference at <http://www.esf.org/index.php?id=8196>
http://www.esf.org/index.php?id=8196.
You are strongly encouraged to register your participation by 1 August 2011
at <http://www2.esf.org/asp/esfrcaf.asp?confcode=378&meetno=1>
http://www2.esf.org/asp/esfrcaf.asp?confcode=378&meetno=1
Kind regards,
Alexander Buck
IUFRO Executive Director
