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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, <http://www.tree-ring.org> 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: <http://www.trace2013.unitus.it> 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
<http://www.daf.unitus.it/dendro> www.daf.unitus.it/dendro
difilippo(a)unitus.it
"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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Dear Division 2 members:
Please take a look at this e-mail and its attachments. I strongly encourage all of you to seriously considering submitting proposals for sessions at the upcoming IUFRO Wold Congress.
Thanks for considering my request,
Yousry El-Kassaby
Division 2 Coordinator
From: Parrotta, John -FS [mailto:jparrotta@fs.fed.us]
Sent: January-17-13 4:51 AM
To: ahhwong(a)frst.unimas.my; Guldin, Richard -FS; Hans R. Heinimann (hans.heinimann(a)env.ethz.ch) Jens Peter Skovsgaard (jps(a)ess.slu.se) jim.johnson(a)oregonstate.edu; Lisa Hansen; McRoberts, Ronald -FS; Mike Wingfield (Mike.Wingfield(a)up.ac.za) Parrotta, John -FS; Robert Jandl (robert.jandl(a)bfw.gv.at) Su See Lee (leess(a)frim.gov.my) Tod.Ramsfield(a)nrcan-rncan.gc.ca; tuija.sievanen(a)metla.fi; El-Kassaby, Yousry
Cc: Hayes, Jennifer -FS; Brigitte Burger (burger(a)iufro.org)
Subject: IUFRO 2014 Congress: Session proposal website open for business
Dear CSC friends,
I hope that the new year is off to a good start for all of you. I would also like to take this opportunity to welcome Robert Jandl, deputy coordinator of Division 8, to the Congress Scientific Committee. Robert will be replacing Alain Franc, who is not able to continue in this role.
As you all know, the next phase of our work is to promote the preparation and submission of session proposals from within IUFRO and from other partners, optimally in cooperation with IUFRO Research Groups, Working Parties and/or Task Forces. All session proposals will be submitted online via the Congress website which is now open: http://iufro2014.com/scientific-program/session-proposals/. Session proposals can be submitted any time from now until April 30th. As we have discussed earlier, we expect all members of the CSC to help spread the word about the open call for session proposals and to encourage the preparation of session proposals by IUFRO units and others (preferably involving two or more IUFRO units, optimally across IUFRO Divisions, Task Forces and/or other organizations) closely aligned to the Congress Themes. It would be most helpful if those preparing session proposals could send drafts of these proposals to relevant members of the CSC prior to their submission online - this could help us identify potential co-organizers (from other IUFRO units), and thereby reduce the number of very similar session proposals (which was a bit of a problem for the 2010 Congress). It will also save us work during the session proposal review phase (May-June), since part of that review process will be to identify very similar sessions that need to be combined.
In the coming weeks, all CSC members will be given access to the session proposal database and online review system - you will receive a message when this is ready.
Finally, I would like to note that all session proposals, including those that will eventually be designated as sub-plenary sessions, must be submitted through this online system (which, by the way, is very easy to use). I will be writing separately to CSC members (and other identified colleagues) who have already volunteered to serve as the focal points for development of the sub-plenary sessions in cooperation with relevant IUFRO Task Forces, which we identified as priorities during our CSC meeting in Nairobi last June.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns at this stage. I look forward to working with you in this very important phase of preparations for the 2014 Congress.
With best wishes,
John
John A. Parrotta, Ph.D.
National Research Program Leader, International Science Issues
Chair, IUFRO 2014 Congress Scientific Committee
U.S. Forest Service - Research & Development
1601 N. Kent Street, Arlington VA 22209 (USA)
Tel: +1-703-605-4178; Fax: +1-703-605-5131
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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 Colleagues:
The IUFRO-led Global Forest Expert Panels (GFEP) initiative will launch its report "Understanding Relationships between Biodiversity, Carbon, Forests and People: The Key to Achieving REDD+ Objectives" and the related policy brief at Forest Day 6, Sunday 2 December 2012, 13:30 - 14:30.
For details, please download the invitation at http://www.iufro.org/download/file/9264/5303/gfep-bfmr-forest-day6-invitati…
Best regards
IUFRO Headquarters
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International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
IUFRO Headquarters - Secretariat
Mariabrunn (BFW), Hauptstrasse 7 │ A-1140 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43-1-877 0151-0 │ Fax: +43-1-877 0151-50
Website: <http://www.iufro.org/> http://www.iufro.org │ Email: office(a)iufro.org
XXIV IUFRO World Congress: <http://www.iufro2014.com/> http://www.iufro2014.com/
October 5-11 2014, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Early Alert (2 Nov 2012)
Upcoming International Meeting – June 2014 in Colorado, USA
A joint international meeting of three groups: IUFRO 2.02.15 (Breeding and Genetic Resources of Five-Needle Pines), IUFRO 7.02.05 (Rusts of Forest Trees) and Strobusphere is being scheduled for June* 2014 in Colorado (USA). This will be the first time these three groups have met together to share research in genetics-pathology of five-needle pines. The conference will feature advances in gene conservation, genomics, rust resistance and biology, evolutionary dynamics and other related topics. There will be some joint sessions as well as concurrent sessions organized by each respective group for other topics of interest.
Visit the websites below for future updates on this meeting, or contact Richard Sniezko ( <mailto:rsniezko@fs.fed.us> rsniezko(a)fs.fed.us) Anna Schoettle ( <mailto:aschoettle@fs.fed.us> aschoettle(a)fs.fed.us) Richard Hamelin ( <mailto:rhamelin@NRCan.gc.ca> rhamelin(a)NRCan.gc.ca; Richard.hamelin(a)ubc.ca) or David Neale ( <mailto:dbneale@ucdavis.edu> dbneale(a)ucdavis.edu) . We are building a mailing list for this meeting, if interested please send your name and email address to Richard Sniezko ( <mailto:rsniezko@fs.fed.us> rsniezko(a)fs.fed.us)
2.02.15 – Breeding and genetic resources of five-needle pines
<http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-2/20000/20200/20215/> http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-2/20000/20200/20215/
Our Working Party on Breeding and Genetic Resources of Five-Needle Pines is concerned with research cooperation and exchange of information on all aspects of genetic research on the five-needle pines. This includes provenance and progeny testing, gene conservation, landscape genomics, breeding, species hybridization, clonal propagation and testing, tissue or cell culture, molecular genetics, and the genetics of host-pathogen interactions, as well as ecology, evolutionary dynamics and management of these species. Increasingly though we are using this knowledge to address issues related to climate change, land use pressure and conservation
7.02.05 – Rusts of forest trees
<http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-7/70000/70200/70205/> http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-7/70000/70200/70205/
Our Working Party aims to bring together scientists and investigators working on tree rusts. Our goal is to foster scientific discussion and exchanges relating to tree rust epidemiology, biology, host-pathogen interactions, resistance, control and management, and genomics. Our working group meets approximately once every 4 years in locations in Europe, North America or Asia. We usually meet in locations that allow us to discuss our scientific findings and have field trips in a friendly and relaxed environment which is conducive to exchanges and debates. We want to place a strong emphasis on participation of young investigators and students, as these meetings provide unique experiences to meet and exchange with the related community.
Strobusphere
<http://dendrome.ucdavis.edu/strobusphere/> http://dendrome.ucdavis.edu/strobusphere/
In North America, a collaborative effort among researchers has begun, starting with a multi-national <http://dendrome.ucdavis.edu/strobusphere/workshop2008.php> White Pine Genomic Resource Workshop held on October 22-23, 2008 at the Dorena Genetic Resource Center in Cottage Grove, OR. The objective of this workshop was to discover and identify research objectives, strengths, scope and resources among the various working agencies. This collaborative effort is designed as a foundation to build wider scientific participation with a scope that spans molecular to landscape models, from host to pathogens and alternative hosts. The Strobusphere working group arose from this 2008 workshop. A notable work in progress: the sugar pine genome sequence is slated for completion in 2013 by PineRefSeq project ( <http://pinegenome.org/pinerefseq/> http://pinegenome.org/pinerefseq/) The sugar pine genome will be mostly finished and released to the public before the meeting in June 2014.
NOTE: there will be some joint sessions as well as concurrent sessions organized by each respective group for other topics of interest
IUFRO: Intenational Union of Forest Research Organizationsn - "the" global network for forest science cooperation
*The dates of the June meeting are tba (be will be the 2nd or 3rd week of June 2014).
