Dear colleagues:
This email is to inform you that we are accepting submissions for a special issue in the Forests Journal titled “Operations Research and Optimisation Techniques in Forest Management and Operations ". The deadline for submissions expires on 30th September 2021.
More details about the scope and submission process can be found on this link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests/special_issues/optimisation_techniques<https://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests/special_issues/optimisation_techniques>
Please help us spread the word about this special issue. We look forward to your submissions!
Many thanks,
Dr. Mauricio Acuna, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia - Guest Editor,
Prof. John Sessions, Oregon State University, USA – Co-Guest Editor
Prof. Andres Weintraub, University of Chile – Co-Guest Editor
Dr Mauricio Acuna
Senior Research Fellow
Forest Research Institute - University of the Sunshine Coast
Locked Bag 4, Maroochydore DC, QLD, 4558, Australia
Phone: +61 3-62291938, mobile: +61 448372340
Email: macuna(a)usc.edu.au<mailto:macuna@usc.edu.au>
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Dear Colleagues,
The journal Forests is currently promoting a Special Issue on "Forest
Sustainability: Wood Yield and Biomass Utilization".
We would like to invite you to consider the opportunity to contribute to
the Special Issue with a manuscript.
You can find more information following the link of the special issue:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests/special_issues/Wood_Yield_Biomass_Util…https://twitter.com/Forests_MDPI/status/1293579474336792576
The submission deadline is 5 June 2021 and you may send manuscript now
or up until the deadline.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Dr. Kazuhiro Aruga
Dr. Nathaniel Anderson
Dr. Robert Prinz
Guest Editors
Von: ADG-Mitsugi [mailto:ADG-Mitsugi@fao.org]
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 23. Juli 2020 11:52
Betreff: Call for nominations for the 2021 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions
Award
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The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) is awarding one extraordinary
individual for improving our forests and the lives of people who depend on
them!
The CPF launched the first Wangari Maathai Award in 2012 to honour and
commemorate the impact of this extraordinary woman who championed forest
issues around the world.
In 2021, the CPF will award one individual for her/his outstanding
achievements for forests during the XV World Forestry Congress (24-28 May
2021, Seoul, Korea).
The awardee will receive a cash prize of USD 20 000 along with international
recognition of the outstanding contributions to preserve, restore and
sustainably manage forests and to raise awareness of the key role forests
play in supporting local communities, rural livelihoods, women, youth and
the environment.
The Wangari Maathai Award is an initiative of CBD, CIFOR, CITES, FAO, GEF,
ICRAF, ITTO, IUCN, IUFRO, UNCCD, UNDP, UNEP, UNFCCC, UNFF and World Bank,
all members of the CPF. Nominations will be reviewed by an international
jury of renowned personalities, who will also take into consideration such
elements as empowering women, youth and civil society, fostering social
commitment, promoting networks and improving the valuation of forests in
society.
Eligibility: Applicants should be nominated by a third party. Nominees may
be persons, living or recently deceased, who have made exceptional
contributions to forests. Professional and research contributions will only
be considered if they are conducted outside of normal work-related
responsibilities. Applications received from a nominee's kin or business
partner are not eligible for consideration. Applications related to
grassroots initiatives are particularly encouraged.
Selection: The closing date for receipt of nominations is 15 September 2020.
The awardee will be selected by a jury nominated by CPF members, which will
take into account gender and regional balance when considering potential
awardees.
Announcement: The awardee will be notified of their selection via email in
February 2021. This year's Wangari Maathai Award will be presented during
the XV World Forestry Congress <http://wfc2021korea.org/> (24-28 May 2021),
at the Coex Convention Center in Seoul, Korea.
To submit an application: Please send completed nominations to the CPF
Secretariat at cpf(a)un.org. Find more information and the application
guidelines which should be used when submitting your nomination at the
website <http://www.cpfweb.org/97445/en/> .
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Open Call: Active restoration of timber production and other ecosystem
services in secondary and degraded forest
Dear Colleagues
I am writing to inform that I am editing a special issue (SI) of Forest
Ecology and Management, entitled "Active restoration of timber production
and other ecosystem services in secondary and degraded forest". From your
research focus, I feel that you may contribute to this special issue.
Forest Ecology and Management is a peer reviewed journal that publishes
scientific articles linking forest ecology with forest management. 2019 IF:
3.170. 5-year IF: 3.581. Website:
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-ecology-and-management
The Open call of the SI is located at:
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-ecology-and-management/call-for-pap
ers/open-call-active-restoration-of-timber-production
The submission portal will be opened from the 1st of September and until the
1st of December 2020.
All submissions will go through the normal FEM review process. The handling
editor of this SI is Cindy Prescott (Cindy.Prescott(a)ubc.ca) the guest
editors are Plinio Sist, Bryan Finegan and myself.
We aim to have the special issue ready by December 2020.
We look forward to reading your Manuscript. Please inform your colleagues of
this opportunity.
--
Marie Ange NGO BIENG
UR Forêts et Sociétés. CIRAD
Campus International de Baillarguet, TA C-105/D
34398 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
Programa Bosques, Biodiversidad y Cambio Climatico. CATIE
Edificio principal. Turrialba. Cartago.
30501. Costa Rica
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It is with immense pleasure that we announce the 1st International
Electronic Conference on Forests (IECF):
Forests for a Better Future: Sustainability, Innovation, Interdisciplinarity
Virtual Conference; 15-30 November 2020
Forests and forestry activities provide an opportunity to address the
pressing challenge of climate change through sustainable production. Forests
also play a strategic role in mitigating critical issues, including
biodiversity conservation, water regulation, energy efficiency, pollution
reduction and mitigation, production of raw biological materials, food
safety, and human and ecosystem health and poverty.
Forests contribute to the improvement of some important development issues
focused on sustainability and responsible forest management as a shared and
essential factor to address global challenges and guarantee the conservation
and enhancement of the global forest heritage as well as the socio-economic
development of production, environmental, and socio-cultural chains.
The global pandemic has forced us to reduce travel and to reflect on our
ability to leave scientific acquisitions as a legacy to future generations.
This reduced mobility stimulates us to maintain connections with the
scientific network using emerging technologies. This conference is an
opportunity to communicate our shared passion for forests, forest products
and services, and forest biodiversity.
The conference will discuss the state of the art of forestry operations,
wood supply chains, and ecosystem services, and objectives for the future
will be sought. Sharing and discussing the latest research findings with the
global community of scientists in the field of forests is the central
purpose of this virtual meeting.
Topics of the conference include:
- Forest Ecology, Management and Restoration
- Forest Genetics, Ecophysiology and Biology
- Forests and Urban Forest Sustainability
- Forest Inventory, Quantitative Methods and Remote Sensing
- Wood Science, Production Chains and Fuelwood
- Forest Operations and Engineering
- Fire Risks and Other Natural Hazards
IECF is a virtual conference sponsored by Forests (ISSN 1999-4907; Impact
Factor 2.116 (2018)). Participation is free of charge for authors and
attendees. Accepted papers will be gathered in the proceedings of the
conference. Selected extended versions of the papers will be published in a
Forests conference Special Issue with a 20% discount applied to the article
processing charge
(https://www.mdpi.com/journal/Forests/special_issues/IECF2020)
IECF offers you the opportunity to participate in this international,
scholarly conference without having the concern or expenditure of travel-all
you need is your computer and access to the Internet. We would like to
invite you to "attend" this conference by presenting your latest work.
For more information on IECF, please visit the conference website
(https://iecf2020.sciforum.net/) or contact us by email (
<mailto:iecf2020@mdpi.com> iecf2020(a)mdpi.com)
Dr. Angela Lo Monaco
Dr. Cate Macinnis-Ng
Chairs of the 1st International Electronic Conference on Forests
Dear IUFRO Division 3 Members,
Dear IUFRO Division 3 Officeholders,
Greetings from IUFRO Division 3. First, we hope you and your family are keeping well during these strange and uncertain times. The COVID-19 pandemic has created a truly unprecedented situation that affects us all. Our hearts go out to anyone who has been impacted by the virus, either directly or indirectly.
With the hope that the COVID-19 pandemic will be behind us soon, we want to reach out and share our plans for the major Division 3 events around the world in the next four years.
* Year 2021 – Joint COFE/FORMEC Annual Meeting, Corvallis, OR, USA (Dates 6-9 June)
* Year 2022 – 7th Forest Engineering Conference (FEC) and All-D3 meeting, Florence, Italy (Dates TBD)
* Year 2023 – International Conference on Forest Engineering, Management and Products, Harbin, China (Dates TBD)
* Year 2024 – 26th IUFRO World Congress, Stockholm, Sweden (Dates 23-29 June)
In addition, there are several other Division 3-sponsored events scheduled this and next year. For details, please visit the IUFRO event calendar website (https://www.iufro.org/events/calendar/current/)
* International Scientific Conference on Modern Technologies and Engineering in Sustainable Forest Utilization, Krakow, Poland, 21-23 September, 2020
* University of Belgrade – Faculty of Forestry 100th Anniversary Congress, Belgrade, Serbia, 22-25 September, 2020
* International Scientific Conference "Forestry: Bridge to the Future", Sofia, Bulgaria, 5-8 May, 2021
* IUFRO Division 3 Doctoral Student Conference, Corvallis, OR, USA, 1-9 June, 2021
* 19th Symposium on Systems Analysis in Forest Resources (SSAFR 2021), Estes Park, Colorado, USA, 8-11 August, 2021
* IUFRO Regional Conference, Moscow, Russia, 24-26 September, 2021
Please stay safe and healthy, we look forward to meeting again in person when the COVID-19 situation resolves around the world. Also, please don’t forget, despite the many difficulties we all face, we are still connected, and we are still together!
Best wishes,
Woodam Chung, Luc Lebel, Yaoxiang Li, Ola Lindroos
Division 3 Coordinator and Deputy Coordinators
