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
IUFRO 2012, All D5 Conference in Portugal - Second announcement
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
The next IUFRO All-Division5 Conference is to be held in Estoril, Lisbon,
July 8-13th 2012.
IUFRO, along with the Technical University of Lisbon/ ISA would like to
extend an invitation to the entire forest sector to participate in this
international event.
Forests play a vital role for rural as well as urban populations all over
the world. They are an essential natural resource providing multiple
benefits to people.
Their conservation and sustainable management are closely linked with global
issues such as food supply and environmental protection.
Scientific knowledge is needed all over the world to effectively address
these issues globally and regionally and provide the basis for political
decisions.
Close international cooperation in forest science and related disciplines is
required to enable forests to satisfy the manifold human needs in a
sustainable way.
This conference is designed to bring together researchers in forest products
and related fields from around the world. Discussion will embrace progress
and needs in research to meet rapidly increasing demands for all kinds of
forest products, while maintaining the forest as a source of such products
and a resource for social, economic and environmental benefits.
The major topics to be discussed are:
Wood Quality
Properties and Utilization of Plantation Woods
Physio-mechanical Properties of Wood
Energy and Chemicals from Forest Biomass
Wood-based materials and their Applications
Forest Products Marketing
Wood Processing
Non-wood Forest Products
Wood Protection
Forest Products Education
Composites and Reconstituted Products
Wood Culture
Pulp & Paper
The role of wood in a sustainable society
For further information on this upcoming event and instructions for authors,
please visit the conference website at www.iufro2012.org and complete the
form "Expression of interest" under the menu " Call for papers".
Abstracts should be submitted as soon as possible in 2011, but not later
than 28th February 2012. Abstracts received by 30th September 2011 will be
listed in the preliminary program and abstracts received by 23rd Feb listed
in the final program.
We look forward to welcoming you in 2012.
Pekka Saranpää (Finland) Jamie Barbour (USA)
Helena Pereira (Portugal)
Conference Chair Conference Co-Chair
Local Organising Committee Chair
T H E - THE HOUSE OF EVENTS
Official PCO
PHONE: +351 22 834 8940
MOBILE: +351 93 244 8914
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IUFRO 2012, All D5 CONFERENCE
Estoril Congress Centre, 8 >13 July12
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forwarded on behalf of the All D5 COC by Brigitte Burger, IUFRO Headquarters
FCBA is pleased to invite you to the 5th edition of the International
Symposium on Wood Fibre Polymer Composites which will take place on
September 26-27, 2011, in Biarritz, about 200 km to the south of Bordeaux in
France.
The 2011 conference event will focus on opportunities for innovative wood
based composites used in Building and Furniture sectors contributing to the
Green Growth. New information will be divulged on bio resources based
materials and bio plastics used as raw materials and formulations, chemical
modifications, on product performances, policy issues standardization
methods and the environmental issues related to wood-based materials.
Scientists, Experts from Industry present latest information on recent
developments by 30 conferences on two days. A technical exhibition and
poster session will also be provided.
Scientific programme on :
http://www.fcba.fr/wpc2011/pdf/Programme%202011EN.pdf
Please register NOW and book your hotel asap :
http://www.fcba.fr/wpc2011/registration.html
Dr Gilles LABAT
FCBA
<http://www.fcba.fr> www.fcba.fr
<http://www.fcba.fr/wpc2011> www.fcba.fr/wpc2011
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IUFRO is proud to announce its first regional Congress in Africa, to be held
in Nairobi, Kenya from 25 to 30 June 2012.
The first IUFRO regional congress in Africa will be held in partnership with
the Forestry Research Network of Sub-Saharan Africa (FORNESSA) and is
expected to bring together about 350 participants to deliberate on issues
relevant to the conservation, sustainable management and utilization of
forest and tree resources in the region.
Scientists interested in organizing sessions or submitting abstracts are
invited to visit the First Announcement and Call for Abstracts at
http://fornis.net/content/first-iufro-fornessa-regional-congress.
For additional information, please contact
Dr. Joe Cobbinah
Chair, Congress Scientific Committee (CSC)
Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG)
University Box 63, Kumasi, Ghana
Telephone: +233 244 405 601 +233 260 884 733
Fax: +233 03220 60121
E-Mail: <mailto:jrcobbinah@yahoo.co.uk> jrcobbinah(a)yahoo.co.uk
<mailto:jcobbinah@csir-forig.org.gh> jcobbinah(a)csir-forig.org.gh
<mailto:iufroforn_2012@yahoo.com> iufroforn_2012(a)yahoo.com
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IUFRO Headquarters
Dear Colleagues of IUFRO Div. 3,
Please allow me to introduce myself.
My name is Yozo Yamada, and I work in Nagoya University in Japan.
I serve the Coordinator of Research Group 3.03 (Ergonomics) of
IUFRO Division 3 from 2010 to 2014 (http://www.iufro.org/science
/divisions/division-3/30000/30300/).
Unfortunately the RG3.03 had no meetings and activities in the
previous term from 2006 to 2010. In this term, we have recast
the board members of RG3.03 as follows, and try to organize and
promote more aggresive activities of RG3.03. Especially three
Deputy Coordinators have a special role as a regional
coordinator who encourages our activities in each region. At
first, we have an international research conference from 26 to
29 June in Krakow, Poland (http://www.les.ar.krakow.pl/~for-tech
-erg/en-index.html).
Board Members of IUFRO RG3.03 (Ergonomics)
Coordinator:
Yozo Yamada (Japan)
Deputy Coordinator:
Dianne Staal Wasterlund (Sweden)
Efi Yuliati Yovi (Indonesia)
Janusz Sowa (Poland): Regional Coordinator of Europe and
Africa
John J Garland (USA): Regional Coordinator of North and
South America
Richard Parker (New Zealand): Regional Coordinator of Asia
and Oceania
Before launching our activities, we must renew the member list
of RG3.03. If you are an Ergonomic researcher, or concern any
Ergonomic matters, or take an interest in Ergonomics, please
fill the following form and reply to this e-mail (yozo@agr.
nagoya-u.ac.jp).
RETURN FORM
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Name:
Affiliation:
Postal Address:
E-mail:
URL of HP (if you have):
Are you an Ergonomic Researcher? Yes or Not.
Recent Publication (if possible):
Any Comments for IUFRO RG3.03:
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Your further cooperation in our RG3.03 will be much appreciated.
Your Sincerely,
Dr. Yozo Yamada
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Yozo Yamada
Forest Resources Utilization
Division of Regional Resources Management
Graduate School of Bio-agricultural Sciences
Nagoya University
TEL: +81-52-789-4057 FAX: +81-789-5052
E-mail: yozo(a)agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp
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Dear colleagues,
this is to remind you that we still accept abstracts for the conference
"Competence development for forestry" to be held in Freiburg, Germany,
from September 26th till October 1st 2011.
Please find the announcement under:
www.iufrocompetence2011.uni-freiburg.de
Welcome to Freiburg,
Siegfried Lewark
--
Prof. Dr. Siegfried Lewark
Inst. f. Forstbenutzung und
Forstliche Arbeitswissenschaft
Werthmannstr. 6
D-79085 Freiburg
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forwarded on behalf of Siegfried Lewark by Brigitte Burger, IUFRO
Headquarters
From: bounce-1107707-220888(a)lists.iisd.ca
[mailto:bounce-1107707-220888@lists.iisd.ca] On Behalf Of Rose, Simmone
(FOMC)
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 2:35 AM
To: Forest Policy Info Mailing List
Subject: Climate change survey for forest managers / Une enquête sur le
changement climatique pour les gestionnaires forestiers / Una encuesta sobre
cambio climático para las autoridades forestales
Importance: High
FAO, in collaboration with forest management, climate change experts and
relevant stakeholders, is developing guidelines to assist forest managers to
effectively respond to climate change challenges and opportunities. These
guidelines will include actions related to both climate change adaptation
and mitigation and will be relevant to all types of forests, all management
objectives and all types of managers. More information on this effort may be
found here FAO Forests and
<http://www.fao.org/forestry/climatechange/65120/en/> Climate Change
Programme or requested at Climate-Change-Forest-Managers(a)fao.org.
To facilitate the development of the guidelines, we are conducting a survey
for forest managers (The survey in English
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9L22T2Q> ). We are inviting you to provide
your views and perceptions on factors that limit the ability of forest
managers to prepare for and respond to climate change.
Kindly forward the survey to your members and your mailing list(s). The
content of individual responses will not be published and will remain
anonymous.
Kindly allocate 15 minutes to complete this survey.
Thank you in advance for your time and effort in responding to the survey.
Best regards,
The Forests and Climate Change Team
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La FAO, en collaboration avec des experts en matière de gestion des forêts
et du changement climatique et les parties prenantes concernées, est en
train de développer des directives pour aider les gestionnaires des forêts à
répondre efficacement aux défis du changement climatique et à ses
opportunités. Ces directives comprendront des actions liées à l'adaptation
et à l'atténuation du changement climatique et seront adaptées à tous les
types de forêts, tous les objectifs de gestion et tous les types de
gestionnaires. Pour plus d'informations sur cet effort, vous pouvez
consulter le site Programme de
<http://www.fao.org/forestry/climatechange/65120/fr> la FAO sur les forêts
et le changement climatique ou vous pouvez écrire à
Climate-Change-Forest-Managers(a)fao.org.
Pour faciliter l'élaboration de ces directives, nous réalisons une enquête
au près des gestionnaires forestiers (
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9LMZ8XX> L'enquête en française). Nous vous
invitons à donner votre opinion et vos perceptions sur les facteurs qui
limitent la capacité des gestionnaires forestiers à se préparer et répondre
au changement climatique.
Veuillez s'il vous plaît envoyer lenquête à vos membres et à vos listes
d'adresses. Le contenu de vos réponses ne sera pas publié et restera
anonyme.
Nous vous invitons à prendre 15 minutes pour remplir ce questionnaire.
Merci d'avance pour votre temps et vos efforts consacrés à cette enquête.
Meilleures salutations,
Forêts et changement climatique.
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La FAO, en colaboración con expertos en ordenación forestal y en cambio
climático y con las partes interesadas pertinentes, está elaborando
directrices para ayudar a las autoridades forestales a responder con
eficacia a los desafíos y oportunidades que plantea el cambio climático.
Estas directrices comprenderán medidas de adaptación y mitigación ante el
cambio climático, y serán adecuadas para todo tipo de bosques, todos los
objetivos de gestión y a todos los responsables de la gestión forestal. En
el siguiente enlace se presenta más información sobre esta actividad:
Programa de la FAO <http://www.fao.org/forestry/climatechange/65120/es/>
sobre los bosques y el cambio climático o podéis escribir a
Climate-Change-Forest-Managers(a)fao.org.
Con el fin de facilitar la elaboración de las directrices, estamos haciendo
una encuesta a las autoridades forestales (La encuesta en
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/98HHFSG> español). Los invitamos a compartir
puntos de vista y opiniones sobre los factores que limitan la capacidad de
los responsables de la gestión forestal para prepararse al cambio climático
y responder a sus desafíos.
Envíe por favor la encuesta a sus membro y sus listas de correos. No se
publicarán las respuestas de los cuestionarios, su contenido se mantendrá
anónimo.
Sírvase dedicar 15 minutos a la respuesta del cuestionario.
Por anticipado, muchas gracias por su tiempo y atención para participar en
la encuesta.
Saludos cordiales,
Bosques y cambio climático
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Von: Astrid Taylor [mailto:Astrid.Taylor@slu.se]
Gesendet: Freitag, 13. Mai 2011 16:15
Symposium Tree-stumps for bioenergy harvesting techniques and
environmental consequences
Uppsala, Sweden, October 24-26, 2011
Reminder: Abstract submission closes 16. May 2011
Dear Colleagues,
this is kind reminder that abstract submission for the Symposium will be
closed after the 16. May 2011.
Please visit the following website to register and submit your abstract:
http://www.slu.se/treestumpsymposium2011
If you have any questions about the symposium, please contact me or consult
the website and contact the persons responsible.
Sincerely,
Astrid Taylor
(for the organizing committee)
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Astrid Taylor, PhD
astrid.taylor(a)slu.se
Secretary of the Symposium " Tree-stumps for bioenergy - harvesting
techniques and environmental consequences" in Uppsala, Sweden, October 24-26
2011
http://www.slu.se/treestumpsymposium2011
work adress:
Department of Ecology
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Box 7044
75007 Uppsala
tel: ++46 18 672216
fax: ++46 18 672890
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Register Now!
COFE 2011 Quebec City June 12 - 15 2011
The preliminary program is now available. Five prestigious keynote speakers are confirmed. Over 40 technical papers will be presented (forest engineering, biomass procurement, value chain optimization,...).
Conference package includes a banquet, two luncheons, and a field trip emphasizing challenges and opportunities of small-tree harvesting. The field trip will feature harvesting operations on sensitive sites, a life-size road construction lab, a newly designed timber bridge made entirely of engineered-wood products, and much more.
A spouse tour has been added to the program. Scheduled for Tuesday, June 14th, the tour will offer an exploration of Old Quebec (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), guided tours of the Parliament building and the Citadel museum, and lunch at L'Astral panoramic restaurant.
Register by April 15th for early-bird pricing. Combine COFE and VCO registration for discounted access to both events.
Visit our web site for more information:
www.cirrelt.ulaval.ca/cofe2011<http://www.cirrelt.ulaval.ca/cofe2011>
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Dear IUFRO Colleagues,
On behalf of the Conference Steering Committee, IUFRO and the Transportation
Research Board (TRB) are pleased to invite you to the 10th International
Conference on Low-Volume Roads, to be held July 24-27, 2011, in Orlando,
Florida, USA.
This is a reminder that early bird conference registration deadline is May
1, 2011. Please register by that date to take advantage of the reduced
registration fee till that date; and also make all your travel arrangements.
Please review the information in the attached file and also visit the
conference website for more details on all aspects of the conference.
<http://www.trb.org/LowVolumeRoadsConference/Public/LVR10.aspx>
http://www.trb.org/LowVolumeRoadsConference/Public/LVR10.aspx
ONLINE MEETING REGISTRATION
<http://www.t2events.ce.ufl.edu/assnfe/Ev.asp?ID=965>
http://www.t2events.ce.ufl.edu/assnfe/Ev.asp?ID=965
We look forward to seeing you in July 2011!
Sincerely,
Glen LEGERE
Coordinator of D3.01.02: Forest Road Management
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
<mailto:glen.legere@fpinnovations.ca> glen.legere(a)fpinnovations.ca
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