The International Journal of Forest Engineering invites manuscript submissions for a special collection entitled Timber Truck Transportation in the 21st Century<https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/timber-truck-transportati…>. Manuscripts will be considered through December 31, 2024. The collection will consider both review articles and original research from all timber producing regions on the following topics:
Transportation costs,
Safety,
Fleet management,
Labor and workforce development,
Regulatory/policy (e.g., weight restriction on hauling, driver qualifications),
Infrastructure (e.g., bridges, pavement),
Equipment (e.g., truck configurations, fleet age, ergonomics), and
New developments (e.g., autonomous driving, alternative fuels).
For more information, please contact Joe Conrad (University of Georgia, USA, Guest Associate Editor) at jlconrad(a)uga.edu<mailto:jlconrad@uga.edu> or Charlie Blinn (University of Minnesota, USA, Editor-in-Chief) at cblinn(a)umn.edu<mailto:cblinn@umn.edu>.
Dear Colleagues in IUFRO Divisions 3 and 4,
I am happy to share a call for abstracts from IUFRO Units 3.04.01 and 4.04.04. If you are working in the fields of wildland fires and optimization, this would be a great opportunity to share your research and network with peers.
Best regards,
Woodam
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Call for abstracts
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Optimization and Wildfire Conference
October 1-4 2024, Luso, Portugal
https://ow.dps.uminho.pt/
We invite the submission of abstracts for the Optimization and Wildfire Conference to be held in Luso, Portugal, from the 1st to the 4th of October.
We have the honour to have as keynote speakers three distinguished personalities of the area:
- David Martell (University of Toronto),
- Yu Wei (Colorado State University), and
- José Borges (University of Lisbon).
The conference location is in a landmark Portuguese forest (Mata do Bussaco, a managed forest since the XVII century) in the center of Portugal, a region that was tragically devastated by wildfires in 2017.
We believe the conference, with the support of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology through project O3F - An Optimization Framework to reduce Forest Fire (https://o3f.dps.uminho.pt) will result in a vision of the state-of-the-art and the identification of emergent topics in O&W, affirming the relevance and potential of Operational Research, Optimization and related areas in wildfire management.
The deadline for the submission of abstracts (max 1500 characters) is May 31st, 2024.
All the conference details are available at the website: https://ow.dps.uminho.pt.
We look forward to seeing you in Portugal.
Best regards,
Filipe Alvelos, chair
Isabel Martins, co-chair Program Committee
Ana Maria Rocha, co-chair Organizing Committee
Dear colleagues,
Now information about the PhD conference are available via this link
https://ui.ungpd.com/Events/fabbdbe5-1e5c-4257-be41-3bee6bb90254
Deadline for application is February 29th, via the link above.
Please pass this on to all PhD students (and your researchers) that might be interested.
Cheers // Ola
From: Ola Lindroos <Ola.Lindroos(a)slu.se>
Sent: den 21 december 2023 15:36
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Subject: [IUFRO Div 3] PhD conference in June, IUFRO Div 3
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Dear Colleagues,
This is an early notification that the 3rd IUFRO Div. 3 Doctoral Conference is planned to be held June 17-20th in Umeå, Sweden.
The date is chosen so there is possibilities to connect travels with participation in the IUFRO World Congress in central Sweden and/or the FORMEC conference in northern Poland.
More info will come in January, but please inform your PhD students about this, so they can plan for it - and keep it in mind if they plan to attend the IUFRO World Congress and/or FORMEC.
Thank you, and Seasons Greetings to you all!
// Ola Lindroos
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Ola Lindroos, PhD
Professor of Forest Operations
Vice Dean for Education, Faculty of Forest Sciences
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Department of Forest Biomaterials and Technology
SE-901 83 Umeå, SWEDEN
Visiting address: Skogsmarksgränd 17
Phone: +46 90 786 86 36
ola.lindroos(a)slu.se<mailto:ola.lindroos@slu.se>, www.slu.se<http://www.slu.se/>
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Online Symposium: Legacy of the Tropical Forest Foundation 19 Jan 2023
The International Society of Tropical Foresters (ISTF) and the International Forestry Working Group of the Society of American Foresters (IFWG-SAF) are offering the online symposium “Legacy of the Tropical Forest Foundation” on Friday 19 January 2023 for 2.5 hours, at 7-930am Seattle, 10am-1230pm Washington DC, 10pm-1230am Jakarta.
The Tropical Forest Foundation was active from 1990 to 2015, with independent branches in Brazil, Indonesia, and Guyana, South America, continuing today. The TFF was a unique forum that engaged industry, conservation and researchers in productive dialogue about tropical forestry. The TFF had much impact by developing techniques and demonstration projects for low impact logging for the tropics, and the influence of the TFF continues today.
Symposium information is posted at https://tropicalforesters.org/blog/2024/01/13/online-symposium-legacy-of-th…. Find your time zone at https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html. Register for the session at https://forms.gle/gNxFG59PDHN4mam96 . Questions? Contact tropicalforesters(a)gmail.com<mailto:tropicalforesters@gmail.com>
More information on the Tropical Forest Foundation at
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BrV3R4kOl_RPe2sPSeVxJdtebm_1xoCJ?us…
Symposium schedule:
a. Introduction to ISTF and IFWG-SAF. Sheila Ward, ISTF (2 min)
b. Intro to Symposium and speakers. Mike Sterner, ISTF (5 min)
c. History of the Tropical Forest Foundation. Keister Evans, Forest Carbon Offsets, LCC. USA. (10 min)
d. Development and Implementation of Reduced Impact Logging by the Tropical Forest Foundation. Jim Bowyer, University of Minnesota, USA (10 min)
e. Collaboration for the Tropical Forest Foundation: Education, research, and outreach. A. L. (Tom) Hammett, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA (15 min)
f. Some Lessons Learned from Johan Zweede, Art Klassen, and the Rest of TFF. Jack Putz, University of Florida, USA (15 min)
h. TFF: Reduced Impact, Improved Income & Better Market Credibility. Hasbie HASBILLAH, Tropical Forest Foundation-Indonesia (15 min)
i. Open Discussion (Moderators Sterner / Ward – 50 min)
