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Input to the 2019 Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR)

by Brigitte Burger

From: Dr. Ernest Foli <mailto:[mailto:efoli@hotmail.com]> [mailto:efoli@hotmail.com] Subject: Input to the 2019 GSDR Dear Colleagues, We are writing to request your input to the 2019 Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR). The GSDR, mandated by the United Nations' Member States in the outcome document of the 2012 Rio + 20 conference, is meant to strengthen the science-policy interface and provide a strong evidence-based instrument to support policymakers in promoting poverty eradication and sustainable development. The GSDR is being drafted by an independent group of scientists (IGS), supported by a task team of six UN-system agencies. Profiles of the 15 IGS members are found here: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/globalsdreport/2019) As part of its outreach efforts, the IGS is soliciting inputs from a diverse group of scientific and non-scientific communities, from all over the world, in the form of publications supported by short abstracts or descriptions of case studies. Currently, we are requesting contributions in four major areas: (1) interactions among SDGs and their targets, (2) transformation pathways towards sustainable development; (3) looking beyond the SDGs (major issues identified by research which are not explicitly taken into account in the SDGs), and (4) the role of science for sustainable development. Contributions will be acknowledged in the GSDR. If you are interested in contributing to this important exercise, please follow the below link to a questionnaire. https://goo.gl/forms/bWjUsJmHPZCDkqxb2 With many thanks and kind regards, Ernest Foli, PhD. Member of the Independent Group of Scientists

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IUFRO NEWS 9&10, 2017

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Nomination procedure of the future Iufro Division 4 Coordinator and call for candidatures

by Jean-Luc Peyron

Dear Member of the Division 4 mailing list, I am coordinating the IUFRO Division 4 until the end of the IUFRO World Congress to be held in Curitiba in September/October 2019. I am not candidate for another term. The nomination process of the future Coordinator is such that there is a deadline on December 2017, 31st. Thus I would like to inform you about the procedure that has been elaborated in order to nominate this future Coordinator. You will find a short note about this procedure here: http://docs.gip-ecofor.org/public/Procedure_Nomination_Coordinator_Div4.pdf I use the Division 4 mailing list to disseminate the information about this procedure. Present or past Officeholders from Division 4 or other divisions can be candidates. Candidates should write to me <jean-luc.peyron(a)gip-ecofor.org> with copy to <coralie.zettor(a)gip-ecofor.org> until November 2017, 15th at the latest. Then, only Division 4 Officeholders will vote until November 2017, 30th at the latest. Best regards. -- Jean-Luc PEYRON IGPEF, Dr.Sc.Eco. Directeur d’ECOFOR Membre correspondant de l'Académie d'agriculture de France Iufro Board Member, Coord.Div.4 "Forest Assessment, Modelling and Management" 42, rue Scheffer, F-75116 Paris Tel : +33 (0)1 53 70 21 49 (direct) +33 (0)1 53 70 21 70 (secrétariat) +33 (0)1 53 70 21 81 (secrétariat) Fax : +33 (0)1 53 70 21 54 Web : http://www.gip-ecofor.org

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On Forest Assessment, Modelling and Management - Interview with Division 4 Coordinator Jean-Luc Peyron

by Brigitte Burger

Read an interview with Division 4 Coordinator Jean-Luc Peyron of the Public Interest Group (GIP) on Forest Ecosystems (ECOFOR), France, about the work in IUFRO Division 4 and the All-Division Meeting at the IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress. The research range of Division 4 is rather broad, but it is consistent with the needs of policy makers and forest practitioners. For the Freiburg Congress, Division 4 organized more than 20 sessions. Technological developments give great opportunities to forest assessment, information systems, and the constitution and use of big data sets. Forest assessment measurements are made in order to predict the value of some variables and models are run to predict the evolution of those variables. There are uncertainties behind those results, especially when the prediction horizon is long. It is therefore important to produce models that integrate several scenarios and also take into account several management options. And that has to be communicated transparently to decision makers. Download the PDF: https://www.iufro.org/download/file/27614/6146/iufro2017-interwiew-d4_pdf/ Link to the IUFRO Blog: http://blog.iufro.org/2017/10/12/on-forest-assessment-modelling-and-manageme nt/ Learn more about IUFRO Division 4: https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-4/ Watch this interview with Jean-Luc Peyron: https://youtu.be/q-_yFxiPpu0

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