Dear All,
The deadline for submission of nomination materials for IUFRO awards at the IUFRO World Congress 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden, is May 15, 2023. The specific awards are:
The Scientific Achievement Award: Up to ten awards. In recognition of distinguished individual scientific achievements within the fields of research covered by IUFRO.
Outstanding Doctoral Research Award: One per IUFRO Division. To recognize path-breaking doctoral dissertations completed in the period 2018-2023 within the fields of research covered by IUFRO.
IUFRO Student Award for Excellence in Forest Science: One per IUFRO Division. Recognizes outstanding individual achievements in forest science made by Masters degree students (or equivalent) completed in the period 2018-2023, in order to encourage their further work within the fields of research covered by IUFRO.
Best Poster Award: recognizes distinguished poster presentations during the IUFRO World Congress by under-graduate students, graduate students, and individuals who completed their graduate degrees up to 7 years prior to the congress. For this award, the corresponding author of the poster indicates consideration for the award during the abstract submission process.
Further information on the awards, who is eligible to prepare nominations for consideration, and nomination forms can be found here:
https://www.iufro.org/fileadmin/material/events/iwc24/iwc24-awards-call-for…
You are encouraged to consider nominating colleagues and the Honours and Awards Committee looks forward to receiving the nomination materials.
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Calling all those involved in forests, energy and livelihoods!
A new multi-agency issue brief highlights the links between these sectors and the leap forward that could come from them working more closely together.
Do you work in forests, energy or livelihoods? Are you searching for ways to boost progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals?
If so, take a moment to look at this new FAO/IUFRO/UNDP/UNFF issue brief, Forests, Energy and Livelihoods<https://www.un.org/esa/forests/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ISSUE-BRIEF-Fores…>, which neatly sums up the current state of play in these sectors and why they are inextricably linked. It explains why managing forests more sustainably brings huge benefits to all those who depend on wood for fuel or forest products for a livelihood. And calls for more joined up thinking across these sectors to accelerate progress towards SDGs on poverty, hunger and clean energy.
Now is the time to put heads together on this!
Join the global event on April 4 (10.00-13.00 EDT) on UN Web TV<https://media.un.org/en/webtv> and follow the discussion about integrated approaches across these sectors ahead of the 2023 SDG Summit at the UN General Assembly high-level week in September.
Make sure you are part of this. Read the issue brief<https://www.un.org/esa/forests/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ISSUE-BRIEF-Fores…> and join the event<https://www.un.org/esa/forests/events/unff18-bureau-event-forests-energy-li…>.
See you there!
Related links
Building on the nexus of forests, energy and livelihoods to accelerate achievement of the SDGs - An event organized by the UNFF18 Bureau<https://www.un.org/esa/forests/events/unff18-bureau-event-forests-energy-li…>
Issue brief: Forests, energy and livelihoods<https://www.un.org/esa/forests/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ISSUE-BRIEF-Fores…>
More information on forests and energy<https://www.fao.org/forestry/communication-toolkit/76374/en/>
The Technical University of Munich (TUM) invites applications for the position of Professor in »Tree Growth and Wood Physiology«, W3 Associate or W3 Full Professor, to begin as soon as possible. The professorship will be assigned to the TUM School of Life Sciences, Department Life Science Systems, located at the interdisciplinary campus Freising-Weihenstephan. The School provides ample opportunities for collaboration in the areas of forestry, biological and agricultural sciences. Close collaboration of the professorship with TUM.wood and the Center of Forestry Weihenstephan is intended. The responsibilities include research and teaching as well as the promotion of early-career scientists. TUM seeks to appoint an expert in the research area of tree growth and wood physiology based on experimental or modelling data with a focus on forest stands and environmental change. Teaching responsibilities include courses in the university's bachelor and master programs, including the master's program Sustainable Resource Management. TUM is looking for candidates who have demonstrated excellent achievements in research and teaching in an internationally recognized scientific environment, relative to the relevant career level.
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An der Technischen Universität München (TUM) ist die Position als Professor (w/m/d) für »Tree Growth and Wood Physiology« in Besoldungsgruppe W3 Associate oder W3 Full Professor zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt zu besetzen. Die Professur wird dem Department Life Science Systems an der TUM School of Life Sciences zugeordnet, die sich am interdisziplinären Campus Freising-Weihenstephan befindet. Die School bietet umfangreiche Kooperationsmöglichkeiten in den Bereichen Forstwirtschaft, Biologie und Agrarwissenschaften. Eine enge Zusammenarbeit der Professur mit TUM.wood und dem Zentrum Wald-Forst-Holz Weihenstephan wird angestrebt. Zu den Aufgaben gehören Forschung und Lehre sowie Betreuung und Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses. TUM sucht eine Expertin oder einen Experten im Forschungsgebiet Baumwachstum und Holzphysiologie, basierend auf experimentellen oder Modellierungsdaten, mit dem Schwerpunkt auf Forstbeständen und Umweltveränderung. Zu den Aufgaben in der Lehre gehört die Mitwirkung in den Bachelor- und Masterstudiengängen der TUM, einschließlich des Masterstudiengangs Sustainable Resource Management. TUM sucht eine Persönlichkeit, die herausragende Leistungen, entsprechend des zutreffenden Karrierelevels, in Forschung und Lehre in einem international anerkannten wissenschaftlichen Umfeld vorweisen kann.
Application deadline: 21 April 2023
Details:
https://www.iufro.org/fileadmin/material/discover/nb-tum-2023-03-06_AT_EN_T…https://www.iufro.org/fileadmin/material/discover/nb-tum-2023-03-06_AT_DE_T…
Dear Iufro colleagues,
On the occasion of the International Day of Forests on March 21st, a
group of forest scientists of the Forests and Societies Research Unit of
Cirad, thought it would be an opportunity to publish an opinion column
to recall the urgent need to conserve and to safeguard the tropical
forests. This opinion column will be published in the French online
newspaper Reporterre which has about 1.5 million readers per month.
Please take few minutes to read it and if you agree with the contents,
please sign it by filling the form available on this link:
https://forms.gle/r981va1BNEEz8yfC9
If you want to sign the form, please do it before *March 13th, Midnight
CET.*
By signing this paper you are signing as an individual but you can also
indicate your institution. The list of signatories and their institution
(if you indicate it) will also be published on the Reporterre website
with the paper.
The original text is in French but I attached an English version of it
for the non French speakers.
We hope that this opinion paper will reach a large public and will be
of interest for others medias. With this, we hope that we will be able
to increase our visibility and get opportunities to talk further about
the urgency in saving the tropical forests.
Please do not hesitate to disseminate this message to your scientists
and students networks.
cheers
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Plinio Sist #2708
Cirad-ES,
Directeur-Director UR Forêts et Sociétés
Tropical managed Forests Observatory (TmFO) Coordinator
IUFRO 1.02.00 Silviculture of tropical forests
Plinio Sist #2708
Cirad-ES,
Directeur-Director UR Forêts et Sociétés
Tropical managed Forests Observatory (TmFO) Coordinator
IUFRO 1.02.00 Silviculture of tropical forests
Campus International de Baillarguet, TA C-105/D
34398 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
Tél : +33 4 67 59 39 13
Tel.Portable/Mobile Phone: +33 786 3289 46
http://ur-forets-societes.cirad.fr/
Please join us for the upcoming webinars:
“Measuring biomass and carbon stock in forests of southwestern Amazonia: from science generation to dissemination”
Join Dr. Sabina Cerruto Ribeiro, Associate Professor at the Federal University of Acre, Brazil, on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 7:05 – 8:00 am Pacific Standard Time (PST), when she talks about measuring biomass and carbon stocks in forests of southwestern Amazonia. The webinar is hosted by IUFRO 4.01.00 as part of the webinar series "2023 Forest Mensuration and Modelling Chats."
To receive the zoom link for the webinar, please register here:
https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5mx98xEhg60GPci
“Tree species growth of oak and pine in mixture - a dynamic sensitive equilibrium”
Join Dr. Sonja Vospernik, Associate Professor at BOKU, University of Natural Resources, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, Institute of Forest Growth, on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, 8:05 – 9:00 am Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), when she talks about tree species growth response to climate in oak-pine mixtures across Europe. The webinar is hosted by IUFRO 4.01.00 as part of the webinar series "2023 Forest Mensuration and Modelling Chats."
To receive the zoom link for the webinar, please register here:
https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6WjS4e4yfqi4g62
If you have any questions or the registration link does not work, please e-mail me. Looking forward to seeing you at the webinars!
Bianca
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Bianca Eskelson
Associate Professor in Forest Biometrics
Department of Forest Resources Management
The University of British Columbia
2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4
Phone: +1-604-827-0629
E-Mail: bianca.eskelson(a)ubc.ca<mailto:bianca.eskelson@ubc.ca>
Vancouver Campus | Xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) Territory<https://www.musqueam.bc.ca/>
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