Dear Colleagues,
We invite you to participate in the Open Seminar 'Models and decision
SUpport tools for integrated FOrest policy development under global
change', to be held in Lisbon, February 18.
This international seminar will focus on the current state of knowledge
on methods and tools that may be used by public administrators, forest
owners and industry for enhanced integration of adaptive strategies in
forest management planning as well as in policy analysis in a context of
global change. It will also show state of the art research in
institutions participating in the SuFoRun international project
(http://suforun.ctfc.cat/ <http://suforun.ctfc.cat/?cat=5>).
More information about the seminar at: http://suforun.ctfc.cat/?cat=5
Best regards,
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José G. Borges
Professor at the School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon
http://www.isa.utl.pt/home/node/369
Coordinator of EMMC Mediterranean Forestry and Natural Resources Management (MEDfOR)
http://www.medfor.eu/
Coordinator of IUFRO Group Sustainable forest management scheduling
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-4/40000/40400/40404/
CALL FOR SESSION PROPOSALS - 1st REMINDER
<http://www.iufro-ao2016.org/en/news.asp?id=23.html> http://www.iufro-ao2016.org/en/news.asp?id=23.html
Deadline for Submissions: 31 January 2016
>From 24 to 27 October 2016, IUFRO will hold its first Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania in Beijing, China. Under the Congress title "Forests for Sustainable Development: the Role of Research", we hope to establish a cutting-edge scientific programme highlighting the role of forest science in informing forest-related policies and management in Asia and Oceania to cope with the significant environmental, social and economic changes in the region and address the consequent challenges.
For such a programme to materialize, we need your contributions: diverse, from inside and outside the region, across the full range of natural and social science disciplines at various levels, from the gene to the globe.
Therefore please submit by 31 January at the latest your session proposals addressing one or more of the following Congress themes:
1. Sustainable forest management for enhanced provision of ecosystem services;
2. Forest and landscape rehabilitation and restoration;
3. Combating desertification, disaster and risk management, and climate change mitigation and adaptation;
4. Planted forests for fostering a greener economy;
5. Innovative technologies for bio-energy, bio-materials and other products;
6. Urban forestry for human health and community well-being;
7. Social and cultural aspects of forests, including traditional knowledge, human health, community participation and gender roles;
8. Forest and agro-forest management for food security, enhanced livelihoods and non-timber forest products.
For further details, please visit <http://www.iufro-ao2016.org/en/news.asp?id=23.html> http://www.iufro-ao2016.org/en/news.asp?id=23.html.
We look forward to hearing from you and for your active participation in the design of an excellent scientific program for the IUFRO Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania 2016 in Beijing.
The Congress Scientific Committee
IUFRO Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania 2016
Beijing, China; 24-27 October 2016
<http://www.iufro-ao2016.org> http://www.iufro-ao2016.org - iufro_ao2016(a)163.com
Colleagues,
We hope that the new year has started well for you!
Please be reminded that IUFRO Research Group 4.05.00 and its Working Parties are organizing a Symposium on "Advances and Challenges in Managerial Economics and Accounting", Vienna, Austria, 9 -11 May 2016.
If you are interested to participate in and present at this event, register and submit your extended abstracts by 15 February 2016; you will be notified of the acceptance of your abstract by 29 February!
More details are available in the attached announcement and call for papers!
We are looking forward to hearing from you!
The Organizing Committee
Walter Sekot together with the ForEc-Team of BOKU, forec(a)boku.ac.at
Lidija Zadnik-Stirn, Lidija.Zadnik(a)bf.uni-lj.si
Donald Hodges, dhodges2(a)utk.edu
Vitor Afonso Hoeflich, vitor.ufpr(a)gmail.com
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Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 14:50:08 +0300
Subject: Merry Christmas Dear colleagues From FTU side I wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Hope for our cooperation in next 2016 year. Yours Maxim Maxim Chubinsky
department of general ecology, physiology of plants and wood science
executive director of ICFFI,
director of studies of FORPEC program,
contact person of CBU and EUROFORESTER in FTU,
Vice-dean of Forestry Faculty,
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CALL FOR SESSION PROPOSALS
<http://www.iufro-ao2016.org/en/news.asp?id=23.html> http://www.iufro-ao2016.org/en/news.asp?id=23.html
Deadline for Submissions: 31 January 2016
The Congress Scientific Committee invites submission of session proposals for the IUFRO Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania 2016. In keeping with the spirit of the Congress title – Forests for Sustainable Development: The Role of Research, the Congress Scientific Committee is developing a program that will highlight the role of forest science in informing forest-related policies and management in Asia and Oceania to cope with the significant environmental, social and economic changes in the region and address the consequent challenges. The Congress program will reflect the forest science community’s diverse contributions, inside and outside the region, across the full range of natural and social science disciplines at various levels, from the gene to the globe, with special emphasis on key issues and research areas identified in IUFRO’s 2015-2019 Strategy.
Session proposals will be accepted that address one or more of the following Congress themes:
1. Sustainable forest management for enhanced provision of ecosystem services;
2. Forest and landscape rehabilitation and restoration;
3. Combating desertification, disaster and risk management, and climate change mitigation and adaptation;
4. Planted forests for fostering a greener economy;
5. Innovative technologies for bio-energy, bio-materials and other products;
6. Urban forestry for human health and community well-being;
7. Social and cultural aspects of forests, including traditional knowledge, human health, community participation and gender roles;
8. Forest and agro-forest management for food security, enhanced livelihoods and non-timber forest products.
Who may submit a session proposal?
All who share an interest in the future of forests and forest science session are invited to submit session proposals. We encourage proposals that involve collaboration between two or more IUFRO Divisions or Task Forces and/or with organizations not formally associated with IUFRO, and from university students at all levels. We strongly recommend IUFRO officeholders and others actively involved in IUFRO Research Groups, Working Parties, and Task Forces communicate with their respective Division representatives on the CSC (or Task Force coordinators, please see the list of CSC Members) before submitting proposals – this will greatly facilitate broader involvement of IUFRO divisional units and Task Forces in the scientific program and avoid overlaps among sessions.
Session proposals from non‐IUFRO member organizations are encouraged although preference will be given to those that are prepared jointly with IUFRO Divisional units and Task Forces–if assistance is needed to identify appropriate partners within IUFRO, please contact the CSC Chair or other members of the CSC.
Preparing and submitting a session proposal
Proposals should be submitted between now and January 31, 2016 (please see Important Dates) by submitting online ( <http://www.iufro-ao2016.org/> http://www.iufro-ao2016.org/) and then sending email to iufro_ao2016(a)163.com attached with the completely and appropriately filled Session Proposal. Proposals will not be accepted after January 31, 2016.
Session proposals should include basic information on session organizer(s), session title, alignment with Congress themes, and a short abstract of the session proposal, that describes the session objectives, content and proposed session format (i.e., presentation of individual papers and/or posters, moderated panel discussion, or other forms of presentation) and lists proposed speakers (if known), their organizational affiliations and tentative titles of their presentations. Proposed sessions should be organized to be 2 hours in length. For sessions involving oral presentations, were recommended that each speaker be given 15-20 minutes for his/her presentation.
Please note that the abstract submission process will be open to all, so session organizers may need to include oral presentations and/or posters that were not originally proposed for their sessions. Please be aware of this possibility and the need for flexibility in designing your session. In the event that the number of accepted abstracts for a particular session exceeds the number that can be accommodated in a single session, organizers may be given an additional session slot in the Congress program.
Criteria for selection
Session proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by members of the Congress Scientific Committee with primary consideration given to their scientific quality and relevance to the Congress themes. Other factors that will be considered are: the involvement of two or more IUFRO units (Divisions, Task Forces, Research Groups and Working Parties) and/or non‐IUFRO organizations; geographic and gender diversity of proposed session speakers or presenters; and the involvement of students and young scientists. Proposals will be evaluated as they are received, so we strongly encourage submissions well in advance of the January 31 deadline.
Acceptance decisions will be made no later than March 15, 2016. An open Call for Abstracts will be issued on April 1 with online abstract submission until May 15 and acceptance decisions by July 15, 2016.
Responsibilities of session organizers
Session organizers of accepted proposals are expected to communicate with prospective presenters regarding submission of abstracts (online, from April 1 through May 15, 2016), and will be asked to review abstracts submitted for their sessions during the abstract review period (i.e., May 15 to July 15, 2016). Session organizers may be asked to assist the CSC in the editing of accepted abstracts. They will also be responsible for moderating sessions (or assigning session moderation responsibilities) and are encouraged to pursue publication options for papers presented in their sessions.
Abstracts of papers and posters presented during the Congress will be printed and included in a Congress abstracts volume. As formal Congress proceedings with full papers will not be published, session organizers should explore alternative publication options (books, special issues of journals, etc.) for their sessions.
We look forward to hearing from you and for your active participation in the design of an excellent scientific program for the IUFRO Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania 2016 in Beijing.
The Congress Scientific Committee
IUFRO Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania 2016
Beijing, China; 24-27 October 2016
<http://www.iufro-ao2016.org> http://www.iufro-ao2016.org - iufro_ao2016(a)163.com
International IUFRO Symposium: Advances and Challenges in Managerial Economics and Accounting
Vienna, Austria; 9–11 May 2016
IUFRO Unit 4.05.00 - Managerial economics and accounting
4.05.01 – Managerial, social and environmental accounting
4.05.02 - Managerial economics
4.05.03 - Managerial economics and accounting in Latin America
Conference webpage: https://www.wiso.boku.ac.at/afo/tagungen-forst/iufro-symposium-2016/
Contact: <mailto:forec@boku.ac.at> forec(a)boku.ac.at
1st ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
Forests contribute to modern societies through cultural, economic, environmental, institutional and social dimensions. Forest management decisions and practices, therefore, must incorporate information concerning all of these dimensions. In addition, global issues such as changes in society, climate and forest values influence and transform the ways in which forest ecosystems are perceived, managed and used. The role of managerial economics and accounting in forest ecosystems management and policy development in response to these evolving conditions and needs of society will be central to this symposium which addresses and aims to contribute to theme 3 of the IUFRO-strategy: 'forests and forest products for a greener future'.
The symposium is aimed at forest researchers and practitioners from the IUFRO 4.05 Unit (members engaged in managerial, social, and environmental forest economics and accounting), as well as scientists and practitioners in the areas of forestry, forest and natural resource policy, decision support modeling, and land-use planning. Presentations are sought on a range of topics related to managerial economics and accounting, including:
- New economic instruments, regulations, policies, and organizations in view of emerging needs of society from forest ecosystems.
- Forest development and management in the light of global change
- New approaches in forest management to increase the ability for adaptation
- Economic impact assessment of environmental, social and economic changes on forest management
- Economic evaluation of forest- and timber trade-related policies
- Financial modeling of forest management under changing framework conditions
- Lessons from long-term forest-related economic data systems
- Opportunities related to the development of payments for ecosystem services and consequences for forest management
- Shifts in supply and demand for non-market services of forests
- The role of decision support systems in adaptation to shifting framework conditions
- Managing long-term risks in forestry
- Awareness and perception of long-term changes in framework conditions among forestrelated stakeholders
- Understanding of sustainability under changing framework conditions
- Transdisciplinary research in forest management
Contributions in the fields of environmental, social, regional and national accounting are
especially encouraged.
Dear colleagues,
This is a reminder of the upcoming IUFRO Risk Analysis (4.04.07) meeting in Freiburg, Germany; 21-23 April, 2016.
The meeting is hosted by the Institute of Forestry, University of Freiburg.
PERCEPTION ==> PREDICTION ==> ACTION:
Managing risk in uncertain times.
This conference will bring together leading experts from the international scientific community to discuss:
* the risks posed to the forest resource by our changing climate
v natural disturbances (including insects, pathogens, fire, extreme weather)
v post-disturbance (natural and anthropogenic) silvics
v species range and biodiversity
* how these risks are perceived and predicted in the forest science and management community
* how risk and uncertainty can be incorporated in the decision-making process to increase the likelihood that the future realized ecosystem services match our stated goals
Abstract submission and registration is open at https://www.conftool.net/riskanalysis2016/.
Visit the Risk Analysis website<http://riskanalysis-iufro.org/index.html> for all meeting details.
PLEASE NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS: david.gray(a)canada.ca
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Dr. David Gray
Natural Resources Canada - Canadian Forest Service
Mail: Box 4000
Fredericton, NB
E3B 5P7
Canada
Courier: 1350 Regent St.
Fredericton, NB
E3C 2G6
Canada
tel: +1-506-452-3462
fax: +1-506-452-3525
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