Call for abstracts: papers, posters and videos – deadline extended
Dear Colleagues,
The deadline for the Call for Abstracts for the WFC2015 has been extended: you are invited to submit your abstracts by 15 December 2014!
Find full details on themes as well as key dates at: http://www.fao.org/forestry/wfc/87584/en/
Submission guidelines for abstracts (papers, posters and videos) are at: http://www.fao.org/forestry/wfc/87585/en/
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Brigitte Burger - Web Management
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
IUFRO Headquarters - Secretariat
Marxergasse 2, 1030 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43-1-877 0151-14 * Fax: +43-1-877 0151-50
Website: <http://www.iufro.org/> http://www.iufro.org * Email: <mailto:burger@iufro.org> burger(a)iufro.org
IUFRO Task Forces are established on a temporary basis to advance inter-disciplinary cooperation in inter-divisional forest research fields. Their focus is on emerging key issues that are of strong interests to policy makers and groups inside and outside the forest sector, and contribute to international processes and activities.
During the IUFRO Board Meeting held in Salt Lake City in October 2014, a number of Principles were agreed upon as a basis for the establishment of Task Forces during the current IUFRO term. In the view of the IUFRO Management Committee, the number of Task Forces to be convened during a given year may be up to ten, but in order to encourage activities across the full spectrum of IUFRO's disciplinary expertise, shorter-term, more tightly focused Task Forces are encouraged. This will enable IUFRO to establish new Task Forces on a periodic basis throughout the 2015-2019 Term to take advantage of emerging needs and opportunities.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Proposals for new Task Forces will be evaluated by the Management Committee based on the following criteria:
• Contribution to implementation of the IUFRO Strategy 2015-2019;
• Potential to strengthen cross-Divisional interaction on specific topics of global relevance related to one or more Emphasis Areas and/or Institutional Goals of the IUFRO Strategy 2015-2019 (for details see <http://www.iufro.org/discover/strategy/#c10578> http://www.iufro.org/discover/strategy/#c10578)
• Engagement of two or more Divisions by specifically involving relevant Divisional units (Research Groups and/or Working Parties) - proposal should be jointly developed with the relevant IUFRO Divisions and their units, but may involve additional experts currently outside of the IUFRO network and partner institutions, as required. Task Force activities should not undercut current work within IUFRO Divisions, but rather complement and expand their activities;
• Specific contribution of the proposed Task Force to addressing broader policy processes or interdisciplinary science-policy initiatives; e.g., Future Earth (1) , Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), etc.;
• In case partner institutions are involved, brief justification for their involvement;
• Clarity of timelines for proposed Task Force activities and their deliverables; while Task Forces can be proposed for up to the full length of the current IUFRO term (until the 2019 World Congress in Brazil), it is highly recommended that proposed Task Forces consider more focused activities to be undertaken over a much shorter time period (i.e., 1-2 years);
• Selection of Task Force members in a way that they reflect required scientific expertise, diversity, balance between North/South, natural and social sciences, and gender;
• Clarity of operational aspects (roles and responsibilities of Task Force coordinator and members, roles and responsibilities of partners involved, if any), budget for activities and funding sources.
Proposals are now being accepted for new Task Forces that would begin their work in early 2015. Please refer to the format (outlined below) when preparing your proposals. The deadline for submission of proposals is January 15th, 2015. All proposals will be reviewed by the Vice-President for Task Forces in consultation with other members of the IUFRO Management Committee and the Coordinators of IUFRO Divisions relevant to each proposal. Decisions on the establishment of new Task Forces will be made and communicated to the proposed Task Force coordinators by the end of February. The coordinators of new Task Forces will be invited to participate in the upcoming IUFRO Board meeting to be held in Vienna from April 15-17, 2015.
FORMAT FOR TASK FORCE PROPOSALS
Note: Proposals should include the following as concisely as possible, within 3-5 pages.
• Name of proposed Task Force
• Name of proposed Task Force coordinator, affiliation (including IUFRO position) and contact information
• Names of proposed Task Force members, their affiliations (including IUFRO positions) and contact information
Brief overview of the rationale, goals, and objectives of the proposed Task Force (1 paragraph)
• Description of specific proposed Task Force activities, deliverables and timelines. This should include planned focused meetings with tangible outputs such as 'state-of-knowledge' reviews, journal papers, dedicated volumes, etc.
• Budget table listing major activities and funding sources, if known – indicate if these funds are already secured.
• Narrative addressing the following:
- Contribution to implementation of the IUFRO 2015-2019 Strategy;
- How the proposed Task Force will strengthen cross-Divisional interaction on specified topics related to IUFRO 2015-2019 Strategy's Emphasis Areas and/or Institutional Goals , and how the Task Force will complement and/or expand activities of existing IUFRO Divisional units;
- Specific contribution of the proposed Task Force to addressing broader policy processes or interdisciplinary science-policy initiatives.
The deadline for submission of proposals is January 15th, 2015. Proposals should be sent to John Parrotta ( <mailto:jparrotta@fs.fed.us> jparrotta(a)fs.fed.us) with a copy to Renate Prüller ( <mailto:prueller@iufro.org> prueller(a)iufro.org)
(1) Future Earth is an ICSU interdisciplinary initiative to develop knowledge for responding effectively to the risks and opportunities of global environmental change and for supporting transformation towards global sustainability.
Call for abstracts: papers, posters and videos
Help define a vision for forests
Share your people-centred ideas, field experiences, cutting-edge research, development projects, practical applications and theoretical models at the world’s largest and most important gathering of the forest sector.
FAO is inviting abstracts on the central theme of the XIV World Forestry Congress, “Forests and People: Investing in a Sustainable Future”, and on relevant topics that also align with any of the six Congress sub-themes:
* Forests for socio-economic development and food security
* Building resilience with forests
* Integrating forests and other land uses
* Encouraging product innovation and sustainable trade
* Monitoring forests for better decision-making
* Improving governance by building capacity
More detailed information on each sub-theme can be found <http://www.fao.org/forestry/wfc/87445/en/> here.
Details about the XIV World Forestry Congress can be found at http://www.fao.org/forestry/wfc/en/.
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Brigitte Burger - Web Management
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
IUFRO Headquarters - Secretariat
Marxergasse 2, 1030 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43-1-877 0151-14 * Fax: +43-1-877 0151-50
Website: <http://www.iufro.org/> http://www.iufro.org * Email: <mailto:burger@iufro.org> burger(a)iufro.org
Dear IUFRO Division 4 members,
I am Nyein Chan from Myanmar. When I shortly attended at Division meeting
in SLC, I heard about the request related to forestry knowledge sharing.
Here is one site related to scientific knowledge sharing.
http://www.researchgate.net/ <div4(a)lists.iufro.org>
I hope it may be useful to some extent to someone who want to apply.
If you don't need, please forget about this.
Best regards,
Yours sincerely,
Nyein Chan
Ph.D. Candidate
Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies,
Kyoto University
*Dear All,*
*We are pleased to draw your attention to the last date for abstract
submission for our second International Conference on New Frontiers of
Forest Economics (neFFE): Forest Economics beyond the Perfectly
Competitive Commodity Markets, Peking University, Beijing, China, August
19--23, 2015. The last date for abstract submission is Oct 30, 2014.
The key objectives of the conference are:
1.to bring together leading thinkers in forest economics from academia,
government, and organizations related to the forest sector to explore
thought-provoking perspectives on forest economics beyond the boundaries
of perfectly competitive commodity markets; and
2.to provide a unique forum to present and discuss cutting-edge thinking
papers that will enrich and provide future directions to the discipline
of forest economics.
The conference is being organized by the IUFRO Group 9.04.00 (Forest
Resource Economics) in collaboration with Peking University, Beijing,
Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, Canada, and CYCAD Inc.
Details are available at: *
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http://neffe.nsd.edu.cn/
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**Please send your abstract (not more than 300 words) and details of
authors either directly to me (shashi.kant(a)utoronto.ca) or submit though
the conference website by October 30,2014.
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*with warm regards
Shashi
Prof. Shashi Kant
Faculty of Forestry
University of Toronto
Canada*
Dear D4 members
I hope that you received my message from yesterday and that you are
planning to attend the D4 business meeting tomorrow, Friday October 10,
at room 355C.
I am including an AGENDA as well as some documents to support the
discussion.
Looking forward to meet you at our BM,
Margarida
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Margarida Tomé
Centro de Estudos Florestais
Instituto Superior de Agronomia
Universidade de Lisboa
Tapada da Ajuda 1349-017 Lisboa
PORTUGAL
email: magatome(a)isa.ulisboa.pt
Dear Division IV members
Please do not forget to attend the Division IV business meeting at the
IUFRO World Congress that will take place on Friday, 10 October, between
19 to 21:30, in room 355C.
I am planning to send an agenda tomorrow.
Looking forward to see you!
Margarida
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Margarida Tomé
Centro de Estudos Florestais
Instituto Superior de Agronomia
Universidade de Lisboa
Tapada da Ajuda 1349-017 Lisboa
PORTUGAL
email: magatome(a)isa.ulisboa.pt
BioVeL is an EU research project that provides automated tools for data
processing in major areas of biodiversity and ecosystem research, such
as ecological niche modelling, ecosystem functioning, and taxonomy.
In a technology showcase on Friday, October 10th, 12:00-13:00 in Room
150C of the Salt Lake Convention Center, BioVeL will show its work in
forest science. Four presentations will be made, covering 1) the main
ideas of using workflows and web services in a virtual e-laboratory; 2)
ecological niche modelling of the change of distribution and damage risk
by the most important forest insect pests in Europe; 3) carbon modelling
with Biome-BGC model to quantify and derive important ecosystem service
indicator measures; and 4) open access to biodiversity and ecosystem
data through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
See http://www.biovel.eu/
Welcome, and best regards from,
Hannu Saarenmaa
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Hannu Saarenmaa, Research Director
hannu.saarenmaa(a)helsinki.fi
Mobile +358-50-4479668
University of Eastern Finland
School of Computing, SIB Labs, Joensuu Science Park
Länsikatu 15 (P.O. Box 111)
FIN-80101 Joensuu
www.digitarium.fi/en - Service Centre for High-Performance Digitisation
www.biovel.eu - Workflows for Scientific Research
www.eubon.eu - EU BON - GEO BON - Data Integration and Interoperability
Beschreibung: Beschreibung: http://www.fao.org/forestry/41787-0b378595eabe486d94c764f537d032511.jpg
Dear colleagues,
Registration is open for the FAO-run online conference ‘The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation Options in the Forestry Sector’, which will take place as six sessions during 6-27 February 2015. A hundred free places are available in each online session. Forestry policy makers, forest economists, scientists and researchers from all over the world are expected to join this conference to discuss the costs and benefits of different mitigation options. The conference will examine how different countries and regions mitigate climate change through forest management interventions and improved use of wood. Discussions will also showcase lessons learned from mitigation efforts and their impacts on the value chain of forest products.
The deadline for case study submission is 10 November 2014 and for registration is 16 January 2015. For more information and registration, please visit the conference web page
www.fao.org/forestry/cc-mitigation-economics.
If you have any specific question, please contact Illias Animon (illias.animon(a)fao.org) or Ruth Mallett (ruth.mallett(a)fao.org)
Best regards,
