2nd Call for Abstracts (and sorry for cross mailings)
Extended abstract deadline 1st April 2015
SSAFR 2015 – 16th Symposium for Systems Analysis in Forest Resources
August 19-21, 2015, Uppsala, Sweden
Abstract submission through conference homepage http://www.skogforsk.se/ssafr2015
The SSAFR symposia congregate researchers and practitioners in the area of Operations Research and Systems Analysis in Forest Resources. The symposia are held biannually and have until now taken place in the Americas, mostly in USA. This would be the first time the symposium takes place in Europe. Topics of stretches from broad problem areas such as ecosystem services, pest and fire, wood for energy, and landscape planning to mathematical methods and algorithmic developments. The following themes have thus far been identified:
* Educational tools in OR/MS
* Multi Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) methods
* Fire and pest management
* Forest Decision Support Systems - construction and use
* OR/MS techniques for forest planning
* Forest operations
* Planning and control systems for the forest-based supply chains
* The forest-based sector – modeling
* The forest-based sector – challenges and policies
* Bioenergy and biorefineries
* Transportation & routing
* Forest management and biodiversity
Contact and questions
· Scientific program: Ljusk Ola Eriksson (ola.eriksson(a)slu.se<mailto:ola.eriksson@slu.se>)
· Organizational issues: Gert Andersson (gert.andersson(a)skogforsk.se<mailto:gert.andersson@skogforsk.se>)
Co-organizers
· SLU: http://www.slu.se/en/departments/forest-resource-management/
· Skogforsk: http://www.skogforsk.se/english/
Wellcome! /Ola Eriksson
Professor Ljusk Ola Eriksson
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Department of Forest Resource Management
Forest Planning
SE-901 83 UMEÅ
Visiting address: Skogsmarksgränd
Phone: +46 90 786 83 78
Fax: +46907868111
Ljusk.Ola.Eriksson(a)slu.se<mailto:Ljusk.Ola.Eriksson@slu.se>, www.slu.se/srh<http://www.slu.se/srh>
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Dear friend, dear colleague!
Let us kindly inform you that the extended abstract submission deadline for the conference "Mountain Forest Management in a Changing World" in Smokovce, High Tatra Mountains, Slovakia from 7-9 July 2015 jointly supported by the IUFRO Unit 1.01.05 Mountain forest management & 4.03.03 Information management and information technologies (http://www.nlcsk.sk/mfm-conference) is March 20st, 2015
The abstracts should be sent to Manfred J. Lexer (mj.lexer(a)boku.ac.at ) using the abstract submission form at http://www.nlcsk.sk/mfm-conference/VolunteerPapers.aspx.
We hope you can participate in this conference by submitting a paper reflecting your current research responding to one of the topics of the conference:
- Potentials and limitations of current management approaches to provide multiple ecosystem services
- Climate change impacts on ecosystem service provisioning in mountain forests
- Disturbance regimes in mountain forests and implications for ecosystem services
- Alternative management strategies in mountain forests and consequences on ecosystem service provisioning
- Decision support tools for mountain forest management
- Governance approaches to secure multiple ecosystem service provisioning in the future
All information regarding the conference can be found in the third call (see attachment), on the conference website or via the IUFRO group
http://www.nlcsk.sk/mfm-conferencehttp://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-4/40000/40300/40303/activit…
We look forward to meeting you in High Tatra Mountains, Slovakia from 7-9 July 2015.
With best regards,
Harald Vacik deputy coordinator 4.03.03
Pil Sun Park coordinator 1.05.05
Dear friend, dear colleague!
Let us kindly inform you that the extended abstract submission deadline for the International IUFRO Symposium: Cross-sectoral policy impacts on managerial economics and accounting in forestry, jointly organized by IUFRO Unit 9.05.03 and IUFRO Unit 4.05.00 in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Hotel Hollywood, May 4th – 6th, 2015 (http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-9/90000/90500/90503/activit…) is
March 1st, 2015 - the extended abstract should be sent to Mersudin Avdibegović (mavdibegovic(a)gmail.com<mailto:mavdibegovic@gmail.com>) and Bruno Marić (bruno.m.maric(a)gmail.com<mailto:bruno.m.maric@gmail.com>.
We hope you can participate in this symposium by submitting a paper reflecting your current research and/or professional work/expertise.
All information regarding the symposium can be found in Attachment and on IUFRO web-site:
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-9/90000/90500/90503/activit…
We believe that the symposium will bring important scientific and professional insight into recent research in the discipline and will be of a great interest to you.
We look forward to meeting you in Sarajevo in May 4-6, 2015.
With best regards,
Lidija Zadnik Stirn, coordinator of IUFRO 4.05.00
Walter Sekot, coordinator of IUFRO 4.05.01
Donald Hodges, coordinator of IUFRO 4.05.02
for Symposium Organizing Committee
Apologies for cross-posting. Please send to interested colleagues and students.
Dear All,
We are happy to inform you that we have opened the registration for
neFFE Conference, August 17-23, 2015 at Peking University China. The
last date for registration is April 30, 2015.
Please note that:
(I) The process of abstracts (for paper and posters) submission and
selection has been completed. The authors of selected papers have been
notified.
(2) Now the registration is open for anyone who is interested in
participating in the conference. Please refer to the conference website
for the role of all participants.
(3) We will close the registration as soon as we have 40 participants.
I am enclosing a registration form with this e-mail. This form is also
available on the conference website.
For all details of the conference, please visit the conference website:
http://neffe.nsd.edu.cn/
With warm regards
Shashi
Prof. Shashi Kant
Faculty of Forestry
University of Toronto
2nd Call for Abstracts (and sorry for cross mailings)
Abstract deadline March 1st 2015 – Notification April 1st 2015
SSAFR 2015 – 16th Symposium for Systems Analysis in Forest Resources
August 19-21, 2015, Uppsala, Sweden
Homepage: http://www.skogforsk.se/ssafr2015
Abstract submission: https://www.anpdm.com/public/run-survey.aspx?Id=41435A40794444504B7540&Sess…
The SSAFR symposia congregate researchers and practitioners in the area of Operations Research and Systems Analysis in Forest Resources. The symposia are held biannually since the 1980’s and have until now taken place in the Americas; for the first time now in Europe.
Objectives and themes
The aim is to have a representation of presentations and experts that covers this broad and expanding field. Topics of interest include: strategic, operational and tactical planning forest planning, fire and pests, spatial problems, hierarchical problems, forest operations, forest supply chain, multiple objectives, uncertainty, GIS and information technologies, algorithmic developments, exact, heuristic and metaheuristic methods as well as broad problem areas such as economics of sustainability, assessment of ecosystem services, environmental issues, wood for energy, and landscape planning. The following themes are identified for the conference (other may be organized on request, please get in touch with Scientific Committee chair):
* Educational tools in OR/MS
* Multi Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) methods
* Fire and pest - modeling and control
* Forest Decision Support Systems - construction and use
* OR/MS techniques for forest planning
* Forest operations
* Planning and control systems for the forest-based supply chains
* The forest-based sector – modeling
* The forest-based sector – challenges and policies
Some important dates
* March 1st, 2015: Deadline submission of presentations and posters
* April 1st, 2015: Presentations and posters notification
* June 15th, 2015: Early bird registration deadline
Contact and questions
* Scientific program: Ljusk Ola Eriksson (ola.eriksson(a)slu.se<mailto:ola.eriksson@slu.se>)
* Organizational issues: Gert Andersson (gert.andersson(a)skogforsk.se<mailto:gert.andersson@skogforsk.se>)
Co-organizers
* SLU: http://www.slu.se/en/departments/forest-resource-management/
* Skogforsk: http://www.skogforsk.se/english/
Professor Ljusk Ola Eriksson
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Department of Forest Resource Management
Forest Planning
SE-901 83 UMEÅ
Visiting address: Skogsmarksgränd
Phone: +46 90 786 83 78
Fax: +46907868111
Ljusk.Ola.Eriksson(a)slu.se<mailto:Ljusk.Ola.Eriksson@slu.se>, www.slu.se/srh<http://www.slu.se/srh>
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From: "Prof. Piermaria Corona" < <mailto:piermaria.corona@entecra.it> piermaria.corona(a)entecra.it>
To: <mailto:div1@lists.iufro.org> div1(a)lists.iufro.org, IUFRO Division 4 List < <mailto:div4@lists.iufro.org> div4(a)lists.iufro.org>
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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:51:31 +0100
Subject: COST Action EUMIXFOR Workshop - SILVICULTURE OF MIXED FORESTS IN EUROPE, 28-29 May 2015
COST Action EUMIXFOR Workshop
co-sponsored by IUFRO WGs 1.01.06 & 4.02.06, Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF), Italian Academy of Forest Sciences (AISF)
SILVICULTURE OF MIXED FORESTS IN EUROPE
28-29 May 2015
Consiglio per la ricerca e la sperimentazione in agricoltura, Forestry Research Centre (CRA-SEL), Arezzo, Italy
This Workshop is intended to give participants direct insight into and experience of the practice and potential of the silviculture of mixed species forests, with particular (but not exclusive) emphasis on Europe. Topics to be covered will include: regeneration methods; intermediate treatments and thinning; conversion methods (including coppice to high forests and vice-versa); silvicultural recovery of abandoned mixed stands and of mixed stands from recent natural colonization of former agricultural fields; challenges for mixed tree species silviculture to enhance wood and non-wood productions, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services; challenges for mixed tree species silviculture under global changes and landscape management. Both presentations synthesizing information at the European scale and presentations focusing on more local studies are invited. The target audience is scientists, young researchers and managers working on, or collaborating with, silvicultural projects in mixed species forests.
website: <http://selvicoltura.eu/eumixfor_workshop.phtml> http://selvicoltura.eu/eumixfor_workshop.phtml
Dear friend, dear colleague!
IUFRO Unit 4.05.00 - Managerial Economics and Accounting
has the pleasure to invite you to participate in
the International IUFRO Symposium:
Cross-sectoral policy impacts on managerial economics and accounting in forestry,
jointly organized by IUFRO Unit 9.05.03 and IUFRO Unit 4.05.00
in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Hotel Hollywood, May 4th – 6th, 2015.
All information regarding the symposium can be found in Attachment and on IUFRO web-site:
http://www.iufro.org/events/calendar/current/month/05/year/2015/#aba98c964f…
You can directly register at:
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-9/90000/90500/90503/
Deadline for abstract submission is March 1, 2015.
We kindly ask you to forward this email to your colleagues which may be interested in the IUFRO symposium in Sarajevo, in order to promote this symposium.
We apologize for multiple copies of this email.
We believe that the Symposium will bring important scientific and professional insight into recent research in the discipline and will be of a great interest to you.
We look forward to meeting you in Sarajevo in May 4-6, 2015.
With best regards,
Lidija Zadnik Stirn, coordinator of IUFRO 4.05.00
Walter Sekot, coordinator of IUFRO 4.05.01
Donald Hodges, coordinator of IUFRO 4.05.02
for Symposium Organizing Committee
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Local organizer: Faculty of Forestry University of Sarajevo
First Announcement and Call for Papers
International IUFRO Symposium
Cross-sectoral policy impacts on managerial economics and accounting in forestry
Jointly organized by:
IUFRO Unit 9.05.03 – Cross-sectoral policy impacts on forest and environment
and
IUFRO Unit 4.05.00 - Managerial Economics and Accounting
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
(Hotel Hollywood, May 4th – 6th, 2015)
Background and objectives
Due to emerging cross-sectoral policy impacts on forests and environment, the forestry sector alone cannot achieve sustainable forest management. Policies in related areas such as agriculture, energy, climate changes, biodiversity, water and tourism heavily affect framework conditions for forests and the environment. At the same time, global trends such as increased demand for energy and raw materials, trade liberalization and the diversification of demand for forest goods and services, have enhanced reciprocal reflections - goods and services from trees and forests become increasingly important and demanded by other sectors. With the objective to focus on the linkages and interdependencies of changes in forest land use but also to contribute to international scientific dialogue on how to engage with other sectors so as to better coordinate and harmonize policies, especially in areas of conflicting priorities, IUFRO Unit 9.05.03 (Cross-sectoral policy impacts on forests and environment) was established in 2012. The first international Symposium of IUFRO Unit 9.05.03 was organized in Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina), November 28th – 29th, 2013, gathering scientists interested in cross-sectoral policy impacts on forests and environment. The thematic topic of this event was focused on perception of professionals from different sectors towards forest governance. This event encouraged cross-disciplinary research in forestry and environmental sciences and strengthens the importance of policy and social sciences in forestry.
IUFRO unit 4.05.00 was founded in 1981, with its first meeting in 1985 in Brno, Czech Republic, with a theme of ‘Current Problems of Managerial Economics in Forestry’. The Unit concentrates on the economic and accounting aspects of management of different types of forest enterprises, specifically small-scale enterprises. The Unit deals with the economic analyses of forest enterprises, principles and techniques of accounting relevant to forest enterprises, fundaments of decision-making, and the economic and accounting tools for planning, supervising, measuring, controlling, and evaluating the status and performance of forest enterprises. The main objective of IUFRO Unit 4.05.00 is to promote international cooperation in forestry research related to managerial economics and managerial, social, and environmental accounting. The Unit is organized around three topics: 1) Multifunctionality – including analysis of wood and non-wood supply and demand and integration of ecosystem services, 2) Evolving context – including the changes and their consequences as well as the expected changes and their consequences, and 3) Uncertainty and Risk.
The conference theme, “Cross-sectoral policy impacts on managerial economics and accounting in forestry” aims to examine linkages between the policy and economic components of forest resources and associated values. Specifically, the conference will address the influence of policy decisions on economic returns to forest management, the role that forest accounting plays in assessing policy implementation and outcomes, and how forest accounting and economics can provide information for policy deliberations. Focus areas include:
• Economic assessment of the effects of environmental and political changes on forest management
• Economic and environmental assessment of forest- and trade-related policies
• Opportunities and challenges of policies related to payments for ecosystem services and consequences for forest management
• The role of decision support systems in adaptation to shifting legal and institutional framework conditions
• Other sectors impacts on environment and forest sustainability under changing framework conditions
• Institutional (regulations, policies, behaviours etc.) and economic instruments addressing emerging societal needs from forest ecosystems
• Forest development and management in the light of global change
• Social and cultural aspects of managerial and economic opportunities and challenges connected with forest ecosystem
• Governance of cross-sectoral forest policy impacts: the role of economics and accounting systems.
Target audience
• Scientists from forest policy, governance, economics, accounting and social sciences
• Professionals from forestry, environmental and political organizations
• Employees from public forest administration
• Students with interests in cross-sectoral policy impacts on forests and environment
Symposium venue and accommodation
The Symposium will take place in hotel Hollywood http://www.hotel-hollywood.ba/2/index.php/en/ in Sarajevo, the capitol of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The hotel provides an excellent conference venue with high quality conference rooms and facilities, excellent accommodation and food. Cost per participant is 78 Euros per day for a single room. This includes: accommodation, all meals (one drink per meal included) and coffee breaks, free Wi-Fi connection and the use of leisure facilities. The Sarajevo Airport is only 10 minutes away and transfer to/from the hotel is easily arranged. The down town of Sarajevo is easily accessible by public transport (tram station can be found within a few minutes’ walk) or taxi, for those interesting to explore historical and cultural features of Sarajevo.
The participants are kindly invited to address booking requests directly via hotel web page. For online booking please refer to IUFRO Symposium. The deadline for accommodation booking is April 10th, 2015.
Field trip
After the Symposium, a one-day field trip will be organized to visit southern part of the country (Herzegovina) and discover beautiful medieval city of Mostar with its historical bridge and down town. Detailed programme of the field trip will be provided in time. Cost is 84 Euros per participant and includes: bus transfer from/to the hotel, tourist guide, all meals and refreshments. The participants are kindly invited to book their place for the field trip directly to the hotel via hotel web page. Please clearly separate accommodation booking and field trip booking. The deadline for field trip booking is April 10th, 2015.
Registration
Registration fees will be 60 Euros and will be paid in cash at the registration desk. It includes official dinner (Monday, May 4th) and Proceedings of extended abstracts. However, the participants are requested to fill in and send the registration form not later than April 1st, 2015, to help organizers to finalize the program of the Symposium. To register, please visit official IUFRO website http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-9/90000/90500/90503/, fill in the registration form and send it to Mersudin Avdibegović (mavdibegovic(a)gmail.com<mailto:mavdibegovic@gmail.com>) and Bruno Marić (bruno.m.maric(a)gmail.com<mailto:bruno.m.maric@gmail.com>).
Tentative schedule
Sunday, May 3rd, 2015: Arrival to Sarajevo
Desk Registration and Welcome Reception
Monday, May 4th, 2015: Desk Registration
Welcome Addresses and Opening of the Symposium
Oral Presentations (plenary and parallel sessions)
Official dinner
Tuesday, May 5th, 2015: Oral Presentations (parallel sessions)
Conclusion of the Symposium
Business Meetings for IUFRO Units
Free evening
Wednesday, May 6th, 2015: Field Trip to Mostar
Thursday, May 7th, 2015: Departure from Sarajevo
Important dates and deadlines
Submission of extended abstracts: March 1st, 2015
Notice on accepted abstracts: March 15th, 2015
Registration (sending the registration form): April 1st, 2015
Accommodation booking: April 10th, 2015
Field trip booking: April 10th, 2015
Symposium: May 4th-6th, 2015
Abstracts, presentations and publications
Participants wishing to present a paper at the Symposium are required to submit an extended abstract (maximum 3 pages) no later than the deadline specified below (March 1st, 2015). The abstracts should include: title, author(s) name, institution and contact details (including email address) and keywords. The abstract should be in doc or docx format. Acceptance will be based on the relevance to the topics of the Symposium. The Proceedings of extended abstracts will be available as a part of the Symposium package. The Program Committee is considering possibilities to select some high quality papers and published them in a special issue of SEEFOR http://www.seefor.eu/ or other peer-reviewed journals. There will be no poster session. Presentations at the Symposium will be organized into thematic sessions. Each session will have a chair person, who will introduce the presenters, control presentation time and lead the discussion after the presentations. Presentation time is 15 minutes followed by 5 minutes of discussions. Please avoid using complicated presentation techniques as they might be incompatible with available presentation software. Please bring your presentation with you and give it to the desk registration personnel to let them to upload it in time.
Organizing Committee
Mersudin Avdibegović, mavdibegovic(a)gmail.com<mailto:mavdibegovic@gmail.com> (local arrangements)
Dženan Bećirović, becirovic.dzenan(a)gmail.com<mailto:becirovic.dzenan@gmail.com> (local arrangements)
Bruno Marić, bruno.m.maric(a)gmail.com<mailto:bruno.m.maric@gmail.com> (local arrangements)
Senka Mutabdžija Bećirović, senka.mutabdzija(a)gmail.com<mailto:senka.mutabdzija@gmail.com> (local arrangements)
Sabina Delić, sabinadelic(a)yahoo.com<mailto:sabinadelic@yahoo.com> (local arrangements)
Špela Pezdevšek Malovrh, spela.pezdevsekmalovrh(a)bf.uni-lj.si<mailto:spela.pezdevsekmalovrh@bf.uni-lj.si>
Lidija Zadnik Stirn, Lidija.Zadnik(a)bf.uni-lj.si<mailto:Lidija.Zadnik@bf.uni-lj.si>
Walter Sekot, walter.sekot(a)boku.ac.at<mailto:walter.sekot@boku.ac.at>
Donald Hodges, dhodges2(a)utk.edu<mailto:dhodges2@utk.edu>
Program Committee
Mersudin Avdibegović, Faculty of Forestry University of Sarajevo
Dženan Bećirović, Faculty of Forestry University of Sarajevo
Bruno Marić, Faculty of Forestry University of Sarajevo
Senka Mutabdžija Bećirović, Faculty of Forestry University of Sarajevo
Sabina Delić, Faculty of Forestry University of Sarajevo
Špela Pezdevšek Malovrh, University of Ljubljana
Andrey Laletin, Friends of the Siberian Forests
Laura Secco, University of Padua, Dipartimento Territorio e Sistemi Agro-Forestali
Dijana Vuletić, Croatan Forestry Institute Jastrebarsko
Dragan Nonić, Faculty of Forestry University of Belgrade
Ljiljana Keča, Faculty of Forestry University of Belgrade
Donald Grebner, Mississippi State University
Donald Hodges, University of Tennessee
Janez Krč, University of Ljubljana
Vasja Leban, University of Ljubljana
Bernhard Möhring, University of Göttingen
Maria Nijnik, The James Hutton Institute
Jean-Luc Peyron, Public Interest Group on Forest Ecosystems
Stjepan Posavac, Faculty of Forestry University of Zagreb
Endre Schiberna, Forest Research Institute, Hungary
Walter Sekot, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Ludek Sisak, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Lidija Zadnik Stirn, University of Ljubljana
Further information
For further information, please address:
Mersudin Avdibegović (mavdibegovic(a)gmail.com<mailto:mavdibegovic@gmail.com>)
Bruno Marić (bruno.m.maric(a)gmail.com<mailto:bruno.m.maric@gmail.com>)
From: Bhaskar Vira [mailto:bv101@cam.ac.uk]
Sent: Dienstag, 13. Januar 2015 12:00
Subject: Call for papers on Forests and Food Security - reminder deadline 31 January
----- Call for Papers for Special Issue of Environmental Conservation on 'Forests and Food Security' -----
The aim of this thematic issue is to provide a forum for research that explores the different ways in which forests and agroforestry systems can be managed as food provisioning systems, in addition to their existing contributions to the conservation landscape. Potential audiences for this contribution include scholars and policy makers working in forest and related sectors, as well as those working in the areas of food and nutrition security both locally and internationally. A reminder that the deadline for the submission of papers is 31 January 2015. Details are attached.
--
Bhaskar Vira
Department of Geography
Downing Place
Cambridge CB2 3EN
E-mail: bv101(a)cam.ac.uk
Ph: +44 (0)1223 339823
Fax: +44 (0)1223 333392
http://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/people/vira
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From: Forestry Conference Team <forestryconf2015(a)cim.bg>
To: <div1(a)lists.iufro.org>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 14:34:07 +0200
Subject: INVITATION FOR PARTICIPATION - Internation Scientific Conference "Forestry: Bridge to the Future"- BULGARIA
Dear Sir or Madam,
University of Forestry, Sofia has the pleasure to invite you to participate in the International Scientific Conference “Forestry: Bridge to the Future”, which will be held on 6–9 May 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The Conference is dedicated to the 90th Аnniversary of higher forestry education in Bulgaria and will be held in parallel with the 7th Annual meeting of the Deans and Directors of European Forestry Faculties and Schools (ConDDEFFS).
Leading scientists have been invited to present key lectures on the following topics of the forest science and practice:
· Impact of climate change on forest ecosystems;
· Adaptation strategies and mitigation;
· Forest health and protection;
· Disturbances and disturbance regimes in forests;
· Fires, windstorms and soil erosion;
· Forest-related and energy policies;
· Additional topics in the field of Forestry, Wood processing, Ecology and Landscape.
All information regarding the conference can be found on its official web-site: <http://conf2015.forestry-ideas.info/> http://conf2015.forestry-ideas.info or you can directly register at:
<http://www.cim-events.com/forestry:-bridge-to-the-future/77/> http://www.cim-events.com/forestry:-bridge-to-the-future/77/
We believe that the Conference will bring important scientific insight into the recent research work of experts in the field and will be of a great interest to you.
We look forward to meeting you in Sofia in 2015.
With best regards,
Local Organizing Committee
