FCBA is pleased to invite you to the 5th edition of the International
Symposium on Wood Fibre Polymer Composites which will take place on
September 26-27, 2011, in Biarritz, about 200 km to the south of Bordeaux in
France.
The 2011 conference event will focus on opportunities for innovative wood
based composites used in Building and Furniture sectors contributing to the
Green Growth. New information will be divulged on bio resources based
materials and bio plastics used as raw materials and formulations, chemical
modifications, on product performances, policy issues standardization
methods and the environmental issues related to wood-based materials.
Scientists, Experts from Industry present latest information on recent
developments by 30 conferences on two days. A technical exhibition and
poster session will also be provided.
Scientific programme on :
http://www.fcba.fr/wpc2011/pdf/Programme%202011EN.pdf
Please register NOW and book your hotel asap :
http://www.fcba.fr/wpc2011/registration.html
Dr Gilles LABAT
FCBA
<http://www.fcba.fr> www.fcba.fr
<http://www.fcba.fr/wpc2011> www.fcba.fr/wpc2011
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forwarded on behalf of the Symposium Organizers by IUFRO Headquarters
IUFRO is proud to announce its first regional Congress in Africa, to be held
in Nairobi, Kenya from 25 to 30 June 2012.
The first IUFRO regional congress in Africa will be held in partnership with
the Forestry Research Network of Sub-Saharan Africa (FORNESSA) and is
expected to bring together about 350 participants to deliberate on issues
relevant to the conservation, sustainable management and utilization of
forest and tree resources in the region.
Scientists interested in organizing sessions or submitting abstracts are
invited to visit the First Announcement and Call for Abstracts at
http://fornis.net/content/first-iufro-fornessa-regional-congress.
For additional information, please contact
Dr. Joe Cobbinah
Chair, Congress Scientific Committee (CSC)
Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG)
University Box 63, Kumasi, Ghana
Telephone: +233 244 405 601 +233 260 884 733
Fax: +233 03220 60121
E-Mail: <mailto:jrcobbinah@yahoo.co.uk> jrcobbinah(a)yahoo.co.uk
<mailto:jcobbinah@csir-forig.org.gh> jcobbinah(a)csir-forig.org.gh
<mailto:iufroforn_2012@yahoo.com> iufroforn_2012(a)yahoo.com
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circulated on behalf of the CSC of the IUFRO-FORNESSA Regional Congress by
IUFRO Headquarters
Dear colleagues,
We remind you that in the framework of the International Year of Forests,
Cirad, CIFOR and Ecofor are organizing an international conference under the
auspices of IUFRO (Research Group 1.02.00 Tropical and Subtropical
Silviculture; Research Group 3.07.00 Forest operations in the tropics;
Research Group 8.02.00 Forest Biodiversity):
Research priorities in tropical silviculture: towards new paradigms? in
Montpellier, France , 15-18 November 2011.
Participants are encouraged to submit their abstracts online at :
http://www.iufro2011-tropical-silviculture.org. Deadline for abstract
submission: June 30th, 2011
The conference will include 2 plenary sessions (days 1 and 2) and 6 parallel
sessions (Symposia) of two hours on day 3 to debate specific themes.
Plenary Sessions
Plenary Session 1. Tropical Silviculture : State of the art
- Silviculture of Timber (6 oral presentations)
- Non Timber forest Products and other forest uses (6 oral presentations)
Plenary Session 2. Assessing and minimizing the ecological and
Socio-economical Impacts of Silviculture: lessons learned and ways forward"
- Ecological Impacts (6 presentations)
- Impact on Carbon Dynamics (6 presentations)
- Social Impacts (6 presentations)
- Economic Impacts (6 presentations)
Parallel Sessions (Symposia)
Parallel sessions are symposium of 2 hours that will include a maximum of 6
oral presentations (15 minutes) followed by a general discussion. The
specific themes of the symposia are the following:
1. Modeling forest dynamics
2. Tools for forest management and inventory
3. Silviculture for multiple-use forest management, including timbers, NTFP,
PES
4. New FSC criteria and indicators
5. Silviculture of logged over and secondary forests
6. Managing tropical production and secondary forests for biodiversity
values
In addition to abstracts for the Plenary and Parallel sessions listed above,
participants are strongly encouraged to submit, symposium proposals on
additional topics related to tropical silviculture. Proposals should be a
one page presentation of the symposium rationale and objectives with the
names of the coordinator(s) of the session as well as the list of at least
4-5 oral presentations.
Abstracts must be submitted online at the conference website:
<http://www.iufro2011-tropical-silviculture.org>
http://www.iufro2011-tropical-silviculture.org
The conference language is English - all abstracts for both plenary and
parallel sessions must be submitted in English.
The Scientific Committee (SC) will review all submitted abstracts.
Deadline for submitting abstracts: June 30th, 2011
Contacts : Plinio Sist : <mailto:plinio.sist@cirad.fr> plinio.sist(a)cirad.fr
Conference website : <http://www.iufro2011-tropical-silviculture.org>
www.iufro2011-tropical-silviculture.org
Best Regards
Plinio Sist
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circulated on behalf of Plinio Sist by IUFRO Headquarters
From: bounce-1107707-220888(a)lists.iisd.ca
[mailto:bounce-1107707-220888@lists.iisd.ca] On Behalf Of Rose, Simmone
(FOMC)
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 2:35 AM
To: Forest Policy Info Mailing List
Subject: Climate change survey for forest managers / Une enquête sur le
changement climatique pour les gestionnaires forestiers / Una encuesta sobre
cambio climático para las autoridades forestales
Importance: High
FAO, in collaboration with forest management, climate change experts and
relevant stakeholders, is developing guidelines to assist forest managers to
effectively respond to climate change challenges and opportunities. These
guidelines will include actions related to both climate change adaptation
and mitigation and will be relevant to all types of forests, all management
objectives and all types of managers. More information on this effort may be
found here FAO Forests and
<http://www.fao.org/forestry/climatechange/65120/en/> Climate Change
Programme or requested at Climate-Change-Forest-Managers(a)fao.org.
To facilitate the development of the guidelines, we are conducting a survey
for forest managers (The survey in English
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9L22T2Q> ). We are inviting you to provide
your views and perceptions on factors that limit the ability of forest
managers to prepare for and respond to climate change.
Kindly forward the survey to your members and your mailing list(s). The
content of individual responses will not be published and will remain
anonymous.
Kindly allocate 15 minutes to complete this survey.
Thank you in advance for your time and effort in responding to the survey.
Best regards,
The Forests and Climate Change Team
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La FAO, en collaboration avec des experts en matière de gestion des forêts
et du changement climatique et les parties prenantes concernées, est en
train de développer des directives pour aider les gestionnaires des forêts à
répondre efficacement aux défis du changement climatique et à ses
opportunités. Ces directives comprendront des actions liées à l'adaptation
et à l'atténuation du changement climatique et seront adaptées à tous les
types de forêts, tous les objectifs de gestion et tous les types de
gestionnaires. Pour plus d'informations sur cet effort, vous pouvez
consulter le site Programme de
<http://www.fao.org/forestry/climatechange/65120/fr> la FAO sur les forêts
et le changement climatique ou vous pouvez écrire à
Climate-Change-Forest-Managers(a)fao.org.
Pour faciliter l'élaboration de ces directives, nous réalisons une enquête
au près des gestionnaires forestiers (
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9LMZ8XX> L'enquête en française). Nous vous
invitons à donner votre opinion et vos perceptions sur les facteurs qui
limitent la capacité des gestionnaires forestiers à se préparer et répondre
au changement climatique.
Veuillez s'il vous plaît envoyer lenquête à vos membres et à vos listes
d'adresses. Le contenu de vos réponses ne sera pas publié et restera
anonyme.
Nous vous invitons à prendre 15 minutes pour remplir ce questionnaire.
Merci d'avance pour votre temps et vos efforts consacrés à cette enquête.
Meilleures salutations,
Forêts et changement climatique.
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La FAO, en colaboración con expertos en ordenación forestal y en cambio
climático y con las partes interesadas pertinentes, está elaborando
directrices para ayudar a las autoridades forestales a responder con
eficacia a los desafíos y oportunidades que plantea el cambio climático.
Estas directrices comprenderán medidas de adaptación y mitigación ante el
cambio climático, y serán adecuadas para todo tipo de bosques, todos los
objetivos de gestión y a todos los responsables de la gestión forestal. En
el siguiente enlace se presenta más información sobre esta actividad:
Programa de la FAO <http://www.fao.org/forestry/climatechange/65120/es/>
sobre los bosques y el cambio climático o podéis escribir a
Climate-Change-Forest-Managers(a)fao.org.
Con el fin de facilitar la elaboración de las directrices, estamos haciendo
una encuesta a las autoridades forestales (La encuesta en
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/98HHFSG> español). Los invitamos a compartir
puntos de vista y opiniones sobre los factores que limitan la capacidad de
los responsables de la gestión forestal para prepararse al cambio climático
y responder a sus desafíos.
Envíe por favor la encuesta a sus membro y sus listas de correos. No se
publicarán las respuestas de los cuestionarios, su contenido se mantendrá
anónimo.
Sírvase dedicar 15 minutos a la respuesta del cuestionario.
Por anticipado, muchas gracias por su tiempo y atención para participar en
la encuesta.
Saludos cordiales,
Bosques y cambio climático
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Hello,
I'm looking for pictures or drawings of some Kenyan trees as a first step in
a allometry project. I've had some success searching the literature, texts,
and google images, but I haven't been able to locate anything for the
following trees:
Cremaspora trifoliaGarcinia volkensis Margaritiana discoideaOlinia
rochetiana Terena graveolens
Any representative photos you could share or resources you might point me to
would be a great help.
Thanks
*Ben Caldwell*
University of California, Berkeley
137 Mulford Hall #3114
Berkeley, CA 94720
Office 223 Mulford Hall
(510)859-3358
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Von: Margarida Tomé [mailto:magatome@isa.utl.pt]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 25. Januar 2011 14:33
An: div4(a)lists.iufro.org
Cc: bruno.fady(a)avignon.inra.fr; 'burger'
Betreff: upcoming conference on mediterranean pines
Dear Division IV members:
I just want to call your attention to the international conference MedPine
4, https://colloque.inra.fr/medpine4. Currently, 8.00.00 and 2.02.13 are
supporting this conference but I just sent a message to Bruno Fady (member
of the Scientific Committee) mentioning the interest of Division IV in
supporting this meeting.
The general theme of the Conference is:
Conservation, Ecology, Restoration and Management of Mediterranean Pines and
their Ecosystems: Challenges under global change
The following topics are covered:
Ecophysiology
Ecology
Pine - animal interactions
Stand dynamics and forest management
Genetics and breeding
Climate change impacts
Restoration
Conservation
Fire sciences
Diseases
My best regards,
Margarida Tomé
Division IV Coordinator
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Margarida Tomé
Univ. Tec. Lisbon, Instituto Superior de Agronomia
Centro de Estudos Florestais
Phone:+351 21 365 3485
Fax:+351 21 364 5000
Email: magatome(a)isa.ut.pt
http://www.isa.utl.pt/def/pessoa.php?pessoa=margarida_tome
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-----Original Message-----
From: Zagt, Roderick [mailto:Roderick.Zagt@tropenbos.org]
Dear colleagues
We remind you of our web survey about the effects of forest
certification on biodiversity conservation in tropical forests. If you
did not have the time yet, we invite you to please visit
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/V6CJBK6 and complete this survey. It
takes only ten minutes. We intend to close the survey by 15 June.
Please also share with colleagues. It is open to everyone. We are
especially keen to have more input from forest managers!
Through this anonymous survey, we try to obtain opinions and
perspectives from forest management and conservation researchers,
practitioners and other experts on the following broad topics:
*The effectiveness of certification for biodiversity conservation
*The objectives of biodiversity management in tropical forests
*Current management and certification practices
These are important topics and we want to hear your views. The more
input we get the more valuable the survey will be.
Background: The European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN) plans
to issue an ETFRN News about experiences and best practices regarding
forest management certification and the conservation of forest
biodiversity. The editors of the ETFRN News (Douglas Sheil, Jack Putz
and undersigned) are conducting a brief survey to accompany the papers
contributed by authors for this news issue.
Thank you very much for your collaboration, and again we request you to
please forward to colleagues.
Best regards and many thanks for all the input!
On behalf of the editorial team
Roderick Zagt
Roderick Zagt
Programme Coordinator
Tropenbos International (TBI)
Lawickse Allee 11
6701 AN Wageningen
the Netherlands
T: +31-317-481418
F: +31-317-481426
www.tropenbos.orgwww.chainsawmilling.org
Making knowledge work for forests and people
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Dear All:
We are pleased to inform you about IUFRO 4.05.00 Symposium on "How to both harvest and preserve forests more or better" in Paris on 26-30 May 2010.
The Symposium is being organised in the frame of the IUFRO Unit 4.05.00 on "Managerial Economics and Accounting" with the support of ECOFOR and FCBA (France).
Due to the late dissemination of this announcement, we encourage quick answers to the call for contributions (oral presentations). We will come back to you again
at mid-April in order to confirm that there is a sufficient number of voluntary contributions.
All details are available at: http://www.gip-ecofor.org
If you have any questions, please contact Viviane Appora : ecofor(a)gip-ecofor.org or Jean-Luc Peyron : peyron(a)gip-ecofor.org.
Best regards.
Shashi Kant
Prof. Shashi Kant
Faculty of Forestry
University of Toronto
Coordinator - IUFRO 4.05.00
SWC2010 International Conference
PEOPLE, FORESTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT:
COEXISTING IN HARMONY
Casablanca, Morocco
May 25-27, 2010
Only 3 weeks left to register!
Dear All:
This is to remind that the extended deadline for early-bird registration for SWC2010 international conference, and abstract submission, will end on 31 March 2010 (in 3 weeks!).
Those of you who have not registered yet, are invited to fill in, and send their registration form to the conference secretariat (sylva.world(a)yahoo.fr) as soon as possible.
Those who want to submit an abstract to be considered for oral or poster presentation have still 3 weeks left to send their abstract. After the 31st. of March 2010, no abstract will be accepted!
Those participants who registered to the conference, but do not yet booked the hotel accommodation, are invited to do it as soon as possible. The deadline for hotel booking at preferential room rate will end on 10 April 2010. But, take care, hotel rooms at hotel special rate are booked to conference participants, on the first-arrived, first-served basis!
For any additional information, please visit the conference website at www.sylvamonde.110mb.com/register.htm or www.swc2010.fr.fm
Looking forward to welcoming you, next May, to this exciting meeting in Casablanca (Morocco).
Dr. Mohammed Ellatifi
Conference Chair
Casablanca (Morocco)
Tel: +212 661 328 797
Fax: +212 522 982 428
E-mail: sylva.world(a)yahoo.fr and sylva.monde(a)yahoo.fr
Website: http://www.sylvamonde.110mb.com/register.htm & www.swc2010.fr.fm
Attached: Registration Form + Hotel Booking Form
PS: The list of hotels offering special price for the conference participants is available in the conference website, at: www.sylvamonde.110mb.com/accom.htm
