2014 IUFRO World Congress Call for Abstracts is Open – Deadline for Abstract Submissions is 15 October 2013 – submit your abstract at: <http://iufro2014.com/scientific-program/abstract-submissions/> http://iufro2014.com/scientific-program/abstract-submissions/.
The title of the Congress is "Sustaining Forests, Sustaining People: The Role of Research" and the seven scientific themes of the program are: Forests and People, Forests and Climate Change, Forest and Water Interactions, Forest Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Forest Biomass and Bioenergy, Forest Products for a Greener Future, and Forest Health in a Changing World. Sessions will address these themes and more!
Keynote speakers include: Dr. Jack Dangermond (founder and President of ESRI GIS systems – Knowledge Discovery, Synthesis and Application: the Science-Management Interface) & Dr. David Haskell (Professor of Biology, University of the South - Knowledge Discovery, Synthesis and Application: the Science-Management Interface); Dr. Andy Buchanan (Professor of Timber Design at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand - Modern Timber Buildings from Sustainable Forests); Dr. Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch (Head of the Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, University of Copenhagen - City Forests, Forest Cities – exploring the complex liaison between the sylvan and the urban); Dr. David Newbery (Professor for Vegetation Ecology, the Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland - On maintaining cycles and feedbacks in tropical forest ecosystems: some thoughts from basic research) and, Connie Hedegaard, to be confirmed (European Commissioner for Climate Action). Plus many more exciting and knowledgeable sub-plenary and technical session speakers.
Submit your abstract today to be part of this unique and exciting event!
The IUFRO 2014 Congress Scientific Committee
John Parrotta (Chair); Jens Peter Skovsgaard (Division 1); Yousry El-Kassaby (Division 2); Hans Heinimann (Division 3); Ron McRoberts (Division 4); Andrew Wong (Division 5); Tuija Sievänen (Division 6); Tod Ramsfield (Division 7); Alain Franc (Division 8); Jim Johnson (Division 9); Mike Wingfield (Vice-President, Divisions); Su See Lee (Vice-President, Task Forces, Special Programmes, Projects and IUFRO-led Initiatives); Lisa Hansen (International Forestry Students Association); Richard Guldin (ex-officio; COC Chair)
Please note that Session 55 is co-sponsored by Div 5 and is seeking contributions to collaborative research on aspects of sustainable plantation forestry.
55 Planted forests: meeting future global forest product needs sustainably
Organizers: Dave Cown (Scion, New Zealand) Jean-Michel Carnus (INRA, France), Tim Payn (Scion, New Zealand), João Palma (Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal)
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This session will examine the growing importance of planted forests and the potential for intensified production without adversely affecting the wider environment, and will focus on integrated or systems approaches recognizing the importance of interactions of all aspects of forest management.
Dave Cown
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Deputy Coordinator IUFRO Division 5 (Forest Products)
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International Conference
OZONE AND PLANTS
18-21 May 2014, Beijing, China
http://www.bj-ozone.com/index.html
Organised by SKL, IUFRO RG 7.01, ICP Vegetation
Invited Speakers HAJIME AKIMOTO (Japan), LISA EMBERSON (UK), JAAKKO KANGASJARVI (Finland)
The deadline for -early bird registration and abstract submission is November 30, 2013
International Conference
Priorities for forest adaptation to climate change and air pollution
Brussels, Belgium, October 29, 2013
Organised by COST Action FP0903
Representation of the Free State of Bavaria to the European Union in Brussels, Rue Wiertz 77, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
<http://cost-fp0903.ipp.cnr.it/index.php/events/final-conference.html> http://cost-fp0903.ipp.cnr.it/index.php/events/final-conference.html
Call for abstract at the IUFRO World Congress 2014 Technical Sessions
The Congress abstract submission site on the Congress website ( <http://iufro2014.com/> http://iufro2014.com/) has been open since early August, and will remain open until October 15th for submissions to all Technical and Sub-plenary sessions.
IUFRO RG 7.01 is organizing the following session within the theme Forest Health in a Changing World
Session 8 Modeling as a tool for improving the knowledge on forest vulnerability and risk exposure in a changing world
Session 14 Ozone and Forest Health
Session 85 Critical loads for nutritional nitrogen deposition: Progress and problems
Session 180 Air pollution as a factor affecting global forest health
Session 191 Monitoring emerging threats to forest health in North America across regional to national scales
Elena Paoletti, 7.01.00 Deputy Coordinator
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Istituto per la Protezione delle Piante
Italy
Email: e.paoletti(at)ipp.cnr.it
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12 September 2013
Submit an abstract before 30 September 2013!
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Register early
Registration for the World Congress on Agroforestry 2014 (WCA2014) has been open for several months, and will continue almost up to the date of the Congress. However, ‘early bird’ registration, offering a substantial saving, will close on 15 November 2013. Sign up here <http://worldagroforestry.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9cb21f8b9d12b672…> .
What is it?
The World Agroforestry Centre and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, together with the Indian Society of Agroforestry and Global Initiatives, will hold the Congress in Delhi, India 10-14 February 2014.
The Congress, entitled ‘Trees for Life: Accelerating the Impacts of Agroforestry’, will draw over 1200 selected participants from the private, research and development sectors to share the current state of knowledge and accelerate the positive financial, environmental and social impacts of agroforestry.
Make a contribution
A more important date is the deadline to submit abstracts. Slots to present papers and take part in discussion sessions are filling up fast, and time is running out. The deadline for submissions is 30 September 2013, so you only have a little over two more weeks. Submit abstracts of papers and posters here <http://worldagroforestry.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9cb21f8b9d12b672…> .
Abstracts submitted for the Congress will be evaluated and accepted for one of the following options:
* Oral presentation (in some form) in relevant sessions
* Presentation as a poster
* Suitability for the congress compendium
All abstracts selected will be included in the congress compendium.
A dynamic agenda
The Congress has a number of themes. The first day features presentations on Indian topics related to agroforestry. The second part deals with business and agroforestry, third is a consideration of development and agroforestry, and fourth is a review of scientific breakthroughs and innovation. The final day looks at the integration of science, business and development, with keynote speakers and a panel discussion, and a plenary discussion of the outcomes. The full list of themes is:
* Agroforestry systems, income and environmental benefits
* Climate change, multi-functionality, livestock and fish systems
(These two with an orientation towards India)
* The business of agroforestry: applying science
* Sustaining development through agroforestry
* Applying science to the future of agroforestry: breakthroughs and innovation
* Policy, innovation and global issues.
The agenda <http://worldagroforestry.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9cb21f8b9d12b67…> is structured to generate outputs that produce a global roadmap for agroforestry in the context of world development and create a deliberate and tangible legacy in terms of recognition, partnership, investment and impact.
Further information can be found on the website www.wca2014.org. For other queries, email wca2014(a)CGIAR.org.
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