The International Research Centre in Agronomy for Development (CIRAD), the Agriculture Research and Higher Education Centre (CATIE), and The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), have jointly committed to organize The Third International Symposium on Multi-Strata Agroforestry Systems with Perennial Crops, to be held at the headquarters of CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica from 16th to 20th of September 2013.
Official language of the Congress will be English. Short abstracts for oral and poster presentations should be submitted on our website http://www.symposium--‐multistrata2013.org<http://www.symposium--‐mul%3cstrata2013.org> before March 31st of 2013
* Please contact us, preferably at: contact(a)xn--symposium--multistrata2013-qd2p.org
Sarah W. Workman, 302 Lumpkin House, University of Georgia; Tel: 706.542.9737 Fax: 706.542.8934
Dear D5 members,
IUFRO is co-sponsor of the coming World Teak Conference, March 2013.
Please be informed that the conference is posted in our Calendar of
Meetings, http://www.iufro.org/events/calendar/, it is therefore in the
activities page of 3 Units,
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-5/50000/50600/50602/activit…
. It is in our RSS feed, http://www.iufro.org/events/rss/, and will be in
GFIS, the Global Forest Information Service, http://www.gfis.net/.
The conference will also be announced in one of the next issues of our
electronic newsletter IUFRO News.
Please encourage your group to attend this conference which is attracting
some 800 delegates.
Cheers
Andrew
Andrew H.H. Wong, D.Phil.
Associate Professor, Wood durability & Protection
Convenor, IRG Natural Durability Working Party (WP1.7), www.irg-wp.com
Coordinator, IUFRO Division 5 (Forest Products), www.iufro.org
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Faculty of Resource Science and Technology
94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak
Malaysia
Tel: +6082 582936 (direct line)
Tel: +6082 581000, Ext. #2936
Fax: +6082 583160
Email: ahhwong(a)frst.unimas.my
awong.unimas(a)gmail.com
Student Conference Scholarships
The IUFRO Conference on Forests for People
and
2013 National Outdoor Recreation Conference
Student Conference Scholarships
Motivated and accomplished students enrolled full-time in an outdoor recreation management, planning, or closely-related degree program are encouraged to apply.
Up to at eight student scholarships will be awarded for the 2013 National Outdoor Recreation Conference. At least half of the scholarships awarded will be to qualified students from within the surrounding region. A scholarship valued at $785 will be awarded to cover lodging, conference registration, and one-year student membership to SORP. Included in this total is a $250 check to be used for travel expenses. All scholarship recipients are expected to attend the full four-day conference.
The deadline for student conference scholarship applications is February 15, 2013.
For more information: http://www.recpro.org/student-conference-scholarships
Sponsor a Student to Attend Conference
Please consider being a student scholarship sponsor! Visit www.recpro.org <https://recpro.memberclicks.net/home> and click on the <https://recpro.memberclicks.net/assets/2012_Conference/sorp_sponsorship_bro…> "SORP Sponsorship and Exhibitor Opportunities" on the left side of the homepage. Any contribution amount is appreciated. Your donation will help cultivate a young mind preparing to enter the outdoor recreation profession. They are the future!
Don’t forget - SORP is a 501(c)(3) organization, making your contribution tax-deductible.
About the National Outdoor Recreation Conference
The Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals is proud to be sponsoring the 2013 National Outdoor Recreation Conference with the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). The theme of the conference is “A Bridge to Prosperity” that will highlight and showcase best practices
and case studies on how the outdoor recreation profession (planning, management, research and policy) is a bridge, connector and catalyst for prosperity through: Tourism, jobs, health and wellness, personal enjoyment and recreation; Education, environmental values, environmental stewardship; and Rural economic development and sustainable communities.
More information about the conference is posted at: http://www.recpro.org/2013-sorp-ffp-conference
About the Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals
The Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals (SORP) is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization formed in 1983. It is the Nation’s premier professional association supporting outdoor recreation professionals in planning, research, management, policy and administration. It is dedicated to the proposition that the welfare of citizens and visitors, communities, environment, and economy will be enhanced through opportunities for the public to experience and enjoy the outdoors.
For the past 30 years, the Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals (formerly the National Association of Recreation Resource Planners) has sponsored an annual conference for the outdoor recreation profession. Most recently, the conference has been held in Baton Rouge, Breckenridge, Portland OR, Pittsburgh, Austin, and Missoula.
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Brenda Adams-Weyant
Association Manager
Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals
(formerly NARRP)
PO Box 221
Marienville, PA 16239
(814) 927-8212
(814) 927-6659 FAX
<http://recpro.memberclicks.net/message/image/964c4456-f410-41aa-bf4d-dbd11f…>
FYI.
Cheers,
Andrew
Andrew H.H. Wong, D.Phil.
Associate Professor, Wood durability & Protection
Coordinator, IUFRO Division 5 (Forest Products), www.iufro.org
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Faculty of Resource Science and Technology
94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak
Malaysia
Tel: +6082 582936 (direct line)
Tel: +6082 581000, Ext. #2936
Fax: +6082 583160
Email: ahhwong(a)frst.unimas.my
awong.unimas(a)gmail.com
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From: IUFRO Headquarters <office(a)iufro.org>
To: ahhwong(a)frst.unimas.my
Date: 13-12-12 07:02 PM
Subject: IUFRO World Congress 2014 - New Information on Congress Website
Sent by: office(a)iufro.org
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IUFRO Newsletter
XXIV IUFRO World Congress
"Sustaining Forests, Sustaining People: The
Role of Research"
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: October 5-11,
2014
http://www.iufro2014.com/ –
http://www.iufro.org/events/congresses/2014
/
CONGRESS WEBSITE UPDATE
Dear IUFRO Officeholder, dear Colleagues,
On behalf of Dr. Richard Guldin, Chair of
the Congress Organizing Committee (COC), I
am pleased to inform you that an update of
the Congress website,
http://www.iufro2014.com, has just been
completed.
The Congress site now contains
significantly more content, in particular
regarding the Congress scientific program,
http://www.iufro2014.com/scientific-program
/overview/. In this connection, please be
reminded that session proposals will be
accepted online from January to April 2013.
In addition, the Spanish language version
of the website now available at
http://www.http://iufro2014.com/es/ for our
Spanish-speaking community.
Please visit the Congress website regularly
to learn about newly added information,
important deadlines or logistic
arrangements!
Best regards
Alexander Buck
IUFRO Executive Director
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Von: recpro(a)memberclicks-mail.net [mailto:recpro@memberclicks-mail.net] Im Auftrag von Brenda Adams-Weyant
Gesendet: Dienstag, 11. Dezember 2012 15:30
An: burger(a)iufro.org
Betreff: 2013 SORP-FFP Call for Presentations Update
Call for Presentation and Poster Proposals
IUFRO Conference on Forests for People
and
The 2013 National Outdoor Recreation Conference
The response for submitting abstracts for poster and presentation sessions to the IUFRO Conference on Forests for People and the 2013 National Outdoor Recreation Conference has been gratifuying. Ninety-five abstracts have been submitted to date---some to host a larger session and some for individual presentations.
Due to the normal challenges of international communications, we have decided to extend the deadline for abstracts for the IUFRO Conference on Forests for People to January 15, 2013.
The submittal requirements and directions remain the same.
<https://recpro.memberclicks.net/assets/2012_Conference/2013_call_for_presen…> Click here to download the Call for Proposals and Abstract Submission Form package.
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Brenda Adams-Weyant
Association Manager
Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals
(formerly NARRP)
PO Box 221
Marienville, PA 16239
(814) 927-8212
(814) 927-6659 FAX
<mailto:Brenda@RecPro.org> Brenda(a)RecPro.org
International Conference on Wood Adhesives
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
9-11 October 2013
The Forest Products Society, the Forest Products Laboratory and the Wood-Based Composites Center are organizing the International Conference on Wood Adhesives, which is the premier forum for scientific and technical exchange on the topic of wood adhesives.
This conference has been held every 4-5 years to ensure that we have high attendance from those in the wood adhesive community and that totally new information is provided at the meeting. The wood adhesive meetings have seen continued growth in international attendance. Along with putting emphasis on international transfer of information, we want to expand the emphasis on the impact of energy on bonded wood products and the needs for more effective use of wood resources. Energy conservation and efficient use of wood resources whether in the final building performance, construction of the building, or production of bonded wood products plays an increasing role. This has led to a continuing need for research and implementation of new adhesives and bonded wood products. The conference is an important forum for interchange of knowledge and ideas for both the adhesive and the bonded wood products community. This will be the first meeting held outside the United States.
The latest information on the following subject areas will be available via plenary, technical and poster presentations, tabletop exhibits, and personal interactions with leaders in the field:
• Energy concerns and opportunities
• Structure and properties of adhesive systems
• Impact of regulations and consumer preference
• Bonding to unconventional substrates
• New wood-based bonded products
• Bio-based and novel adhesive systems, resin
chemistry
• Developments in fundamental understanding of
wood bonding
• Composites
• Modeling
• Engineered wood
• Analytical and testing methodology
• Other applications
Details at: woodadhesivesconference.org
Contact: Chris Hunt, FPL: cghunt(a)fs.fed.us, Charles Frihart, FPL: cfrihart(a)fs.fed.us, Ning Yan, U. of Toronto: ning.yan(a)utoronto.ca
Dear D5 officers,
Here is what we have waiting for - opportunities to propose technical
sessions. There is a need to collaborate across Research units and
Divisions (I know this can be difficult, not knowing what the others are
doing) since IUFRO does not encourage sessions proposed by a single RG or
WP alone. Session proposals must fall under the chosen themes (below). The
rest of the information are self explanatory. Do note the submission
deadline is before 30 April 2013.
Look forward to an Active D5 representation at the IUFRO 2014 World
congress for sure.
Let me know it you have questions about preparing a proposal.
Cheers
Andrew
Andrew H.H. Wong, D.Phil.
Associate Professor, Wood durability & Protection
Coordinator, IUFRO Division 5 (Forest Products), www.iufro.org
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Faculty of Resource Science and Technology
94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak
Malaysia
Tel: +6082 582936 (direct line)
Tel: +6082 581000, Ext. #2936
Fax: +6082 583160
Email: ahhwong(a)frst.unimas.my
awong.unimas(a)gmail.com
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From: IUFRO Headquarters <office(a)iufro.org>
To: ahhwong(a)frst.unimas.my
Date: 03-12-12 07:34 PM
Subject: IUFRO World Congress 2014 - Call for Session Proposals
Sent by: office(a)iufro.org
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IUFRO Newsletter
XXIV IUFRO World Congress
"Sustaining Forests, Sustaining People:
The Role of Research"
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: October 5-11,
2014
http://www.iufro2014.com/ –
http://www.iufro.org/events/congresses/201
4/
CALL FOR SESSION PROPOSALS
PDF for download
Dear IUFRO Officeholder, dear Colleagues,
The Congress Scientific Committee invites
submission of session proposals for the
2014 IUFRO Congress. In keeping with the
spirit of the Congress title – Sustaining
Forests, Sustaining People: The Role of
Research – the Congress Scientific
Committee is developing a program that
will highlight the contributions that
forest science is making to address the
significant environmental, social and
economic challenges facing our world. The
Congress program will reflect the forest
science community's diverse contributions
across the full range of natural and
social science disciplines, with special
emphasis on key issues and research areas
identified in IUFRO's 2010-2014 Strategy.
Session proposals will be accepted that
address one or more of the following
Congress themes:
- Forests for People
- Forest Biodiversity and Ecosystem
Services
- Forests and Climate Change
- Forest and Water Interactions
- Forest Biomass and Bioenergy
- Forests and Forest Products for a
Greener Future
- Forest Health in a Changing World
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) 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 (see
http://www.iufro.org/science/ for more
information) – 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
January and April, 2013, online at
www.iufro2014.com using the Session
Proposal Form. Proposals will not be
accepted after April 30th.
In addition to providing basic information
on session organizer(s), session title,
alignment with Congress themes, and a
short abstract of the session proposal,
those submitting proposals should submit
(online) a more complete proposal (as a
Word document) that describes the session
objectives and content in relation to
Congress theme(s), 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 2-2½ hours in length. For
sessions involving oral presentations, we
recommend that each speaker be given a
minimum of 15 minutes for his/her
presentation.
Please note that the abstract submission
process will be open to all, so session
organizers may need to include papers 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/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 April 30th deadline.
Acceptance decisions will be made no later
than June 30th, 2013. An open Call for
Abstracts will be issued in July, with
online abstract submission until October
15th and acceptance decisions until
November 30th (2013).
Responsibilities of session organizers.
Session organizers of accepted proposals
are expected to communicate with
prospective presenters regarding
submission of abstracts (online, from late
July to mid-October 2013), and will be
asked to review abstracts submitted for
their sessions during the abstract review
period (i.e., in late October to late
November 2013). 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 published in a
special volume of The International
Forestry Review, as was done for the 2010
Congress in Seoul, Republic of Korea. 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 2014 IUFRO Congress in Salt Lake
City.
The IUFRO 2014 Congress Scientific
Committee
John Parrotta (Chair:
jparrotta(a)fs.fed.us) Jens Peter
Skovsgaard (Division 1: jps(a)ess.slu.se)
Yousry El-Kassaby (Division 2:
y.el-kassaby(a)ubc.ca) Hans Heinimann
(Division 3: hans.heinimann(a)env.ethz.ch)
Ron McRoberts (Division 4:
rmcroberts(a)fs.fed.us) Andrew Wong
(Division 5: ahhwong(a)frst.unimas.my)
Tuija Sievänen (Division 6:
tuija.sievanen(a)metla.fi) Tod Ramsfield
(Division 7:
Tod.Ramsfield(a)nrcan-rncan.gc.ca) Alain
Franc (Division 8:
alain.franc(a)pierroton.inra.fr) Jim
Johnson (Division 9:
jim.johnson(a)oregonstate.edu) Mike
Wingfield (Vice-President, Divisions:
Mike.Wingfield(a)up.ac.za) Su See Lee
(Vice-President, Task Forces, Special
Programmes, Projects and IUFRO-led
Initiatives: leess(a)frim.gov.my) Lisa
Hansen (International Forestry Students
Association: hansen.lisa.c(a)gmail.com)
Richard Guldin (ex-officio; COC Chair)
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Colleagues,
Linnæus University, School of Technology in the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering is seeking a Professor in Forest Products with a special competence in Wood and Adhesive Chemistry.
The professor shall have a sound knowledge of the chemical structure and properties of wood, and how these can properties be utilised in industrial processes. The professor shall also have a sound knowledge of how wood cooperates with other materials, which can provide a basis for the development of in first hand adhesive systems, but also other system such as paints, wood protection systems and the dimensional stabilisation of wood. A knowledge of the manufacture of board materials and all other cellulose-based fibre products is also included. The pulp and paper industries have a lower merit value than other wood chemical industries.
Details at: http://lnu.se/about-lnu/jobs-and-vacancies?l=en
Deadline for application: 30 January 2013.
Brigitte Burger
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Mag. Brigitte Burger - Web Management
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
IUFRO Headquarters - Secretariat
Mariabrunn (BFW), Hauptstrasse 7 │ A-1140 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
XXIV IUFRO World Congress: <http://www.iufro2014.com/> http://www.iufro2014.com/
October 5-11 2014, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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