FYI
From: Arnis Kokorevics [mailto:arniskk@edi.lv]
Sent: Wednesday, 3 March 2010 2:17 a.m.
To: info(a)ecwm5.lv
Subject: Fifth European Conference on Wood Modification ECWM-5, 20-21 September 2010, Riga, Latvia; 2nd Announcement
Dear Madam or Sir,
many thanks to those of you, who have already submitted an abstract for the The Fifth European Conference on Wood Modification ECWM5, which will take place on 20 & 21 September 2010 in Riga, Latvia.
Assuming that you would like to participate in the Conference, but you have not yet received the relative information from us, we found it possible to extend the abstract submission deadline by 5 March, 2010.
Focusing on the theme Wood modification and related aspects, this Conference is a great opportunity to meet and exchange experience with other scientists, representatives of industry and research organisations. This Conference also offers a chance to develop new and innovative partnerships.
The Conference participation fee is €400 per delegate. For students - €250 per delegate (a copy of the document certifying the student’s status of a participant should be enclosed). The fee includes the Welcome party (19.09.2010), lunches, coffee-breaks, Conference dinner and Conference Proceedings. For accompanying persons - €80 per person. The price includes the Welcome party and Conference dinner.
We would be very grateful if you could disseminate the information among your members and relevant partners, and include this event in the relevant section of your website.
Further information on this key international Conference can be found in the attached documentation and in the conference portal http://www.ecwm5.lv/.
Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any query regarding the ECWM5 in Riga.
On behalf of the organizing committee
With best regards,
Dr.Bruno Andersons
Dr.Arnis Kokorevics
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FYI
From: IUFRO [mailto:iufrococ@forest.go.kr]
Sent: Wednesday, 3 March 2010 5:39 a.m.
To: Dave Cown
Subject: Registration deadline for presenting authors of accepted oral and poster presentations 30 April
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In order to confirm your place on the Congress program, all presenting authors must complete their online Registration for the Congress by 30 April 2010. Please note that Congress Registration is not the same as creation of a User Account. If you have not completed your Congress Registration by this date, your presentation(s) will be removed from the program.
All accepted abstracts for those who have registered for the Congress by the 30 April deadline will be published by the XXIII IUFRO World Congress in a special volume of The International Forestry Review. This book of abstracts will be included in the Congress registration package.
John Parrotta, Chair 2010 IUFRO Congress Scientific Committee
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XXIII IUFRO World Congress
23 – 28 August 2010, Seoul, Republic of Korea
IUFRO Unit 4.02.01 - Resource Data in the Tropics
Scientific Session No. C-09
“Economic Valuation of Forest Environment Services”
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Deadline for Abstracts Submission: 31 December 2009
Submit your abstract
Only 15 days left!
Dear Colleagues and Friends:
This is to inform you that IUFRO Unit 4.02.01 – “Resource Data in the Tropics” is organizing a scientific session No. C-09, during the XXIII IUFRO World Congress, to take place in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 23 to 28 August 2010.
This scientific session is organized under the theme “Economic Valuation of Forest Environment Services”.
You are kindly invited to submit to submit your abstract (s) to be considered as potential Speaker / Poster Presenter, in this Session. To do it, you have only 15 days left to submit your abstract. Please hurry up to submit your abstract!
You will find, attached, a Call for Abstracts, with the main ojectives, the covered topics, and the format of the scientific Session C-09.
With my best wishes for the new year 2010
Mohammed Ellatifi
Senior Forestry Officer
Coordinator, IUFRO Division 4.02.01 “Forest Resources in the Tropics”
Organizer, Session No. C-09
PO Box 20100 Hay Salam
20210 Casablanca
Morocco
Tel: +212 (0) 661 328 797 Fax: +212 (0) 522 982 428
E-mail: mellatifi(a)yahoo.fr sylva.world@yahoo
Website: www.swc2010.fr.fmwww.ellatifi.fr.fmwww.iufro2010.com
Attached: Call for Abstracts
Dear All:
This is to remind you the deadline for abstract submission for the following IUFRO and SWC2010 events:
Only three weeks left to submit your Abstract!
December 31, 2009 at 24:00 GMT is the deadline!
for the following events:
1. SWC2010 International Conference on:
“PEOPLE, FORESTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT:
COEXISTING IN HARMONY”
Casablanca, Morocco
May 25-27, 2010
December 31, 2009 at 24:00 GMT is the deadline
for Early-bird Registration and for Abstract Submission
All information related to the conference are available in the website www.swc2010.fr.fm and www.sylvamonde.110mb.com/welcome.htm
More particularly, information related to special conference topics are given in the following table:
Conference Topics
Deadline / web address
Call for Abstracts
Conference Topics
Guidelines for Abstract submission
Guidelines for paper / poster submission
http://sylvamonde.110mb.com/first.htm
Deadline for Abstract submission
31 December 2009
Programme for Accompanying persons
http://sylvamonde.110mb.com/accomp.htm
Registration and Hotel booking
http://sylvamonde.110mb.com/register.htm
Deadline for early registration fees
31 December 2009
Deadline for hotel booking
at conference special rate
10 April 2010
Conference Registration Form
www.sylvamonde.110mb.com/RegistrationForm.pdf
Hotel Booking Form
www.sylvamonde.110mb.com/HotelBookForm.pdf
Send your abstract to:
Amina El Hassouni
Conference Secretariat
PO Box 20100 Casablanca
Morocco
Tel: +212 661 328 797 Fax: +212 522 982 428
E-mail: sylva.world(a)yahoo.fr
2. XXIII UFRO World Congress in Seoul, Republic of Korea,
23 – 28 August 2010
Submit your Oral/Poster Abstract through IUFRO website www.iufro2010.com/
2.1. Session # C-09
“Economic Valuation of Forest Environment Services”
2.2. Session # C-10
“Impact of Global Environmental Change on Forest Ecosystem Services”
2.3. Session # C-10
“Impact of Global Environmental Change on Forest Ecosystem Services”
2.4. Session # D-04
“Pollution and Climate Change Impacts in Asia”
2.5. Session # D-09
“Changes in Climate and Air Pollution – New Directions in Forest Monitoring, Research and Modeling”
2.6. Session # G-01
“Forest Health in a Changing Environment”
2.7. Session # G-03
“Effect of Multiple Ecosystem Stressors on Tree and Forest Ecosystem Health”
2.8. Session # I-01
“Healthy Urban Forests: Healthy People”
A full call for paper is available at
http://www.iufro2010.com/?code=iu04&subp=0101
Regards
Mohammed Ellatifi
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Von: gdieterle(a)worldbank.org [mailto:gdieterle@worldbank.org]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 17. November 2009 23:06
Cc: SDN_Forests_Team(a)worldbank.org; ENVCF_FCPF_Team(a)worldbank.org;
akutter(a)worldbank.org; P
blissguest(a)worldbank.org; Rmearns(a)worldbank.org; nrai(a)worldbank.org
Betreff: CIF Calls for Nominations of Experts to Forest Investment Program
Wichtigkeit: Hoch
CIF Calls for Nominations of Experts to Forest Investment Program
11 November 2009: The Climate Investment Fund (CIF) has called for
nominations of
experts to serve on the Expert Group for the Forest Investment Program
(FIP), to
work on the selection of country or regional pilots for the FIP.
The deadline for nominations is 27 November 2009.
Call for nominations:
<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTCC/Resources/407863-1232054799960/fip
_call_for_expert_nominations_letter_111109.pdf?resourceurlname=fip_call_for_
expert_nominations_letter_111109.pdf>
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTCC/Resources/407863-1232054799960/fip_
call_for_expert_nominations_letter_111109.pdf?resourceurlname=fip_call_for_e
xpert_nominations_letter_111109.pdf
Criteria for Selecting Expert Group Members:
<http://www.iufro.org/download/file/4517/95/nb-09-11-17_fip_1_4_1criteria_fo
r_selecting_expert_group_revised.pdf/>
http://www.iufro.org/download/file/4517/95/nb-09-11-17_fip_1_4_1criteria_for
_selecting_expert_group_revised.pdf/
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Dear Colleagues,
As you see from below, the CIF/Forest Investment Program is now establishing
its
operational structures.
A key step is the selection of experts who will advise the FIP sub-Committee
on
choosing pilot countries. As you see from the documents below about 6-8
experts
with a diverse range of skills and knowledge are to be selected.
It is extremely important for achieving FIP goals that experts with proven
global
expertise and experience in forestry, climate change and development are
nominated.
We count on you in helping out in this important matter.
You are kindly requested to spread the information and/or nominate qualified
experts (including yourself) for this assignment.
Many thanks for you cooperation
Gerhard
Forests Advisor
Agriculture & Rural Development
The World Bank
Tel: +1-202-458 7334; Fax: +1-202-614-1402;
E-Mail: GDieterle(a)worldbank.org, Room MC5-795
www.worldbank.org/forestswww.profor.info <http://www.profor.info/>
www.forest-alliance.org <http://www.forest-alliance.org/>
www.worldbank.org/enafleg
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Profiles
a) Forest Specialist (Co-chair). This expert should have a broad general
forestry background as well as specific knowledge of, and experience with,
biodiversity conservation, sustainable management of forests, forest ecology
and forest dynamics, agro-forestry, reforestation, non-timber forest
products,
landscape restoration, desertification resulting from forest degradation and
forest ecosystem services, including biotic and abiotic risks to forest
ecosystems.
b) Climate Specialist (Co-chair) . This expert should have knowledge of, and
experience in, climate change mitigation and adaptation related to forests,
at
sub-national, national and international levels. The expert should be
knowledgeable about national strategies for addressing climate change that
involve forests, the role of forests in addressing the challenges of climate
change, and REDD+ (including avoided deforestation and forest degradation,
forest conservation, sustainable forest management and enhancement of
carbon sinks).
c) Forest Finance Specialist and Development Economist.. This expert should
be knowledgeable about the role of forests in economic development and
planning, poverty alleviation and how to enhance the contribution of forests
to improving rural livelihoods, and valuation systems of alternative land
uses.
The expert should be well-versed in how to enhance local communities
income and benefits from forests through improved access to markets,
employment creation, and forest product processing.
d) Agricultural Specialist. This expert should be familiar with sustainable
rural
agricultural production systems, and the state of research on food producing
systems. The expert should be knowledgeable about large agribusinesses and
their potential impact on other land uses, as well shifting cultivation and
their
impacts on natural resources. This expert should be able to clearly
articulate
cross-sectoral linkages and impacts between agriculture and forest sectors.
e) Forest Industry and SME Investment Specialist. This expert should be
knowledgeable about the private sector and sustainable management of
forests, forest industry value chain, forest products trade, internationally
recognized independent forest certification systems and standards and
corporate social responsibility standards, community-company partnerships,
and investment opportunities in diverse countries.
f) Governance, Policy and Institutional Specialist. This expert should be
familiar with forest and land institutions, land management and
administration, land tenure, environmental, forest and other land use
policies,
legislation and enforcement, transparency, political economy of forests and
land.
g) Indigenous Peoples Specialist. This expert should be familiar with
indigenous peoples and forest-dependent communities issues and rights,
including land tenure issues.
Social Development and Gender Specialist. This expert should be
familiar with poverty alleviation, social, community and gender issues,
particularly as they relate to forest management
______________________________________________
http://cte.napier.ac.uk/e53
Dave Cown,
Senior Scientist, Wood Quality
Coordinator, IUFRO Division 5 (Forest Products)
Scion (Trading name of Forest Research Institute Ltd.)
Private Bag 3020
49 Sala St. Rotorua
New Zealand
Ph: +64 7343 5525
Mobile: 021 187 4022
Fx: +64 7343 5507
www.scionresearch.com
(See attached file: Sri Lanka - 2nd Announcement.pdf)
Dave Cown,
Senior Scientist, Wood Quality
Coordinator, IUFRO Division 5 (Forest Products)
Scion (Trading name of Forest Research Institute Ltd.)
Private Bag 3020
49 Sala St. Rotorua
New Zealand
Ph: +64 7343 5525
Mobile: 021 187 4022
Fx: +64 7343 5507
www.scionresearch.com
IAWA, IAWS and IUFRO Conference
23-26 June 2010, MADISON, WISCONSIN, USA
The Pan-American Regional Group of IAWA, the International Academy of Wood
Science (IAWS) and Division 5 of IUFRO are organizing a joint meeting in
Madison, Wisconsin, USA for June 23 - 26, 2010. This joint conference will
serve as an international forum for the exchange of knowledge and
experience in a wide variety of fields including tree biology, systematic
wood anatomy and wood identification, paleobotany, ecophysiology, wood
formation and cambial activity, and wood quality research. New developments
in the areas of ultrastructure and lignin chemistry and the use of various
new technologies including near infrared spectroscopy and recent advances
in microscopy and molecular biology are pushing the frontiers of wood
anatomy to new heights. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss
their recent research progress, exchange information and develop
collaborations.
LOCATION:
The IAWA/IAWS Conference will be held in the Memorial Union at 800 Langdon
St. located on the shores of Lake Mendota on the campus of the University
of Wisconsin - Madison (https://www.union.wisc.edu/index.asp and map
https://www..union.wisc.edu/directions/)
REGISTRATION: see attached form
Registration is US$150 payable via check or money order in US dollars.
Student registration is $100. You can pay via PayPal on the IAWS website (
http://www.iaws-web.org) Click on DONATION and at the top under
description enter “IAWA, IAWS, and IUFRO Conference”. Complete the form and
submit. You do not need a PayPal account. Your registration fee includes
the banquet on Friday night. For updates check the website at IAWA, (
http://www.iawa-website.org/ or
http://bio.kuleuven.be/sys/iawa/meetings.html) IAWS (
http://www.iaws-web.org) or IUFRO (.
http://www.iufro.org/events/calendar/current/) Deadline for registering
without a late fee is May 1, 2010.
ACCOMMODATIONS:
You must make your own reservations. When making them, mention the IAWA,
IAWS, and IUFRO Conference at the Memorial Union. For accommodations
associated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, go to
http://www.vip.wisc.edu/lodging.html. Most of these accommodations are
within walking distance of the Memorial Union.
University Housing: Summer Housing for Groups
Through University Housing, we have arranged for rooms all with single/twin
beds at Smith Hall (35 N. Park St.), a student housing facility. For photos
and information on Smith Hall go to
http://www.housing.wisc.edu/Summer_Conferences/reshalls.html#L. The cost of
single and double occupancy including breakfast has not been set for 2010,
but an estimate is $60/night for single occupancy and $40/night/person for
double occupancy. Complete information will be available when on-line
reservations are opened after January 1, 2010. We will need a minimum of 20
person/night to have this facility available. If our minimum is not reached
45 days before the meeting, we will have to cancel. (Go to:
http://www.housing.wisc.edu/summer_conferences select “On-Line Reservations
”)
For questions, email conferenceservices(a)housing.wisc.edu..
For more accommodations choices, check the website
http://www.visitmadison.com/visitors/stay/. We have blocked rooms at two
hotels close to the Memorial Union as follows:
Campus Inn and Chancellor’s Club
601 Langdon St.
Madison, WI 53703, USA
Phone: 608-257-4391 or tollfree 800-589-6285 — FAX: 608-257-2832.
Please refer to “IAWA & IAWS Conference” group reservation #92482.
Direct URL with no login needed use the following:
https://reservations.ihotelier.com/crs/g_reservation.cfm?groupID=391073&hot…
For information about the hotel use: http://www.thecampusinn.com/
University Inn
441 N. Frances St.
Madison, WI 53703, USA
Phone: 608-257-4881 or tollfree 800-279-4881 — FAX: 608-285-8051.
Please refer to “IAWA/IAWS Conference Block”. You must call to receive
discounted rates.
For information abut the hotel use: http://www.universityinn.org/
SOCIAL EVENTS: On Friday evening, June 25, we will have a banquet and
business meeting at the Memorial Union. The cost of the banquet is included
in your registration fee.
LOCAL INFORMATION: For information about the local area check the websites
of Madison at http://www.cityofmadison.com/; the University of
Wisconsin-Madison at http://www.wisc.edu/ and the Memorial Union at
https://www.union.wisc.edu/index.asp.
CONTACT:
Dr. Regis B. Miller, Executive Secretary of IAWA
USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory
One Gifford Pinchot Drive
Madison, WI 53726-2398, USA
Phone: 608-231-9341 — FAX: 608-231-9508 — Email: rmiller1(a)wisc.edu
ABSTRACTS FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS:
Please send an electronic copy of your Abstract following the models shown
below. Use 2 cm margins on all four sides with single-spaced lines and
Times New Roman typeface with a 12-point pitch. Make the text left aligned
only (not justified or right aligned) and use no tabs, tables, figures,
pictures or references. Please do not divide words. The body of the
Abstract should contain no more than 2000 characters, including the spaces
between the words. Immediately after the title, indicate if the Abstract is
a paper or a poster.
Send the Abstract to Dr. Regis B. Miller at rmiller1(a)wisc.edu. If email is
not possible, send your Abstract on a CD together with a hard copy printout
to Dr. Miller.
The deadline for submission of Abstracts is May 1, 2010.
Oral presentations:
Each delegate will be allowed one oral presentation of 15 or 20 minutes
including time for questions and discussion. PowerPoint presentations are
required. No slide projectors will be available. PC’s and data projectors
will be used for PowerPoint presentations. If other audio-visual aids are
needed, please contact Regis Miller.
Posters:
A display panel with dimensions 3’8” (1.1 meters) high by 5’7” (1.7 meters)
wide will be provided. Pushpins to facilitate display will be provided. We
are asking poster presenters to prepare a 3-minute mini-PowerPoint to
present their poster. Information about times for displaying and removing
posters will be available in the final program.
Models of Abstracts:
Pieter Baas1, Steven Jansen2 & Elisabeth Wheeler3: 1Nationaal Herbarium
Nederland, P.O. Box 9514, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands; 2Instituut voor
Plantkunde en Microbiologie, Laboratorium voor Systematiek, K.U. Leuven,
Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium; 3North Carolina State
University, Department of Wood and Paper Science, P.O. Box 8005, Raleigh,
NC 27695-8005, USA. — Ecological adaptations in wood microstructure and
angiosperm phylogeny. — (Paper)
Ecological adaptations in xylem anatomy are relatively well understood in
terms of their functional significance and general validity. This makes them
suspect candidates for relating adaptive change with deep phylogenetic
splits in woody plant phylogenies because their very functionality… Etc.
Etc.
Ayami Akimatsu, Seiichi Yasuda & Kazuhiko Fukushima: Graduate School of
Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan. —
Stable carbon isotope compositions of cell wall components of woody plants.
— (Poster)
Analysis of stable carbon isotope composition of bulk organic
material has been applied to numerous ecological and physiological studies.
Nevertheless, the isotopic composition of bulk plant material represents
only the average of the isotopic composition of all chemical compounds in a
certain tissue… E
Dave Cown,
Senior Scientist, Wood Quality
Coordinator, IUFRO Division 5 (Forest Products)
Scion (Trading name of Forest Research Institute Ltd.)
Private Bag 3020
49 Sala St. Rotorua
New Zealand
Ph: +64 7343 5525
Mobile: 021 187 4022
Fx: +64 7343 5507
www.scionresearch.com
Dear IUFRO D5 members:
The Society of Wood Science and Technology (SWST) has been working
closely with IUFRO D5.14 Education through its SWST University
Accreditation Program in wood & lignocellulosic science. Eleven
universities in North and South America are now accredited under this
program. SWST invites membership applications from individuals with
completed or ongoing formal education (undergraduate or graduate
curriculum), OR through specialized experience in the fields of wood
science and technology, forest products, and other lignocellulosic
materials. A new, electronic-based membership is available for emerging
countries, with discounted membership fees and electronic access to the
Wood and Fiber Science Journal. Additional benefits and other types of
SWST memberships can be found at the website:
http://www.swst.org/MembershipBenefits.htm
For additional information on SWST contact
Prof. William T. Y. Tze, SWST Membership Chair (wtze(a)umn.edu)
or Dr. Jerrold E. Winandy, Past President of SWST
(jwinandy(a)umn.edu)
Dept of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering
University of Minnesota
Drying Wood with High Frequency Electric Current by Helmuth Resch
This monograph aims at providing understanding of the many ways to employ
special drying methods using high frequency electric currents for wood and
wood products. It offers a broad coverage of research and development over
many decades from the original concept to industrial applications. The
physical process of dielectric heating has advantages of rapid and
relatively uniform heat transfer, resulting in high drying rates and
avoidance of various drying defects, including any significant casehardening
and oxidative discoloration of wood. Heat transfer to and evaporation of
moisture from wood is shown in dependence on the dielectric properties of
materials. Because wood is heterogeneous, these properties vary not only
with the frequency of the current and the field orientation, but also with
the moisture content, temperature, and density of wood. Considering these
parameters and the specific heat of the material, the selection of a
frequency can be made for heating specific products and the power absorption
and feasibility of a system can be estimated. The text traces the historical
roots of using high frequency current for heating and drying of wood.
Principles of and formulas describing dielectric heating and the dielectric
properties of wood give a background useful for understanding parameters of
specific applications, energy transfer, and power consumption. Early
equipment development for continuous and batch dryers using radio
frequencies and microwaves is reported from work in Russia, USA, Canada,
Japan, and Europe. The greatest emphasis is placed on the method of
combining radio frequency heating with vacuum drying. Research during the
last decades lead to industrial installations designed mainly for drying of
lumber and timbers in vacuum kilns. This development provided a positive
picture for higher value products. On the other hand, the continuation of
research with microwaves promises to make use of their unique properties.
Some ideas are advanced on achieving rapid and economic drying by combining
other heat transfer methods with high frequency heating along production
lines. Finally, the present understanding of the drying mechanism, the
technical feasibility, and economics are considered. A broad listing of
relevant literature provides the reader with a multitude of references. Data
are presented in international and American units.
University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
Society of Wood Science and Technology, Madison, Wisconsin, USA ISBN
978-0-9817876-1-9
Cost: $30 + postage (Check payable to SWST; Visa, Mastercard)
Order from: Order online at <http://www.swst.org/reschBook.html>
http://www.swst.org/reschBook.html or from SWST, One Gifford Pinchot Drive,
Madison, WI 53726; email: <mailto:vicki@swst.org> vicki(a)swst.org Phone:
608-231-9347; Fax: 608-231-9592
Name: _____________________________ Address:
_____________________________________
Address:
_________________________________________________________________________
Email:___________________________________________ Phone/Fax:
_______________________
Credit Card # _____________________ Expiration Date ________________ Total $
_________
Signature: _______________________________________________
Dave Cown,
Senior Scientist, Wood Quality
Coordinator, IUFRO Division 5 (Forest Products)
Scion (Trading name of Forest Research Institute Ltd.)
Private Bag 3020
49 Sala St. Rotorua
New Zealand
Ph: +64 7343 5525
Mobile: 021 187 4022
Fx: +64 7343 5507
www.scionresearch.com
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