We are pleased to announce that the first ever compiled global assessment
report on "Adaptation of Forests and People to Climate Change" will be
published officially at the next session of the United Nations Forum on
Forests (UNFF), during the following side event:
Making Forests Fit For Change - IUFRO-Led Activities at the Science-Policy
Interface
Wednesday, 22 April
13:15 to 14:45 hours
Conference Room 2 (CR-2)
UN Headquarters, New York City
The report is the first product of the IUFRO-led Global Forest Expert Panels
of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) and presents the
state-of-knowledge about the impacts of climate change on forests and people
and options for adaptation.
One of the key messages that emerged from this assessment is that the
carbon-regulating services of forests are at risk of being lost entirely
unless current carbon emissions are reduced substantially; this would result
in the release of huge quantities of carbon to the atmosphere, exacerbating
climate change.
The report as well as a policy brief (available in all UN languages) can be
downloaded at:
http://www.iufro.org/science/gfep/
Information for the press is available at:
http://www.iufro.org/science/gfep/media-information/
For further information, please, contact:
Alexander Buck, IUFRO
Mobile +43-664-1426852
Email: buck(at)iufro.org
About IUFRO and the CPF
The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) is the only
world-wide organization devoted to forest research and related sciences. Its
members are research institutions, universities, and individual scientists
as well as decision-making authorities and other stakeholders with a focus
on forests and trees.
For further information, please visit: www.iufro.org.
The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) is a voluntary arrangement
among 14 international organizations and secretariats with substantial
programmes on forests. Its mission is to promote the management,
conservation and sustainable development of all types of forest and
strengthen long-term political commitment to this end.
For further information, please visit: http://www.fao.org/forestry/cpf/en/.
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Sent by c.goestl on behalf of Alexander BUCK, IUFRO Headquarters, Vienna
Dear D5 members
Please note;
International Conference on Woody Biomass Utilization
August 4-5, 2009
Bost Conference Center
Mississippi State University
Starkville, Mississippi, USA
http://www.forestprod.org/confbiomass09.html
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 Colleague:
IUFRO is pleased to announce that Divisions 1, 4 and 8 as well as Working
Party 1.01.08, together with the Swedish University of Agricultural
Sciences, TemaTillväxt, and the University of Copenhagen, Forest &
Landscape, are organizing the:
International Conference: SPRUCE IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBAL CHANGE
Ecology, silviculture, forest products, management risks and conservation
practices
31 Aug 3 Sep 2009 - Halmstad, Sweden
Please have a look at the Second announcement and call for abstracts at:
https://arbetsplats.slu.se/sites/esf/tematillvaxt/spruce2009/Lists/announcem
ents/Attachments/2/SPRUCE_2009_Announcement_2_Ver_2.pdf
Note in particular the Publication Timeline:
Papers, posters and computer demonstrations are welcomed within the theme of
the conference. Participants are invited to contribute problems and ideas as
well as potential solutions. Extended abstracts (max. one printed page,
including one figure or illustration) for all invited speakers, voluntary
presentations, posters and demonstrations will be available in printed
proceedings format at the start of the conference.
30 April 2009 Last date for submission of abstracts is 30 April 2009.
Abstracts should be prepared according to the guidelines presented on the
conference web-site.
15 May 2009 Notification of acceptance will be issued by 15 May 2009.
15 June 2009 Final, extended abstracts, including specific results, should
be received no later than 15 June 2009.
For more detailed information please visit: http://www-spruce2009.slu.se
Please distribute this message to colleagues that might be interested in the
conference subject.
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Sent by Brigitte Burger, IUFRO Headquarters
on behalf of Jens Peter Skovgaard, University of Copenhagen, Chairman of the
Scientific Advisory Board
Dear D5
The Organising Committee for the 2010 IUFRO Word Congress is now seeking
proposals for sessions. The original deadline of Jan 15th has now been
extended to Feb 1st.
Please consider registering a proposal for your Working Party now to avoid
later disappointment.
(See attached file: Call-for-session-proposals.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
The 10th International Conference on Wood & Biofiber Plastic Composites
will be held on May 11-12, 2009 at the Monona Terrace Convention &
Community Center, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. This conference is co-sponsored
by IUFRO Research Group 5.05 Wood and Lignocellulosic Composites of IUFRO
Division 5--Forest Products.
The International Cellulose Nanocomposites Symposium will be held on the
day after the conference (May13th). This sysmposium is also co-sponsored by
IUFRO Research Group 5.05
Program outlines and registration information for both the conference and
symposium are now available online. For further information, go to the
Conference and Symposium webpage below or visit the Forest Products Society
at
http://www.forestprod.org/confcomposites09.html
Jerrold E. Winandy, Interim Executive Vice President
Forest Products Society
jwinandy(a)forestprod.org
Dear IUFRO Members
There has been a suggestion from an events organiser that the next D5
Conference (in 2012) could be held in Portugal.
For this to happen, I need to have an expression of interest from an
organisation in Portugal which has members interested in D5 activities.
Does anyone who of an organisation which might like to take this on?
(See attached file: Guidelines for D5 Conference.pdf)(See attached file:
Expression of Interest in D5 Conference.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
Dear Colleagues,
Please inform your students and colleagues who are interested to pursue
graduate studies at the University of Maine. Details are shown below. How
can I upload this in Job Announcement in IUFRO?
Thanks,
Anthony
Graduate Assistantship in Industrial Ecology and Life Cycle Assessment in
Forest Biorefinery, School of Forest Resources, University of Maine
Location: Orono, Maine
Country: USA
Description:
Research Assistantship is available at the School of Forest Resources of the
University of Maine. This interdisciplinary research investigates the
economic, social and environmental impacts of harnessing the forest
resources as a source of bio-fuels, bio-chemicals, bio-plastics, and
bio-materials. This research involves close collaboration with forest
resource based industries, government agencies, and the other departments at
the University of Maine. Further information regarding research interests or
topics can be accessed at
http://www.forest.umaine.edu/facstaff/facstaff_pages/halog/index.html
Qualifications:
Applicants can have any academic background (particularly, natural science,
forestry, agriculture or chemical or environmental engineering or economics,
industrial and systems engineering ). The applicant should be interested to
pursue interdisciplinary research/graduate studies at masters or PhD level
in the area of environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) and industrial
ecology of forest bio-products (e.g. bio-fuels, bio-chemicals). A background
in LCA, materials flow analysis (MFA) or industrial ecology is not required,
but applicant should be willing to learn the fundamental concepts/principles
to pursue this challenging research in sustainability science.
Applicant should have or develop good analytical and, database skills,
knowledge of basic statistics and probability and be willing to learn new
software packages (e.g. SIMAPRO). It is also desirable that he/she has taken
or will take a course in systems dynamics, modeling and simulation.
If you are an international student, in addition to Graduate Record
Examination (GRE) results, you should also have TOEFL (Test of English as
Foreign Language) results for admission purposes. Application due date:
April 30, 2009.
For more information, please contact:
To apply for this research assistantship position or for further
information, contact Anthony Halog at anthony.halog(a)maine.edu , (207)
581-2944 (tel.) or (207) 581-2875 (fax).
Anthony Halog, Ph.D., MBA
LCA Certified Professional
Assistant Professor of Industrial Ecology and LCA
Forest Bio-products Research Initiative/
School of Forest Resources
University of Maine, Orono, 04469-5775
Tel. 207-581-2944
Fax: 207-581-2875
email: anthony.halog(a)maine.edu
Website:
http://www.forest.umaine.edu/facstaff/facstaff_pages/halog/index.html
IUFRO informs about forthcoming first CPF global assessment report on the
adaptation of forests and forest-dependent people to climate change
5 December 2008 (Friday)
13:00-15:00
White-tailed Eagle Room, Poznań International Fair
On 5 December 2008, during the side event of the Collaborative Partnership
on Forests (CPF), Alexander Buck from IUFRO will report on the progress of
the first CPF global assessment report on the adaptation of forests and
forest-dependent people to climate change.
The peer-reviewed report will be launched at UNFF 8 in April 2009. It has
been prepared by the first CPF Global Forest Expert Panel (GFEP), which is
led and coordinated by IUFRO. The Panel has gathered input from about 100
renowned scientists from a broad range of disciplines.
This will be the most comprehensive assessment to date of existing
scientific knowledge about forest adaptation. It will provide decision
makers with an objective source of science-based information on the
ecological, social and economic impacts of climate change on forests and
people, and present forest management and policy options for adaptation.
The web-cast presentation will be available on demand from the UNFCCC
website at http://copportal1.man.poznan.pl/
For more information on GFEP and the Assessment Report, please visit:
http://www.iufro.org/science/science-initiative/adaptation-panel/
Contact:
Alexander Buck, IUFRO Headquarters
Buck(at)iufro.org
Dear all,
Please be informed that IUFRO Div. 5 is co-sponsoring the COST E53
Conference in Delft, Netherlands, taking place from 29 to 30 October 2008.
More details on the COST Action E53 Conference “End user’s needs for
wood material and products” can be found at
http://www.coste53.net/index.php?News
With best regards,
Claudia Goestl
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IUFRO Web Manager
<http://www.iufro.org/science/iufro-mailing-lists/overview/>
Message of Jean Luc Peyron:
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Dear IUFRO Colleague,
REGISTER NOW to Nancy 2008 conference on
THE EUROPEAN FOREST-BASED SECTOR :
BIO-RESPONSES TO ADDRESS NEW CLIMATE AND ENERGY CHALLENGES?
Date and venue: 6 to 8 November 2008, Congress House of Nancy (France), under the auspices
of the French Presidency of the European Union Council.
Participants: Scientists from public or private research centres and universities,
Professionals from the forest-based sector, Delegates from the European Union and its
Member States, Delegates from other national or international organizations, Members of
NGOs involved in the forest-based sector, students and journalists.
Website: <http://www.gip-ecofor.org/nancy2008/> http://www.gip-ecofor.org/nancy2008/
Any other information:
Viviane Appora <mailto:ecofor@gip-ecofor.org> ecofor(a)gip-ecofor.org
Jean-Luc Peyron <mailto:peyron@gip-ecofor.org> peyron(a)gip-ecofor.org
Partners :
European Forest Week, IUFRO, COST, Forest-Based Sector Technology Platform, EFI, UNECE
ECOFOR, AgroParisTech, INRA, ONF, ENSTIB, IISD, French Forest Review
Lorraine Region, Nancy City and Urban Community
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Jean-Luc PEYRON
ICGREF, Dr.Sc.Eco.
Directeur dECOFOR
42, rue Scheffer, F-75116 Paris
Tel : +33 (0)1 53 70 21 49 (direct)
+33 (0)1 53 70 21 70 (secrétariat)
Fax : +33 (0)1 53 70 21 54
Web : <http://www.gip-ecofor.org/> www.gip-ecofor.org
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