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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Dear all
Please check the D5 website for recent changes, and get back to me about
any other additions or suggestions.
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
Message forwarded on behalf of B. Hanell:
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If you have not already done so, this message is to invite you to register to the
International Conference on Adaptation of Forests and Forest Management to Changing
Climate that will be held in Umeå on August 25-28.
Extensive information on the conference can be found at: "www.forestadaptation2008.net
<file://www.forestadaptation2008.net>", including the Book of Abstracts, the preliminary
programme, and the registration information. The Conference will feature:
- Numerous keynote addresses from world-renowned experts and high-level managers of
forest and environmental portfolios such as the Chief of the US Forest Service and
Sweden's Minister of Agriculture;
- Oral and poster presentations arranged in 18 sessions that cover science, management
and policy issues within a wide range of forest adaptation-related topics;
- Moderated discussions whose outputs will feed into process aiming at increasing the
profile of forest-related challenges and opportunities within the global climate-change
agenda.
I hope that you can join us in Umeå for this event.
Kind regards
Bjorn Hanell
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Co-Chair of the 2008 Forest Adaptation Conference
Professor of Silviculture, SLU
Coordinator IUFRO Division 1 Silviculture
<http://www.iufro.org/science/iufro-mailing-lists/overview/>
Dear all,
Please be informed that the 3rd Announcement of the Conference on Adaptation of Forests and Forest Managment to Changing Climate with Emphasis on Forest Health, in Umeå, Sweden; August 25-28, 2008 is now available.
Weblink: <http://www.forestadaptation2008.net/> http://www.forestadaptation2008.net/
Direct link to 3rd Announcement and Second Call for Abstracts:
<http://www.iufro.org/download/file/2620/1465/umea08-3rd-_announcemt.pdf> http://www.iufro.org/download/file/2620/1465/umea08-3rd-_announcemt.pdf
Abstracts of presentations will be accepted until the May 31st submission deadline and must be submitted to <mailto:“forest-adaptation-2008-abstracts@fao.org> “forest-adaptation-2008-abstracts(a)fao.xn--org-9o0a (guidelines available from the conference website).
With best wishes,
Claudia
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Claudia Goestl - Web Management
International Union of Forest Research Organizations
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:goestl@iufro.org> goestl(a)iufro.org
A PACIFIC RIM FOCUS ON BIO-BASED COMPOSITES
The 9th Pacific Rim Bio-Based Composites Symposium organising committee
would like to welcome the Pacific Rim Bio-Based Composites Symposium back
to its birthplace. New Zealand was host to the inaugural Pacific Rim
Bio-Based Composites Symposium in 1992. The theme of the 2008 Symposium is
“Innovation and Challenges in Bio-based Composites – How Far to the New
Frontier?”
http://www.biobased-composites.com/
Here are the details in our call for papers.
(See attached file: Call for Papers - Biobased-Composites Apr08 - CA2.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
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A PACIFIC RIM FOCUS ON BIO-BASED COMPOSITES
The 9th Pacific Rim Bio-Based Composites Symposium organising committee
would like to welcome the Pacific Rim Bio-Based Composites Symposium back
to its birthplace. New Zealand was host to the inaugural Pacific Rim
Bio-Based Composites Symposium in 1992. The theme of the 2008 Symposium is
“Innovation and Challenges in Bio-based Composites – How Far to the New
Frontier?”
http://www.biobased-composites.com/
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
Message forwarded on behalf of Victoria L. Herian:
The first international meeting of the Society of Wood Science and Technology (SWST)
outside of North America will be held on November
10-12, 2008 in Concepción, Chile at the Universidad del Bío-Bío, a cosponsor and
co-organizer of the meeting. IUFRO is also co-sponsoring
this meeting. There will be four sessions during the first two days dealing with (1)
Timber Engineering, (2) Global Trade in Forest
Products, (3) Wood Quality: Challenges in the 21st Century, and (4) Advanced Processing of
Timber in the 21st Century. The last day of
the Convention will be a day-long tour of the area and the forest products industry,
beginning with a visit to Nueva Aldea. For more
information and to register online, go to
http://www.swst.org/meetings/AM08/about.html
Victoria L. Herian
Executive Director
SWST
One Gifford Pinchot Drive
Madison, WI 53726 USA
PH: 608-231-9347
FAX: 608-231-9592
email: vicki(a)swst.org
