Input to the 2019 Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR)
by Brigitte Burger
From: Dr. Ernest Foli <mailto:[mailto:efoli@hotmail.com]>
[mailto:efoli@hotmail.com]
Subject: Input to the 2019 GSDR
Dear Colleagues,
We are writing to request your input to the 2019 Global Sustainable
Development Report (GSDR). The GSDR, mandated by the United Nations' Member
States in the outcome document of the 2012 Rio + 20 conference, is meant to
strengthen the science-policy interface and provide a strong evidence-based
instrument to support policymakers in promoting poverty eradication and
sustainable development.
The GSDR is being drafted by an independent group of scientists (IGS),
supported by a task team of six UN-system agencies. Profiles of the 15 IGS
members are found here:
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/globalsdreport/2019)
As part of its outreach efforts, the IGS is soliciting inputs from a diverse
group of scientific and non-scientific communities, from all over the world,
in the form of publications supported by short abstracts or descriptions of
case studies. Currently, we are requesting contributions in four major
areas:
(1) interactions among SDGs and their targets,
(2) transformation pathways towards sustainable development;
(3) looking beyond the SDGs (major issues identified by research which are
not explicitly taken into account in the SDGs), and
(4) the role of science for sustainable development. Contributions will be
acknowledged in the GSDR.
If you are interested in contributing to this important exercise, please
follow the below link to a questionnaire.
https://goo.gl/forms/bWjUsJmHPZCDkqxb2
With many thanks and kind regards,
Ernest Foli, PhD.
Member of the Independent Group of Scientists
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On Social Aspects of Forests and Forestry - Interview with Division 6 Coordinator Tuija Sievänen
by Brigitte Burger
Read an interview with Division 6 Coordinator Tuija Sievänen of the Natural
Resources Institute Finland, about the work in IUFRO Division 6 and the
All-Division Meeting at the IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress.
The range of topics covered by Division 6 is broad and goes into all kinds
of issues related to the cultural and social aspects of forestry and
forests. This research can offer valuable input for the understanding of the
foresthuman relationship.
Division 6 had many good sessions at the Congress and there were a lot of
social aspects integrated into other sessions outside the Division. It is
good progress to see social sciences having such a large role in forest
sciences. Social issues are of growing interest in the forestry sector, and
the interest will continue to grow and a broad spectrum of research will be
done on those issues in future.
Download the PDF:
https://www.iufro.org/download/file/27615/6146/iufro2017-interwiew-d6_pdf/
Link to the IUFRO Blog:
http://blog.iufro.org/2017/10/06/on-social-aspects-of-forests-and-forestry/
Learn more about IUFRO Division 6:
https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-6/
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