Dear IUFRO:
The 4th Session of the Tropical Fuelwoods Symposium, this time in French,
will be offered on 19 Apr 2024. See the announcement below.
Regards,
Sheila Ward, PhD
Executive Officer, International Society of Tropical Foresters
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*Symposium en ligne: « Utilisation du bois de chauffe dans les tropiques :
enjeux et perspectives » Session #4 – 19 avr 2024*
*L*’*International Society of Tropical Foresters *(ISTF) et *l’Association
des forestiers tropicaux et d’Afrique du Nord (AFT)* présentent la première
édition francophone du symposium en ligne « Utilisation du bois de chauffe
dans les Tropiques : enjeux et perspectives » le 19 avril 2024 de 16h à
18h30 Burundi UTC+2), de 15h à 17h30 Kinasha (RDC) (UTC+1), de 14h à 16h30
Sénégal (UTC+0), de 10h à 12h30 EDT Montréal (Heure locale de New York)
(UTC -4). Une grande partie des régions tropicales dépendent du bois de
chauffage pour la cuisson des aliments. Vous trouverez une programmation
complète de l’événement en cliquant sur
https://tropicalforesters.org/blog/2024/04/02/symposium-en-ligne-utilisatio…
.
Les vidéos des présentations seront publiées ultérieurement sur la chaîne
YouTube de l'ISTF-Global en cliquant sur
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC64ds-AZiXfNPtJ-gX4Jw1w . Trouvez votre
fuseau horaire ici en cliquant sur https://www.timeanddate.com/time/.
Inscrivez-vous à la session en cliquant sur
https://forms.gle/yqJV87fbE35z4aru5 .
*Horaire du symposium:*
a. *Présentation du International Society of Tropical Foresters*. Michael
Sterner, ISTF (3 min)
b*. Présentation de L’Association des Forestiers Tropicaux et d’Afrique du
Nord*. Bernard Mallet et Jean-Paul Lanly, AFT (3 min)
c. *Présentation du sujet du symposium et des présentateurs. *Catherine
Ruest Bélanger, Consultante en environnement, Canada (5 min)
e. *Le bois énergie en Afrique : Problèmes forestiers pour un produit de
première nécessité d’usage pluriquotidien – 1975-2015*. Alain Bertrand,
chercheur retraité du CIRAD, France.
d. *Le bois de chauffe pour la restauration des terres dégradées en Haïti**.
*Frény Alcinat, Centre d’enseignement et de coopération internationale,
Haïti.
e. *Mangroves et bois de feu*. Séverin TCHIBOZO, Centre de Recherche pour
la Gestion de la Biodiversité, Bénin.
f. *Bois-énergie et plantations à vocation énergétique en République
Démocratique du Congo : cas de la province du Nord-Kivu*. Désiré K.
Kasekete, Université Officielle de Ruwenzori, République Démocratique du
Congo.
g. *Gestion des ressources naturelle et approvisionnement durable en bois
énergie des grands centres urbain.* Mamane Seini, Association National des
Exploitants du Bois du Niger, Niger.
h. *Performance des briquettes issues de sciure d'Isoberlinia pour une
valorisation durable de l'espèce*. Samirath C. Nansounon, Unité de
Recherche en Biologie forestière et Modélisation Écologique, Bénin.
i.* Discussion* modérée par Catherine Ruest Bélanger et Mike Sterner.
Dear Officeholders
Cc: Justin, Sree, and Ellyn
To all those who will be participating at the IUFRO Stockholm, please note
that we have received confirmation for the all-Division meeting: *Thursday
(27 June 2024) evening from 18:00-20:00* (2h fixed slots). The room is not
yet confirmed.
In our next email when the room is confirmed, we would also like to know
your availability and interest to participate in the meeting (we will
use Doodle)
- so that a tentative meeting schedule can be prepared.
Kind regards,
Purabi.
Coordinator IUFRO Division 6 and Voting Board member
*I copy-pasted the below message from the IUFRO HQ*
Thank you for indicating your interest in holding your all-Division
meetings on the sidelines of the World Congress 2024, including the
estimated number of participants.
This is to confirm that we have blocked *Thursday (27 June 2024) evening
from 18:00-20:00* (2h fixed slots) for these all-Division meetings. There
are no other unit meetings taking place at the same date and time, and the
scientific programme has ended by then.
The exact rooms will be allocated to you in due course and we will inform
you about the room numbers/names accordingly.
Please also note that all the meeting rooms come with a screen for showing
slides if wished so, plus microphones and speaker system. *The rooms are
NOT equipped with full hybrid technology!*
To: Coordinators of Research Groups (RGs) and Working Party (WPs)
Cc: Deputy coordinators of Division 6, Alexander Buck and John Parrotta
*Dear Officeholders of Division 6:*
As we are gearing toward completing the IUFRO's five-year term in June, I
am required to present the work that our Division has accomplished in the
period 2019-2024 at the Extended Board meeting in Uppsala, Sweden, on the
19th of June 2024.
For those RGs that have been actively organizing research and extension
activities and have been reporting to us (including contributions to the
Division's newsletters), I would take this opportunity to request you to
share the photo(s) of one to max three specific activities that you would
like me to highlight at the Board meeting presentation (approx 5 minutes
per Division Coordinator).
A few RGs have never reported about their activities or the IUFRO's annual
strategic plan since I took over from Cecil Konijnendijk as Division
Coordinator in September 2022. I would like to include you in this process
and therefore leave it open for you to respond on what I should report
about your work for the period 2019-2024.
I look forward to hearing from you on or before *15th May 2024 *(of course
a polite reminder will be sent again around mid-April!)*. *Thank you.
Kind regards,
Purabi.
*Dr. Purabi Bose*
*IUFRO Division 6 Coordinator and Voting Board member*
*Associate Professor (docent) | Senior Lecturer in Forest Policy, SLU,
Sweden*
*International Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and
Forestry *
Dear colleagues
I would like to share two announcements
1. The Sino-European CLEARING HOUSE project will run its concluding webinar next Friday 2 February 9:00 - 10:30.
**An Introduction to CLEARING HOUSE Tools: Improve Your City's Nature-Based Solutions**
In its concluding webinar, CLEARING HOUSE will present tools designed for municipalities to enhance NBS initiatives.
* Spatial Impact Assessment and Classification tool (SIAC): Models tree cover, assesses street tree density, and evaluates spatial relationships with streets or buildings.
* Spatial Information and Knowledge Hub (SIK-Hub): Facilitates a swift assessment of Urban Forest-NBS and their environmental, ecological, and social settings.
* CLEARING HOUSE Citizen Science: Assists in uncovering feedback loops between Urban Forest-NBS qualities and specific challenges, purposes, uses, or users.
Further info on the website : https://clearinghouseproject.eu/webinars/
Register at: <https://metropolis-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvde6uqT0pHdcbhEMtA171_cx…> https://metropolis-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvde6uqT0pHdcbhEMtA171_cx…
2. The European Forum on Urban Forestry has extended the deadline for submitting ideas and abstracts until 31 January.
The EFUF meeting will take place 22 to 24 May in Zagreb, under the theme: Urban Forests for All.
EFUF invites researchers and professionals dealing with urban forests and green spaces to submit abstracts for a wide range of contributions. EFUF emphasises the connection of practice and scientific knowledge, encouraging a variety of possible formats to contribute to the conference. We welcome practice-oriented contributions, research contributions as well as proposals for workshops and demonstrations.
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 31 January 2024 23:59 CET (Brussels time) through this form:
https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/EFUF2024_abstracts.
Subtopics are
More information on the scope and requirements at https://efuf.org/2023/12/15/call-for-abstracts-efuf2024/
* Urban Forests for People and Society
* Urban Forests for a Sustainable Tomorrow
* Urban Forests for All Living Beings
1.
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Dr Rik De Vreese
Senior Researcher and Team Leader for Urban Forestry - CLEARING HOUSE Project Coordinator
Resilience Programme
European Forest Institute (EFI Bonn)
Platz der Vereinten Nationen 7
53113 Bonn, Germany
+32 485 36 00 78 (BE) or +49 173 658 1628 (DE)
http://www.efi.inthttp://www.clearinghouseproject.eu - outputs: https://linktr.ee/clearing_house - socials & blog: https://linktr.ee/clearinghouse_h2020http://resilience-blog.comhttp://www.efuf.orghttp://www.uforest.eu
