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IUFRO News 6, 2023

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IUFRO Division 6 | Newsletter 7 June 2023

by Purabi Bose

Dear All, Please find a link to our Division 6's latest newsletter now published at IUFRO webpage. https://www.iufro.org/fileadmin/material/science/divisions/div6/60000/iufro… Are you on social media - Twitter? Do join IUFRO Division 6 Twitter handle. Kind regards, Purabi.

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Branching out: the forest podcast - new episode

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Deadline 15.7. for EU applications to MSc Tropical Forestry (TU Dresden/Germany)

by Brigitte Burger

From: Lukas Giessen <lukas.giessen(a)tu-dresden.de> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2023 3:19 PM Subject: Deadline 15.7. for EU applications to MSc Tropical Forestry (TU Dresden/Germany) Dear colleagues, I am writing to you regarding the call for EU citizen's applications to study M.Sc. Tropical Forestry (self-financed studies), which is open until July 15. Kindly spread the word (please see the drafted email for circulation below) in your professional and social networks. I am also attaching a poster and animated video for the same purpose. Best regards Lukas Giessen --------------------------------- Prof. Dr. Lukas Giessen Chair of Tropical and International Forestry; TU Dresden/Germany<https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/forst/inter/tropen/die-professur/inhaber-in…> Editor in Chief -->Forest Policy and Economics<http://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-policy-and-economics/> (Elsevier) --> formerly (2019-2022) Knowledge to Action K2A (EFI) <https://efi.int/publications-bank/k2a> Profiles: --> Google Scholar <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nbutS6kAAAAJ&hl=de&oi=ao> Subject: Study MSc in Tropical Forestry (2023-25) in Tharandt You are invited to apply for studying Master of Science in Tropical Forestry (academic intake 2023-25)<https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/forst/inter/tropen/studium/Tropical-Forestry> with classes starting in October 2023. The course is taught in English language at the Technische Universität Dresden, one of the 11 German Universities of Excellence. Since its inception in 1995, this unique 2-year master's degree program has garnered international recognition through its focus on social, ecological and economic aspects of tropical forest management. This is an excellent opportunity to study in an international, intercultural, and dynamic working environment offered at the reputed 'Chair of Tropical and International Forestry'<https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/forst/inter/tropen> that offers integrated specialization in tropical ecology, forest and development policy and resource management. In this programme, you will learn from and work alongside a competent academic and research team<https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/forst/inter/tropen/die-professur/beschaefti…>, who will supervise your field research in international tropical or sub-tropical contexts. Drawing on a century-long expertise in forest sciences, our programme puts emphasis on the ecological, technical as well as social science dimensions in forestry. Special attention is given to the socio-economic as well as socio-political aspects during the education. At the end of the study program, interested graduates with outstanding merit will have a chance to enter our PhD program and join our team of researchers<https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/forst/inter/tropen/forschung>. You will also benefit from our competent alumni network <https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/forst/inter/tropen/networks> of over 400 forestry professionals employed by some of the major national, international, intergovernmental, and private organizations around the world. Apply<https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/forst/inter/tropen/studium/applying> to join us! Applications will be accepted until 15 July (only for EU citizens). More information: * Click here<https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/forst/inter/tropen/studium> to learn more about Master of Science in Tropical Forestry. * Click here<https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/forst/inter/tropen/studium/applying> for admission requirements and application procedures. * Check out our blog: https://tropicalforestry.wordpress.com/

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The 27th IUFRO World Congress 2029 to bring the event to the African Continent for the first time ever

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Session T3.23 Deadline extended for IUFRO 2024 Abstract submissions

by Williams, Geoffrey (CTR) - FS, OR

Please note the deadline has been extended for the following until June 15 On behalf of IUFRO, International Society of Tropical Foresters, and The Society of American Foresters, we would like to invite you and your colleagues to contribute to the IUFRO World Congress session T3.23 in Stockholm, Sweden, 23-29 June 2024, "Resilience of Forest Biodiversity to Climate Change and Pests: Civic Engagement and Conservation in Seed Banks, Public Gardens, and Wild, Urban, and Agroforestry Landscapes" - if you have already submitted an abstract to this session, please disregard. Please submit your abstracts for this session by Thursday, June 15 on a topic of your choice related to the theme; also, please forward this to interested parties! This session will have talks, flash talks, posters, and hopefully a panel discussion as well. You can have multiple submissions from the same institution. Link to submit: https://www.appinconf.com/kas/Abstract?projectName=iufro2024abstracts Regards, Jill Wagner, Geoff Williams, Denita Hadziabdic-Guerry, Sean Hoban, Lara Salido Abstract submission instructions SESSION: (Search for the session of interest) TITLE: Spell out words, do not use abbreviations. The title or text is not to indicate the country of origin, unless it is pertinent to the topic. AUTHORS: Names and surnames for each author must be provided. Do not include degrees or titles. The presenting author's name will be published in bold. AFFILITATIONS: Each author should be listed by University/Hospital, Department and Country. Please make sure to include this complete information in the Affiliation text box. TEXT: The abstract must be in English and should be a maximum of 300 words, excluding the title. It is the author's responsibility to submit a correct abstract; any errors in spelling, grammar, or scientific fact will be published as typed by the author, if accepted. Poor English may be a cause for rejection. The Programme Committee will accept abstracts for the Scientific Programme (oral or poster presentation) on scientific merit. Session description To conserve biodiversity, multiple approaches can be taken on the ground. This mini-symposium (Panel, Flash-talks & Posters) represents experts who focus on complementary aspects of conservation and reforestation; threat assessment, seed collecting and banking from wild trees, collective action and civic engagement, the roles of public gardens in conserving genetic resources, developing genetic resistance to pests to conserve biodiversity, and the importance of conserving genetic diversity in the face of pests and climate change. Seed is the unit by which biodiversity is propagated, and therefore, protected. There is ever increasing pollination disruption with shifting local climate conditions and more fragmented and degraded native ecosystems. As forests and genetic diversity are lost, so are mother trees for seed collection, in a time when people want to greatly scale reforestation efforts. In addition to potential declines in seed crops, global trade, biodiversity loss, and fragmentation increase the threat of emergent insect and pathogen outbreaks, resulting in local or range-wide extinction of iconic tree species. Therefore, there is a global need for threat assessments, seed collection and banking of native tree species. In the context of the above challenges and solutions, public gardens and arboreta are critical to the resilience of forests and society. In addition to acting as living collections, seed sources, and refugia of tree species, public gardens serve as biodiversity hotspots in cities, and meeting places for public and volunteer conservation efforts and outreach. As sentinels, trees in public gardens can be used to proactively detect emergent disease threats. Through collective action, exchange of information, public engagement, and local expert knowledge, "think global, act local" could be applied to aid proactive efforts to protect forest biodiversity from the next major pests across the world. Local experts and civic ecologists can accomplish this by collecting seed and observing trees in native environments, plantations, public gardens, and urban forests. Breeding or human-directed genetic improvement presents a practical solution for restoration of species that are impacted by emergent pest epidemics, climate change, or other threats. The utility of breeding to protect biodiversity also depends on the prior establishments of seed banks and other germplasm resources. It is critical to generate a prior understanding of the diversity of populations of tree species valued for their ecological, horticultural, or economic and commercial characteristics, the observed or potential effects of threats to those populations, and the role diversity could play in recovery of species. [cid:image001.png@01D997C6.74930050] Geoff Williams, PhD International Sentinel Network Coordinator Forest Service International Programs Office of the Chief Office: +1 (202) 263-9231 WhatsApp: +1 (208) 874-7604 geoffrey.williams(a)usda.gov<mailto:geoffrey.williams@usda.gov> 3101 Discovery Dr., Suite F Lansing, MI 48910 www.fs.fed.us<http://www.fs.fed.us/> www.fs.fed.us/about-agency/international-programs<http://www.fs.fed.us/about-agency/international-programs> [cid:image002.png@01D997C6.74930050]<http://usda.gov/>[cid:image003.png@01D997C6.74930050]<https://twitter.com/forestservice>[cid:image004.png@01D997C6.74930050]<http://facebook.com/USDA> Caring for the land and serving people This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. 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XXVI IUFRO World Congress: - Call for Abstracts - Deadline Extended

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Forest Governance Scholarship for PhD @ TU Dresden/Germany

by Lukas Giessen

Dear colleagues in Div 6 and 9, The Chair of Tropical and International Forestry grants a Forest Governance Scholarship for PhD dedicated to research in the field of Forest Farmers Organizations in timber value chains: Financial performance, power, and governance. Applications are welcome until 16.07.2023, please see the attachment for details. Best regards Lukas Giessen --------------------------------- Prof. Dr. Lukas Giessen <https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/forst/inter/tropen/die-professur/inhaber-in ?set_language=en> Chair of Tropical and International Forestry; TU Dresden/Germany Editor in Chief à <http://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-policy-and-economics/> Forest Policy and Economics (Elsevier) à formerly (2019-2022) <https://efi.int/publications-bank/k2a> Knowledge to Action K2A (EFI) Profiles: à <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nbutS6kAAAAJ&hl=de&oi=ao> Google Scholar

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XXVI IUFRO World Congress 2024 – session "Never waste pandemics: lessons learned from past forest disease outbreaks" - Last two days for application

by Nicola La Porta

Dear colleagues, In case you are planning to participate in the XXVI IUFRO World Congress in Stockholm, Sweden in 23-29 June 2024, please consider whether you would like to contribute to the session “*Never waste pandemics: lessons learned from past **forest disease** outbreaks”.* The session includes 15-minute talks plus questions and posters; submissions are still open at: https://iufro2024.com/call-for-congress-abstract. *Abstracts will be accepted until 2 June 2023.* *Never waste pandemics: lessons learned from past **forest disease* * outbreaks* Disturbances, whether abiotic or biotic in nature, are integral and necessary components of forest ecosystems. However, anthropogenic pressures and climate changes have contributed to the erosion of forest ecosystem resilience, frequently to a degree that the tipping point has been breached, this causing devastating consequences across landscapes, countries and even continents. With globalization and changes in climate patterns, both natural and planted forests are at risk from invasive exotic pathogens, which are exacerbated by extended drought cycles, extreme precipitation events and air pollution. As an example, owing to the scale of pandemic destruction, Ash dieback, Dutch Elm Disease, Chestnut Blight, along with White Pine Blister Rust, are, so far, among the most catastrophic biotic disturbances in forest. The list of devastating disturbances is long and novel drivers will keep arising in the globalized world due to ongoing climate warming. Experience so far tells that it is less costly to conserve nature than it is to restore it, so it is imperative we learn from experience to protect forests now. Our future relies on maintaining the ecosystem services provided by forest. The ongoing transition from a fossil fuel-based economy to a biobased economy is driven by the need to combat climate change, to protect the environment and to increase sustainability. This means we aim to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. When governmental roadmaps towards more carbon-neutral economies are drafted, the focus, concerning forests, is often only on the increase of forested area and management practices that facilitate forest growth. The underlying assumption is that forests are healthy and in different phases of growth, a demography that allows the balancing needed between carbon sequestration and a continuous flow of the biogenic material needed. However, pest and pathogen outbreaks, as history has shown, can severely disrupt our ambitions. In this session, we welcome presentations that address how the underlying ecological, societal as well as institutional and political drivers have contributed to the rise and scale of specific disturbances. We hope to highlight assessments of currently implemented strategies considering the lessons learned from past pandemic crises. Similarly, we hope to outline management and policy options that are not yet in force or which have not yet attained that are not yet in place or not yet as but that would be needed to successfully prevent and/or to circumvent future pandemic crises. Keywords: Biotic, Climate Change, Disturbances, Resilience, Socio-ecology ORGANIZERS: Dr. Ari M. Hietala, Department of Fungal Plant Pathology in Forestry, Agriculture, and Horticulture, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Innocamp Steinkjer, Steinkjer, Norway. - ari.hietala(a)nibio.no Dr. Nicola La Porta, IASMA Research and Innovation Centre, Edmund Mach Foundation, Trento, Italy. - The EFI Project Centre on Mountain Forests (MOUNTFOR), Trento, Italy. - nicola.laporta(a)fmach.it Kind regards, Nicola La Porta and Ari Hietala <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Privo di virus.www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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IUFRO2024: Session T5.1 "Artificial Intelligence in Forest Biometry: from predictions to understanding"

by FELIPE BRAVO OVIEDO

Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the session organisers, I would like to invite you to submit abstracts for oral talks and posters as part of T5.1 entitled "Artificial Intelligence in Forest Biometry: from predictions to understanding" of the IUFRO World Congress held at Stockholm on 23-39 June 2024. Please submit your abstracts by June 2nd 2023 at https://www.appinconf.com/kas/Abstract?projectName=iufro2024abstracts<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.appinconf.com/kas/Abstract?projectN…>. Best wishes, Felipe Bravo Session organisers: Felipe Bravo, Clara Antón-Fernández, Sheng-I Yang Artificial intelligence (AI) encompasses a wide range of techniques and frameworks dating back tothe mid twenty century. The use of AI in forestry is relatively new, especially when compared to the early adoption of AI in other fields such as agriculture. In forest biometry, the irruption of AI spins researchers and practitioners to unfold the analysis of complex big data. Narrow AI, defined as an AI system that is specified to perform a limited task, is commonly applied in forest biometry (e.g., analysis of forest structure with 3D point cloud data). Currently, it is possible to efficiently prototype AI algorithms thanks to plenty of publicly available databases, open-source libraries, and the accessibilityto computing platforms. However, the application of AI in forest biometry is mainly focused on improving predictions. Due to the potential power of AI, opportunities are open to broad applications of AI, such as enhancing the understanding of forest processes. Thus, it is important to discuss, jointly with academia and industrialsectors, about the implications, limitations, and capabilities of this technology as an alternative quantitative method. Prof. Dr. Felipe Bravo Catedrático de Planificación Forestal/Professor of Forest Management Chair SMART Global Ecosystems | Senior Researcher at iuFOR Instituto Universitario de Gestión Forestal Sostenible | Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute Universidad de Valladolid ETS Ingenierías Agrarias, Universidad de Valladolid Avda. de Madrid, 44 -- 34004 Palencia España-Spain Tl +34 979108424 Fx.+34 979108440 https://smartglobalecosystems.uva.es/ | http://www.research4forestry.eu https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-6695 | https://portaldelaciencia.uva.es/investigadores/181874/detalle

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