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Fwd: IUFRO website relaunch - Revision of content on unit webpages

by Purabi Bose

To, IUFRO DIV 6* UNIT COORDINATORS of* Research Groups and Working Parties Dear Everyone, hello. Hope you all are doing well. This email is a communication we received from the IUFRO Headquarters regarding the relaunch of the IUFRO website. I am *forwarding **the message below and the attached form that each Research Groups and Working Parties Coordinator in our Division need to complete by 4th September**. *I will do the same for our own Division webpage, you can also share your thoughts for the same with me before the end of August. Do not hesitate to contact me or Brigitte Burger for any clarification or further information. Thank you and kind regards Purabi Bose IUFRO Division 6 Coordinator **************************** Dear Unit Coordinator: I hope this message finds you well! You will know that IUFRO Headquarters is currently working on the relaunch of the IUFRO website and databases. Content already available on your Unit's webpages will be exported into the new system. In order to not move any outdated or irrelevant information into the new site, you are kindly requested to check your Unit webpages (mostly the About section and the pages 'Activities and events' and 'Publications and references') to see whether any information should be revised and/or deleted. For a list of units and relevant links please see https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/ . Attached is a form with detailed instructions where you can insert the revised texts that you wish to appear on the new IUFRO website. Please *return the completed form* to Brigitte Burger, burger(a)iufro.org, *by 4 September*. Should you have any questions, please also contact Brigitte. Thank you for your cooperation! Best regards Alexander Alexander Buck *Executive Director* International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Marxergasse 2, 1030 Vienna, Austria Tel.: +43-1-877 0151 Website: https://www.iufro.org * Email: buck(a)iufro.org [image: Ein Bild, das Text, Schrift, Logo, Poster enthält. Automatisch generierte Beschreibung][image: Ein Bild, das Schrift, Grafiken, Grafikdesign, Design enthält. Automatisch generierte Beschreibung]

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Online Symposium: "Fuelwood in the tropics: From cooking stoves to deforestation". 11 Aug 2023

by Brigitte Burger

Online Symposium: "Fuelwood in the tropics: From cooking stoves to deforestation". 11 Aug 2023 The International Society of Tropical Foresters (ISTF) and the International Forestry Working Group of the Society of American Foresters (IFWG-SAF) are offering the first session of an online symposium "Fuelwood in the tropics: From cooking stoves to deforestation" on Friday 11 August 2023 at 10 EDT – 12 EDT (New York City Local Time | UTC – 4). Information at https://tropicalforesters.org/online-symposium-fuelwood-in-the-tropics-from… Find your time zone at https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html. A second session will be held later in 2023. Register for the session at https://forms.gle/ShzgkTJQjWwqbRJq9 Symposium schedule: a. Introduction to the symposium series. Sheila Ward, ISTF (2 min) b. Intro to speakers and topic. Puneet Dwivedi, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, USA & IFWG-SAF (5 min) c. Assessing health and climate impacts of woodfuels and other household energy options. Rob Bailis, Stockholm Environment Institute US (SEI-US), United State (15 min) d. Balancing livelihood provision and forest preservation: Charcoal Production in the Miombo areas of Zambia. Moses Kazungu, Social Sciences in Landscape Research Group, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Switzerland (15 min)) e. New estimates of non-renewable biomass in Sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2010-2050. Adrian Ghilardi, Environmental Geography Research Center at UNAM, Mexico (15 min) f. Unpacking the Complex Socio-Ecological Relationships Between Household Energy and Forests. Hisham Zerriffi, Forest Resources Management at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada (15 min) g. Summary comments. Puneet Dwivedi (IFWG-SAF) (5 min) h. Open Discussion (Moderators Dwivedi / Ward – 45 min) The symposium videos will also be posted on the ISTF YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC64ds-AZiXfNPtJ-gX4Jw1w SPEAKERS [cid:ii_lkohnmv40] Rob Bailis, Senior scientist at the Stockholm Environment Institute US (SEI-US), United States Rob is a senior scientist at Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI-US). His research focuses on the relationships between energy, social welfare, and environmental change in developing countries. Rob’s current research focuses mainly on biomass energy, ranging from traditional energy carriers like wood and charcoal to advanced liquid biofuels. Rob is also interested in social impact assessment and life-cycle approaches to help understand the implications of increased reliance on non-traditional forms of bioenergy. Rob has a B.S. in physics from Pennsylvania State University, an M.S. from Northwestern University, and a Ph.D. in energy and resources from the University of California, Berkeley. Assessing health and climate impacts of woodfuels and other household energy options, Rob Bailis Over two billion people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) rely on biomass fuels like wood and charcoal to meet their basic needs. Small-scale biomass burning results in pollution that damages health and drives climate change. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and grid-based electricity are scalable alternatives to biomass but have also raised climate and health concerns. In this presentation, we review the sources of emissions from common household fuels and discuss some recent assessments of health and climate impacts of business-as-usual (BAU) and alternative household energy pathways. We find full transitions to LPG and/or electricity decrease emissions and result in slight global temperature reductions. Shifting from biomass to alternative fuels would also reduce health risks. We close by discussing policy implications and examine some incentives that could accelerate a clean cooking transition. [cid:ii_lkoho0p31] Adrian Ghilardi, Associate Professor at the Environmental Geography Research Center at UNAM, Mexico Adrian Ghilardi is an Associate Professor at the National University of Mexico (UNAM). He is interested in the environmental impacts of fuelwood extraction and charcoal production under traditional patterns. He designed and maintains the MoFuSS tool: www.mofuss.unam.mx<http://www.mofuss.unam.mx>. Currently, Adrian's main research interest is to find ways to validate non-renewable biomass estimates produced at the landscape level by MoFuSS, in several woodfuel hot spots across Central America, sub-Saharan Africa, and India. Prior to joining the UNAM Faculty, Adrian was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University. He holds a Ph.D. from UNAM in Natural Resource Management. New estimates of non-renewable biomass in Sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2010-2050, Adrian Ghilardi Clean cooking projects around the world rely heavily on carbon savings credits that are estimated under the assumption that a reduced consumption of woodfuels will result in fewer net CO2 emissions to the atmosphere. Even though this logic is correct, quantifying how much net CO2 is emitted by traditional cooking is difficult, in part due to the wide variation in space and time in how the vegetation responds to woody biomass harvest. To help clean cooking projects estimate the sustainability of woodfuel harvest (namely the fraction of non-renewable biomass or fNRB) in both a Business-as-Usual and intervention scenarios, we developed MoFuSS: a methodology that integrates many of the complexities associated with woody biomass harvest patterns and natural regrowth. We will present new estimates of non-renewable biomass in Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2010–2050, with emphasis on the policy implications of these results. [cid:ii_lkohoia72]Moses Kazungu, Environmental Social Economist, Social Sciences in Landscape Research Group, Research Unit Economics and Social Sciences, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Switzerland Moses Kazungu, PhD, is an Environmental Social Economist specializing in forest economics. He obtained his doctoral degree from the Technical University of Munich, where his research focused on rural household forest use, behaviours, and their connection to deforestation and forest degradation in the Miombo areas of Zambia. Dr. Kazungu is a postdoctoral researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forests, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) in Birmensdorf, Switzerland. His current research interests revolve around understanding public preferences for forest ecosystems and assessing the impacts of forest restoration approaches on perceived forest ecosystem benefits in Europe. Balancing livelihood provision and forest preservation: Charcoal Production in the Miombo areas of Zambia, Moses Kazungu (With Eliza Zhunusova, Anastasia Lucy Yang, Gillian Kabwe, Davison J. Gumbo, Sven Günter) Forests are vital for rural communities in tropical areas, including Zambia, where they cover over 60% of the land, providing income opportunities and ecosystem services. In Zambia's Miombo areas, forests are the primary source of fuelwood. However, limited research on forest use strategies hampers effective rural livelihood improvement and forest preservation policies. Our study focused on four landscapes in Zambia's Copperbelt province, including restricted and non-forest areas. We surveyed 412 households between 2017–2018 and used multinomial logistic regression to determine the factors affecting forest use choices. Charcoal production varied: 4.03 m3/year/AEU (447.29 kg/year) in restricted landscapes and 2.43 m3/year/AEU (269.51 kg/year) in non-restricted areas. Forest strategies included specialised charcoal sellers, forest food and charcoal sellers, and pure subsistence users. Age, household size, off-farm income, distances, and restrictions influenced charcoal households. Findings emphasize the importance of understanding household forest use strategies to inform targeted policy designs for rural livelihoods. [cid:ii_lkohouuj3]Hisham Zerriffi, Associate Professor in Forest Resources Management at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada Hisham Zerriffi is an Associate Professor in Forest Resources Management at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Hisham’s research is at the intersection of technology, energy and the environment, with a particular focus on rural areas of the developing world. Much of his research focuses on institutional factors impacting the diffusion of new technology, determinants and patterns of household energy choice and welfare implications of rural energy use. Prior to joining the UBC Faculty, Hisham was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University. He holds a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in Engineering and Public Policy. Unpacking the Complex Socio-Ecological Relationships Between Household Energy and Forests, Hisham Zerriffi Studies of the environmental consequences of household fuelwood use has largely focused on the net carbon impacts of wood harvesting. This forms the basis of many carbon crediting programs that fund clean cookstove interventions. However, in addition to these global implications of woodfuel use, there are also local socio-ecological dynamics related to household fuelwood usage. This presentation will review a selection of studies addressing this relationship. This includes studies on the spatial aspects of village-level fuelwood collection, changes in farm vs. forest fuelwood collection in response to cookstove interventions and revealed vs. stated preferences for specific wood species for household energy. Together these studies show a complex set of relationships between household energy choices and local biomass resources. A better understanding of this relationship is needed to understand drivers and constraints of household energy choices for moving to cleaner cooking fuels and the potential environmental consequences of household energy transitions.

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Announcing the 2023 Yale Hixon Center Urban Conference

by Brigitte Burger

From: Hager, Marcella <marcella.hager(a)yale.edu<mailto:marcella.hager@yale.edu>> Sent: Dienstag, 11. Juli 2023 22:40 Subject: Announcing the 2023 Yale Hixon Center Urban Conference [banner]<https://hixon.yale.edu/events/conference/hixon-center-urban-conference-3> We invite you to the 2023 Hixon Center Urban Conference “Urban Forests: Solutions for a Changing Climate<https://hixon.yale.edu/events/conference/hixon-center-urban-conference-3>” Date: Friday, September 15, 2023 Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. EDT Location: Kroon Hall, 195 Prospect St. New Haven, CT 06511 Virtual and in-person registration is free. In-person attendance includes CEUs, continental breakfast, lunch and closing reception. In-person registration is limited, so register as soon as possible. Learn more and register<https://hixon.yale.edu/events/conference/hixon-center-urban-conference-3> The 10th annual Hixon Center Urban Conference is jointly convened by the Hixon Center for Urban Ecology and the USDA Forest Service, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Natural Areas Conservancy. The conference will be held in a hybrid format: streamed online and with limited in-person attendance at the Yale School of the Environment. It will be recorded and available for later viewing. [logos] Marcella L. Hager, MEM’23 Fulbright Scholar Post Graduate Associate – Hixon Center for Urban Ecology Yale School of the Environment environment.yale.edu <https://environment.yale.edu/>

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IUFRO News 6, 2023

by IUFRO Headquarters

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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

by IUFRO Headquarters

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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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