Dear colleagues,
I hope this email find you well.
I am happy to inform you that with my colleagues and good friends Prof. Dr.Qing Li - Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan -, and Prof. Dr. Won Sop Shin - School of Forest Resources, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea -, together we are the Special Issue Guest Editors of the scientific journal Forests<https://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests> (ISSN 1999-4907) Special Issue on "Forest Bathing and Forests for Public Health"
The Special Issue is online now, please kindly click the following link to get more information:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests/special_issues/forest_bathing_health
You are welcome to submit your papers. Deadline for manuscript submissions: 23 November 2022.
Wish you all the very best,
Christos Gallis (Χρίστος Γαλλής του Θωμά)
Special Issue Guest Editor
Forests<https://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests> (ISSN 1999-4907).
Dear colleagues,
In case you missed our latest IUFRO Division 6 webinar on Adaptive Collaborative Management (ACM), you can now access the recording at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwFiZARgTKw. Listen to an interesting discussion on the impact ACM has had on the management of forest and other landscapes over time.
On our Division's new YouTube channel you can also access the recordings of the four previous Division 6 webinars.
Kind regards,
Cecil Konijnendijk, IUFRO Division 6 Coordinator
Dear colleagues
I'm looking for a colleague who will work with me and other colleagues in the Sino-European CLEARING HOUSE project (Bonn office, Germany) and the upcoming BioCities facility in Rome (Italy).
The candidate should have a PhD, or relevant experience in research, publishing, grantwriting and project management.
More information at www.efi.int/careers<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.efi.in…>. Deadline for submitting your application is 21 February.
Thanks for sharing
Best Regards
Rik
(PS Have you already blocked the dates for EFUF2022 European Forum on Urban Forestry - 17-21 May 2022 - efuf2022.com<http://efuf2022.com/>?)
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Prof 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
http://www.efi.inthttp://www.clearinghouseproject.euhttp://resilience-blog.com
Dear colleagues
the European Forum on Urban Forestry (FUF) is planning to meet in person on 17 to 21 May 2022 in Belgrade (Serbia). The theme for this year's forum is
**Adaptive measures in urban forests**
The call for abstracts is currently open, until the **1st of February**.
We are accepting contributions related to three themes
1. Adaptive ecological measures in urban forests
2. Socio-environmental-economic measures in urban forests
3. Planning and governance measures in urban forests
We invite urban forest practitioners, policy makers, researchers and managers to submit abstracts for the Forum. EFUF emphasises the connection of practice and scientific knowledge, encouraging a variety of possible formats to contribute to the conference. We accept proposals for oral presentations, poster presentations and non-commercial demonstrations.
More information on submitting your abstract through https://efuforg.wordpress.com/2022/01/17/call-for-abstract-efuf2022/
More information on the EFUF2022 itself is available at http://www.efuf2022.com<http://www.efuf2022.com/>.
Hope to meet some of you in person in Belgrade.
Best regards
Rik De Vreese
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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
http://www.efi.inthttp://www.clearinghouseproject.euhttp://resilience-blog.com
Dear colleagues,
My enthusiasm about our upcoming webinar resulted in sending you a draft version of the webinar poster. Please find attached the correction version. Feel free to spread the word on social media and within your networks.
Kind regards,
Cecil
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Dear IUFRO Division 6 colleagues,
I hope that 2022 has started well for you, in spite of the challenges we still face with the global pandemic.
We are delighted to announce the next edition of our Division 6 webinar series. This time we will meet under the title of "Adaptative Collaborative Management of Forest Landscapes". We will hear from the editors of a new book on this topic (see https://www.routledge.com/Adaptive-Collaborative-Management-in-Forest-Lands…) our colleagues Dr Carol Colfer, Dr Anne Larson, and Dr Ravi Prabhu. The attached information provides further information. After brief talks by the three panellists there will be a moderated discussion and opportunity to ask questions.
The event will take place on Friday February 11th, 14.30-15.30 hrs Central European Time.
You can now register for the event, which will be held on Zoom, by using this link: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u50kf-6orDIoH9AIGngMcgwoUEXPqdQn6l-r.
Kind regards,
Cecil
(Cecil Konijnendijk, IUFRO Division 6 Coordinator)
Dr ir Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch, AFLI
Program Director, Master of Urban Forestry Leadership - https://forestry.ubc.ca/programs/graduate/professional-masters-degrees/mast…
Professor, Urban Forestry (on leave)
Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry, UBC
2045 - 2424 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4
http://profiles.forestry.ubc.ca/person/cecil-konijnendijkhttps://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_1RPzIAAAAAJ&hl=en
Dear IUFRO Division 6 colleagues,
I hope that 2022 has started well for you, in spite of the challenges we still face with the global pandemic.
We are delighted to announce the next edition of our Division 6 webinar series. This time we will meet under the title of "Adaptative Collaborative Management of Forest Landscapes". We will hear from the editors of a new book on this topic (see https://www.routledge.com/Adaptive-Collaborative-Management-in-Forest-Lands…) our colleagues Dr Carol Colfer, Dr Anne Larson, and Dr Ravi Prabhu. The attached information provides further information. After brief talks by the three panellists there will be a moderated discussion and opportunity to ask questions.
The event will take place on Friday February 11th, 14.30-15.30 hrs Central European Time.
You can now register for the event, which will be held on Zoom, by using this link: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u50kf-6orDIoH9AIGngMcgwoUEXPqdQn6l-r.
Kind regards,
Cecil
(Cecil Konijnendijk, IUFRO Division 6 Coordinator)
[IUFRO Spotlight]
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IUFRO Spotlight #91 - Forests and Water
IUFRO Spotlight is an initiative of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations. Its aim is to introduce, in a timely fashion, significant findings in forest research from IUFRO officeholders and member organizations to a worldwide network of decision makers, policy makers and researchers.
IUFRO will encapsulate, and distribute in plain language, brief, topical and policy-relevant highlights of those findings, along with information on where/how to access the full documents. The IUFRO Spotlight findings will be distributed in a periodic series of emails as well as blog postings.
Forests and Water
Science-Policy-Practice Interface for Managing Forest and Water Interactions under a Changing Environment
PDF for download<https://www.iufro.org/fileadmin/material/publications/spotlights/spotlight9…>
[Photo showing a forest behind a lake. Photo: Kalexander73 on Pixabay.]
Kalexander73 on Pixabay
Water is fundamental to life on earth. What may not be quite so obvious is that forests are equally vital resources for life on the planet.
And the two - water and forests - are inseparable in the pursuit of a sustainable and sustainably developed world. Therefore, forests and water resources have been identified as essential elements in adaptation to climate change.
The IUFRO-sponsored Forests and Water science-policy forum at the IUFRO World Day provided a platform for scientists, forest managers and decision-makers from the Asia-Oceania region to share insights and experiences about forest and water interactions from different perspectives.
Among the significant challenges discussed by the forum panelists were the increasing competition for water resources, the positive and negative impacts of carbon sequestration due to large scale afforestation and reforestation, climate change-related shifts in rainfall patterns and capacity building requirements among civil groups at various levels to ensure competent engagement in forest and water management.
To address the challenges of competition for water, a range of technical, social and political actions have been suggested - technical advancements such as GIS, remote sensing and climate modelling to better understand the full hydrological cycle, targeted reforestation, better integration of planted forests in the wider landscape, good community engagement and tighter regulatory environments
[Photo showing a lake surrounded by mountains, with forests. Photo: Vandaagevenniet on Pixabay]
Vandaagevenniet on Pixabay
Integrated watershed management was also advocated as a way to deal with the impact of changes in rainfall due to climate change. This varies across the region; in some areas such as Japan there have been record-breaking heavy rains, while in others there have been droughts.
Forests play a crucial role in supplying clean water, help prevent environmental hazards such as soil erosion and flooding as well as ensuring many other ecological functions. Any forest changes - and their interactions with climate - can significantly affect water resources and water-related ecological functions and services.
Therefore, managing forests for water provision is an important priority in various international initiatives (Bonn Challenge, UN SDGs etc.). In addition, there is an active agenda to use reforestation for landscape restoration and to mitigate rising atmospheric carbon dioxide content.
The forum panelists also underlined that communicating and sharing technical advances and policies must be strengthened to ensure that research on forest and water interactions in a changing environment is appropriately addressed.
The opening address for the forum was delivered by IUFRO Vice President Liu Shirong of the Chinese Academy of Forestry.
Keynote presentations were given by Meine van Noordwijk, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya; and by Richard Harper of Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. Richard Harper is also Deputy Coordinator of IUFRO's Task Force on Forests and Water Interactions in a Changing Environment.
The panel discussion featured:
Brenda Baillie, Northland Regional Council, New Zealand;
Mingfang Zhang, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China;
Kyoichi Otsuki, Kyushu University, Japan;
Diomedes A. Racelis, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines; and
Hyung Tae Choi, National Institute of Forest Science, Republic of Korea.
The online discussion was one of three science-policy forums organized for IUFRO World Day. (The other two - Forests and Fire and Forest-based Bioeconomy for All - will be covered in separate Spotlights.)
Link to the forums: Science & Policy | IUFRO World Day<https://www.iufroworldday.org/science-policy-forums>
Link to the recording: Forest-Water-Session<https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mvgx0sb8myq2tbr/AAC5IFBrbk2wWD5TO6YcG92ua/Sessio…>
IUFRO World Day was a worldwide digital event that took place on September 28-29 in three time zones around the world. It comprised 24 hours of forest-related research topics, networking, and emerging issues of relevancy for global policy makers. The event was designed to showcase the diversity of the IUFRO network, including IUFRO's scientific units and IUFRO's member organizations, to facilitate networking, and to enhance communication and outreach.
The World Day comprised 79 live sessions from IUFRO Units and Members - including the three forums mentioned above - covering highly relevant topics for policy makers as well as three central IUFRO sessions, one in each time zone. Over 3000 participants from more than 100 countries registered for the event. IUFRO: IUFRO World Day - Digital Forest Science Forum 2021 / Events<https://www.iufro.org/events/iufro-world-day/>
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Suggestions for reports and findings that could be promoted through IUFRO Spotlight are encouraged. To be considered, reports should be fresh, have policy implications and be applicable to more than one country. If you would like to have a publication highlighted by Spotlight, contact: Gerda Wolfrum, wolfrum(at)iufro.org<mailto:wolfrum@iufro.org>.
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IUFRO Spotlight #91, published in December 2021
by IUFRO Headquarters, Marxergasse 2, 1030 Vienna, Austria.
Available for download at: https://www.iufro.org/media/iufro-spotlights/
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