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Issue 8/9, 2021
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IUFRO NEWS 8/9, 2021
Dear Reader of IUFRO News:
We are happy to present to you double issue 8/9 of IUFRO News 2021, volume 50!
This issue of IUFRO News Issue is also available for download as a PDF or Word file at: https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/
Please share this newsletter widely with your colleagues and interested audiences and publish the link on your organization's website!
We are also pleased to announce IUFRO WORLD DAY - Digital Forest Science Forum 2021 – to be held on 28-29 September 2021! This unique 24-hours event aims to showcase the science covered by IUFRO research units and Member Organizations, and to facilitate networking and communication.
We look forward to your active participation: https://www.iufroworldday.org/<https://www.iufro.org/events/iufro-world-day/>
Registration is free! Sign in here: https://www.iufroworldday.org/participation
Best wishes,
Alexander Buck
IUFRO Executive Director
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Become acquainted and involved with the full range of IUFRO's exciting and important work!
[Photo showing John Parrotta in the teaching forest of Austria’s BOKU University. Photo by Michael Kleine]
In this interview IUFRO President Dr. John Parrotta talks, among other things, about the role of science in general and of forest science, in particular, and explains why he finds tropical forest ecology and traditional forest knowledge so exciting and what to expect at the forthcoming IUFRO World Day. More<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7285#c33098>…
IUFRO World Day - Around the World in 24 Hours
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Embark on a free journey around the world in three time zones with 24 hours of forest-related research topics, networking and emerging issues of relevancy for global policy makers! A unique opportunity to meet, interact, share and strengthen global research cooperation, especially also for newcomers and early career scientists! More<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7285#c33094>…
The IUFRO Spirit
[Photo showing IUFRO World Congress Curitiba plenary session]
Read what former IUFRO President Dr. N.M. Salleh wrote exactly 30 years ago in IUFRO News: In the pursuit for new knowledge and success in research, it is important for scientists and researchers to maintain contact with peers working in the same area. The basic foundation for this is the IUFRO Spirit. More<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7285#c33093>…
Next GFEP Global Assessment: Forests and Human Health
[Photo showing Participants of the scoping meeting (screenshot)]
Following the successful completion of the last global assessment on Forests and Poverty, IUFRO’s Global Forest Expert Panels (GFEP) Programme announces the topic of the new scientific assessment: Forests and Human Health. This global assessment report is planned to be published in March 2023. More<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7285#c33092>…
The Power of Social Innovation
[Photo showing Carpathian forests. Photo by Bill Keeton]
IUFRO Unit 4.05.05 Social innovation and entrepreneurship organized a special session of the 6th Forum Carpaticum entitled “The power of social innovation in mountain areas to steer a sustainable governance of nature”. Scientists from all over the world came together online to discuss the emergence and development of social innovation in the Carpathian Mountains and beyond. More<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7285#c33091>…
The Reduced-Impact Logging for Climate Approach (RIL-C)
[Photo showing Efi Yuliati Yovi, session moderator (screenshot)]
The webinar entitled “Forest Operation and Climate Change: the RIL-C Approach” took place on 21 July 2021 and attracted 251 participants from 14 countries. Despite the various obstacles that occur in application in the field, reduced-impact logging (RIL) has shown good performance in reducing environmental impacts. More<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7285#c33089>…
International Symposium: Ecosystem Restoration for Green and Peace Asia
[Photo showing Saxaul plantation in Uzbekistan. Photo: Dr. Abdushukur Khamzayev]
The objectives of this symposium were to share successful cases and lessons learned, and current projects or programs on ecosystem restoration; to discuss effective and efficient strategies for ecosystem restoration; and to strengthen a cooperative network for ecosystem restoration at the regional level among Asian countries and international organizations. More<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7285#c33088>…
Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge and Practices, Public Policy, Multi-jurisdictional Governance
[Photo showing A forest in Lil’wat Nation traditional territory with a Lil’wat Elder harvesting herbs. Photo by Shabnam Vagayenegar, submitted by Tonya Smith]
IUFRO Divisions 6 and 9, and especially Research Group 9.03.00, successfully organized six special sessions, with 29 presentations, as part of the 20th Commonwealth Forestry Conference hosted by the University of British Columbia (Canada) from 16-18 August 2021. More<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7285#c33087>…
Nontimber Forest Products & Bioeconomy Webinar Series
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The first in a new series of webinars on Nontimber Forest Products & Bioeconomy attracted 150 participants from 35 countries on 5 continents. It was kindly hosted by USDA Forest Service, Forest History Society and Renmin University of China. The webinar series is an opportunity to hear from experts on contemporary research that strengthens knowledge about these products within a bioeconomy concept. More<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7285#c33086>…
Publications
Cut less, leave longer: decades of data show we are over-exploiting tropical rainforests
[Photo showing Amazon forest. Photo by Nelson Grima]
Read this article by Plinio Sist, Cirad-ES, Directeur-Director UR Forêts et Sociétés, Tropical managed Forests Observatory (TmFO) Coordinator, IUFRO 1.02.00 Silviculture of tropical forests in The Conversation. More<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7285#c33084>...
Building a Successful Forestry Career in Africa - Virtual Book Launch
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The output from the Young African Forestry Professionals Publication Project (YAFP) is finally out, a book titled "Building a successful forestry career in Africa: inspirational stories and opportunities." The book was launched on 12 August 2021 in a virtual event organized by the Joint IUFRO-IFSA Task Force on Forest Education (JTF) and the International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA). More<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7285#c33082>…
Employment and Sustainability in Latin American Forests
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IUFRO and the International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA) – through a Joint IUFRO-IFSA Task Force on Forest Education (JTF) – have joined forces with Reforestamos in developing an ambitious "how-to" forest-based entrepreneurship guide for use throughout Latin America. Read IUFRO Spotlight #90! More<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7285#c33081>…
A Guide to Forest–Water Management
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IUFRO contributed to a new FAO-led report launched at World Water Week. This comprehensive global publication provides guidance on the contribution of forests for a holistic approach to water resource management. Among other things, the guide calls for enhanced forest management that prioritizes the provision of water-related ecosystem services. More…<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7285#c33080>
More Publications
Find interesting scientific papers, calls for journal contributions and information about newsletters. More<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7285#c33079>…
Announcements
Obituary: Hans-Jakob MUHS
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On 20 July 2021 Dr. Hans-Jakob Muhs, longstanding IUFRO officeholder and recipient of the IUFRO Distinguished Service Award, passed away in Kleve, Germany. Dr. Muhs contributed to IUFRO for 30 years. More<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7285#c33070>…
Obituary: George STANKEY
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Former Deputy Leader of IUFRO Division 6 (1987 – 1995) and long-time participant in IUFRO activities, Dr. George Stankey, 78, passed away on August 18, 2021. George is best known for his pioneering research on many aspects of wilderness and outdoor recreation in the United States and other countries. More<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7285#c33068>…
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From: Jim C <jachambe(a)vt.edu<mailto:jachambe@vt.edu>>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2021 11:23:06 -0400
Subject: Task Force Webinar Series
Aloha, please share this widely! The Task Force on Nontimber Forest Products and the Bioeconomy are starting a series of presentation. This intended to let people know.
Please join us for a new webinar series<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.srs.f…>! The IUFRO Task Force "Unlocking the Bioeconomy and Nontimber Forest Products" with partners is cohosting a series of presentations to explore how NTFP are integrated into a bioeconomy. A bioeconomy can reduce environmental impacts of economic growth through science-based management that promotes sustainable production. In this series, experts from around the world will share research on nontimber forest products within a bioeconomy concept.
The first webinar will be Tuesday, August 31, 7:30-8:30 a.m. ET. Register<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.z…> for the webinar. The attached flyer provides more information on this month's speaker.
The series will feature monthly webinars over the next year, leading up to the UN FAO XV World Forestry Congress in May 2022. "Building a Green Healthy and Resilient Future with Forests" is the theme and the Congress will be held in South Korea.
Learn more about the bioeconomy and the webinar series<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.srs.f…>.
Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10
Dear colleagues,
A global network for young forest professionals is currently under
development. As the Inaugural Board works toward launching the Network in
May 2022, we would like to seek your input on what would benefit you most
in terms of services and structure of the *Global Network for Forestry
Young Professionals (ForYP)*.
Share your thoughts by responding to this survey. The survey is available
in English <https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/ForYPsurvey>, Chinese
<https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/ForYPsurveyChinese>, French
<https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/ForYPsurveyFrench>, and Spanish
<https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/ForYPencuesta>. Completing the survey will
take approximately 5-10 minutes of your time. All responses received from
this survey will be held confidential by the Board and used exclusively to
inform our decisions as we build the Network. We will only contact you if
you indicate you want us to do so. The survey will be accessible until *August
10, 2021*.
You can read more about the concept of the ForYP here
<https://inpfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/FoYP-Inaugural-Board-Informati…>
.
Thank you very much for your interest and time. We look forward to hearing
your valuable insights.
Kind regards,
Maria Paula Sarigumba
Communications and Marketing Director, ForYP
Sven Wunder, David Kaimowitz, Stig Jensen, Sarah Feder
Much uncertainty persists about how the coronavirus (COVID-19) and its derived crisis effects will impact both the economy and forests. Here we conceptualize a recursive model where an initial COVID-19 supply-side shock hits first the Global North that, mediated by country-specific epidemic management strategies and other (fiscal, monetary, trade) policy responses feeds through to financial markets and the real economy. Analytically we distinguish two stylized scenarios: an optimistic V-shaped recovery where effective policy responses render most economic damages transitory, versus a pessimistic pathway of economic depression, where short-run pandemic impacts are dwarfed by the subsequent economic breakdown. Economic impacts are transitioned from the global North to the South through trade, tourism, remittances and investment/capital flows. As for impacts on tropical forests, we compare the effects of past economic crises to early indicators for incipient trends. We find national income and commodity price effects to be torn between three forces: a contractive-inflationary supply-side shock, deflationary pandemic demand-side effects, and expansive-inflationary monetary and fiscal policy responses. We discuss how global forest outcomes will depend on how these macroeconomic battles are resolved, but also on geographical differences in deforestation dynamics. Reviewing recent fire and deforestation alerts data, as well as annual tree-cover loss data, we find that deforestation-curbing and -enhancing factors so far just about neutralized each other. Yet, country impacts vary greatly. Changing macroeconomic scenarios, such as fading out of huge economic stimulus packages, could change the picture significantly, in line with what our model predicts.
The article is freely available for 6 months here:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389934121001428
Von: Lukas Giessen <lukas.giessen(a)tu-dresden.de>
Gesendet: Dienstag, 6. Juli 2021 20:35
Betreff: FP&E: recent journal developments
Dear colleagues of Div9 and Div6 mailing lists,
with great pleasure (and some pride) we want to inform you of some continuously positive developments regarding FP&E:
* With 223 articles published in 2020 the journal achieved an all-time high in mere article numbers
* We achieved this at a still increasing rejection rate, well above 60%
* Our average review speed continues to increase, shortening times in which authors wait for decisions (https://journalinsights.elsevier.com/journals/1389-9341/review_speed )
* Our editorial team increased to 10 Editors , handling papers swiftly (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-policy-and-economics/editorial-boa… )
* The just released 2020 Journal Impact Factor increased to now 3.673 (https://journalinsights.elsevier.com/journals/1389-9341/impact_factor ),
* ranking Q1 in many categories
* ranking e.g. 47/125 in Environmental Studies; 75/376 in Economics; 5/67 in Forestry,
* The Cite Score increased to 6.5
* Ranking Q1 in many categories
* Ranking e.g. 39/1269 in Sociology & Political Science; 47/661 in Economics & Econometrics; 10/142 in Forestry
* The recently established article category of Commentaries hosts science-based, peer-reviewed, short communications formulated as one of the following types (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-policy-and-economics ):
* Science Critiques: critically discuss previous research
* Research Trends: identify emerging empirical phenomena that should be addressed by future research
* Policy Forum: short pieces on contemporary, internationally relevant forest-related policy issues that enable researchers, policy makers, and practitioners to make timely contributions to policy debates.
We would appreciate if you forwarded this information to your faculty and other peer colleagues and mailing lists, who might be interested in publishing with FP&E in the future. And finally we are looking forward to receiving your best manuscripts for reaching out to our global audience.
With best regards on behalf of the Editorial Team,
Lukas Giessen
Prof. Dr. Lukas Giessen
Chair of Tropical and International Forestry; Technical University Dresden, Germany<https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/forst/inter/tropen/die-professur/inhaber-in…>
Editor in Chief of:
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