Dear IUFRO colleagues,
Please find attached and under the below link an eye-opening new article on “Non-wood forest products in Europe – A quantitative overview”, estimating the annual NWFPs value in Europe – excluding hunting and game - to amount to 71% of the roundwood production!
Mushrooms, berries and other non-wood forest products are widely collected across Europe. However, there is no data that provides overview of that activity on international level. We remedy this shortcoming with a survey conducted in 28 countries. Results show that 26% of European households collect them, that value of NWFPs collected each year amounts to 71% of the value of annual roundwood production, and that they produce value of 20.5 € per hectare of forest and other wooded land per year. Article can be accessed through this link: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1ayW04y2D1W71k
Best regards
Lukas
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PD Lukas Giessen, PhD
- Principal Scientist “Forest Governance”
European Forest Institute (EFI), Bonn Office
- Adjunct Professor, IPB Indonesia
- Editor in Chief, Forest Policy and Economics (Elsevier): http://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-policy-and-economics/
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.de/citations?hl=en&user=voULQt4AAAAJ&view_op=list_wo…
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lukas_Giessen
Dear colleagues,
Forest Policy and Economics (2018 IF 3.099; highly ranked in Forestry, Economics, Environm. Studies) is happy to announce a competition for eliciting the best proposal for a special issue (SI) to be published by the journal in the fields of Forest Policy/Governance as well as Forest Economics, respectively (see https://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-policy-and-economics/news/award-fo… ). Any group or individual, including young scholars, who has a substantial track record in a field of research relevant to the journal and whose networks reach out to potential authors in that field, is invited to submit a proposal and serve as its Guest Editor(s). Proposals should be concise (max 3 pages), provide Guest Editors' name(s), the study background and justification, the joint SI objectives, as well as the contributions' titles and author names already confirmed or likely being contributed to the SI (the number of contributions is not limited to upper or lower bounds). Abstracts of such contributions are strongly encouraged being annexed to the 3 pages. The winners of the competition will be awarded promotional open access for all contributions to the SI for a fixed term of 6 months. Proposals will be assessed based on (i) the originality and timeliness of the topic, (ii) their internal coherence, as well as (iii) the quality of the envisaged contributions. Proposals should be addressed to Lukas.Giessen(a)efi.int<mailto:Lukas.Giessen@efi.int> until May 31st 2020.
Please feel free to distribute this call to colleagues.
With best regards,
Lukas Giessen
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PD Lukas Giessen, PhD
- Principal Scientist "Forest Governance"
European Forest Institute (EFI), Bonn Office
- Adjunct Professor, IPB Indonesia
- Editor in Chief, Forest Policy and Economics (Elsevier): http://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-policy-and-economics/
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.de/citations?hl=en&user=voULQt4AAAAJ&view_op=list_wo…
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lukas_Giessen
Dear colleagues,
Forest Policy and Economics (2018 IF 3.099; highly ranked in Forestry, Economics, Environm. Studies) is happy to announce a competition for eliciting the best proposal for a special issue (SI) to be published by the journal in the fields of Forest Policy/Governance as well as Forest Economics, respectively (see https://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-policy-and-economics/news/award-fo… ). Any group or individual, including young scholars, who has a substantial track record in a field of research relevant to the journal and whose networks reach out to potential authors in that field, is invited to submit a proposal and serve as its Guest Editor(s). Proposals should be concise (max 3 pages), provide Guest Editors' name(s), the study background and justification, the joint SI objectives, as well as the contributions' titles and author names already confirmed or likely being contributed to the SI (the number of contributions is not limited to upper or lower bounds). Abstracts of such contributions are strongly encouraged being annexed to the 3 pages. The winners of the competition will be awarded promotional open access for all contributions to the SI for a fixed term of 6 months. Proposals will be assessed based on (i) the originality and timeliness of the topic, (ii) their internal coherence, as well as (iii) the quality of the envisaged contributions. Proposals should be addressed to Lukas.Giessen(a)efi.int<mailto:Lukas.Giessen@efi.int> until May 31st 2020.
Please feel free to distribute this call to colleagues.
With best regards,
Lukas Giessen
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PD Lukas Giessen, PhD
- Principal Scientist "Forest Governance"
European Forest Institute (EFI), Bonn Office
- Adjunct Professor, IPB Indonesia
- Editor in Chief, Forest Policy and Economics (Elsevier): http://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-policy-and-economics/
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.de/citations?hl=en&user=voULQt4AAAAJ&view_op=list_wo…
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lukas_Giessen
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From: "Nieto Jimenez, Jorge" < <mailto:jorge.nietojimenez@yale.edu> jorge.nietojimenez(a)yale.edu>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:06:30 +0000
Subject: Yale Chapter of International Society of Tropical Foresters 2020 Conference
(Apologies for cross-posting)
Hello everyone,
We would like to invite you to the Yale International Society of Tropical Foresters’ 26 <https://istf.yale.edu/2020-conference> th Annual Conference. We believe this event may be of interest to you and your colleagues (or students) and we hope you might consider attending and participating.
The 2020 ISTF Conference theme is “Restoration for What and for Whom? Shifting the Paradigm in Tropical Forest Management.” The conference will take place January 30-February 1, 2020 in New Haven, CT. <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/istf-26th-annual-conference-2020-registration-…> Registration for the conference is still open and you can find more information on our <https://istf.yale.edu/2020-conference> website.
The ISTF Conference will bring together academics, practitioners, policy-makers, forest-dwelling people, activists, and journalists to explore equitable and effective approaches to restoration at this critical moment for tropical forests and their inhabitants. We are delighted to announce this year’s two keynote speakers:
<https://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/profile.php?alias=alugo> Ariel Lugo - Director, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service (Puerto Rico)
<http://www.worldagroforestry.org/staff/susan-chomba> Susan Chomba - Project Manager, Regreening Africa, ICRAF (Kenya)
For a full list of panel speakers, which include renowned ecologists and critical geographers, grassroots restoration practitioners, and award-winning journalists and artists, please see our website: https://istf.yale.edu/2020-conference/panelists
We would be very grateful if you could share this with your contacts that might be interested. We hope to see you at the conference!
Follow ISTF on Facebook @yalefesistf, and Twitter and Instagram @YaleISTF for updates as more conference details unfold!
With our best regards,
Yale ISTF 2020 Team
