Dear colleagues,
for some of us and society at large, forests are something we take for granted.
The COVID-19 pandemic teaches us differently: The attached commentary study shows exploding forest visitor numbers during the lockdown, thus revealing forests as part of the critical infrastructure during a pandemic. Based on the lessons from Germany, it starts discussing some implications for forest management and policy, with the potential to inform decisions in other places as well. So please feel free to distribute.
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
It is with immense pleasure that we announce the 1st International
Electronic Conference on Forests (IECF):
Forests for a Better Future: Sustainability, Innovation, Interdisciplinarity
Virtual Conference; 15-30 November 2020
Forests and forestry activities provide an opportunity to address the
pressing challenge of climate change through sustainable production. Forests
also play a strategic role in mitigating critical issues, including
biodiversity conservation, water regulation, energy efficiency, pollution
reduction and mitigation, production of raw biological materials, food
safety, and human and ecosystem health and poverty.
Forests contribute to the improvement of some important development issues
focused on sustainability and responsible forest management as a shared and
essential factor to address global challenges and guarantee the conservation
and enhancement of the global forest heritage as well as the socio-economic
development of production, environmental, and socio-cultural chains.
The global pandemic has forced us to reduce travel and to reflect on our
ability to leave scientific acquisitions as a legacy to future generations.
This reduced mobility stimulates us to maintain connections with the
scientific network using emerging technologies. This conference is an
opportunity to communicate our shared passion for forests, forest products
and services, and forest biodiversity.
The conference will discuss the state of the art of forestry operations,
wood supply chains, and ecosystem services, and objectives for the future
will be sought. Sharing and discussing the latest research findings with the
global community of scientists in the field of forests is the central
purpose of this virtual meeting.
Topics of the conference include:
- Forest Ecology, Management and Restoration
- Forest Genetics, Ecophysiology and Biology
- Forests and Urban Forest Sustainability
- Forest Inventory, Quantitative Methods and Remote Sensing
- Wood Science, Production Chains and Fuelwood
- Forest Operations and Engineering
- Fire Risks and Other Natural Hazards
IECF is a virtual conference sponsored by Forests (ISSN 1999-4907; Impact
Factor 2.116 (2018)). Participation is free of charge for authors and
attendees. Accepted papers will be gathered in the proceedings of the
conference. Selected extended versions of the papers will be published in a
Forests conference Special Issue with a 20% discount applied to the article
processing charge
(https://www.mdpi.com/journal/Forests/special_issues/IECF2020)
IECF offers you the opportunity to participate in this international,
scholarly conference without having the concern or expenditure of travel-all
you need is your computer and access to the Internet. We would like to
invite you to "attend" this conference by presenting your latest work.
For more information on IECF, please visit the conference website
(https://iecf2020.sciforum.net/) or contact us by email (
<mailto:iecf2020@mdpi.com> iecf2020(a)mdpi.com)
Dr. Angela Lo Monaco
Dr. Cate Macinnis-Ng
Chairs of the 1st International Electronic Conference on Forests
Dear colleagues,
You are invited to a virtual HLPF Side Event
Forests and transformative pathways to sustainability
Thursday, 9 July 2020, 8:00-9:00 am EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) / UTC/GMT -4
hours
Join us via this link:
<https://events.icareus.com/fi/web/bright/player/event/custom?eventId=601463
61>
https://events.icareus.com/fi/web/bright/player/event/custom?eventId=6014636
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Forests can be directly or indirectly linked to almost all SDGs and are
central for nature based-solutions and transformative pathways towards
sustainability. Building on the work undertaken by the International Union
of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Special Project World Forests,
Society and Environment (WFSE) and especially the recent publication
Sustainable Development Goals: Their Impacts on Forests and People, this
side event will discuss the role of forests and forestry in transformative
change and ways to accelerate the progress towards sustainability.
It will specifically discuss the role of forest in transformational change
and the levers of change across complex systems and illustrate ways to
accelerate transformative change for the forests-food-energy-climate nexus
and their potential and limitations, with emphasis on equity, gender and
governance. It will also illustrate the large potential for synergies among
the SDG targets that focus on sustainable land and resource use and the
importance of policy and regulatory environment and capacities that support
and incentivize sustainable forest-related livelihoods and development.
Programme
v Opening of the event and welcome Dr. Glenn Galloway, University of
Florida
v Opening remarks Jukka Salovaara, Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations
v Forests and forestry in transformational change Prof. Wil de Jong, Kyoto
University
v From forest-specific sustainability to wider transformative change:
Levers of change across complex systems Dr. Pablo Pacheco, World Wildlife
Fund
v Advancing commitments to leave no one behind: Focus on equity, gender,
governance Dr. Bimbika Sijabati Basnett, Center for International
Forestry Research Associate
v Forests and SDGs: Building on synergies for transformative change Dr. Pia
Katila, Natural Resources Institute Finland
v Discussion
The event is organized by IUFRO, WWF, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of
Finland, and Natural Resources Institute Finland.
Link to the publication:
<https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/sustainable-development-goals-their-im
pacts-on-forests-and-people/5FA75743F80CCE33751BD2095E5754DC> Sustainable
Development Goals: Their Impacts on Forests and People and related
<https://www.iufro.org/fileadmin/material/science/spps/wfse/wfse-pol-brief-b
uilding-synergies-mitigating-tradeoffs.pdf> policy brief
Contact: Dr. Pia Katila IUFRO-WFSE Coordinator, Natural Resources Institute
Finland, pia.katila(a)luke.fi
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Dear readers of Forest Policy and Economics,
it is our pleasure informing you of the latest (positive) developments of our journal Forest Policy and Economics (Elsevier).
* We are currently hosting an Editorial Team of 10 highly motivated and skilled Associate as well as Senior Editors. Our Editorial Advisory Board received some new members (details see https://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-policy-and-economics/editorial-boa… ).
* The 2019 Impact Factor was just announced being 3.139
* FP&E has been included in two new categories, hence ranking:
* 6 of 68 in the category Forestry
* 39 of 123 in Environmental Studies
* 56 of 371 in Economics.
* The similar 2019 CiteScore is 5.7 (for detailed metrics see https://journalinsights.elsevier.com/journals/1389-9341 ).
* In 2020 we received some 360 submissions to date.
* Under our new, peer-reviewed & citable article category of Commentaries we are welcoming short (up to ca. 3000 words) pieces as either Research Trends, Science Critiques, or more practical Policy Forum articles (for details see our full aims&scope https://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-policy-and-economics ).
* Continuously, we are looking forward to your as well as your colleagues' high-quality submissions and proposals for special issues.
Please feel free to forward this information within your groups, institutions and wider networks,
With best regards,
Lukas Giessen, on behalf of the Editorial Team
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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
