Dear Mailing List Members:
As at past IUFRO World Congresses, there will be the opportunity to honour
special scientific performances and achievements with selected IUFRO Awards
in the Seoul Congress in 2010.
If you know scientists doing outstanding forest research, nominate them for
one of the IUFRO Awards and give them the opportunity to travel to and
participate in the Congress as well as the chance to present their research
to the Congress participants.
Choose among the Scientific Achievement Award (SAA), Outstanding Doctoral
Research Award (ODRA) and the IUFRO Student Award (ISA) and make your
nomination soon. Bear in mind that you can only nominate candidates from
IUFRO Member Organizations, - no self-nominations are accepted - and that
the deadline for submission is 31 July 2009.
Find more information and nomination forms on our website
http://www.iufro.org/discover/awards/ and send your nominations to the Chair
of the IUFRO Honours & Awards Committee (Dr. Su See Lee, leess(a)frim.gov.my)
with copy to the IUFRO Executive Director (Dr. Peter Mayer,
office(a)iufro.org)
Dr. Su See Lee
Chair of the IUFRO H&A Committee
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IUFRO AWARDS at the IUFRO World Congress 2010
Scientific Achievement Award (SAA)
Up to 10 awards to recognize distinguished individual scientific
achievements within the fields of research covered by IUFRO. Criteria for
judgment will be dissemination of results, implementation of knowledge,
methods or techniques in practical forestry and skilled research management
(success in publications, meetings, funding, etc. in a larger group than the
individual) and involvement in IUFRO activities.
Outstanding Doctoral Research Award (ODRA)
One award per IUFRO Division to recognize outstanding individual scientific
achievements among young Doctoral researchers and to encourage further work
within the fields of research covered by the Union.
IUFRO Student Award (ISA)
One award per IUFRO Division to recognise outstanding individual
achievements in forest science made by Masters degree students (or
equivalent), and to encourage their further work within the fields of
research covered by the Union. Nominations can be made through IUFRO member
organizations or officeholders and through members of the International
Forestry Students Association (IFSA).
Furthermore, the Congress will also offer
Best Poster Award (BPA)
To encourage public dissemination of high quality research and to recognize
distinguished poster presentations by young scientists during the IUFRO
World Congress.
and IUFRO World Congress Host Scientific Award
Honors a truly outstanding scientist from the Congress host
country/countries who has elevated the profile of forest science and
research accomplishments.
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Dear IUFRO Colleague,
The 2009 IUFRO 3.08 Small-Scale Forestry Symposium, "Seeing the Forest Beyond the Trees: New possibilities and expectations for products and services from small-scale forestry" will be held June 7-11, 2009 in Morgantown, WV, USA. Attached is a list of the presentations slated for the symposium.
The topics include environmental services, bioenergy, landowner typology, fire, policy, timber and nontimber forest products, agroforestry, education and communications, and economics--all concerning small-scale landholders.
To find out more or to register for this symposium, visit our website at: http://ssf09.com.
I hope you can join us in June!
Best regards,
Dave McGill, Chair
Organizing Committee
David W. McGill, Ph.D.
Forestry Extension Specialist
West Virginia University
Appalachian Hardwood Center
PO Box 6125
Morgantown, WV 26506-6125
Ph: 304-293-5930
FAX: 304-293-2441
Email: dmcgill(a)wvu.edu
We are pleased to announce that the first ever compiled global assessment
report on "Adaptation of Forests and People to Climate Change" will be
published officially at the next session of the United Nations Forum on
Forests (UNFF), during the following side event:
Making Forests Fit For Change - IUFRO-Led Activities at the Science-Policy
Interface
Wednesday, 22 April
13:15 to 14:45 hours
Conference Room 2 (CR-2)
UN Headquarters, New York City
The report is the first product of the IUFRO-led Global Forest Expert Panels
of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) and presents the
state-of-knowledge about the impacts of climate change on forests and people
and options for adaptation.
One of the key messages that emerged from this assessment is that the
carbon-regulating services of forests are at risk of being lost entirely
unless current carbon emissions are reduced substantially; this would result
in the release of huge quantities of carbon to the atmosphere, exacerbating
climate change.
The report as well as a policy brief (available in all UN languages) can be
downloaded at:
http://www.iufro.org/science/gfep/
Information for the press is available at:
http://www.iufro.org/science/gfep/media-information/
For further information, please, contact:
Alexander Buck, IUFRO
Mobile +43-664-1426852
Email: buck(at)iufro.org
About IUFRO and the CPF
The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) is the only
world-wide organization devoted to forest research and related sciences. Its
members are research institutions, universities, and individual scientists
as well as decision-making authorities and other stakeholders with a focus
on forests and trees.
For further information, please visit: www.iufro.org.
The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) is a voluntary arrangement
among 14 international organizations and secretariats with substantial
programmes on forests. Its mission is to promote the management,
conservation and sustainable development of all types of forest and
strengthen long-term political commitment to this end.
For further information, please visit: http://www.fao.org/forestry/cpf/en/.
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Sent by c.goestl on behalf of Alexander BUCK, IUFRO Headquarters, Vienna
Dear Colleague:
IUFRO is pleased to announce that Divisions 1, 4 and 8 as well as Working
Party 1.01.08, together with the Swedish University of Agricultural
Sciences, TemaTillväxt, and the University of Copenhagen, Forest &
Landscape, are organizing the:
International Conference: SPRUCE IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBAL CHANGE
Ecology, silviculture, forest products, management risks and conservation
practices
31 Aug 3 Sep 2009 - Halmstad, Sweden
Please have a look at the Second announcement and call for abstracts at:
https://arbetsplats.slu.se/sites/esf/tematillvaxt/spruce2009/Lists/announcem
ents/Attachments/2/SPRUCE_2009_Announcement_2_Ver_2.pdf
Note in particular the Publication Timeline:
Papers, posters and computer demonstrations are welcomed within the theme of
the conference. Participants are invited to contribute problems and ideas as
well as potential solutions. Extended abstracts (max. one printed page,
including one figure or illustration) for all invited speakers, voluntary
presentations, posters and demonstrations will be available in printed
proceedings format at the start of the conference.
30 April 2009 Last date for submission of abstracts is 30 April 2009.
Abstracts should be prepared according to the guidelines presented on the
conference web-site.
15 May 2009 Notification of acceptance will be issued by 15 May 2009.
15 June 2009 Final, extended abstracts, including specific results, should
be received no later than 15 June 2009.
For more detailed information please visit: http://www-spruce2009.slu.se
Please distribute this message to colleagues that might be interested in the
conference subject.
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Sent by Brigitte Burger, IUFRO Headquarters
on behalf of Jens Peter Skovgaard, University of Copenhagen, Chairman of the
Scientific Advisory Board
Dear Forest-L Reader,
The 2nd Gender in Forestry Conference, Making a difference in theory and
practice will be held in Umeå, Sweden on 15-18 June 2009.
The conference is organized by the Faculty of Forest Sciences, SLU in
cooperation with FAO, UNECE and IUFRO.
With this conference, we believe that another step towards a better
understanding of gender in the forestry sector will be gained and ideas for
resolving gender issues can be generated. We seek reports on progress and
backlashes to help identify the means and actions that have proven to be
effective. Those will be organized into the following topics:
1. Making a difference through education, knowledge exchange, and capacity
building
2. Making a difference through policies and statistical analysis
3. Making a difference through cooperation, networking and the
establishments of role models
4. Making a difference through advances in theoretical and empirical
research
For more details, please visit the conference homepage at,
http://www.sfak.slu.se/ShowPage.cfm?OrgenhetSida_ID=10300
Best regards,
UNECE/FAO Timber Section
Dear Colleague,
This is a reminder for those who have not already registered that the early registration deadline for the IUFRO 3.08 Small-Scale Forestry Symposium is April 1, 2009. I hope you will make your registrations soon as the registration cost increases after this date. A link to online registration can be found at: http://ssf09.com/.
Also, if you are interested in attending the pre-conference workshops on "Asking the right questions: A workshop on designing qualitative research" with Dr. John Bliss or "Internet, Mail and Mixed-Mode Surveys: The Tailored Design Method" with Dr. Don Dillman, please register as soon as possible. After April 1st, we will begin advertising these workshops to other researchers and these workshops can take a limited number of participants.
The post-conference tour is also somewhat limited, so be sure to sign up if interested!
Please note that there is an accompanying persons registration for the conference portion of the symposium that includes lunches, field trip, BBQ dinner, and Dinner Cruise. See registration form for details.
We are looking forward to a very productive symposium. So far we have abstracts from 25 different countries.
Please let me know if you need any further information.
Best regards,
Dave McGill, Chair
Organizing Committee
David W. McGill, Ph.D.
Forestry Extension Specialist
West Virginia University
Appalachian Hardwood Center
PO Box 6125
Morgantown, WV 26506-6125
Ph: 304-293-5930
FAX: 304-293-2441
Email: dmcgill(a)wvu.edu
Dear Colleague,
The secure online registration is now available for the IUFRO 3.08 Small-Scale Forestry Symposium "Seeing the Forest Beyond the Trees: New possibilities and expectations for products and services from small-scale forestry," June 5-13 in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. You can access registration from the front page of the symposium website: http://ssf09.com/. Early discounted registration should be made by April 1, 2009.
The scientific panel has completed reviews for abstracts from 25 countries. Preconference workshops feature Dr. John Bliss teaching "Asking the right questions: A workshop on designing qualitative research " and Dr. Don Dillman teaching "Designing Quality Surveys in a Mixed-Mode World." Our postconference tour will feature "Small-scale forestry and tourism in the Appalachian Mountains."
We are looking forward to seeing you in June!
Best regards,
Dave McGill, Chair
Organizing Committee
David W. McGill, Ph.D.
Forestry Extension Specialist
West Virginia University
Appalachian Hardwood Center
PO Box 6125
Morgantown, WV 26506-6125
Ph: 304-293-5930
FAX: 304-293-2441
Email: dmcgill(a)wvu.edu
Dear Colleague,
There are still a few spaces open for abstracts related to Carbon
issues in small scale forestry at the upcoming 2009 IUFRO Small-Scale
Forestry Symposium in Morgantown, West Virginia from June 7-11, 2009
(http://ssf09.com/)
We currently have abstracts from 21 countries and hope to get a few
more in the topic area of carbon-related issues. This is an excellent
opportunity for presenting manuscripts to the editors of Small Scale
Forestry Journal for its upcoming special Small-Scale Forestry issue
“Forestry and Environment Markets”.
The symposium theme is “Seeing the Forest Beyond the Trees: New
possibilities and expectations for products and services from
small-scale forestry.” The symposium will bring together scientists
and practitioners to share their experiences in management, policy
development and economics of contemporary small-scale forest products
and services.
Abstracts can be submitted online under “Call for Abstracts” on the
symposium website (http://ssf09.com/) Abstracts can be submitted online
or sent directly to Dr Kate Piatek (Kathryn.Piatek(a)mail.wvu.edu)
I hope to see you there!
Dave McGill
David W. McGill, Ph.D.
Forestry Extension Specialist
West Virginia University
Appalachian Hardwood Center
PO Box 6125
Morgantown, WV 26506-6125
Ph: 304-293-5930
FAX: 304-293-2441
Email: dmcgill(a)wvu.edu
IUFRO informs about forthcoming first CPF global assessment report on the
adaptation of forests and forest-dependent people to climate change
5 December 2008 (Friday)
13:00-15:00
White-tailed Eagle Room, Poznań International Fair
On 5 December 2008, during the side event of the Collaborative Partnership
on Forests (CPF), Alexander Buck from IUFRO will report on the progress of
the first CPF global assessment report on the adaptation of forests and
forest-dependent people to climate change.
The peer-reviewed report will be launched at UNFF 8 in April 2009. It has
been prepared by the first CPF Global Forest Expert Panel (GFEP), which is
led and coordinated by IUFRO. The Panel has gathered input from about 100
renowned scientists from a broad range of disciplines.
This will be the most comprehensive assessment to date of existing
scientific knowledge about forest adaptation. It will provide decision
makers with an objective source of science-based information on the
ecological, social and economic impacts of climate change on forests and
people, and present forest management and policy options for adaptation.
The web-cast presentation will be available on demand from the UNFCCC
website at http://copportal1.man.poznan.pl/
For more information on GFEP and the Assessment Report, please visit:
http://www.iufro.org/science/science-initiative/adaptation-panel/
Contact:
Alexander Buck, IUFRO Headquarters
Buck(at)iufro.org
Message of Jean Luc Peyron:
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Dear IUFRO Colleague,
REGISTER NOW to Nancy 2008 conference on
THE EUROPEAN FOREST-BASED SECTOR :
BIO-RESPONSES TO ADDRESS NEW CLIMATE AND ENERGY CHALLENGES?
Date and venue: 6 to 8 November 2008, Congress House of Nancy (France), under the auspices
of the French Presidency of the European Union Council.
Participants: Scientists from public or private research centres and universities,
Professionals from the forest-based sector, Delegates from the European Union and its
Member States, Delegates from other national or international organizations, Members of
NGOs involved in the forest-based sector, students and journalists.
Website: <http://www.gip-ecofor.org/nancy2008/> http://www.gip-ecofor.org/nancy2008/
Any other information:
Viviane Appora <mailto:ecofor@gip-ecofor.org> ecofor(a)gip-ecofor.org
Jean-Luc Peyron <mailto:peyron@gip-ecofor.org> peyron(a)gip-ecofor.org
Partners :
European Forest Week, IUFRO, COST, Forest-Based Sector Technology Platform, EFI, UNECE
ECOFOR, AgroParisTech, INRA, ONF, ENSTIB, IISD, French Forest Review
Lorraine Region, Nancy City and Urban Community
--
Jean-Luc PEYRON
ICGREF, Dr.Sc.Eco.
Directeur dECOFOR
42, rue Scheffer, F-75116 Paris
Tel : +33 (0)1 53 70 21 49 (direct)
+33 (0)1 53 70 21 70 (secrétariat)
Fax : +33 (0)1 53 70 21 54
Web : <http://www.gip-ecofor.org/> www.gip-ecofor.org
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