Dear colleagues,
In case you are planning to participate in the XXVI IUFRO World Congress in
Stockholm, Sweden in 23-29 June 2024, please consider whether you would
like to contribute to the session “*Never waste pandemics: lessons learned
from past **forest disease** outbreaks”.*
The session includes 15-minute talks plus questions and posters;
submissions are still open at:
https://iufro2024.com/call-for-congress-abstract.
*Abstracts will be accepted until 2 June 2023.*
*Never waste pandemics: lessons learned from past **forest disease*
* outbreaks*
Disturbances, whether abiotic or biotic in nature, are integral and
necessary components of forest ecosystems. However, anthropogenic pressures
and climate changes have contributed to the erosion of forest ecosystem
resilience, frequently to a degree that the tipping point has been
breached, this causing devastating consequences across landscapes,
countries and even continents. With globalization and changes in climate
patterns, both natural and planted forests are at risk from invasive exotic
pathogens, which are exacerbated by extended drought cycles, extreme
precipitation events and air pollution. As an example, owing to the scale
of pandemic destruction, Ash dieback, Dutch Elm Disease, Chestnut Blight,
along with White Pine Blister Rust, are, so far, among the most
catastrophic biotic disturbances in forest. The list of devastating
disturbances is long and novel drivers will keep arising in the globalized
world due to ongoing climate warming. Experience so far tells that it is
less costly to conserve nature than it is to restore it, so it is
imperative we learn from experience to protect forests now.
Our future relies on maintaining the ecosystem services provided by forest.
The ongoing transition from a fossil fuel-based economy to a biobased
economy is driven by the need to combat climate change, to protect the
environment and to increase sustainability. This means we aim to meet the
needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their needs. When governmental roadmaps towards more
carbon-neutral economies are drafted, the focus, concerning forests, is
often only on the increase of forested area and management practices that
facilitate forest growth. The underlying assumption is that forests are
healthy and in different phases of growth, a demography that allows the
balancing needed between carbon sequestration and a continuous flow of the
biogenic material needed. However, pest and pathogen outbreaks, as history
has shown, can severely disrupt our ambitions.
In this session, we welcome presentations that address how the underlying
ecological, societal as well as institutional and political drivers have
contributed to the rise and scale of specific disturbances. We hope to
highlight assessments of currently implemented strategies considering the
lessons learned from past pandemic crises. Similarly, we hope to outline
management and policy options that are not yet in force or which have not
yet attained that are not yet in place or not yet as but that would be
needed to successfully prevent and/or to circumvent future pandemic crises.
Keywords: Biotic, Climate Change, Disturbances, Resilience, Socio-ecology
ORGANIZERS:
Dr. Ari M. Hietala, Department of Fungal Plant Pathology in Forestry,
Agriculture, and Horticulture, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
(NIBIO), Innocamp Steinkjer, Steinkjer, Norway. - ari.hietala(a)nibio.no
Dr. Nicola La Porta, IASMA Research and Innovation Centre, Edmund Mach
Foundation, Trento, Italy. - The EFI Project Centre on Mountain Forests
(MOUNTFOR), Trento, Italy. - nicola.laporta(a)fmach.it
Kind regards,
Nicola La Porta and Ari Hietala
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Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the session organisers, I would like to invite you to submit abstracts for oral talks and posters as part of T5.1 entitled "Artificial Intelligence in Forest Biometry: from predictions to understanding" of the IUFRO World Congress held at Stockholm on 23-39 June 2024. Please submit your abstracts by June 2nd 2023 at https://www.appinconf.com/kas/Abstract?projectName=iufro2024abstracts<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.appinconf.com/kas/Abstract?projectN…>.
Best wishes,
Felipe Bravo
Session organisers: Felipe Bravo, Clara Antón-Fernández, Sheng-I Yang
Artificial intelligence (AI) encompasses a wide range of techniques and frameworks dating back tothe mid twenty century. The use of AI in forestry is relatively new, especially when compared to the
early adoption of AI in other fields such as agriculture. In forest biometry, the irruption of AI spins researchers and practitioners to unfold the analysis of complex big data. Narrow AI, defined as an
AI system that is specified to perform a limited task, is commonly applied in forest biometry (e.g., analysis of forest structure with 3D point cloud data). Currently, it is possible to efficiently prototype AI
algorithms thanks to plenty of publicly available databases, open-source libraries, and the accessibilityto computing platforms.
However, the application of AI in forest biometry is mainly focused on improving predictions. Due to the potential power of AI, opportunities are open to broad applications of AI, such as enhancing the
understanding of forest processes. Thus, it is important to discuss, jointly with academia and industrialsectors, about the implications, limitations, and capabilities of this technology as an alternative quantitative method.
Prof. Dr. Felipe Bravo
Catedrático de Planificación Forestal/Professor of Forest Management
Chair SMART Global Ecosystems | Senior Researcher at iuFOR
Instituto Universitario de Gestión Forestal Sostenible | Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute
Universidad de Valladolid
ETS Ingenierías Agrarias, Universidad de Valladolid
Avda. de Madrid, 44 -- 34004 Palencia
España-Spain
Tl +34 979108424 Fx.+34 979108440
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Dear Colleagues
We would like to invite your attention to the CALL FOR ABSTRACTS for our sub-plenary session in the XXVI IUFRO World Congress, 23-29 of June 2024, Stockholm
Subplenary Theme 3 Forest Biodiversity and its ecosystem services
S3.1 Assisted migration for adapting forests to climate change
The abstract submission period is open until 2 June 2023, 23:59 p.m. (CEST) and interested individuals are encouraged to apply.
Please visit the submission page at: https://www.appinconf.com/kas/Abstract?projectName=iufro2024abstracts<https://r.notify.appinmed.com/tr/cl/JZLsVlbaGX7P9asUWVfL46wtVQiZthblTZrP12e…>
We are looking forward to receiving your excellent and numerous abstracts!
Kind regards
On behalf of the organizers
Debojyoti Chakraborty
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Dr. Debojyoti Chakraborty
Senior Scientist
Department of Forest Growth, Silviculture and Genetics
Austrian Research Centre for Forests BFW
Seckendorff-Gudent-Weg 8, 1131 Vienna, Austria
Telefon +43 1 878 38-2101
Mobil +43 660 5086 480
E-Mail debojyoti.chakraborty(a)bfw.gv.at<mailto:debojyoti.chakraborty@bfw.gov.at>
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[Ein Bild, das Text, Screenshot, Schrift, Dokument enthält. Automatisch generierte Beschreibung]Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the session organisers, I would like to invite you to submit abstracts for oral talks and posters as part of session T4.21 National perspective of Forest resources policy and governance in countries of Latin America under a sustainable perspective of the IUFRO World Congress held at Stockholm on 23-39 June 2024.
Please submit your abstracts by June 2nd 2023 at https://www.appinconf.com/kas/Abstract?projectName=iufro2024abstracts.
Session details
T4.21 National perspective of Forest resources policy and governance in countries of Latin America under a sustainable perspective
Session type: Technical
Duration: 120 minutes
Congress theme: 4: Forests for sustainable societies
Note that the Congress organizers reserve the rights of slightly editing the text of your session description for the Book of Abstracts, and that the abstract call will be launched by the IUFRO Headquarters and is open to all, so you may need to include contributions that were not originally proposed for your session.
For sessions involving oral presentations, the Congress Scientific Committee recommends 10-15 min including discussion for standard oral presentations, but you may want to consider also shorter (5-10 min) and even flash talks (3-5 min). All contributions to your session must be submitted in the Call for Abstracts, and that also include speakers in panel discussions.
For sessions involving poster presentations, the Congress Organizing Committee is pleased to communicate that there will be only electronic posters and that the session will be split in two parts - one oral part and one poster part. Session organizers are required to propose a moderator also for their poster session, as it will include short oral presentations of the posters.
Vitor Afonso Hoeflich, D. Sc. em Economia Rural
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0561-3933
Professor do Departamento de Economia Rural e Extensão - Universidade Federal do Paraná -
- Coordenador do Grupo de trabalho da IUFRO
4.05.03 - Managerial economics and accounting in Latin America
-Vice-Coordenador do Grupo de trabalho da IUFRO 9.05.08 - Forest and natural resources policy and governance in Latin America and the Caribbean
Contatos: Whatsapp 5541-99602.9350,
Recados: 41-3360.4206 41.3360.4212
skype: vitorah.hoeflich
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Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the session organisers, I would like to invite you to submit abstracts for oral talks and posters as part of T1.34 entitled "Transitioning to Continuous Cover Forestry in Times of Climate Change and Energy Crisis" of the IUFRO World Congress held at Stockholm on 23-39 June 2024. Please submit your abstracts by June 2nd 2023 at https://www.appinconf.com/kas/Abstract?projectName=iufro2024abstracts.
Best wishes,
Arne Pommerening
Session organisers: Arne Pommerening, Aine Ni Dhubhain, Jørgen Bo Larsen, Per Angelstam, Hubert Hasenauer
T1.34 Transitioning to Continuous Cover Forestry in Times of Climate Change and Energy Crisis
Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF) is forest management based on ecological principles with a view to avoid degradation effects. Throughout the world and in the literature the concept goes by many semi-synonyms which do not exactly mean the same but are headed approximately into the same direction. For example, one of these semi-synonyms is nature-based forest management. CCF has a long history in Central Europe but is comparatively new to other parts of the world. Currently the popularity of CCF is on the increase again for its potential to mitigate climate change, to increase or at least maintain biodiversity in forest ecosystems, to provide valuable tools for forest conservation and to enhance the appeal of woodlands used for recreation. Recently the EU forest strategy for 2030 stated clearcutting should be “used only in duly justified cases, for example, when proven necessary for environmental or ecosystem health reasons” and the strategy promotes “the creation or maintenance at stand and landscape level of genetically and functionally diverse, mixed‐species forests.” Early in 2022, the European Forest Institute (EFI) has launched a new strategy underpinning CCF principles with scientific evidence. It is particularly the early phase of transitioning towards CCF, i.e. the introduction of CCF to a country or region where this management type has not been commonly used before, which usually constitutes a major challenge for forest practice and stakeholders. For example, this was the situation 20 years ago in Ireland and in the UK and CCF is now being considered for introduction in the congress host country Sweden. A long-standing and crucial question is how natural disturbances can be more directly included in the design of CCF methods. The recent global energy crisis has added another challenging facet to implementing CCF and methods like the coppice selection system and coppice with
standards may now assume greater importance than they did in the past. A topic close to the heart of forest practice is the important question how, in the context of these current challenges, the sustainability of ecosystem goods and services can be ensured in CCF and its variants. Effective methods of safeguarding ecosystem goods and services may, for example, require forest inventory designs to be adopted.
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Arne Pommerening, PhD (Göttingen), Habilitation (Vienna)
Professor in Mathematical Statistics Applied to Forest Sciences
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences SLU
Faculty of Forest Sciences
Department of Forest Ecology and Management
Skogsmarksgränd 17
SE-901 83
Umeå
Sweden
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http://blogg.slu.se/forest-biometrics
Twitter: @ArneTanYrOnnen
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[Ein Bild, das Text, Schrift, Grafikdesign, Grafiken enth?lt. Automatisch generierte Beschreibung]EXTENSION OF DEADLINE TO 25 MAY 2023 - XXVI IUFRO World Congress: Invitation To Nominate Candidates for IUFRO Awards
to be presented at the IUFRO World Congress 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden
Dear Colleagues,
The XXVI IUFRO World Congress to be held from 23 to 29 June 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden provides us with another opportunity to honour outstanding scientific achievements and contributions to forestry with a range of IUFRO Awards. I am pleased to invite and encourage you to nominate suitable candidates for the various categories of awards as listed below. The deadline for submission of nominations has been extended to 25th May 2023.
SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (SAA)
Up to 10 awards will be given in recognition of distinguished individual scientific achievements within the fields of research covered by IUFRO.
Nominations may be made by a member of the nominee's parent organization, by Coordinators of Divisions, Research Groups, Working Parties and Task Forces, and by other officeholders and knowledgeable persons associated with the Union (but no self-nominations). Nominees must either belong to Member Organizations or be Individual Members of IUFRO.
Please FILL IN THE NOMINATIONS FORM before 25th May 2023: https://forms.office.com/r/7NnsKKxEn5
OUTSTANDING DOCTORAL RESEARCH AWARD (ODRA)
One award per IUFRO Division will be given to recognize path-breaking doctoral disser-tations completed in the period 2018-2023 within the fields of research covered by IUFRO.
Nominations may be made by a member of the nominee's parent organization, by Coordinators of Divisions, Research Groups, Working Parties, Task Forces and by other officeholders and knowledgeable persons associated with the Union (but no self-nominations). Nominees must either belong to IUFRO Member Organizations or be Individual Members of IUFRO. Please FILL IN THE NOMINATIONS FORM before 25th May 2023: https://forms.office.com/r/gjXvQgc2vV
IUFRO STUDENT AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FOREST SCIENCE (ISA)
This award recognizes outstanding individual achievements in forest science made by Masters degree students (or equivalent) completed in the period 2018-2023, in order to encourage their further work within the fields of research covered by IUFRO.
One award per IUFRO Division may be made for work related to the themes of the IUFRO World Congress. Nominations can be made through IUFRO Members and through the International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA) via the IFSA Secretariat/Liaison Officer.
The Award shall consist of a certificate, the most economical cost of (air) travel/subsidized travel to attend the World Congress, and waiver of the Congress registration fee. The SAA will be presented at the opening or closing ceremony of the World Congress. For the ODRA and ISA, the awards will be presented in a special session where awardees are given the opportunity to present highlights of their award winning work. All award winners will be announced in a special issue of IUFRO News and in other media.
Please FILL IN THE NOMINATIONS FORM before 25th May 2023: https://forms.office.com/r/FQ3McussKx
In addition to these awards, the Congress 2024 will offer:
Best Poster Award (BPA)
To encourage public dissemination of high-quality research and to recognize distinguished poster presentations during the IUFRO World Congress by under-graduate students, graduate students and individuals who completed their graduate degrees up to 7 years prior to the Congress. A number of awards will be presented for applications submitted by the corresponding author during the online submission of the abstract. Applications shall be finalized two months before the Congress by submitting the final pdf of the poster presentation. Shortlisted poster presentations will be judged directly at the IUFRO World Congress. The awards will be mentioned during the closing ceremony.
IUFRO World Congress Host Scientific Award
This award honours one or more truly outstanding scientists from the Congress host country who has elevated the profile of forest science and research.
For more information and nomination forms, please check the website:
https://www.iufro.org/discover/awards/
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XXVI IUFRO World Congress 2024
FORESTS AND SOCIETY TOWARDS 2050
Stockholm, Sweden; 23-29 June 2024
Congress website: https://www.iufro2024.com/
SECOND CALL
IUFRO Symposium on Forest Education. Merging theory and practice with the help of digital tools, October 2-4, 2023
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This is a hybrid event; we are accepting abstracts. Please check our website<https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/iufro-symposium-forest-education> and submit your abstract. Please mark your calendar and be an agent of change; teaching and learning about the forest will help us achieve sustainable management and tackle the climate crisis.
Symposium participants will discuss gaps in forest education at university and college levels, including further education, the curriculum of forest education such as Forest Education Global Core Curriculum (FEGCO), and digital tools and platforms.
The symposium discusses how forest education could find the best ways to combine theory and practice and how digital tools could enhance forest education.
Deadline for submission: June 05, 2023
Notifications to authors: June 15, 2023
Final date of registration: September 05, 2023
Sandra Rodríguez
Coordinator of the Joint IUFRO-IFSA Task Force on Forest Education
Deputy Coordinator of IUFRO Research Group 6.09.00 - Forest education
Dear colleagues,
[Ein Bild, das Diagramm enth?lt. Automatisch generierte Beschreibung]IUFRO, the International Union of Forest Research Organizations, headquartered in Vienna, Austria, is hiring a Project Manager to start on 1 July 2023. Candidates should ideally be early- to mid-career professionals holding a Master's degree (or higher) in forest sciences or related disciplines. They should be experienced in planning and implementing projects and have an interest in and knowledge of international forest-related political processes, as well as global sustainable development topics.
The tasks of the Project Manager encompass operational planning and implementation of projects within the Science-Policy Programme of IUFRO, as well as following up and contributing to different intergovernmental processes. This full time (40 hours/week) position in an international team requires skills in personal organisation, planning, priority setting, and managing multiple tasks and the ability to effectively and positively interact with people in a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary environment.
Institution: IUFRO
Duty station: IUFRO Headquarters, Vienna, Austria
Working language: English (command of other UN languages and/or German is advantageous)
Closing date: 19 May 2023, 11:59 p.m. CEST
Details: https://www.iufro.org/fileadmin/material/discover/gfep-vacancy-announcement…
Many thanks and best wishes,
Dr. Christoph Wildburger
Science-Policy Programme Coordinator
Find out more about the new IUFRO Science-Policy Programme at:
IUFRO: Science-Policy Programme / Science in IUFRO<https://www.iufro.org/science/gfep/>
