Issue #5, July 20 2021 | This message will take about 4 minutes to read
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Online August 16-18, 2021
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The Countdown is Officially On
The Commonwealth Forestry Conference is less than a month away. If you haven't already, make sure you register - and be sure to tell your colleagues about this unique opportunity.
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Meet Our Keynote Speakers
We are thrilled to introduce to you our keynote speakers who come from all corners of the globe.
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Dr
Kenneth Er
(Singapore)
Topic:
The Science & Technology Behind Transforming Singapore Into a City of Nature.
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Dr
Shannon Hagerman
(Canada)
Topic:
Assisted Migration and the Reluctant Acceptance of New Forest Interventions as a Climate
Adaptation Strategy.
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Dr
John Innes
(Canada)
Topic:
University Forestry
Education After The Epidemic: Will Anything Change?
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Dr
Harini Nagendra
(India)
Topic:
Urban forestry in the era of the Anthropocene: Science, education, action.
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Dr
Chris Quine
(United Kingdom)
Topic:
Exchanging Knowledge: Reflections on Improving Communication.
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Dr
Savita
(India)
Topic:
Legacy From the 19th Commonwealth Forestry Conference, and the Future of Forests.
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CFC 2021 Program Finalized
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We are very excited to announce the CFC program is finalized. Please make sure to check out the complete CFC 2021
Conference Program.
Featuring an amazing array of speakers from more than 35 countries, topics being covered include: coservation, technology and innovation, building with wood, livelihoods, wildfires
and climate change, wildlife and carbon sequestration and forest policy, among others.
We promise you, this event will be the highlight this August among the global forest community. Join us from August 16 to 18!
Please Note: there may be further program updates in the coming weeks.
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New Markets
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Education and Careers
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Communication
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Climate Change
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Technology and Innovation
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Conservation versus Consumption
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Urban Forests
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Social aspects, forest policy and economics
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Attention Presenters: Guidelines Available Now
We have now posted
guidelines and instructions for oral and poster presentations, as well as 3-Minute Talk Challenge rules:
Finally, a GRAND THANK YOU for your willingness to present and participate in sessions happening in early
mornings, late evenings, mid-days and when-not. This is a most ambitious endeavour, to gather individuals residing in 17 time zones on a planetary scale, and we should all congratulate ourselves for becoming the oh, so very skilled, time-benders! 😊
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Calling on all music lovers
A few playlists inspire us further to detail this Conference:
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Light Up CFC 2021 - Forest & Trees
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Light Up CFC 2021 - Places – Connect – People
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Light Up CFC 2021 - Climate Change
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Light Up CFC 2021 - Fire
Your turn: Tune in through YouTube or Spotify. Nominate
other songs to add to these playlists. Send the singer/song name to cfc.2021@ubc.ca!
We’d love to have you join our listening party 😊
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Calling on all place hunters!
We are collecting ideas about places to visit – online, if we can’t travel, or for later, when the times are more opportune.
Do send us the name and coordinates of your favourite forest or a remarkable ecosystem – could be any place on our planet Earth, big
or small. It may be recreational, wildlife rich, a unique and sensitive ecosystem, a biodiverse or culturally significant location, and so on. For example, we challenge you to go bear-spotting, in particular, find the Spirit Bear (Ursus
americanus kermodei) who might or might not be here.
We’ll post our CFC collection of your favourite places during the Conference. Who knows, you may be in for a place-hunt if you jump aboard
the 20thCommonwealth Forestry Express 😊!
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A Unique Opportunity. A Rare Value.
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It's not often that we have the chance to participate with world experts in forestry from the convenience of our
computers - and at a fraction of the usual conference costs.
Keeping the Conference fees minimal (on a cost-recovery basis) is only possible thanks to the targeted support from our
hosts
and sponsors.
To avoid unnecessary transactions and administrative fees, there will be no cancellation policy for this Conference.
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Friends and Supporters
This Conference is made possible by our generous supporters and friends:
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Commonwealth Forestry Conference
Hosted
virtually by the Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Website:
www.cfc2021.ubc.ca
Email: cfc.2021@ubc.ca
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Sending from Vancouver, BC, Canada | Traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples
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If you know another colleague who may be interested in the Conference, we thank you for forwarding or suggesting they subscribe by sending an email request
to cfc.2021@ubc.ca.
We value your privacy and will be using this list to send only updates about the CFC 2021.
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