[IUFRO Div 6] WFC2015: Forests and People: Investing in a Sustainable Future; 7-11 September 2015; Durban, South Africa

Call for abstracts: papers, posters and videos Help define a vision for forests Share your people-centred ideas, field experiences, cutting-edge research, development projects, practical applications and theoretical models at the world’s largest and most important gathering of the forest sector. FAO is inviting abstracts on the central theme of the XIV World Forestry Congress, “Forests and People: Investing in a Sustainable Future”, and on relevant topics that also align with any of the six Congress sub-themes: * Forests for socio-economic development and food security * Building resilience with forests * Integrating forests and other land uses * Encouraging product innovation and sustainable trade * Monitoring forests for better decision-making * Improving governance by building capacity More detailed information on each sub-theme can be found <http://www.fao.org/forestry/wfc/87445/en/> here. Details about the XIV World Forestry Congress can be found at http://www.fao.org/forestry/wfc/en/. ====================================================== ====================================================== Brigitte Burger - Web Management International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) IUFRO Headquarters - Secretariat Marxergasse 2, 1030 Vienna, Austria Tel.: +43-1-877 0151-14 * Fax: +43-1-877 0151-50 Website: <http://www.iufro.org/> http://www.iufro.org * Email: <mailto:burger@iufro.org> burger(a)iufro.org