[IUFRO Div 6] Conference announcement and cfp: Community Forestry

From: Daniela Kleinschmit &lt;daniela.kleinschmit(a)slu.se&gt; To: &quot;div9(a)lists.iufro.org&quot; &lt;div9(a)lists.iufro.org&gt;rg>, &quot;div6(a)lists.iufro.org&quot; &lt;div6(a)lists.iufro.org&gt; Cc: Bikash Rath &lt;bikash.rath(a)rcdcindia.org&gt;rg>, "Schusser, Carsten" &lt;carsten.schusser(a)forst.uni-goettingen.de&gt; Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2012 12:24:53 +0000 Subject: Conference announcement and cfp: Community Forestry Dear colleagues, It is my pleasure to inform you about the conference “New Challenges for Community Forestry: Sharing Scientific Knowledge in a South – North Perspective” to be held in Remscheid, GERMANY, 23. – 25. September 2013. The conference is collaboratively organized by the University of Göttingen and the Ministry of Climate, Environment and Agriculture in North Rhine-Westphalia and supported by IUFRO. Major topic of the conference will be the contribution of community forestry toward overcoming current challenges, including community-based forest governance, forest-climate change, the urbanisation of forest owners, biodiversity decline, equity amongst forest users (including gender issues) and the role of community forests as sustainable energy suppliers. Amongst others, keynote speakers are Arun Agrawal, Melanie McDermot, and Wolfram Dressler. Authors are invited to submit their proposal by sending an extended abstract . Deadline for submission is February, 28 2013. Please find detailed information about the conference and the call for paper at the following link: http://www.iufro.org/download/file/9267/4838/remscheid13-1st-announcement_d… With best regards Daniela ------------------------------------------------- Daniela Kleinschmit Assoc. Professor Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Unit of Forest Policy PO Box 7008, SE-75007 Uppsala Visiting address: Vallvägen 9C Phone: +46 18 672493 <tel:%2B46%2018%20672493> <mailto:daniela.kleinschmit@slu.se> daniela.kleinschmit(a)slu.se, www.slu.se <http://www.slu.se/>