DearColleagues:
Thecelebration of IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress “Interconnecting, Forest,Science and
People” just starts. The call for abstracts is now open at
http://iufro2017.com/call-for-abstracts/, deadline of submission is November 30, 2016.
If you havedone work on forest education, I would like to invite you to submit
yourabstract to the General Congress Theme I “Forest for People” session 183
ForestEducation.
This is sessionis organized by the Joint IUFRO-IFSA Task Force on Forest Education, a
unique Task Force aiming to bring to together the different perspectives of theeducational
environment. Non-governmental organizations, researchers andstudents are working together
to shape the future of forest education. We applyinnovative methods and new ways to
prepare for a bright future for the forestsector.
Session Description: There have been radicalchanges in the forest sector in past decades.
Some major drivers of thesechanges are globalization of the economy, climate change, and
new technologies andinformatics. These drivers are shaping not only forestry and forest
industries,but forest education as well. Research in forest education will help toidentify
new learning and teaching methods require to tackle the challengesfaced by professionals
in a changing environment. This session is designed forsharing and discussing higher
forest education teaching and learning. Theoverall theme of the session is Forest
Education in a Changing Environment. Wewelcome research papers and case studies, on topics
related to e-learning,latest education tools and technologies, communication,
professionalcompetencies, professional certification, new perspectives on forest
education,forest learning for climate change, educational policy, curriculum
development,or other topics related to forest education.
We are looking forward to meet you in Septemberin Freiburg, Germany.
If you have any question please do not hesitateto contact Sandra_osu(a)yahoo.com
Sincerely,
Sandra Rodriguez, Ph.D.Universidad Autónoma de ChihuahuaCoordinator IUFRO-IFSA JTF on
Forest Education
Lena Lacker
International Forestry Students´ AssociationCoordinator IUFRO-IFSA JTF on Forest
Education
How wouldbe the life of an educator without students?