Call for Participation in the 4th International Congress on Planted Forests
The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), in
partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
(FAO) and the State Forestry and Grassland Administration of China (SFGA),
is convening the 4th International Congress on Planted Forests at the China
National Convention Centre (CNCC), Beijing, China on October 23-25, 2018,
with optional post Congress excursions on October 26-27 with two routes, one
for the conservation planted forests in North China and one for the
industrial planted forests in South China. The Congress is organized by the
Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF), the national research institution on
forestry in China.
The 4th International Congress on Planted Forests aims to investigate the
contribution of planted forests to green development in the context of
global changes. Topics include the sustainability of planted forests in the
context of changing climates and the future role of planted forests in
bio-resources sustainability, environmental protection and green
development. The Congress will also be a space of interface between
scientific communities, wider society and government policy initiatives
related to planted forests.
The 4th International Congress on Planted Forests will arrange 2 plenary
keynote presentations, 8 sub-plenary invited presentations, around 40
parallel technical sessions with around 240 oral presentations as well as
quite a number of poster presentations.
The 4th International Congress on Planted Forests is calling for submission
of session proposals and abstracts, as well as registration for
participation.
Important deadlines:
(1) Submission for session proposals: May 31, 2018 (with flexibility of
submission a week later if prior communication with the Congress Secretariat
is made).
(2) Submission for abstracts: July 15, 2018.
(3) Early-bird registration: July 31, 2018.
Immediately after the 4th International Congress on Planted Forests, there
will be also the 60's anniversary celebration of the Chinese Academy of
Forestry and associated international workshop in Beijing, China on October
26-27, 2018.
Please find as attached herewith the Congress Announcement.
For more information about the 4th International Congress on Planted
Forests, please refer to the Congress website www.icpf2018.net
<http://www.icpf2018.net/> or www.icpf2018.com <http://www.icpf2018.com/> ,
or directly contact icpf2018(a)vip.163.com or icpf_4th(a)126.com.
We thank you very much and look forward to your kind participation in the
4th International Congress on Planted Forests, either organizing sessions,
or making oral/and or poster presentations, as well as just participating
for academic discussions and exchange.
It will be highly appreciated if you could also help circulate the Congress
among your network family as widely as possible.
From: Tanguay, Philippe (NRCan/RNCan)
Sent: May-03-18 12:56 PM
Subject: Joint IUFRO 5-needle pine and tree rusts meeting 2019: Early Alert
FYI
Everyone, please see the attached regarding our planned 2019 meeting of
5-needle pine genetics and tree rusts (with special emphasis on white pine
blister rust). This is an early announcement and request for expressions of
interest. Please distribute this announcement far and wide, particularly to:
. IUFRO Sections 2.02.15 and 7.02.05
. USFS personnel
. Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation
. High-5 consortium
. Strobusphere
I have attached both Word and PDF versions; respondents can use whichever is
most convenient. Please have them forward the completed questionnaires to
myself.
DEADLINE: MAY 30, 2018
Thank you very much!
--Ward
Ward B. Strong, Ph.D., P.Ag.
Research Entomologist
BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations
Kalamalka Forestry Centre
3401 Reservoir Rd
Vernon, BC Canada V1B 2C7
Email: <mailto:ward.strong@gov.bc.ca> ward.strong(a)gov.bc.ca
Phone: 250-260-4763
Cell: 250-309-5865
Fax: 250-542-2230
Von: Im Auftrag von José Borges
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 16. Mai 2018 16:40
Betreff: Call for papers - Special Issue on Decision Support to Address Multiple Ecosystem Services in Forest Management Planning
Dear Colleagues,
IUFRO Units 4.04.04—Sustainable Forest Management Scheduling, IUFRO Unit 4.03—Informatics, Modelling, and Statistics and IUFRO Unit 4.03.03. Information management and information technologies are sponsoring a Special Issue of Forests (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests) on Decision Support to Address Multiple Ecosystem Services in Forest Management Planning
We welcome the submission of manuscripts for publication in this Forests special issue (SI). This SI aims at contributing to our understanding of how we can enhance forest management planning, in integrating a wide range of ecosystem services (ES) and assuring a sustainable supply (e.g. products and services listed in the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment). We welcome manuscripts that focus on 1) models to help forest managers check the impact of management options on the provision of ES, 2) methods to help forest managers develop plans targeting the supply of ES, 3) methods to help forest managers analyze tradeoffs between a multitude of ES, 4) methods to help forest managers assess the sensitivity of the supply of ecosystem services to uncertain parameters, 5) multiple criteria decision support systems and 6) approaches to map the demand for ES and the quality and quantity of ES supply. Papers submitted for publication in this Special Issue will undergo a rigorous peer review process with the aim of prompt and wide dissemination of research results and applications.
More information at: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests/special_issues/Decision_Support_to_Ecos…
On behalf the other co-editors of this SI, Harald Vacik, Keith Reynolds, Luiz Carlos Rodriguez and Emin Baskent,
Jose
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José G. Borges
Professor at the School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon
https://fenix.isa.ulisboa.pt/qubEdu/homepage/isa2342
Coordinator of EMMC Mediterranean Forestry and Natural Resources Management (MEDfOR)
http://www.medfor.eu/
Coordinator of IUFRO Group Sustainable forest management scheduling
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-4/40000/40400/40404/
Dear Colleagues;
i) the registration and abstract submission to our conference goes in full speed, and for now we have around 50 participants who registered, and some of you already sent abstracts both for talks and posters; each of those registered have received automatically generated confirmation, and those that submitted, a personal e-mail from me confirming the submission;
ii) ... but PLEASE NOTE that the deadline for "early bird" registration expires on 2nd of May , and there are just three days left, just in case you intend to come and would like to save 125 EUR; here is the reference to "Registration" link in Conference homepage:
https://www.slu.se/iufro-rots2018 (please read all of it thoroughly)
therefore, as it is the fact that many more colleagues have preliminary expressed interest for participation, it is in your interest to proceed with the registration in a good time;
iii) please proceed also with accommodation arrangements for Uppsala; as stated in the website, accommodation in Uppsala is to be arranged by yourself; do not delay with hotel reservations, as academic activities in both universities of Uppsala start the same week as our Conference;
iv) onward trip to Gotland by ferry is included into registration fee, and reservations for that have been already made (for now, for 85 participants: "first registered, first served"), while the return from Gotland is up to you; note that a ferry from Visby harbour to the mainland on September 1st departs at 07:15 with subsequent bus connections upon its arrival to Nynäshamn; https://www.destinationgotland.se/en/ferry/
this is relevant, as we are supposed to stay within a walking distance from the harbour (but see below);
v) IMPORTANT! the situation with accommodation in Visby has changed drastically just a day ago; on Friday, i tried to make reservation for myself, first at one, then at another of Best Western hotels recommended on Conference website, just to find out that they are fully booked!
vi) yet after some slight panic, even better option has been found:
https://www.scandichotels.se/hotell/sverige/visby/scandic-visby?cmpid=ppc_B…
for now, 45 standard double rooms (for those, price 1220 SEK/night, for now, approx. 120 EUR, payment at arrival), 20 family rooms and 10 suites are pre-reserved at this hotel for our Conference (note that double accommodation could be an option also in standard rooms);
upon reservation, provide reservation number 46605559-LIFE+; the group reservation for us is secured until 15th of May; after that date, the rooms become "loose", and accommodation arrangements in Visby are fully up to you;
the hotel is situated approx. 100 m from the terminal, and within walking distance from Conference venue:
Wisby Strand Conference Centre in Visby<http://www.wisbystrand.se/>
accommodation so close to the terminal is very relevant both for arrival (just before midnight on August 29th, and hotel knows about it), and for departure on early morning (07:15) on September 1st;
vii) regarding Conference publications, please also consider preparing manuscripts for peer-reviewed scientific journals; those will be considered for publication in good reputation, non-commercial (free-of charge), open access, WoS impact factor journals; ... but should be ready by the end of the Conference, where we also discuss in more detail the process of eventual submission;
looking forward to greeting you in Sweden, and kind regards;
rimvys
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Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to let you know that registration is now open for the PREPSYS conference to be held at BFW, Vienna from 1-4 October. Details are provided in the attached.
Please note that the venue can accommodate a maximum of 90 participants and, since we already have a strong list of keynote speakers, the number of spaces for general paper submission and attendance is limited to about 50. Please register as soon as possible to ensure your place at the conference!
With best wishes and hoping to welcome you to Vienna in October.
Hugh Evans, Mariella Marzano and Gernot Hoch
__________________________________________________________________
Professor Hugh F Evans
Fellow of Forest Research
Retired, but contactable at:
Forest Research
Alice Holt Lodge
Farnham
Surrey
GU10 4LH
Work mobile phone: +44 (0)7917000234
E-mail: hugh.evans(a)forestry.gsi.gov.uk<mailto:hugh.evans@forestry.gsi.gov.uk>
www.forestry.gov.uk/forestresearch<http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestresearch>
www.impactproject.eu<http://www.impactproject.eu/>
www.rephrame.eu<http://www.rephrame.eu/>
www.forestry.gov.uk/fr/prepsys<http://www.forestry.gov.uk/fr/prepsys>
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From: Cristina Aponte <caponte(a)unimelb.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 11:17:44 +1000
Subject: Postdoc position in Forest Modelling in Romania
Dear colleagues and friends,
The National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry (INCDS) “Marin Drăcea” in Romania is hiring a post-doc for two years.
The position should start as soon as possible and preferably in June this year. We are looking for somebody with a background in forest ecology and modelling to implement a forest landscape simulation model aimed at forecasting the future of Romanian forests under range of climate and management scenarios.
Please find further information in the attachment.
The only hard requirement of the position is that candidates must have working rights within the EU.
Could you please circulate this offer to potential candidates you know of and who are looking for postdoc opportunities?
Thanks a lot for your help.
Cristina Aponte
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Cristina Aponte | Research Fellow
School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences | Faculty of Science | The University of Melbourne
500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond, Victoria 3121, Australia
p: +61 3 9035 6862 | m. +61 0466 975 743 | e. <mailto:caponte@unimelb.edu.au> caponte(a)unimelb.edu.au
Twitter: @caponte__ | ORCID 0000-0002-8457-7573
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