Dear friends and colleagues,
We are pleased to inform you that the 1st announcement of the IUFRO WP
7.02.13 Meeting "Improving forest health on commercial plantations, that
will be held on March 2018 in Punta del Este, Uruguay, is available online
at
<http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-7/70000/70200/70213/activit
ies/>
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-7/70000/70200/70213/activiti
es/.
This meeting will be an excellent opportunity to discuss on a wide range of
topics, from status of pests and diseases to biosecurity and from monitoring
to management of forest insects and pathogens affecting intensively managed
commercial plantations. And of course, it will be also an opportunity to
enjoy the natural beauties of Uruguay.
Please, feel free to contact us for any comments and questions.
Looking forward to see you here for an unforgettable meeting,
With kind regards,
Gustavo Balmelli <mailto:gbalmelli@tb.inia.org.uy> gbalmelli(a)tb.inia.org.uy
Leader of the Organizing Committee
Ing. Agr. MSc. PhD. Gustavo Balmelli
Programa Forestal
INIA Tacuarembó
Tel.: ++598 463 22407 int 1389
Ruta 5, Km. 386. Tacuarembó
<mailto:gbalmelli@tb.inia.org.uy> gbalmelli(a)tb.inia.org.uy
cid:part1.02020600.01010404@tb.inia.org.uy
Dear Niagara Falls meeting attendees,
The issues with registration for this meeting have been resolved. Due to
issues with the registration website, we have extended the earlybird
registration deadline to March 19. The earlybird rate is $650.00 for
regular attendees and $325.00 for students. On March 20, registration
will increase to the standard rate of $750.00 for regular attendees and
$425.00 for students. Registration will be accepted right up to the
start of the meeting in May, however early registrations are appreciated
for planning purposes.
A retiree rate of $500.00 has been added.
A single day rate of $300.00 has been added.
If you prefer to pay by bank transfer rather than credit card, please
download the PDF registration form and contact Kerry Spencer
(admin(a)cif-ifc.org) who will provide the banking information. There is a
$50.00 additional cost due to bank fees but we will accept multiple
registrations with a single bank transfer. All costs in Canadian funds.
The deadline for abstract submission is still March 15.
Thanks to everyone who has already registered or submitted an abstract!
We look forward to welcoming you in Niagara Falls in May.
Regards,
Tod Ramsfield (on behalf of the local arrangements committee).
Colleagues,
We hope to compile information on orphaned data for tropical forests, including inventory and plot data, that are in danger of being lost. Many projects over the years have generated a lot of tropical forest data. But the information is scattered among different institutions and people, some still only on paper, some digitized but in older formats.
TROPIS and ATROFI-UK are two previous databases that compiled metadata on forest plots and inventories. The data for certain plots are available at www.forestplots.net and its associated networks. But other plots and inventories still need attention, re-discovery even. We would like to compile information on datasets that should be digitized or transformed to an up-to-date digital format. The goal is firstly to make metadata on these datasets available on a publicly accessible website, and then to try to secure the data itself by pushing for appropriate curation with open-access availability.
These legacy datasets are invaluable for understanding how tropical forests change through time, including the cumulative impacts of changes in land use and climate, and changes in patterns of biodiversity and carbon storage. The past can help inform the future.
If you know of any such orphaned databases for tropical forests, please send a message to: Gillian Petrokofsky gillian.petrokofsky(a)zoo.ox.ac.uk or Sheila Ward sheila.emily.ward(a)gmail.com. Please pass this message on to anyone who might be interested.
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Regards,
Sheila Ward
Coordinator, IUFRO 1.02.04
Gillian Petrokovsky
Deputy Coordinator, IUFRO 9.01.01
Dear All,
We have become aware of the issue for registration by International
participants on the meeting website and have asked the web administrator
to modify the registration process to allow more than just people from
Canada and the USA to register. Please bear with us as we address
this. We will send notification as soon as the issue is fixed.
Meanwhile, abstract submission will occur through e-mail to this
account: iufro2017abstracts(a)gmail.com
<mailto:iufro2017abstracts@gmail.com>. Attached are the abstract
submission guidelines and we will be happy to receive your abstract
before your registration is completed.
Regards,
Tod Ramsfield, PhD ( on behalf of the local arrangements team )
Research Scientist Forest Pathology, Canadian Forest Service
Natural Resources Canada / Government of Canada
Tod.Ramsfield(a)canada.ca / Tel: 780-435-7394
Chercheur, Pathologie forestière, Service canadien des forêts
Ressources naturelles Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
Tod.Ramsfield(a)canada.ca / Tel : 780-435-7394
Dear IUFRO members,
We would like to invite you to the new EMPHASIS
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stakeholder-dialogue-to-foster-investment-in-a…>
webinar
‘In field moleculardiagnostics as an aid to disease management
<https://goo.gl/5mBCGI>’ will be held on the 1st of March 2017 (15:00 CET).
The session will be delivered by UK's National Institute of Agricultural
Botany (NIAB <http://www.niab.com/>) - one of EMPHASIS
<http://www.emphasisproject.eu/> partners - , to give more insights to the
audience about isothermal Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) assays and how
they can be used to diagnose the presence of latent diseases in the field,
including those which are especially difficult to identify. They will show
how assays are developed, and how they may be used to improve disease
management choices.
Speakers will be NIAB <http://www.niab.com/> researchers: Dr Jane Thomas,
Dr Tom Wood and Dr Rosa Caiazzo.
Target audience are research students, researchers, agri-business and
forestry experts, farmers and foresters and any other person interested in
being introduced to this portable molecular diagnostic tools on plant
diseases.
The webinar is *free of charge* and places are limited, therefore
registrations will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis. Ones you
register to the event you will receive by email additional information to
follow the online the webinar.
Link to register: https://goo.gl/5mBCGI
We would be very thankful if you would help us by sharing this webinar
among your contacts that might be interested.
We thank you in advance for your interest and cooperation with this project.
Best regards,
The EMPHASIS project team
Experiences with Adaptive Measures in Forestry and Forest Restoration under Global Change
The members of the IUFRO Task Force "Forest Adaptation and Restoration under Global Change" are conducting a survey to gain data and insights for developing best practice approaches for forest adaptation and restoration under global change. This survey relies on the knowledge of experts/professionals from forestry and related fields and their information about actual examples of Adaptive Measures in Forestry and Forest Restoration, thus we would like to kindly ask you for your participation.
The collected data will contribute valuable information to a study of the local and regional experiences with Adaptive Forest Management (AFM) and Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) under climate- and societal change with the aim to increase the adaptive capacity of forests and forest landscapes with regards to those changes.
Please visit <http://gdi.thuenen.de/wo/limesurvey/index.php/883655?lang=en> http://gdi.thuenen.de/wo/limesurvey/index.php/883655?lang=en and fill in the questionnaire – the Task Force greatly appreciates your help in this matter!
(For details on the Task Force, please visit http://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/forest-adaptation-restoration/)
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posted by IUFRO Headquarters on behalf of:
Prof. Dr. Andreas Bolte
Institutsleiter / Head of Institute
Thünen-Institut für Waldökosysteme / Thünen Institute of Forest Ecosystems A.-Möller-Str. 1
D-16225 Eberswalde (Germany)
Tel: +49 3334 3820-344
Fax: +49 3334 3820-354
Mail:andreas.bolte@ti.bund.de
Web:www.ti.bund.de ResearcherID:www.researcherid.com/rid/A-3521-2009ResearchGate:http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andreas_Bolte
Das Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Ländliche Räume, Wald und Fischerei – kurz: Thünen-Institut – besteht aus 14 Fachinstituten, die in den Bereichen Ökonomie, Ökologie und Technologie forschen und die Politik beraten. / The Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries – Thünen Institute in brief – consists of 14 specialized institutes that carry out research and provide policy advice in the fields of economy, ecology and technology.
