Website: <http://www.cfc2017.in/> http://www.cfc2017.in/
The world today is undergoing rapid socio-economic and technological changes, which have implications for the forest and environment sector, in turn affecting the ecological, economic and social well being of the people. The forestry sector must keep pace and adapt to these changes. The "Commonwealth" refers to the Commonwealth of Nations, an association of 53 sovereign nations that works together to achieve international goals such as Peace, Democracy and Consensus-building, Law, Human Rights and Development, Environmentally Sustainable Economic Development with greater trust and mutual understanding. Environment and forests are global resources and need to be focused upon by the global fraternity due to the pressures they are under as a result of the alarming growth in the human population, pressures that are being exacerbated by climate and environmental change. The year 2017 will be a key occasion for forestry professionals, academicians and all those interested in and associated with forestry sector in the Commonwealth; they will gather and share their experiences with a view to learn and develop a vision for the future that will involve inclusive and sustainable growth and development. The commonwealth forestry conferences have been held since 1920, when the first (Empire) Forestry Conference was held in London. Since then, the conferences have been held regularly to discuss various aspects of management of forests and focus the action on the changing priorities of the forestry sector.
The 19th Commonwealth Forestry Conference is scheduled to be held at Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India from 3rd to 7th April, 2017. The ICFRE and FRI will be the Focal point of the conference, with support from MOEF & CC, Government of India and Commonwealth Forestry Association. The major theme of the conference will be: "Forests for Prosperity and Posterity"
Abstract submission
Abstract submission will be open until 7 November 2016, at <http://www.cfc2017.in/call-for-papers/> http://www.cfc2017.in/call-for-papers/, containing detailed instructions on how to proceed. The sub-themes are:
1. Biodiversity conservation and management
2. Livelihood and economic security from forests
3. Diversification, multiple use and sustainable harvest
4. Good governance in forestry
5. Forests and climate change
6. Forest and water
The CFC-2017 Secretariat is looking forward to receiving your abstracts!
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posted by Brigitte Burger, IUFRO Headquarters
Von: Im Auftrag von Om Rajora
Betreff: Call for Abstracts-Genetics and Genomics Session- IUFRO 125 Anniversary Congress
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - GENETICS AND GNOMICS SESSION
IUFRO 125 ANNIVERSARY CONGRESS, 19-22 September 2017
Deadline for Submissions: 30 November 2016.
All submissions must be made online at the official congress website at <http://iufro2017.com/call-for-abstracts/> http://iufro2017.com/call-for-abstracts
Session 153: Genetics and Genomics for Conservation, Climate Adaptation and Sustainable Management of Forests
Congress Theme 2: Forests and Climate Change
Organizers
Om P. Rajora, Coordinator IUFRO 2.04.01 – Population, ecological and conservation genetics
Filippos A. Aravanopoulos, Deputy Coordinator IUFRO 2.04.01 – Population, ecological and conservation genetics
Description of the Session and the IUFRO/Congress Themes
Natural and anthropogenic disturbances, such as deforestation, fragmentation, insect and disease outbreaks and climate and environment change are major threats to the conservation and sustainability of forests and stability of forest ecosystems. Genetic diversity is the basis of all biodiversity because it provides the raw material for survival, adaptation and evolution of all organisms, especially under changed environment, climate and disease conditions. Therefore, conservation and management of genetic diversity in forest trees is critical for the stability and functioning of forest ecosystems because forest trees are normally the keystone species of many ecosystems, and many faunal and floral associations depend on their existence. Consequently, genetic diversity of forest trees provides the foundation for forest sustainability and ecosystem stability. Our understanding of the genetic diversity and population structure of forest tree species and genetic impacts of forest management practices and natural disturbances is rapidly progressing, but genetic resources of numerous ecosystems and species are endangered and may face extinction. Also, to advance measures to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change by developing and managing well-adapted, genetically diverse and healthy forest resources, it is critical to understand the genetic basis of local adaptation and that of responses and adaptation to climate change in forest trees. Emerging population, ecological and conservation genetics and genomics approaches enhance the opportunities to address these critical forest genetics research needs. The session will explore the progress and promises of forest genetics and genomics research for the conservation of forest genetic resources and understanding adaptation in forest trees with the objective to define priorities for future research in order to maximize its impact on genetic biodiversity conservation, adaptation and sustainable forest management, especially under the climate change conditions.
IUFRO/Congress Themes Addressed: Forest Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services; Forests and Climate Change
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Om P. Rajora, Ph.D.
Professor
Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management
University of New Brunswick
PO Box 44000, 28 Dineen Drive
Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada
E-mail: Om.Rajora(a)unb.ca
Telephone: (506) 458-7477
FAX: (506) 453-3538
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Call for Applications for funding in 2017
The OECD Co-operative Research Programme (CRP)'s Call for
Applications for funding international conferences (such as workshops,
congresses and symposia) and research fellowship grants for funding in 2017
is now OPEN.
Applications must be submitted by the appropriate online
application form, available at:
http://www.oecd.org/tad/crp/crp-research-fellowships-and-conference-sponsors
hip.htm
Applicants must be nationals or residents of one of the
countries participating in our Programme.
The deadline to submit an application is Saturday 10
September 2016, midnight (Paris time).
Announcing the 2016 Emerald Ash Borer Research and Technology Development Meeting
October 19-20, 2016
Wooster, Ohio
The Ohio State University is pleased to host the 9th Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Research and Technology Development Meeting at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) in Wooster, Ohio. The program will include submitted oral and poster presentations. Submissions for all EAB related research and technology development are welcome.
The deadline to submit paper and poster titles is September 19, 2016. As in past years, a proceedings of abstracts will be published.
See the following website for registration ($50), call for paper and poster presentations, lodging information, and agenda (when finalized):
https://www.regonline.com/2016eabmeeting
Funding for this meeting has been provided by USDA APHIS.
Please forward this announcement to any interested people, and please excuse any duplicate email announcements.
[Description: Description: The Ohio State University]
Daniel A. Herms
Professor
Department of Entomology
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, OH 44691
330-202-3506 Office / 330-749-5453 Mobile / 330-263-3686 Fax
email: herms.2(a)osu.edu<mailto:herms.2@osu.edu>
Entomology Department: http://entomology.osu.edu<http://oee.osu.edu/>
Herms Lab: http://oardc.osu.edu/hermslab
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Issue 7/2016
IUFRO NEWS 7, 2016
Dear Reader of IUFRO News:
We are happy to present to you issue 7 of IUFRO News 2016, volume 45.
The newsletter is also available for download as a PDF or Word file at:
http://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/ [1].
You are welcome to pass on this newsletter to your colleagues!
To find out more about IUFRO, just visit www.iufro.org [2] and follow
our blog http://blog.iufro.org/ [3], Twitter: @iufro [4] and IUFRO
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Enjoy the read!
Alexander Buck
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IUFRO News is widely distributed among IUFRO Members, officeholders and
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REFORESTATION CHALLENGES - OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN
A DEGRADED FORESTRY ENVIRONMENT
_The Second International Conference on Reforestation Challenges_ on
27-29 June 2016 in Cracow, Poland, offered an opportunity for scientists
to gather and present results and relate experiences from research areas
relevant to reforestation. MORE [6]…
STRENGTHENING COLLABORATION ON CRITERIA AND INDICATORS FOR SUSTAINABLE
FOREST MANAGEMENT
About 40 internationally renowned C&I experts from all continents
representing regional C&I processes, national and international bodies
and organizations as well as national government agencies participated
in an international expert workshop on C&I that took place on 1-3 May
2016 in Ottawa, Canada. MORE [7]…
INTERNATIONAL KNOWLEDGE-SHARING WORKSHOP: "FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION
AND GLOBAL CHANGE: FROM POLICY TO PRACTICE"
This workshop, which was held back to back with the High-level Bonn
Challenge Meeting in Kigali, Rwanda on 26-27 July 2016, brought together
experts from Africa and overseas, to exchange latest knowledge and
experiences with initiating and facilitating FLR projects in the region.
MORE [8]…
NEW POLICY BRIEF ON FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION
IUFRO launched a new policy brief entitled "_Restoring Forest
Landscapes: A 'Win-Win' for People, Nature, and Climate_" at COFO
23/World Forest Week in Rome, Italy. The publication outlines key
messages for policy makers, synthesizing major lessons learnt from a
recent review of the state-of-the-art scientific knowledge on the
climate benefits of forest landscape restoration (FLR). MORE [9]…
GOVERNMENTS RECLAIMING ROLE IN FOREST CERTIFICATION (IUFRO SPOTLIGHT
#39)
The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) has
issued a Spotlight on the report "_From governance to government: The
strengthened role of state bureaucracies in forest and agricultural
certification_" by Lukas Giessen, Sarah Burns, Muhammad Alif K. Sahide
and Agung Wibowo. MORE [10]…
DIVISION 3 PODCAST EPISODES 7 AND 8!
These new episodes feature an interview with _Dr. Luc LeBel_, Director
of FORAC, and _Dr. Sophie D'Amours_, Vice Rector of Research and
Innovation at Laval University. They focus on the future research
directions of FORAC as well as on ongoing IUFRO activities and the
strong commitment of both organizations to graduate student education
and training. MORE [11]…
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Dear colleagues,
thank you very much for the exciting session proposals we have already received!
As you know, the official deadline was today, 15. June.
However, we have decided to extend this deadline by two weeks.
Thus the extended deadline is now Thursday, June 30th .
We are looking forward to your contributions! Please feel free to share this information widely with your colleagues.
Yours sincerely,
The FVA Organization Team
FVA Baden-Württemberg | Wonnhaldestr. 4 | D-79100 Freiburg
iufro2017(a)forst.bwl.de
Dear friends and colleagues,
Further to my earlier message (below), there is just a week to go until the deadline of the call for session proposals for the IUFRO Anniversary Congress next year. It would be fantastic to have good participation at our embedded all-Division 7 meeting.
Please see my message below for more information and background.
Kind regards,
Ecki Brockerhoff
(Coordinator, IUFRO Division 7 - Forest Health)
From: Eckehard Brockerhoff
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 3:35 PM
To: 'rg70100-forclimair(a)lists.iufro.org'; 'rg70200-forpath(a)lists.iufro.org'; 'rg70300-forent(a)lists.iufro.org'; 'div7(a)lists.iufro.org'
Dear friends and colleagues,
As we cancelled the all-Division 7 conference in Istanbul that was planned for April 2016 (due to safety concerns), the Research Group coordinators, deputies and I have been thinking about options for a postponed or replacement all-Division conference.
We decided to use the opportunity to schedule our all-Division 7 meeting embedded within the upcoming 125th Anniversary IUFRO Congress next year (19-22 September 2017, Freiburg, Germany, see http://iufro2017.com/ ). This will be a special Congress, with participation from all of IUFRO, celebrating the 125th Anniversary of IUFRO. A number of other IUFRO Divisions will be embedding their all-division meetings within the congress and we (Div. 7) were invited to do so too. It is indeed an excellent opportunity to meet in Freiburg, and joining this helps to keep things simple because the congress organising team is helping with the organisational aspects and the venue. Incidentally, Sandy Liebhold (Deputy Div. 7 and Entomology RG coordinator) will chair the Congress Scientific Committee (for the entire congress).
We are also planning a field trip and Hervé Jactel (INRA, France) offered to organise it. This will likely include visits to forests in the Vosges Mountains (to see and discuss some forest health issues) as well as wine tasting in the Rhine Valley.
We encourage you all to consider submitting a session proposal for the all Div. 7 portion within the conference.
The deadline for session proposals is 15 June 2016 (see http://iufro2017.com/call-for-session/ ). In contrast to the IUFRO World Congress, IUFRO officers are welcome to organize sessions at the Freiburg congress around working party themes. We also may propose the sessions that were planned for the cancelled conference in Istanbul at the 125th Anniversary Congress so organizers of those session are welcome to resubmit them here too. When submitting a proposal online, be sure to check the box indicating that the proposed session would be in the embedded all-Division 7 meeting.
Regarding safety concerns in Europe, as Freiburg is a relatively small city and most probably not a prime target for any malicious activity, it should be safe enough to encourage your participation.
Regarding other options for Div. 7 meetings, there are already a number of working party meetings planned. An overview of the ones coming up has been given in our recently published annual report, seehttp://www.iufro.org/download/file/23800/2797/70000-annual-report-2015_p… ). More information on upcoming events is also given on the IUFRO website athttp://www.iufro.org/events/calendar/current/
Please get in touch with us if you have any thoughts or questions about this. And please consider submitting a session proposal for the 125th Anniversary Congress.
Eckehard ("Ecki") Brockerhoff, Coordinator IUFRO Division 7, Forest Health
eckehard.brockerhoff(a)scionresearch.com<mailto:eckehard.brockerhoff@scionresearch.com>
On behalf of the Research Group coordinators:
Elena Paoletti, Coordinator IUFRO RG 7.1, Impacts of Air Pollution and Climate Change
elena.paoletti(a)cnr.it<mailto:elena.paoletti@cnr.it>
Jolanda Roux, Coordinator IUFRO RG 7.2, Pathology
Jolanda.Roux(a)up.ac.za<mailto:Jolanda.Roux@up.ac.za>
Andrew ("Sandy") Liebhold, Coordinator IUFRO RG 7.3, Entomology
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