Dear Colleagues,
ICSU is currently holding its 30th General Assembly in Rome, Italy, in which
IUFRO is represented by Deputy Executive Director Michael Kleine.
Two press releases were issued at the conclusion of yesterday's session of
the 30th General Assembly:
- Research solutions for sustainability in a rapidly changing world:
http://www.icsu.org/general-assembly/press-room/press-releases/Press%20relea
se%20ESSI.pdf/view
- New Global science initiative on Urban Health:
http://www.icsu.org/general-assembly/press-room/press-releases/Press%20Relea
se%20Urban%20Health.pdf/view
You are welcome to forward these press releases to your contacts.
Best regards
Brigitte Burger
IUFRO Headquarters
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Headquarters.
IUFRO D5 Conference 2012 - 3rd Announcement
Call for proposals | abstracts
Dear Colleagues and friends,
Next year, from July 8 to 13 2012, the IUFRO Division 5 Conference FORESTS
& FOREST PRODUCTS will take place in Lisbon, Portugal.
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
The proposed sessions are already online and OPEN FOR MORE PROPOSALS (
<http://www.iufro2012.org/nm_quemsomos.php?id=38> find more).
TOPICS ( <http://www.iufro2012.org/nm_quemsomos.php?id=61> find more)
Contributions are invited that relate to the following topics:
Wood Quality | Physiomechanical Properties of Wood | Wood-based materials
and their Applications | Wood Processing | Wood Protection | Composites
and Reconstituted Products | Pulp & Paper | Properties and Utilization of
Plantation Woods | Energy and Chemicals from Forest Biomass | Forest
Products Marketing | Non-wood Forest Products | Forest Products Education
| Wood Culture | The Role of Wood in a Sustainable Society | Cork: the
ultimate sustainable forestry practice
Instructions and submissions, please click here
<http://www.iufro2012.org/nm_quemsomos.php?id=37> .
DEADLINES
Technical Sessions proposals - October 31st 2011.
Submission of abstracts November 14th 2011
IUFRO, along with the Technical University of Lisbon/ ISA invites you to
take an active part in this important event through submitting more
proposals / abstracts that surely will enrich the ambitious program. The
2012 D5 Conference hopes to address some of the major issues concerning
<http://www.iufro.org/typo3conf/ext/tcdirectmail/web/tclick.php?l=aHR0cDovL3
d3dy5pdWZybzIwMTIub3JnL25tX3F1ZW1zb21vcy5waHA/aWQ9NjM=> FORESTS AND FOREST
PRODUCTS now and into the future with keynote talks and technical sessions.
It would be greatly appreciated, if you can forward this information to your
colleagues, friends, students, or anyone who may be interested in the
conference.
Looking forward to receiving your contributions.
Best regards
Pekka Saranpää (Finland)
Conference Chair
Jamie Barbour (USA)
Conference Co-Chair
Helena Pereira (Portugal)
Local Organising Committee Chair
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Dear Colleagues,
Forest bioenergy is one of six thematic areas included in the IUFRO Strategy
2010-2014. In this context, I would like to draw your attention to the
High-level Research Conference "The Future Role of Bio-energy from Tree
Biomass in Europe" that will be held from 6 to 11 November 2011 in Vienna,
Austria.
The conference is organized by IUFRO in collaboration with the European
Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) and the European Science
Foundation (ESF), the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry,
Environment and Water Management, and the Austrian Federal Research and
Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW). The new
IUFRO Task Force on Forest Bioenergy has played a key role in developing the
scientific programme of the conference.
In 2011, the International Year of the Forest, the conference will
contribute to understanding bio-energy drivers, options and impacts on
forest growing, management and production of traditional goods and services
in the future. The scientific programme will focus on
- Availability of biomass
- Biodiversity, landscape ecology and soil water quality
- Supply chain and system evaluation
- Forest biomass as feedstock for the energy and biorefinery sector
The Conference will feature lectures by invited high-level speakers, short
talks by young and early stage researchers, poster sessions and open
discussion periods as well as a forward look. You can find detailed
information about the conference at <http://www.esf.org/index.php?id=8196>
http://www.esf.org/index.php?id=8196.
You are strongly encouraged to register your participation by 1 August 2011
at <http://www2.esf.org/asp/esfrcaf.asp?confcode=378&meetno=1>
http://www2.esf.org/asp/esfrcaf.asp?confcode=378&meetno=1
Kind regards,
Alexander Buck
IUFRO Executive Director
IUFRO 2012, All D5 Conference in Portugal - Second announcement
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
The next IUFRO All-Division5 Conference is to be held in Estoril, Lisbon,
July 8-13th 2012.
IUFRO, along with the Technical University of Lisbon/ ISA would like to
extend an invitation to the entire forest sector to participate in this
international event.
Forests play a vital role for rural as well as urban populations all over
the world. They are an essential natural resource providing multiple
benefits to people.
Their conservation and sustainable management are closely linked with global
issues such as food supply and environmental protection.
Scientific knowledge is needed all over the world to effectively address
these issues globally and regionally and provide the basis for political
decisions.
Close international cooperation in forest science and related disciplines is
required to enable forests to satisfy the manifold human needs in a
sustainable way.
This conference is designed to bring together researchers in forest products
and related fields from around the world. Discussion will embrace progress
and needs in research to meet rapidly increasing demands for all kinds of
forest products, while maintaining the forest as a source of such products
and a resource for social, economic and environmental benefits.
The major topics to be discussed are:
Wood Quality
Properties and Utilization of Plantation Woods
Physio-mechanical Properties of Wood
Energy and Chemicals from Forest Biomass
Wood-based materials and their Applications
Forest Products Marketing
Wood Processing
Non-wood Forest Products
Wood Protection
Forest Products Education
Composites and Reconstituted Products
Wood Culture
Pulp & Paper
The role of wood in a sustainable society
For further information on this upcoming event and instructions for authors,
please visit the conference website at www.iufro2012.org and complete the
form "Expression of interest" under the menu " Call for papers".
Abstracts should be submitted as soon as possible in 2011, but not later
than 28th February 2012. Abstracts received by 30th September 2011 will be
listed in the preliminary program and abstracts received by 23rd Feb listed
in the final program.
We look forward to welcoming you in 2012.
Pekka Saranpää (Finland) Jamie Barbour (USA)
Helena Pereira (Portugal)
Conference Chair Conference Co-Chair
Local Organising Committee Chair
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Dear colleagues,
As scientific officer of the EGU (European Geosciences Union, www.egu.eu<http://www.egu.eu>), division ERE (Energy, Resources and the Environment), I am responsible for the development of the focus area "aboveground processes" within our division and coordinating the program for the annual general assembly. I would like to invite you and your colleagues to (co)organize a session on forest bioenergy (potentials, challenges, ramifications, context with land-use...). For your orientation, the program of our last meeting is available here: http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2011/EGU2011_programmegroup_programme_ERE…. As one can observe, biomass (in general) is not represented well and hence we seek for additional contributions to cover this field. Since our IUFRO division certainly has the capacity to organize such sessions I am confident that there would be someone who can take this over. Please also forward this invitation to your colleagues. I am available for any questions and would like to point out that the abstract for a session should be submitted by end of June.
I am looking forward to hear from you,
Best Regards,
Viktor Bruckman
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Dipl.-Ing. Viktor Bruckman
Commission for Interdisciplinary Ecological Studies (KIOES)
of the Austrian Academy of Sciences,
Bäckerstraße 5, 1010 Vienna, AUSTRIA
Postal Address: Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2, A-1010 Vienna
Telephone: +43 1 51581 3200
Fax: +43 1 51581 3203
Mobile: +43 664 73548107
Email: viktor.bruckman(a)oeaw.ac.at<mailto:viktor.bruckman@oeaw.ac.at>
Web: http://www.oeaw.ac.at/kioes/
FCBA is pleased to invite you to the 5th edition of the International
Symposium on Wood Fibre Polymer Composites which will take place on
September 26-27, 2011, in Biarritz, about 200 km to the south of Bordeaux in
France.
The 2011 conference event will focus on opportunities for innovative wood
based composites used in Building and Furniture sectors contributing to the
Green Growth. New information will be divulged on bio resources based
materials and bio plastics used as raw materials and formulations, chemical
modifications, on product performances, policy issues standardization
methods and the environmental issues related to wood-based materials.
Scientists, Experts from Industry present latest information on recent
developments by 30 conferences on two days. A technical exhibition and
poster session will also be provided.
Scientific programme on :
http://www.fcba.fr/wpc2011/pdf/Programme%202011EN.pdf
Please register NOW and book your hotel asap :
http://www.fcba.fr/wpc2011/registration.html
Dr Gilles LABAT
FCBA
<http://www.fcba.fr> www.fcba.fr
<http://www.fcba.fr/wpc2011> www.fcba.fr/wpc2011
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IUFRO is proud to announce its first regional Congress in Africa, to be held
in Nairobi, Kenya from 25 to 30 June 2012.
The first IUFRO regional congress in Africa will be held in partnership with
the Forestry Research Network of Sub-Saharan Africa (FORNESSA) and is
expected to bring together about 350 participants to deliberate on issues
relevant to the conservation, sustainable management and utilization of
forest and tree resources in the region.
Scientists interested in organizing sessions or submitting abstracts are
invited to visit the First Announcement and Call for Abstracts at
http://fornis.net/content/first-iufro-fornessa-regional-congress.
For additional information, please contact
Dr. Joe Cobbinah
Chair, Congress Scientific Committee (CSC)
Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG)
University Box 63, Kumasi, Ghana
Telephone: +233 244 405 601 +233 260 884 733
Fax: +233 03220 60121
E-Mail: <mailto:jrcobbinah@yahoo.co.uk> jrcobbinah(a)yahoo.co.uk
<mailto:jcobbinah@csir-forig.org.gh> jcobbinah(a)csir-forig.org.gh
<mailto:iufroforn_2012@yahoo.com> iufroforn_2012(a)yahoo.com
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IUFRO Headquarters
Dear List Members:
We have received a job announcement from the Vienna University of Natural
Resources and Life Sciences - for details, please visit:
<http://www.iufro.org/download/file/7147/95/nb-boku-research-scientist.pdf/>
http://www.iufro.org/download/file/7147/95/nb-boku-research-scientist.pdf/.
Deadline: 26 June 2011
Best regards
IUFRO Headquarters
Von: Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern [mailto:sophie.zechmeister@boku.ac.at]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. Juni 2011 09:31
An: buck(a)iufro.org; office(a)iufro.org
Betreff: job announcement
Dear Director Buck, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen,
Enclosed you find a job announcement for a faculty position which may be
interesting for young scientists within the IUFRO community. Please could
you put it up on the IUFRO website and maybe forward it to some relevant
institutions.
Thank you very much in advance,
best wishes
Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern
Prof. Dr. Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern
Universität für Bodenkultur Wien
Department für Wald- und Bodenwissenschaften
Institut für Bodenforschung
Peter Jordan Str. 82
A-1190 Wien, Austria
www.boku.ac.at <http://www.boku.ac.at/>
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
Department of Forest and Soil Sciences
Institute of Soil Research
Peter Jordan Str. 82
A-1190 Vienna, Austria
tel +43-(0)1-47654-3103
fax +43-(0)1-47654-3130
From: bounce-1107707-220888(a)lists.iisd.ca
[mailto:bounce-1107707-220888@lists.iisd.ca] On Behalf Of Rose, Simmone
(FOMC)
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 2:35 AM
To: Forest Policy Info Mailing List
Subject: Climate change survey for forest managers / Une enquête sur le
changement climatique pour les gestionnaires forestiers / Una encuesta sobre
cambio climático para las autoridades forestales
Importance: High
FAO, in collaboration with forest management, climate change experts and
relevant stakeholders, is developing guidelines to assist forest managers to
effectively respond to climate change challenges and opportunities. These
guidelines will include actions related to both climate change adaptation
and mitigation and will be relevant to all types of forests, all management
objectives and all types of managers. More information on this effort may be
found here FAO Forests and
<http://www.fao.org/forestry/climatechange/65120/en/> Climate Change
Programme or requested at Climate-Change-Forest-Managers(a)fao.org.
To facilitate the development of the guidelines, we are conducting a survey
for forest managers (The survey in English
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9L22T2Q> ). We are inviting you to provide
your views and perceptions on factors that limit the ability of forest
managers to prepare for and respond to climate change.
Kindly forward the survey to your members and your mailing list(s). The
content of individual responses will not be published and will remain
anonymous.
Kindly allocate 15 minutes to complete this survey.
Thank you in advance for your time and effort in responding to the survey.
Best regards,
The Forests and Climate Change Team
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La FAO, en collaboration avec des experts en matière de gestion des forêts
et du changement climatique et les parties prenantes concernées, est en
train de développer des directives pour aider les gestionnaires des forêts à
répondre efficacement aux défis du changement climatique et à ses
opportunités. Ces directives comprendront des actions liées à l'adaptation
et à l'atténuation du changement climatique et seront adaptées à tous les
types de forêts, tous les objectifs de gestion et tous les types de
gestionnaires. Pour plus d'informations sur cet effort, vous pouvez
consulter le site Programme de
<http://www.fao.org/forestry/climatechange/65120/fr> la FAO sur les forêts
et le changement climatique ou vous pouvez écrire à
Climate-Change-Forest-Managers(a)fao.org.
Pour faciliter l'élaboration de ces directives, nous réalisons une enquête
au près des gestionnaires forestiers (
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9LMZ8XX> L'enquête en française). Nous vous
invitons à donner votre opinion et vos perceptions sur les facteurs qui
limitent la capacité des gestionnaires forestiers à se préparer et répondre
au changement climatique.
Veuillez s'il vous plaît envoyer lenquête à vos membres et à vos listes
d'adresses. Le contenu de vos réponses ne sera pas publié et restera
anonyme.
Nous vous invitons à prendre 15 minutes pour remplir ce questionnaire.
Merci d'avance pour votre temps et vos efforts consacrés à cette enquête.
Meilleures salutations,
Forêts et changement climatique.
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La FAO, en colaboración con expertos en ordenación forestal y en cambio
climático y con las partes interesadas pertinentes, está elaborando
directrices para ayudar a las autoridades forestales a responder con
eficacia a los desafíos y oportunidades que plantea el cambio climático.
Estas directrices comprenderán medidas de adaptación y mitigación ante el
cambio climático, y serán adecuadas para todo tipo de bosques, todos los
objetivos de gestión y a todos los responsables de la gestión forestal. En
el siguiente enlace se presenta más información sobre esta actividad:
Programa de la FAO <http://www.fao.org/forestry/climatechange/65120/es/>
sobre los bosques y el cambio climático o podéis escribir a
Climate-Change-Forest-Managers(a)fao.org.
Con el fin de facilitar la elaboración de las directrices, estamos haciendo
una encuesta a las autoridades forestales (La encuesta en
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/98HHFSG> español). Los invitamos a compartir
puntos de vista y opiniones sobre los factores que limitan la capacidad de
los responsables de la gestión forestal para prepararse al cambio climático
y responder a sus desafíos.
Envíe por favor la encuesta a sus membro y sus listas de correos. No se
publicarán las respuestas de los cuestionarios, su contenido se mantendrá
anónimo.
Sírvase dedicar 15 minutos a la respuesta del cuestionario.
Por anticipado, muchas gracias por su tiempo y atención para participar en
la encuesta.
Saludos cordiales,
Bosques y cambio climático
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Kathleren
Thanks for that. Have forwarded your info to Jelle Hiemstra. See below.
Good luck with the tolerant U americana searches.
Clive Brasier
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Prof Clive Brasier, Emeritus Mycologist
Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge,
Farnham, Surrey GU10 4LH, UK
Tel direct dial : (+44) (0) 1420 526240
Tel switchboard: (+44) (0) 1420 222545
Fax : (+44) (0) 1420 23653
email: >clive.brasier(a)forestry.gsi.gov.uk<
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Dear colleagues,
In 2011 it is already 8 years since the 2nd International Elm Symposium
was held in Valsain, Segovia Spain. In the past years in the Netherlands
several projects concerning elm have been carried out including a 4-year
project testing and comparing the resistance of the present elm
cultivars. That project was initiated jointly by PPO-WUR, WUR-Alterra,
the city of Amsterdam and tree nursery "de Bonte Hoek" and will be
concluded in 2011. In addition a programme for monitoring the
development of different elm cultivars in several newly planted roadside
plantations has been started together with the city of Amsterdam and
several other cities. Finally the city of Amsterdam has recently
initiated an elm arboretum.
Although we do not exactly know what research on elm is still going on
or has been done elsewhere in the past 8 years, we suppose that also in
other countries there will be new results and developments to be
reported. Therefore the idea came up that it may be time for a third
International Elm Symposium. PPO-WUR, Plant Publicity Holland, the city
of Amsterdam and "de Bonte Hoek" are prepared to take the initiative for
such a meeting. The preliminary timing and place we have in mind would
be 2-3 days in may-early June 2012 in Amsterdam.
The programme of course still is to be decided, but currently we are
thinking about the following elements:
* At least one day of presentations and discussions on progress
in elm research and developments in use of elms
* A visit to Floriade 2012 (http://www.floriade.nl/) the world
horticultural expo in Venlo NL, including a guided tour and a visit to
the elm exhibit
* A one day excursion to visit the elm arboretum and the elm
lining the canals, both in Amsterdam
The venue of the meeting probably will be at the Floriade 2012 and the
targeted audience for this meeting are scientists working on elm and elm
diseases as well as interested growers and urban green managers. In the
programme we seek to combine new advances in science with the experience
of growers and users of elm.
With this mail we (that is Hans Kaljee (City of Amsterdam), Ronnie
Nijboer (Boomkwekerij Bonte Hoek), Roel van Dijk (Plant Publicity
Holland) and Jelle Hiemstra (PPO-WUR)) would like to investigate if
there is enough interest in such a symposium. Please let us know if you
think organising the 3rd International Elm Symposium in 2012 in the
Netherlands is a good idea and if so, whether you intend to participate.
Also we would like to receive suggestions for topics to be included in
the programme and for colleagues that should be invited. Please feel
free to forward this message to colleagues that may be interested.
If the Symposium goes on, then of course there will be a formal call for
papers and participation.
Looking forward to your responses,
Jelle Hiemstra
dr. J.A. (Jelle) Hiemstra
Senior scientist
Wageningen UR/Applied Plant Research (PPO)
Sector Flower Bulbs, Nursery Stock & Fruits Prof. van Slogterenweg 2,
2161 DW Lisse P.O. Box 85, 2160 Lisse the Netherlands
Tel: + 31 252 462121 (central) / 0252-462107 (mobile number)
Fax: + 31 252 462100
E-mail:
jelle.hiemstra(a)wur.nl<https://webmail.wur.nl/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx>
Internet: www.ppo.wur.nl<http://www.ppo.wur.nl/>
PPO is gevestigd in Wageningen en geregistreerd bij de KvK onder nummer:
nr. 09.09.81.04 te Arnhem
www.disclaimer-uk.wur.nl<http://www.disclaimer-uk.wur.nl/>
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From: div7-bounces(a)lists.iufro.org [mailto:div7-bounces@lists.iufro.org]
On Behalf Of laca0023(a)umn.edu
Sent: 30 March 2011 18:51
To: div7(a)lists.iufro.org
Subject: [IUFRO Div 7] need your help locating survivor American elm
trees
Hi everyone,
Jim Slavicek and I are working together on the restoration of American
elm (Ulmus americana). American elm was a dominant species in many swamp
and floodplain forests in eastern US and Canada before Dutch elm disease
(DED) reduced its populations. At our lab, we have a small plantation of
elms in various stages of testing for DED tolerance. Several genotypes
have been shown to tolerate DED, and a large portion of the progeny from
crosses among these trees are DED-tolerant as well. We are currently
testing the potential of seedlings from DED-tolerant crosses to be used
for restoration plantings. It is our hope that large, stately American
elm trees will someday grace our floodplain and swamp forests once
again.
We need more DED-tolerant genotypes of American elm to use as parent
trees for our plantation in order to have enough genetic diversity to
use it as a seed orchard for large-scale plantings. We are looking for
healthy American elm trees larger than 24 inches DBH (diameter at breast
height) that are growing in areas that have had DED and that have not
been treated with fungicides to prevent DED. We are only interested in
American elm trees growing within its native range. If you see a
survivor elm that fits this description, please enter its location and
DBH at our website:
http://nrs.fs.fed.us/disturbance/invasive_species/ded/survivor_elms/
We will compile these entries in a database, prioritize the elms for
sampling, contact land owners, and then collect small branches from the
trees to propagate and test them for DED-tolerance. Please forward to
anyone who knows how to identify elm trees and might have interest in
this project. Thank you for your help!
- Kathleen
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Kathleen S. Knight
Research Ecologist
USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station
359 Main Rd.
Delaware, OH 43015
740-368-0063 (office)
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