Dear forest health (IUFRO Div. 7) researchers:
Do you have studies showing how biodiversity helps to manage high-value
species (such as the Meliaceae) or how high value timbers help to conserve
biodiversity? Below is an idea for a technical session for the IUFRO 2014
World Congress relating high value tropical timbers and biodiversity Any
suggestions would be most welcome, including reorientation of this
potential session. Collaboration with a unit of Divison 7 on this session
would be great. If you would like to participate in the session, could you
please send me a draft title for your contribution? Please also send this
on to anyone else who might be interested. Please send any ideas by April
17, since session proposals are due April 30.
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*How does biodiversity help to manage high-value timber species, and
vice-versa?*
*Valuable tropical timbers, such as many Meliaceae, remain in high demand,
casting a shadow over prospects for these species and their forests.
However, management of high-value tropical timber species may help conserve
the biodiversity of the forests they inhabit. Conversely, biodiversity may
contribute to the health of individual trees and populations of these
species. This session seeks to explore positive, reciprocal relationships
between biodiversity and high-value timber species (including in
plantations).*
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Thanks!
Sheila Ward
Deputy Coordinator
Working party 1.02.04 – Sustainable management and genetic resources in
Meliaceae
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Date: 2013/4/1
Subject: 32nd SFTIC meeting - Invitation to Attend and Participate.
Invitation to Attend and Participate
We cordially invite your attendance and
participation in the 32nd SFTIC meeting on
the shores of Lake Hartwell in Clemson, SC.
The meeting will take place June 10‐13, 2013.
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School of Agricultural, Forest, and Environmental Sciences
CAFLS
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Dear Colleague,
we would like to inform you that we are organizing the conference Tree
Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology (TRACE) 2013 in Viterbo,
Italy, 8-11 May 2013.
TRACE 2013, organized in conjunction with the Association for Tree-ring
Research (ATR, www.tree-ring.org) seeks to strengthen the network and
scientific exchange of scientists and students involved in the study of
tree-rings. It aims at presenting and discussing new discoveries and
approaches in the wide field of tree-ring science. The scope of the
meeting includes all fields of dendrochronology, such as tree-rings in
archaeology, climate, geomorphology, glaciology, fire history, forest
dynamics, hydrology, physiology, and stable isotopes.
The deadline for abstract submission is 24 March 2013.
All information available at: www.trace2013.unitus.it
With best regards,
The local Organizing Board
Gianluca Piovesan, Manuela Romagnoli, Alfredo Di Filippo
PS: we would be grateful if you could share this email with people you
think could be interested to participate. Thank you!
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ALFREDO DI FILIPPO, PhD
DendrologyLAB
Dept. of Agriculture, Forests, Nature and Energy (DAFNE)
Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
www.daf.unitus.it/dendro
IUFRO Joint Meeting
WP 7.03.05 (Ecology and Management of Bark and Woodboring Insects) and 7.03.07 (Population Dynamics of Forest Insects)
Banff, Alberta, Canada
September 16 - 19, 2013
For more information visit:
http://popecol.forestry.ubc.ca/iufro-altered-biotic-disturbances-in-a-warmi…
Barbara J. Bentz
Research Entomologist
USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station
860 N. 1200 East
Logan, UT 84321
435-755-3577
435-890-3186 (mobile)
bbentz(a)fs.fed.us<mailto:bbentz@fs.fed.us>
www.usu.edu/beetle
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Dear colleagues,
We would like to draw your attention to the two approaching deadlines for the upcoming Biochar Workshop in Vienna:
The abstract submission deadline on 18th. March and
The workshop registration deadline on 25th. March!
Please find details and the provisional programme attached and on the FOREBIOM project website:http://www.oeaw.ac.at/forebiom/conference.htm
We are looking forward to your contributions and hope to see you in Vienna in April.
Kind regards,
MSc Bojana Veselinovic
Scientific project assistant
FOREBIOM - Potentials of Biochar to mitigate climate change
Department of Forest- and Soil Sciences
Institute of Forest Ecology,
Univ.of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences
Peter Jordan-Strasse 82,
1190 Vienna, Austria
Tel: +43-1-47654-4142
Fax: +43-1-47654-4129
Email: bojana.veselinovic(a)boku.ac.at
Dearcolleagues,
Theabstract submission for the
1stFOREBIOM Biochar Workshop to be held in Vienna(4th-5th of April) is open!
Itis organized back-to-back with the European Geosciences Union General Assembly (7th - 12. April2013 in Vienna) aims at gathering the ongoing research on biocharfor energy and as soil amendment to improve the soil properties and highlightsthe need for further research in this field. Current research is presented byinternationally recognized researchers from leading institutions.
Moreinformation and a (tentative) scientific programme can be obtained here: http://www.oeaw.ac.at/forebiom/conference.htm.
There is noconference fee. All application details are presented in the attachedinvitation letter.
Feelfree to contact us for further questions and clarifications. The contactpersons are:
Viktor Bruckman Viktor.Bruckman(a)oeaw.ac.at
Bojana Veselinovic bojana.veselinovic(a)boku.ac.at
Bestregards,
BojanaVeselinovic
MSc Bojana Veselinovic
Scientific project assistant
Department of Forest- and Soil Sciences
Institute of Forest Ecology,
Univ.of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences
Peter Jordan-Strasse 82,
1190 Vienna, Austria
Tel: +43-1-47654-4142
Fax: +43-1-47654-4129
Email: bojana.veselinovic(a)boku.ac.at
~~Meeting Announcement~~
WP 7.03.05 - Ecology and Management of Bark and Woodboring Insects
WP 7.03.07 - Population Dynamics of Forest Insects
Banff, Alberta, Canada
September 16 - 19, 2013
A website with registration, abstract submission and lodging information will be available very soon!
For additional information please contact:
Bill Riel bill.riel(a)NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca
Allan Carroll allan.carroll(a)ubc.ca
Barbara Bentz (Coordinator, 7.03.05) bbentz(a)fs.fed.us
Rich Fleming (Coordinator, 7.03.07) rich.Fleming(a)NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca
Barbara J. Bentz
Research Entomologist
USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station
860 N. 1200 East
Logan, UT 84321
435-755-3577
435-890-3186 (mobile)
bbentz(a)fs.fed.us<mailto:bbentz@fs.fed.us>
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Dear Colleagues:
On behalf of the Scientific and Organizing Committees for the conference “Vegetation Response to Climate Change and Air Pollution – Unifying Evidence and Research across Northern and Southern Hemisphere” organized by the IUFRO Research Group 7.01. “Impacts of Air Pollution and Climate Change on Forest Ecosystems” we invite scientists, managers and decision makers interested in the topic of the conference to visit the revised Website: <http://www.iufro2013.ufop.br/> http://www.iufro2013.ufop.br/.
Pre-registration and abstract submission will start on 1 February 2013. For all other deadlines, please see: http://www.iufro2013.ufop.br/index.php/2012-10-15-13-45-25/deadlines.
Please note that a location of the conference has been changed from Rio de Janeiro to Ilhéus in Bahia, Brazil.
We are looking forward to welcoming you in Illheus!
Andrzej Bytnerowicz
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Dr. Andrzej Bytnerowicz
Senior Scientist
USDA Forest Service
Pacific Southwest Research Station
4955 Canyon Crest Drive
Riverside, CA 92507, USA
tel. 951-680-1562
