1:42 p.m.
Hello all
Mark your calendars! I would like to encourage you to submit an abstract to
the minisymposium at the national congress in Stockholm, 2024
entitled, “*Resilience
of Forest Biodiversity to Climate Change and Pests: Civic Engagement and
Conservation in Seed Banks, Public Gardens, and Wild, Urban, and
Agroforestry Landscapes*”
This has been organized by myself, Jill Wagner, Sean Hoban, Lara Salido and
Denita Hadziabdic. Below follows a link to the meeting and submission
details and description, followed by a message from Brigitte Burger with
detail on the congress, etc. but I have copied the important dates and
links here for your convenience:
Abstracts will be accepted until *2 June 2023*. Authors will be informed if
their presentation is accepted by *30 October 2023*. In order to remain in
the programme, the registration deadline for *Presenting Authors* of
accepted abstracts is *15 January 2024*.
https://iufro2024.com/iufro-world-congress-2024/aim-and-scope/
https://iufro2024.com/call-for-congress-abstract
*Mini-Symposium: Resilience of Forest Biodiversity to Climate Change and
Pests: Civic Engagement and Conservation in Seed Banks, Public Gardens, and
Wild, Urban, and Agroforestry Landscapes*
*To conserve biodiversity, multiple approaches can be taken on the ground.
This mini-symposium (Panel, Flash-talks & Posters) represents experts who
focus on complementary aspects of conservation and reforestation; threat
assessment, seed collecting and banking from wild trees, collective action
and civic engagement, the roles of public gardens in conserving genetic
resources, developing genetic resistance to pests to conserve biodiversity,
and the importance of conserving genetic diversity in the face of pests and
climate change.*
*Seed is the unit by which biodiversity is propagated, and therefore,
protected. There is ever increasing pollination disruption with shifting
local climate conditions and more fragmented and degraded native
ecosystems. As forests and genetic diversity are lost, so are mother trees
for seed collection, in a time when people want to greatly scale
reforestation efforts. In addition to potential declines in seed crops,
global trade, biodiversity loss, and fragmentation increase the threat of
emergent insect and pathogen outbreaks, resulting in local or range-wide
extinction of iconic tree species. Therefore, there is a global need for
threat assessments, seed collection and banking of native tree species.*
*In the context of the above challenges and solutions, public gardens and
arboreta are critical to the resilience of forests and society. In addition
to acting as living collections, seed sources, and refugia of tree species,
public gardens serve as biodiversity hotspots in cities, and meeting places
for public and volunteer conservation efforts and outreach. As sentinels,
trees in public gardens can be used to proactively detect emergent disease
threats. Through collective action, exchange of information, public
engagement, and local expert knowledge, “think global, act local” could be
applied to aid proactive efforts to protect forest biodiversity from the
next major pests across the world. Local experts and civic ecologists can
accomplish this by collecting seed and observing trees in native
environments, plantations, public gardens, and urban forests.*
*Breeding or human-directed genetic improvement presents a practical
solution for restoration of species that are impacted by emergent pest
epidemics, climate change, or other threats. The utility of breeding to
protect biodiversity also depends on the prior establishments of seed banks
and other germplasm resources. It is critical to generate a prior
understanding of the diversity of populations of tree species valued for
their ecological, horticultural, or economic and commercial
characteristics, the observed or potential effects of threats to those
populations, and the role diversity could play in recovery of species.*
We look forward to seeing the submissions of you and your colleagues to
this event.
Best regards,
*Geoff Williams, PhDInternational Sentinel Network Coordinator*
*Forest Service*
*International Programs*
*Office of the Chief*
*Office: +1 (202) 263-9231*
*WhatsApp: +1 (208) 874-7604**geoffrey.williams(a)usda.gov
<geoffrey.williams(a)usda.gov>*
3101 Discovery Dr., Suite F
Lansing, MI 48910
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---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Brigitte Burger <burger(a)iufro.org>
Date: Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 6:32 AM
Subject: [IUFRO Div 7] XXVI IUFRO World Congress: Call for Abstracts
To: div7(a)lists.iufro.org <div7(a)lists.iufro.org>
<https://www.iufro.org/>
International Union
of Forest Research
Organizations
XXVI IUFRO World Congress: Call for Abstracts
*XXVI IUFRO World Congress 2024*
* FORESTS AND SOCIETY TOWARDS 2050*
*Stockholm, Sweden; 23-29 June 2024*
*Congress website: **https://www.iufro2024.com/*
<https://www.iufro2024.com/>
*CALL FOR ABSTRACTS*
Dear forest scientists and experts, dear IUFRO members, dear colleagues,
The Congress Scientific Committee (CSC) is pleased to announce that the *Call
for Abstracts* for the XXVI IUFRO Congress in Stockholm, Sweden, 23-29 June
2024, *is open *and welcomes submissions of abstracts for presentations in
sub-plenary, technical and poster sessions.
To submit your abstract, please take the following steps:
1. Consult the list of sessions at Call for Congress Abstract | IUFRO
Stockholm 2024 (iufro2024.com)
<https://iufro2024.com/call-for-congress-abstract>
2. Submit your abstract at Abstract Submission | IUFRO 2024
<https://www.appinconf.com/kas/Abstract?projectName=iufro2024abstracts>
A form for abstract submission is available online. You will be required to
insert a title (max 150 characters), authors with their affiliation (the
author presenting the paper or poster at the Congress must be designated as
the *Presenting Author*), and text (max 350 words describing context,
specific topic of the study, methods, main results, and conclusions in
plain writing). No figures, tables or list of references should be added.
Please note that abstracts may be submitted in English only.
Authors must select one of the following options: oral only; poster only;
oral or poster. The session organizers will decide on the length of a talk,
which could range from 2-3 minutes for flash talks to 15 minutes or more
for regular talks. Please note that poster presenters will be given the
opportunity to present their work orally (2-3 min) during moderated poster
sessions. The Congress will feature only digital poster displays to ensure
high visibility for poster presentations. Poster areas will be open and
free to visit during the whole Congress.
Authors are limited to *a maximum of two abstracts as presenting author*,
although an individual may be listed as a co-author on several abstracts.
Abstracts not associated with one of the sessions in the list may be
assigned to a general poster session. Session organizers will review the
abstracts for scientific quality, topical significance and relevance
to the Congress
themes
<https://iufro2024.com/iufro-world-congress-2024/forests-and-society-towards-2050/iufro-world-congress-2024-themes/>
and to the particular session to which the abstract is submitted, and
assign them as oral or poster presentations. You will be informed in due
time about the type and length of your presentation.
Candidates for Best Poster Award
<https://www.iufro.org/fileadmin/material/discover/honour-bpa.pdf> must
apply online during the abstract submission process.
Abstracts will be accepted until *2 June 2023*. Authors will be informed if
their presentation is accepted by *30 October 2023*. In order to remain in
the programme, the registration deadline for *Presenting Authors* of
accepted abstracts is *15 January 2024*.
We look forward to your active participation in the design of the
scientific program for the 2024 IUFRO Congress in Stockholm.
*Elena Paoletti*
*On behalf of the CSC*
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