Dear Janice thank you for sharing this valuable information that I would like to share with all our Division 8 colleagues, since the topic is highly relevant for our Division (sooory for duplicates! I know that several of you already got the info... ), I will share now with other networks and related social media
Cheers
Sandra
Dear FLR Colleagues,
IUFRO-SPDC is very pleased to announce that the video recording of the "Forest Landscape Restoration Implementation: Progress on the Ground"
side-event hosted at IUFRO 2019 in Curitiba, Brazil is now available online as 11-episode for you to watch and share!
Full Playlist on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoCgwC3s55P5j5PebA5HF7tMWGQOup4uu
Social Media Posts by IUFRO--
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iufro/posts/2552142598154642
Twitter: https://twitter.com/IUFRO/status/1200351021022752769
We hope that you enjoy, and if you do, that you take time to “like” and share the links above with those people in your networks and any policy makers, practitioners and FLR facilitators who may appreciate these resources to support FLR implementation on the ground. Detailed country reports from participants of the FLR Snapshot Analysis are also available on the project website, and more posters and reports are coming soon.
Kind regards,
Janice (on behalf of IUFRO-SPDC)
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Janice Burns
Thematic Networking Manager
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Marxergasse 2, 1030 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43-1-877-0151-40 / Fax: +43-1-877-0151-50 Website:
http://www.iufro.org <http://www.iufro.org/>
Announcement:
3rd Call for Registration and Abstract Submission: 5th International Conference on Soil-, Bio- and Eco-Engineering, 13-19 June 2020, Zollikofen (Bern), Switzerland
Dear colleagues and friends from the Soil-, Bio- and Eco-Engineering research community
The Bern University of Applied Sciences, School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (BFH-HAFL) in collaboration with IUFRO, Ingenieurbiologie, EFIB, ecorisQ and numerous international scientists is organizing the 5th International Conference on Soil-, Bio- and Eco-Engineering, which will take place in Zollikofen (Bern), Switzerland from 13th - 19th June, 2020.
Conference topics include:
1. Root-soil interactions and distribution
2. Root reinforcement
3. Soil erosion and conservation
4. Riverbank and coastline protection measures
5. Slope stability modelling
6. Effects of vegetation on hillslope hydrology
7. Bioengineering, ecology and biodiversity
8. Eco-DRR measures, protection forests, and soil bioengineering
9. Risk management and decision support systems
10. Benefits and liabilities in slope and erosion control
These topics are divided in 12 scientific sessions and will take place at the BFH-HAFL. Additionally, pre- and post-conference courses (academic workshops) as well as excursions are organized.
Your knowledge and experience in these fields of work will be an excellent addition to our program and we kindly encourage you to contribute to the conference by submitting an abstract for oral or poster presentation. It is hereby our great pleasure and honor to invite you to attend the conference and to present your work at the 5th International Conference on Soil-, Bio- and Eco-Engineering.
Registration deadline for abstract submission is November 30th, 2019 and early-bird registration closes 31st January, 2020: https://www.bfh.ch/en/news/events/5th-international-conference-on-soil-bio-…
Please share this call with your network and colleagues through forwarding this e-mail including the attached file.
On behalf of the organizing committee, we are looking forward to hearing from and seeing you in June 2020 and we send our best regards!
Yours sincerely,
The organization committee
P.S. For any additional information please feel free to contact:
Eric Gasser
eric.gasser(a)bfh.ch<mailto:eric.gasser@bfh.ch>
+41 31 910 29 65
Or:
Dr. Massimiliano Schwarz
massimiliano.schwarz(a)bfh.ch<mailto:massimiliano.schwarz@bfh.ch>
+41 31 910 21 79