Dear all
It is with great pleasure that we shared with you this information of an
event sponsored by Division 8 on "Field sampling for multi-taxon
biodiversity studies in European forests". This Training School is a great
opportunity for young researchers, post docs and PhD students among others.
All the information is on the attach. poster
Cheers
Sandra
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Sandra LUQUE PhD, DR HDR
Director of Research
Chair IUFRO Division 8 - Forest Environment
INTECOL Chair Science Committee
INRAE National Research Institute on Agriculture, Food & the Environment,
Unit TETIS Land, environment, remote sensing and spatial information
500 rue Jean-François Breton / 34093 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
Mob. +33 769150689 / Skype: sandra.luque2 <https://www.inrae.fr/en>
https://www.inrae.fr/en
Associate Editor Landscape Ecology (Europe)
https://www.springer.com/journal/10980/editors
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Join IUFRO-WFSE hybrid event at the World Forestry Congress Korea: FOREST RESTORATION - A FEASIBLE PATHWAY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT?
Monday May 2, 2022 from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM (Korean Standard Time / UTC+9)
Venue on site: Conference Room 317B
For joining the event online, please register here: https://kyoto-u-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkf-2srzosGtMZIr_gquy-kEUKUb…<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkyoto-u-e…>
Ambitious forest restoration targets have been set by organizations, governments and other national parties. Different initiatives emphasize different goals, like mitigating climate change, restoring ecosystem integrity and functionality, and benefits to rural dwellers. This session takes a critical look at the global forest restoration project by addressing some fundamental questions. How feasible are the proposed forest restoration goals and targets? What are the links between forest restoration, biodiversity and ecosystem services? Who benefits from forest restoration and how and who bears the costs? How can environmental justice principles be upheld in profoundly different political, social and cultural settings? How will the complex interplay of ecological, social and economic factors that determine restoration feasibility, changing global environmental priorities, and the anticipated increasing impact of climate change influence alternative forest restoration pathways and scenarios? The session is based on the forthcoming book by IUFRO-WFSE: Restoring forests and trees for sustainable development - Policies, practices, impacts and ways forward.
Panellists:
* Wil de Jong, Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University, Japan; Adjunct professor, Renmin University of China
* Daniela Kleinschmit, Professor, University of Freiburg, Germany
* Sabaheta Ramcilovic-Suominen, Associate Professor, Natural Resources Institute Finland
* Koen Kramer, Professor, Wageningen University; Land Life Company, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
* Pablo Pacheco, Dr, Global Forest Lead Scientist, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Washington DC; Senior Associate, Center for International Forestry
Research (CIFOR), Indonesia
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posted by IUFRO Headquaters on behalf of:
Pia Katila, Dr.
Senior Scientist
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
Coordinator, IUFRO WFSE
tel: +358 40 801 5331
pia.katila(a)luke.fi<mailto:pia.katila@luke.fi>
www.iufro.org/science/special/wfse<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iufro.…>
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Colleagues,
You are invited to take part in a survey carried out as part of the H2020 EU funded FirEUrisk research project https://fireurisk.eu/.
FirEUrisk intends to develop, evaluate and disseminate a science-based integrated strategy to: 1) expand current forest/wildland fire risk assessment systems, including critical factors of risk previously not covered; 2) produce effective measures to reduce current fire risk conditions, and 3) develop adapting management strategies to expected future climate and socioeconomic changes in socio-ecological systems of woodlands and wildlands.
This survey is aimed at gathering explorative data around perception of Human Ignition Drivers and Fire risk among citizens. Your participation in the survey is completely voluntary and anonymous.
The survey is available in the following languages and we would be very grateful for your help with it:
* English<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FirEUrisk_EN>
* French<https://fr.surveymonkey.com/r/FirEUrisk_FR>
* German<https://de.surveymonkey.com/r/FirEUrisk_DE>
* Greek<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FirEUrisk_GR>
* Italian<https://it.surveymonkey.com/r/FirEUrisk_IT>
* Portuguese<https://pt.surveymonkey.com/r/FirEUrisk_PT>
* Spanish<https://es.surveymonkey.com/r/FirEUrisk_ES>
* Romanian<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FirEUrisk_RO>
Many thanks for helping the FirEUrisk team!
With best wishes, Maria Nijnik
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The James Hutton Institute is a Scottish charitable company limited by guarantee.
Registered in Scotland No. SC374831
Registered Office: The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie Dundee DD2 5DA.
Charity No. SC041796
Dear all,
The International Tree Mortality Network, an initiative of the IUFRO
task force on monitoring trends and patterns in global tree mortality,
continues the online seminar series on *April 26, 4 pm CEST*, with:
*Prof. Dr. Andreas Bolte, Thünen Institute, Germany*
*Title:******Forest mortality dynamics in Germany – how can we cope with
it?***
_Abstract:_ In the last years forests in Germany have faced vitality
decreases and mortality dynamics never seen before. About 25% of German
forests are projected to be at risk for extensive disturbance events and
ecosystem service losses within the next 30 years; their transformation
to future resilient forests will cost billions of Euros. Based on an
analysis of ongoing mortality dynamics and options for an adaptive
forest management, solutions for future forest management will be discussed.
_Bio:_ Andreas Bolte is a forest ecologist. He is head of the Thünen
Institute of Forest Ecosystems, and Associated Professor for forest
ecology at Göttingen University. For more than 20 years he is studying
climate change impacts on forests and options to adapt them to future
climate and site conditions.
*Please register for the Zoom Webinar:
*
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/1216485606805/WN_1rS7ao5rRjCV5HGoiHxhMw
Note that the talks might be recorded.
*
*
*Previous seminars:*
Seminar # 1: Matt Hansen - Global forest monitoring using satellite data
https://youtu.be/snUSGNb9bAQ
Seminar # 2: Flavia Costa - Tree mortality in the Amazon across local
hydrological gradients: how water table depth may save or condemn trees
as climate changes
https://youtu.be/5wmzX9ldn4Q
Seminar #3: Belinda Medlyn - Tree mortality in Australian ecosystems:
past, present and future
https://youtu.be/T6S9VKklbyc
Seminar #4: Nate McDowell - Rising tree mortality in the Anthropocene
https://youtu.be/vdAXQ8CibKA
Seminar #5: Lisa Hülsmann - Tree mortality modeling – a tool for
ecological inference and a challenge for projecting forest dynamics
https://youtu.be/Yzsa0p7lq7c
Seminar #6: Craig D Allen - The global emergence of hotter-drought
drivers of forest disturbance tipping points
https://youtu.be/5NlkIQOzl2Y <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NlkIQOzl2Y>
Seminar #7: Yude Pan - Impacts of disturbances on leaf area index and
productivity of terrestrial ecosystems
https://youtu.be/mhHxGPVZXXE <https://youtu.be/mhHxGPVZXXE>
Seminar #8: Viacheslav Kharuk - Conifer decline and mortality in Siberia
https://youtu.be/2X4ZoUQa8jA <https://youtu.be/2X4ZoUQa8jA>
Seminar #9: Barbara Bentz - Recipes for Climate-Induced Bark
Beetle-Caused Tree Mortality
https://youtu.be/ddjMbYvuX6I <https://youtu.be/ddjMbYvuX6I>
Seminar #10: Ana Bastos - Climate variability, extremes, and attribution
of high-impact ecological events: challenges and ways forward
https://youtu.be/jhTwbQ6cffA <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhTwbQ6cffA>
Seminar #11: Bonaventure Ntirugulirwa - Mortality of Afrotropical trees
in a temperature manipulation experiment: Result from the Rwanda TREE
project
https://youtu.be/n0CnDXudLf0
*
*
*Visit us at:*
https://www.tree-mortality.net/https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/tree-mortality-patterns/
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Dr. (habil.) Henrik Hartmann
Group leader
Plant Allocation
MPI for Biogeochemistry
Hans Knöll Str. 10
07745 Jena, Germany
Contact:hhart@bgc-jena.mpg.de <mailto:hhart@bgc-jena.mpg.de>
Phone:+49.3641.576294
Mobile:+49.171.8188273
Website:
https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/bgp/index.php/HenrikHartmann/HenrikHartmann
*Initiatives*:
International Tree Mortality Network
https://www.tree-mortality.net/
IUFRO Task Force on monitoring of global tree mortality patterns and trends
https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/tree-mortality-patterns/
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<https://www.tree-mortality.net/>https://www.tree-mortality.net/
[cid:image002.jpg@01D837A4.903953F0]This is to announce the 8th International Symposium on Roots of Woody Plants, which will be held in-person on July 10-14, 2022 at Penn State University in State College, PA, USA.
During this symposium, which usually meets every three years, world-recognized researchers, scientists with emerging research programs, and graduate students gather to discuss research on roots of forest trees and shrubs and nut and fruit crops. The specific focus of the symposium allows for in-depth discussion on a wide array of topics, from water acquisition to managing roots in impaired ecosystems.
This international symposium typically includes 150 participants from around the world.
The symposium will be hybrid with the option to choose in-person or virtual attendance in the registration process.
Go to https://cvent.me/eORPzo<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcvent.me%…> for event summary to view symposium details and to register!
We look forward to seeing you at Penn State in July!
Sincerely
David Eissenstat
Professor
Department of Ecosystem Science and Management
201 Forest Resources Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-863-3371
Email: dme9(a)psu.edu<mailto:dme9@psu.edu>
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posted by IUFRO Headquarters on behalf of Professor David Eisenstat
Dear all,
The International Tree Mortality Network, an initiative of the IUFRO
task force on monitoring trends and patterns in global tree mortality,
continues the online seminar series on *March 15, 4 pm CET*, with:
*Bonaventure Ntirugulirwa*
*Title: **Mortality of Afrotropical trees in a temperature manipulation
experiment: Result from the Rwanda TREE project*
_Abstract:_ Knowledge on mortality responses of tropical trees and
communities under projected warmer climate is limited. Trees in tropical
montane forests (TMFs) are considered particularly vulnerable to climate
change, but this hypothesis remains poorly evaluated due to data
scarcity. To reduce the knowledge gap on the warming response of TMFs,
we have established a field experiment along an elevation gradient
ranging from 2400 m a.s.l. (15.2 °C mean temperature) to 1300 m a.s.l.
(20.6 °C mean temperature) in Rwanda. Twenty tree species, native to
East and Central Africa, from two forest types of origin (transitional
rainforest at 1600 – 2000 m a.s.l, and TMF at 2000 – 3000 m a.s.l.) and
two successional groups, early (ES) and late succession (LS), were
planted in multispecies plots at three sites along the gradient. Tree
growth and survival of 5400 trees was monitored regularly over two
years. The results showed that ES trees from lower elevations grew
faster at warmer sites while several of the LS species, especially from
higher elevations, did not respond or grew slower. Moreover, tree
mortality increased in a warmer climate and this was more pronounced in
high-elevation and LS species compared to lower-elevation and ES tree
species. ES species with transitional rainforest origin strongly
increased in proportion of stand basal area at warmer sites, while
tropical montane forest species declined, suggesting that
higher-elevation and LS species are at risk to be outcompeted by
lower-elevation and ES species in a warmer climate. We conclude that
tree mortality and growth responses combined may lead to modified tree
community composition in a warmer climate, favouring lower-elevation and
ES tree species. This has important implications for biodiversity and
carbon storage of Afromontane forests.
_Bio:_ Bonaventure Ntirugulirwa is a research fellow in the Forest
Productivity and Improvement Program at the Rwanda Forestry Authority of
the Ministry of Environment in Rwanda. He is a PhD candidate at the
University of Rwanda and at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. His
research focus are native tree species, their relation to ecological
regions, and the influence of climate change on growth and mortality.
*Please register for the Zoom Webinar: *
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/2716463846296/WN_KN6QanBkTQye_cLZyvFWKg
Note that the talks might be recorded.
*
*
*Previous seminars:*
Seminar # 1: Matt Hansen - Global forest monitoring using satellite data
https://youtu.be/snUSGNb9bAQ
Seminar # 2: Flavia Costa - Tree mortality in the Amazon across local
hydrological gradients: how water table depth may save or condemn trees
as climate changes
https://youtu.be/5wmzX9ldn4Q
Seminar #3: Belinda Medlyn - Tree mortality in Australian ecosystems:
past, present and future
https://youtu.be/T6S9VKklbyc
Seminar #4: Nate McDowell - Rising tree mortality in the Anthropocene
https://youtu.be/vdAXQ8CibKA
Seminar #5: Lisa Hülsmann - Tree mortality modeling – a tool for
ecological inference and a challenge for projecting forest dynamics
https://youtu.be/Yzsa0p7lq7c
Seminar #6: Craig D Allen - The global emergence of hotter-drought
drivers of forest disturbance tipping points
https://youtu.be/5NlkIQOzl2Y <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NlkIQOzl2Y>
Seminar #7: Yude Pan - Impacts of disturbances on leaf area index and
productivity of terrestrial ecosystems
https://youtu.be/mhHxGPVZXXE <https://youtu.be/mhHxGPVZXXE>
Seminar #8: Viacheslav Kharuk - Conifer decline and mortality in Siberia
https://youtu.be/2X4ZoUQa8jA <https://youtu.be/2X4ZoUQa8jA>
Seminar #9: Barbara Bentz - Recipes for Climate-Induced Bark
Beetle-Caused Tree Mortality
https://youtu.be/ddjMbYvuX6I <https://youtu.be/ddjMbYvuX6I>
Seminar #10: Ana Bastos - Climate variability, extremes, and attribution
of high-impact ecological events: challenges and ways forward
https://youtu.be/jhTwbQ6cffA <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhTwbQ6cffA>
*
*
*Visit us at:*
https://www.tree-mortality.net/https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/tree-mortality-patterns/
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Dr. (habil.) Henrik Hartmann
Group leader
Plant Allocation
MPI for Biogeochemistry
Hans Knöll Str. 10
07745 Jena, Germany
Contact:hhart@bgc-jena.mpg.de <mailto:hhart@bgc-jena.mpg.de>
Phone:+49.3641.576294
Mobile:+49.171.8188273
Website:
https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/bgp/index.php/HenrikHartmann/HenrikHartmann
*Initiatives*:
International Tree Mortality Network
https://www.tree-mortality.net/
IUFRO Task Force on monitoring of global tree mortality patterns and trends
https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/tree-mortality-patterns/
<https://www.tree-mortality.net/>https://www.tree-mortality.net/
Dear all,
The International Tree Mortality Network, an initiative of the IUFRO
task force on monitoring trends and patterns in global tree mortality,
continues the online seminar series join on *February 15, 4 pm CET*, with:
*Dr. Ana Bastos*
*Title: **Climate variability, extremes, and attribution of high-impact
ecological events: challenges and ways forward*
_Abstract:_ Climate and weather extremes impact tree functioning
directly and can further trigger forest disturbances, thus affecting
forest functioning and dynamics over periods much longer than the
extreme per-se. With increased frequency or intensity of extreme events
projected in the coming decades, extreme events might cluster in periods
shorter than recovery times, thereby amplifying impacts and potentially
inducing degradation and mortality trajectories. Understanding the links
between atmospheric variability controlling extreme event occurrence and
downstream impacts on forests is, therefore, crucial to: (i) separate
trends in disturbance/mortality events due to natural vs.
anthropogenically forced climate variability, (ii) improve process
understanding about the drivers of high-impact ecological events and
(iii) increase the robustness of future projections of forest dynamics.
_Bio:_ Ana Bastos is the Lead of the Climate-ecosystem-disturbance
interactions group of the Max Planck Institute of Biogeochemistry. She
specialises in climate-ecosystem interactions with an emphasis on the
inter-annual to long-term variability in the global carbon-cycle.
*Please register for the Zoom Webinar: *
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/4216438940390/WN_LtlBqI-FQCCj2nsaV82OGQ
Note that the talks might be recorded.
*
*
*Previous seminars:*
Seminar # 1: Matt Hansen - Global forest monitoring using satellite data
https://youtu.be/snUSGNb9bAQ
Seminar # 2: Flavia Costa - Tree mortality in the Amazon across local
hydrological gradients: how water table depth may save or condemn trees
as climate changes
https://youtu.be/5wmzX9ldn4Q
Seminar #3: Belinda Medlyn - Tree mortality in Australian ecosystems:
past, present and future
https://youtu.be/T6S9VKklbyc
Seminar #4: Nate McDowell - Rising tree mortality in the Anthropocene
https://youtu.be/vdAXQ8CibKA
Seminar #5: Lisa Hülsmann - Tree mortality modeling – a tool for
ecological inference and a challenge for projecting forest dynamics
https://youtu.be/Yzsa0p7lq7c
Seminar #6: Craig D Allen - The global emergence of hotter-drought
drivers of forest disturbance tipping points
https://youtu.be/5NlkIQOzl2Y <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NlkIQOzl2Y>
Seminar #7: Yude Pan - Impacts of disturbances on leaf area index and
productivity of terrestrial ecosystems
https://youtu.be/mhHxGPVZXXE <https://youtu.be/mhHxGPVZXXE>
Seminar #8: Viacheslav Kharuk - Conifer decline and mortality in Siberia
https://youtu.be/2X4ZoUQa8jA <https://youtu.be/2X4ZoUQa8jA>
Seminar #9: Barbara Bentz - Recipes for Climate-Induced Bark
Beetle-Caused Tree Mortality
https://youtu.be/ddjMbYvuX6I <https://youtu.be/ddjMbYvuX6I>
*Visit us at:*
https://www.tree-mortality.net/https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/tree-mortality-patterns/
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Dr. (habil.) Henrik Hartmann
Group leader
Plant Allocation
MPI for Biogeochemistry
Hans Knöll Str. 10
07745 Jena, Germany
Contact:hhart@bgc-jena.mpg.de <mailto:hhart@bgc-jena.mpg.de>
Phone:+49.3641.576294
Mobile:+49.171.8188273
Website:
https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/bgp/index.php/HenrikHartmann/HenrikHartmann
*Initiatives*:
International Tree Mortality Network
https://www.tree-mortality.net/
IUFRO Task Force on monitoring of global tree mortality patterns and trends
https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/tree-mortality-patterns/
