Dear IUFRO FRIENDS
Please consider attending the upcoming FABI International Seminar (29th April at 16h00 GMT +2) to be presented by Dr Andrew (Sandy) Liebhold. Sandy is very well known to the IUFRO Community having (for example) served Division 7 (Tree Health) Co-ordinator and Chair of the Scientific Committee for our 125th Anniversary Congress in Freiburg in 2017. If you are interested in tree health, biological invasions or forests and forestry in general - this will be a seminar for you to enjoy.
To attend, it is necessary to register -please do so at https://www.fabinet.up.ac.za/index.php/event/FABISerminarSeries/
Background information on Sandy’s talk can be found below and details of the FABI International Seminar Series is on the web site above.
Best regards
Mike
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Speaker: Dr Andrew Liebhold, US Forest Service Northern Research Station, Morgantown, WV USA
Title: Macroecology of Insect Invasions
Date: 29 April 2021 Time: 16:00 (GMT+2)
Abstract: Biological invasions are largely an unintended consequence of globalization. With increasing mobility, humans have accidentally transported organisms around the world, breaking the geographical boundaries that separated species ranges that persisted for millions of years of evolution. Among animals, the insecta is the most species-rich class, with thousands of insect species having been established outside of their native ranges and many of these species causing immense impacts on agriculture, human health and conservation of native ecosystems. Here, I report on a macroecological analysis of historical insect invasions spanning 300 years and 10 world regions. These data are used to compare frequencies of invasions among different insect orders and among different insect families. Species-area relationships for native insect assemblages are generally stronger than for non-native insect assemblages. Certain groups, such as the Hemiptera, Formicidae and the Staphylinidae are generally over-represented in non-native insect assemblages, while other taxa are under-represented. These patterns generally reflect characteristics of these insects that cause them to enter important invasion pathways and biological characteristics that facilitate invasions. These results ultimately allow us to better understand the socio-economic drivers of insect invasions and can be of use when conducting invasive pest risk analysis.
Biography: Andrew “Sandy” Liebhold has been a research entomologist with the US Forest Service Northern Research Station, Morgantown, WV USA since 1988. His research focuses on the ecology and management of biological invasions and the spatial dynamics of insect outbreaks. Liebhold received his PhD in Entomology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1984 and worked as a postdoctoral at the University of Massachusetts before joining the Forest Service. He is a fellow of the AAAS and serves on the editorial board of the journals Population Ecology and Biological Invasions. He also currently serves as a scientific coordinator with the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Science, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague and a visiting scholar with Scion Research in New Zealand.
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The IUFRO RG8.04 friend and mentor Prof. William J. (Bill) Manning authored
an inspiring book on the role of forests in cooling and warming the
atmosphere. Global warming is the main issue of the anthropocene epoch and
is interlinked with cleaner air. The overall impact of global forests on
warming is still a matter of scientific debate. The book brilliantly
summarizes our main knowledge and understanding on such complex issue, and
presents greenhouse gases and the mechanisms of the greenhouse effect, with
a strong focus on the carbon cycling. Potential drivers of the tree impacts
on global warming, e.g. evapotranspiration, albedo, volatile organic
compound emission, land-use changes, carbon sinks/sources, ozone pollution,
forest degradation, are reviewed. Methodological approaches are discussed,
including manipulative experiments, satellite remote sensing, modeling.
Most of what we know about the role of forests in cooling and warming the
atmosphere comes from the results of simulation models and satellite
imagery. From these, it has been concluded that tropical forests are the
major source of carbon capture and atmospheric cooling. Boreal forests are
more likely to warm the atmosphere. Temperate forests may cool in summer,
but this is uncertain. Cooling generally prevails over warming, but this
may change. A combination of reduction of emissions and the mitigating
influence of forests is the only effective strategy to prevent global
warming increase above 2 °C. The book is well written and easy to read. It
provides an excellent set of references as state-of-the-art source of
information for experts, but is also useful and clear to anyone interested
in climate change, forests, ecology, including practitioners, decision
makers and students. It is a must-read book.
Citation:
William J. Manning (2020) Trees and Global Warming - the role of forests in
cooling and warming the atmosphere. Cambridge University Press isbn:
9781108471787
https://www.cambridge.org/it/academic/subjects/life-sciences/ecology-and-co…
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Dear colleagues,
Registration is now open for the "GreenRisk4ALPs Mountain Forest Conference<https://cmi.eventsair.com/greenrisk4alps/>", which will be held online on June 28 and 29, 2021.
The Interreg Alpine Space project GreenRisk4ALPs<https://www.alpine-space.eu/projects/greenrisk4alps/en/home> is supporting risk-based protective forest management as part of an integral and ecosystem-based natural hazard risk management in the Alpine Space. After three years of fruitful scientific collaborations and continuous exchange with practice and policy, we would like to share our insights and developed decision support tools with you and invite you to learn, to connect and to discuss in order to move forward together at managing our mountain forests sustainably as an effective protection measure against natural hazards.
Please find more information in the attached flyer or visit our website at: https://www.alpine-space.eu/projects/greenrisk4alps/en/home
Participation in the GreenRisk4ALPs Mountain Forest Conference is free of charge and open to everyone.
This virtual conference and public event will be held under the auspices of the IUFRO Division 8.03.00 - Natural Hazards and Risk Management, and the IUFRO Unit 8.03.02 - Snow and Avalanches.
We are looking forward to welcoming and meeting you virtually in June!
Best regards,
the Organizing Team
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Dr. Michaela Teich
Austrian Research Centre for Forests (BFW)
Department of Natural Hazards
Division of Snow and Avalanche
Hofburg | Rennweg 1 | A - 6020 Innsbruck
+43 664 885 082 87
www.bfw.gv.at<http://www.bfw.gv.at/>
Von: Sheila Ward <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 24. März 2021 00:04
Betreff: Join the e-list for IUFRO Working Party 4.02.01 Resource Data in the Tropics
Dear Colleagues:
You are invited to join the e-list for IUFRO Working Party 4.02.01 Resource Data in the Tropics, at https://lists.iufro.org/mailman/listinfo/wp40201/ We are focusing the unit on the discovery, curation, and use of legacy tropical forest datasets.
Much legacy data for tropical forests, including inventory and plot data, are in danger of being lost. Many tropical forest projects over the years have generated data, but the information is scattered among different institutions and people, some still only on paper, some digitized but in older formats.
These legacy datasets are invaluable for understanding how tropical forests change through time, including the cumulative impacts of land use and climate, and changes in patterns of biodiversity. change in land use and climate, and changes in patterns of biodiversity and carbon storage. Many of the forests represented in historical datasets no longer exist, so these data are the only record of the natural vegetation of the area.
There is also a need to develop a set of standard descriptive metadata, or a metadata scheme, for describing these datasets. This would assist not only with recovering and describing old data sets, but also ensure that future datasets can be consistently described and that their loss can be avoided in the future.
The first step is to review datasets referred to in older meta databases (e.g., ATROFI-UK and TROPIS) to determine if they are still available, and if they are in need of updated electronic curation. We are also reaching out via electronic media and networks, to find additional legacy tropical datasets and information on these studies. The next steps will be to develop an updated metadatabase regarding these datasets, develop with stakeholders policy on ownership and appropriate use, seek funding, and electronically curate such datasets.
We invite your participation in the e-list to discuss these and related topics.
IUFRO 4.02.01 Coordination Team
https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-4/40000/40200/40201/
Dear all,
I do have the great pleasure to announce a new FB group dedicated to share
information for the IUFRO Division 8. Thanks to our communication officers
for the Division, Alessio Collalti with the support of Jean Luc Maeght (both
in cc), for setting up this Group. The success of the group and the
improvement in our communication channels depend on the effort of each
member of the Division including all the colleagues, young researchers,
students, experts, stakeholders that we can invite. The group is Public but
everybody needs to make a request to become a member an administrator
needs to approve members and posts (we will take care of this)
The aim of this FB Group is to improve communication within the Division
and beyond while sharing NEWS, publications, events related to forest
management and planning, including conservation of forested areas, wildlife,
soil sciences, forested landscapes and landscape ecology, conservation
biology, biodiversity, and physical environment. We particularly welcome
inputs towards a deeper understanding of hazards and disturbances which
could affect forest dynamics, such as fire, climate change, pollution and
winds.
You can share links to webinars and other related events. You can also feed
this site with relevant related information from others FB sites.
Looking forward to a dynamic exchange to enhance our knowledge and awareness
on the importance of forests and the environment
The Group is for the Division to make use of it, so please become a member
and share the link:
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/iufro.division.8>
https://www.facebook.com/groups/iufro.division.8
Remember! this Sunday 21st is the
<https://www.un.org/en/observances/forests-and-trees-day> International Day
of Forests so please use the opportunity to begin sharing information
Looking forward to your inputs
My warmest wishes to all
Sandra
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Director of Research
Chair IUFRO Division 8 - Forest Environment
INTECOL Chair Science Committee
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