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
Dear All
I have exciting news for our IUFRO DIVISION 8 - the IUFRO Board approved all changes in structure and officers. Then we do have the great pleasure to welcome a NEW UNIT 8.04.00 – Air pollution and Climate Change (please see detailed list of officers attach.) – A big thanks to Elena, Alessandra and all the IUFRO colleagues that worked in this strategic change – welcome to all!
The Board has also approved the new Deputy coordinators positions, I welcome Elena Paoletti and Anna Barbati; together with Alexia Stokes and myself will be leading the Division for the next 5 years period. Then I am very proud to let you know that we are making history in IUFRO since this is the first Division ever in the long history of IUFRO to have only women coordinators.
Note several changes are taking place for WP officers – I will send a detailed file with these changes in positions and newcomers after the WC in Curitiba, I know that some changes will still happen while discussions will take place during the WC
For the ones in Curitiba
*Please note we will have THE all DIVISION 8 get together (administrative meeting) on Friday 4 place: R14-WING 2 time: 17:30 – 19:20 IMP: There will be a bus waiting outside the venue to take us directly to the gala dinner after our Division meeting (so be prepared for this long day J)
*We have the record number of 48 technical sessions in Curitiba!! So look in the program for the “magic 8” number to follow up great presentations and posters – we are covering ALL topics which shows the great diversity and broad expertise in our Division Forest Environment
*Please take note of other important Administrative meetings
Air pollution and climate change R02 Wing 3 Tuesday 1st 12-12:50
African wildlife conservation and management R19 PG Tuesday 1st 12-12:50
Radioactive contamination of forest ecosystems R09 Wing 2 Wend 2nd 17:30-18:20
Landscape Ecology Working Party (8.01.02) R Wing 2 Wend 2nd 18:30-19:20
Looking forward to see many of you in Curitiba and looking forward also to continue building strong collaborations towards a robust Division 8
My most kind regards from Curitiba
Sandra
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Sandra Luque PhD, HDR
Chair IUFRO Division 8 - Forest Environment
Director of Research at IRSTEA
UMR TETIS Land, environment, remote sensing and spatial information
500 rue Jean-François Breton / 34093 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
WhatsApp. +33 769150689 / Skype: sandra.luque2
<https://www.umr-tetis.fr/index.php/fr/> https://www.umr-tetis.fr/index.php/fr/
<https://www.iufro.org/> https://www.iufro.org/
Dear colleagues this side event in Curitiba may be of your interest at
least is at the center of a key topic in our Division
Please see the mail from Ola Eriksson bellow
Looking forward to see you next week
Sandra
De : Ola Eriksson [mailto:ola.eriksson@slu.se]
Envoyé : mercredi 25 septembre 2019 06:33
À : sandra.luque(a)irstea.fr
Objet : ALTERFOR Side Event Oct 1, 12:00-13:50 - XXV IUFRO World Congress
During the congress we will host a Side Event titled Adapting Europes
forests to global challenges: Lessons from ALTERFOR, on October 1st from
12:00-13:50 at Venue R8 wing 2. ALTERFOR is a large Horizon 2020 project
(see <https://alterfor-project.eu/)> https://alterfor-project.eu/)
exploring the following overarching question: What alternative forest
management models will enable to provide the desired ecosystem services
under changing climate and societal conditions over the coming century? At
the Side Event we will summarize and discuss the results from 10 landscapes
spread all over Europe.
We noticed that you moderate session D8r: Forest Biodiversity in the
framework of global change and the role of Landscape and would like to
invite you to the event. Your session clearly relates to the topics of
ALTERFOR and the presence of you and presenters from your session would be
valuable for an insightful discussion.
Part 1 - Insights from ALTERFOR case studies
- Overview of H2020 project ALTERFOR
- Case Study Examples:
o Italy: People everywhere
o Sweden: Intensifying the intensive
o Lithuania: Breaking the code
- Summing up: Policy implications
Part 2 - Science across scales and disciplines to handle the complexity of
socio-ecological systems
- From stand to landscape to continent: Ecosystem service trade-offs
- Linking scientific truth with power: knowledge transfer in ALTERFOR
- Summarising discussion
Regards from the ALTERFOR crew/Ola
(Link under Project Events:
https://alterfor-project.eu/events/alterfor-event-at-iufro-world-congress.ht
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