From: Danielle M. Watson
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 4:18 PM
Subject: Gregory Award materials
Greetings!
The Society of American Foresters is excited to begin accepting applications for the 2017 Gregory Award. The Gregory Award seeks to mark the achievements of Bob and Ann Gregory and further their interest in international relations by providing economic assistance to outstanding students or professionals from outside of the US and Canada to attend the SAF Convention and have meaningful engagement with foresters on the North American continent.
Thanks to the continued generosity of the Gregory family and SAF members, this award has been expanded to bring two promising individuals to the SAF Convention each year. This year’s convention will take place in Albuquerque, New Mexico on November 15-19. The award includes complimentary registration and $2,000 (US dollars) that may be utilized for travel, lodging, and tickets to SAF convention events or technical field tours. SAF will work with successful applicants to allocate the funds in the most useful manner.
Please help us spread the word about this exciting opportunity. The deadline to apply is May 8, 2017.
The application is attached. For more information, visit http://www.eforester.org/Main/Community/Scholarships/Gregory_Award.aspx <http://www.eforester.org/Main/Community/Scholarships/Gregory_Award.aspx>.
<http://www.eforester.org/>Danielle Watson
Assistant Director, Government Affairs & External Relations
Society of American Foresters
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Datum: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 12:09:34 +0800 (CST)
Von: 陈玉洁 <evens_chan17(a)126.com>
Betreff: International Symposium on Sustainable Forest Management in the Context of Global Change (ISSFM-CGC)
Dear all, In collaboration with IUFRO, the Northeast Forestry University is going to host the International Symposium on Sustainable Forest Management in the Context of Global Change (ISSFM-CGC) in Harbin, China from August 1- 3, 2017. It will provide a great opportunity for forest scientists to share their viewpoints towards sustainable forest management under global change. For your information, I am sending the first announcement and the flyer of the symposium (please see attachments). Should you have any question about the symposium, please feel free to contact the symposium secretariat/committee. We are looking forward to welcoming you in Harbin in August 2017! Best regards, Ms. CHEN Yujie Deputy Director Division of International Cooperation Chinese Academy of Forestry Tel.: +86-10-62889092 Fax: +86-10-62884229
Dear all,
I am pleased to announce the release of the first version of the
biodiversity sourcebook. The sourcebook aims to inform which data and
methods can be applied to monitor some relevant Essential Biodiversity
Variables (EBV) that supports the UNCBD efforts to halt biodiversity loss.
The EBV concept proposed by the GEO BON, Space Agencies, and the Earth
Observation research community at large aims to support efforts for
biodiversity monitoring. The sourcebook is currently being advertised at the
IPBES Plenary. It must be noted that more than 70 authors have contributed
to the sourcebook. As a result we produced a sourcebook that is freely
available on the GOFC-GOLD Land Cover Office and the GEO BON websites and
soon on the IPBES resource platform
To download the FREE PDF version go to GEO BON website:
http://geobon.org/
More information attached and following the link:
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http://www.gofcgold.wur.nl/sites/gofcgold-geobon_biodiversitysourcebook.php
Please advertise this free product on your networks and among colleagues
Thank you!
Dr Sandra S. Luque
Associated editor sourcebook
Director of Research at IRSTEA
National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and
Agriculture, France
UMR TETIS Land, environment, remote sensing and spatial information
500 rue JF BRETON
Montpellier 34000
France
Von: Magnus Löf [mailto:Magnus.Lof@slu.se]
Gesendet: Freitag, 10. März 2017 09:51
An: div1(a)lists.iufro.org
Betreff: IUFRO Forest Restoration Conference in Lund, Sweden Sept. - deadline for abstracts May 1
Dear sir,
Attached is the second circular with information of our upcoming conference in Lund. Invited speakers, and the preliminary program is included.
Deadline for abstracts is May 1 (link in the attached file or at the web-page).
See also the conference web-page (https://reg.akademikonferens.se/restoringforest2017)
With kindest regards,
Magnus Löf
Colleagues,
We hope to compile information on orphaned data for tropical forests, including inventory and plot data, that are in danger of being lost. Many projects over the years have generated a lot of tropical forest data. But the information is scattered among different institutions and people, some still only on paper, some digitized but in older formats.
TROPIS and ATROFI-UK are two previous databases that compiled metadata on forest plots and inventories. The data for certain plots are available at www.forestplots.net and its associated networks. But other plots and inventories still need attention, re-discovery even. We would like to compile information on datasets that should be digitized or transformed to an up-to-date digital format. The goal is firstly to make metadata on these datasets available on a publicly accessible website, and then to try to secure the data itself by pushing for appropriate curation with open-access availability.
These legacy datasets are invaluable for understanding how tropical forests change through time, including the cumulative impacts of changes in land use and climate, and changes in patterns of biodiversity and carbon storage. The past can help inform the future.
If you know of any such orphaned databases for tropical forests, please send a message to: Gillian Petrokofsky gillian.petrokofsky(a)zoo.ox.ac.uk or Sheila Ward sheila.emily.ward(a)gmail.com. Please pass this message on to anyone who might be interested.
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Regards,
Sheila Ward
Coordinator, IUFRO 1.02.04
Gillian Petrokovsky
Deputy Coordinator, IUFRO 9.01.01
Experiences with Adaptive Measures in Forestry and Forest Restoration under Global Change
The members of the IUFRO Task Force "Forest Adaptation and Restoration under Global Change" are conducting a survey to gain data and insights for developing best practice approaches for forest adaptation and restoration under global change. This survey relies on the knowledge of experts/professionals from forestry and related fields and their information about actual examples of Adaptive Measures in Forestry and Forest Restoration, thus we would like to kindly ask you for your participation.
The collected data will contribute valuable information to a study of the local and regional experiences with Adaptive Forest Management (AFM) and Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) under climate- and societal change with the aim to increase the adaptive capacity of forests and forest landscapes with regards to those changes.
Please visit <http://gdi.thuenen.de/wo/limesurvey/index.php/883655?lang=en> http://gdi.thuenen.de/wo/limesurvey/index.php/883655?lang=en and fill in the questionnaire – the Task Force greatly appreciates your help in this matter!
(For details on the Task Force, please visit http://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/forest-adaptation-restoration/)
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posted by IUFRO Headquarters on behalf of:
Prof. Dr. Andreas Bolte
Institutsleiter / Head of Institute
Thünen-Institut für Waldökosysteme / Thünen Institute of Forest Ecosystems A.-Möller-Str. 1
D-16225 Eberswalde (Germany)
Tel: +49 3334 3820-344
Fax: +49 3334 3820-354
Mail:andreas.bolte@ti.bund.de
Web:www.ti.bund.de ResearcherID:www.researcherid.com/rid/A-3521-2009ResearchGate:http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andreas_Bolte
Das Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Ländliche Räume, Wald und Fischerei – kurz: Thünen-Institut – besteht aus 14 Fachinstituten, die in den Bereichen Ökonomie, Ökologie und Technologie forschen und die Politik beraten. / The Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries – Thünen Institute in brief – consists of 14 specialized institutes that carry out research and provide policy advice in the fields of economy, ecology and technology.
