IUFRO Task Forces are established on a temporary basis to advance inter-disciplinary cooperation in inter-divisional forest research fields. Their focus is on emerging key issues that are of strong interests to policy makers and groups inside and outside the forest sector, and contribute to international processes and activities.
During the IUFRO Board Meeting held in Salt Lake City in October 2014, a number of Principles were agreed upon as a basis for the establishment of Task Forces during the current IUFRO term. In the view of the IUFRO Management Committee, the number of Task Forces to be convened during a given year may be up to ten, but in order to encourage activities across the full spectrum of IUFRO's disciplinary expertise, shorter-term, more tightly focused Task Forces are encouraged. This will enable IUFRO to establish new Task Forces on a periodic basis throughout the 2015-2019 Term to take advantage of emerging needs and opportunities.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Proposals for new Task Forces will be evaluated by the Management Committee based on the following criteria:
• Contribution to implementation of the IUFRO Strategy 2015-2019;
• Potential to strengthen cross-Divisional interaction on specific topics of global relevance related to one or more Emphasis Areas and/or Institutional Goals of the IUFRO Strategy 2015-2019 (for details see <http://www.iufro.org/discover/strategy/#c10578> http://www.iufro.org/discover/strategy/#c10578)
• Engagement of two or more Divisions by specifically involving relevant Divisional units (Research Groups and/or Working Parties) - proposal should be jointly developed with the relevant IUFRO Divisions and their units, but may involve additional experts currently outside of the IUFRO network and partner institutions, as required. Task Force activities should not undercut current work within IUFRO Divisions, but rather complement and expand their activities;
• Specific contribution of the proposed Task Force to addressing broader policy processes or interdisciplinary science-policy initiatives; e.g., Future Earth (1) , Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), etc.;
• In case partner institutions are involved, brief justification for their involvement;
• Clarity of timelines for proposed Task Force activities and their deliverables; while Task Forces can be proposed for up to the full length of the current IUFRO term (until the 2019 World Congress in Brazil), it is highly recommended that proposed Task Forces consider more focused activities to be undertaken over a much shorter time period (i.e., 1-2 years);
• Selection of Task Force members in a way that they reflect required scientific expertise, diversity, balance between North/South, natural and social sciences, and gender;
• Clarity of operational aspects (roles and responsibilities of Task Force coordinator and members, roles and responsibilities of partners involved, if any), budget for activities and funding sources.
Proposals are now being accepted for new Task Forces that would begin their work in early 2015. Please refer to the format (outlined below) when preparing your proposals. The deadline for submission of proposals is January 15th, 2015. All proposals will be reviewed by the Vice-President for Task Forces in consultation with other members of the IUFRO Management Committee and the Coordinators of IUFRO Divisions relevant to each proposal. Decisions on the establishment of new Task Forces will be made and communicated to the proposed Task Force coordinators by the end of February. The coordinators of new Task Forces will be invited to participate in the upcoming IUFRO Board meeting to be held in Vienna from April 15-17, 2015.
FORMAT FOR TASK FORCE PROPOSALS
Note: Proposals should include the following as concisely as possible, within 3-5 pages.
• Name of proposed Task Force
• Name of proposed Task Force coordinator, affiliation (including IUFRO position) and contact information
• Names of proposed Task Force members, their affiliations (including IUFRO positions) and contact information
Brief overview of the rationale, goals, and objectives of the proposed Task Force (1 paragraph)
• Description of specific proposed Task Force activities, deliverables and timelines. This should include planned focused meetings with tangible outputs such as 'state-of-knowledge' reviews, journal papers, dedicated volumes, etc.
• Budget table listing major activities and funding sources, if known – indicate if these funds are already secured.
• Narrative addressing the following:
- Contribution to implementation of the IUFRO 2015-2019 Strategy;
- How the proposed Task Force will strengthen cross-Divisional interaction on specified topics related to IUFRO 2015-2019 Strategy's Emphasis Areas and/or Institutional Goals , and how the Task Force will complement and/or expand activities of existing IUFRO Divisional units;
- Specific contribution of the proposed Task Force to addressing broader policy processes or interdisciplinary science-policy initiatives.
The deadline for submission of proposals is January 15th, 2015. Proposals should be sent to John Parrotta ( <mailto:jparrotta@fs.fed.us> jparrotta(a)fs.fed.us) with a copy to Renate Prüller ( <mailto:prueller@iufro.org> prueller(a)iufro.org)
(1) Future Earth is an ICSU interdisciplinary initiative to develop knowledge for responding effectively to the risks and opportunities of global environmental change and for supporting transformation towards global sustainability.
Call for abstracts: papers, posters and videos
Help define a vision for forests
Share your people-centred ideas, field experiences, cutting-edge research, development projects, practical applications and theoretical models at the world’s largest and most important gathering of the forest sector.
FAO is inviting abstracts on the central theme of the XIV World Forestry Congress, “Forests and People: Investing in a Sustainable Future”, and on relevant topics that also align with any of the six Congress sub-themes:
* Forests for socio-economic development and food security
* Building resilience with forests
* Integrating forests and other land uses
* Encouraging product innovation and sustainable trade
* Monitoring forests for better decision-making
* Improving governance by building capacity
More detailed information on each sub-theme can be found <http://www.fao.org/forestry/wfc/87445/en/> here.
Details about the XIV World Forestry Congress can be found at http://www.fao.org/forestry/wfc/en/.
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Brigitte Burger - Web Management
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
IUFRO Headquarters - Secretariat
Marxergasse 2, 1030 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43-1-877 0151-14 * Fax: +43-1-877 0151-50
Website: <http://www.iufro.org/> http://www.iufro.org * Email: <mailto:burger@iufro.org> burger(a)iufro.org
Greetings,
So it is almost November and time to do those things due in November ! Please remember to plan for the next IUFRO Landscape Ecology conference entitled “Sustaining Ecosystem Services in Forest Landscapes” to be held in Tartu, Estonia, 23-30 August 2015! Please find the call for Symposium pre-proposals (due 15 November 2014) below and visit the web site for more details http://iufrole2015.to.ee/. The organizers have put together a fantastic venue and set of plenary speakers; we now need you to make it a terrific conference!
I would appreciate if you can spread the information among your networks and generate ideas among your colleagues for symposia. The Scientific Committee will be looking forward to your ideas and inputs in putting together a great conference. For those of you planning to attend the IALE World Congress in Portland, Oregon USA 5-10 July, 2015, please plan/beg for budgets to attend both great conferences!
Looking forward to see many of you next year in Tartu, Estonia!
Best regards,
Louis Iverson on behalf of the Organizing (Urmas Pederson, Chair) and Scientific (Ajith Perera, Chair) Committees
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Call for Symposium pre‐proposals for the IUFRO 8.01.02 Working Party (Division 8): Forest Landscape
Ecology conference on “Sustaining Ecosystem Services in Forest Landscapes" (Tartu, Estonia August
23‐30, 2015)
We invite you to submit a proposal for a scientific symposium at this conference, in relation to the
conference sub‐themes:
Adapting to climate change
Conserving biodiversity
Managing gene flows and species migrations
Enhancing ecological resilience
Managing natural and anthropogenic disturbances
Abating pollution
Managing water quality
Supplying commodities
Preserving cultural values
Providing aesthetics and recreation
The deadline for submitting preliminary symposia proposals for the IUFRO Landscape Ecology
Conference is November 15, 2014. Please submit your proposal by e‐mail to iufrole2015(a)to.ee.
Further details of the conference can be found on http://iufrole2015.to.ee/.
The Scientific Program Committee will review the pre‐proposal submissions and notify you on acceptance before December 5, 2014. Full proposals with speaker names, topics, and sequence are to be submitted by January 30, 2015. Once the symposium is accepted, each speaker will be required to submit an abstract following the procedure for regular abstracts before March 10, 2015.
Pre‐proposals must include the following information:
1. Title
2. Proponents’ names and their affiliations
3. Objective of the symposium and relevance to the conference theme/sub‐themes (<150 words)
4. Length of the symposium (half day, full day)
Please note that, if space permits, organizers may include additional speakers from open sessions
based on the topical relevance.
Louis R. Iverson, Ph.D.
Landscape Change Research Group
Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service
359 Main Road, Delaware, OH 43015
740-368-0097 liverson(a)fs.fed.us alt: lmiverson2(a)gmail.com
www.nrs.fs.fed.us/people/liversonwww.nrs.fs.fed.us/atlas
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BioVeL is an EU research project that provides automated tools for data
processing in major areas of biodiversity and ecosystem research, such
as ecological niche modelling, ecosystem functioning, and taxonomy.
In a technology showcase on Friday, October 10th, 12:00-13:00 in Room
150C of the Salt Lake Convention Center, BioVeL will show its work in
forest science. Four presentations will be made, covering 1) the main
ideas of using workflows and web services in a virtual e-laboratory; 2)
ecological niche modelling of the change of distribution and damage risk
by the most important forest insect pests in Europe; 3) carbon modelling
with Biome-BGC model to quantify and derive important ecosystem service
indicator measures; and 4) open access to biodiversity and ecosystem
data through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
See http://www.biovel.eu/
Welcome, and best regards from,
Hannu Saarenmaa
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Hannu Saarenmaa, Research Director
hannu.saarenmaa(a)helsinki.fi
Mobile +358-50-4479668
University of Eastern Finland
School of Computing, SIB Labs, Joensuu Science Park
Länsikatu 15 (P.O. Box 111)
FIN-80101 Joensuu
www.digitarium.fi/en - Service Centre for High-Performance Digitisation
www.biovel.eu - Workflows for Scientific Research
www.eubon.eu - EU BON - GEO BON - Data Integration and Interoperability
Beschreibung: Beschreibung: http://www.fao.org/forestry/41787-0b378595eabe486d94c764f537d032511.jpg
Dear colleagues,
Registration is open for the FAO-run online conference ‘The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation Options in the Forestry Sector’, which will take place as six sessions during 6-27 February 2015. A hundred free places are available in each online session. Forestry policy makers, forest economists, scientists and researchers from all over the world are expected to join this conference to discuss the costs and benefits of different mitigation options. The conference will examine how different countries and regions mitigate climate change through forest management interventions and improved use of wood. Discussions will also showcase lessons learned from mitigation efforts and their impacts on the value chain of forest products.
The deadline for case study submission is 10 November 2014 and for registration is 16 January 2015. For more information and registration, please visit the conference web page
www.fao.org/forestry/cc-mitigation-economics.
If you have any specific question, please contact Illias Animon (illias.animon(a)fao.org) or Ruth Mallett (ruth.mallett(a)fao.org)
Best regards,
IUFRO division 8 list members.
Please see the second announcement and call for abstracts on the above symposium at Stellenbosch University in South Africa on the following website.
http://www.sun.ac.za/english/faculty/agri/forestry/dryland-forestry-symposi…
Please note the deadline for submission of short abstracts was changed to 27 October 2014.
Regards.
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Greetings! A reminder for you follows about the upcoming IUFRO Forest
Landscape Ecology Conference.
We invite you to submit a proposal for a scientific symposium at the
IUFRO Landscape Ecology conference on "Sustaining Ecosystem Services in
Forest Landscapes" (Tartu, Estonia, August 23-30, 2015). The deadline
for submitting preliminary symposia proposals for the IUFRO Landscape
Ecology Conference is September 30, 2014. Further details of submitting
the proposal can be found in the attached file: "Call for IUFRO LE WP
Conference Symposium pre-proposals.pdf". Please submit your proposal by
e-mail to: iufrole2015(a)to.ee. Further details of the conference can be
found on http://iufrole2015.to.ee/. Please also notify your colleagues
via the attached poster.
The Scientific Program Committee will review the pre-proposal
submissions and notify you on acceptance before October 30, 2014.
On behalf of Organizing and Scientific Committees, thank you!
Sincerely,
Louis Iverson
Louis R. Iverson, Ph.D.
Landscape Change Research Group
Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service
359 Main Road, Delaware, OH 43015
740-368-0097 liverson(a)fs.fed.us alt: lmiverson2(a)gmail.com
www.nrs.fs.fed.us/people/liversonwww.nrs.fs.fed.us/atlas
Von: Luque Sandra [mailto:sandra.luque@irstea.fr]
Gesendet: Freitag, 27. Juni 2014 00:37
An: iufro8-l(a)lists.irstea.fr; iufrole.communication(a)gmail.com; iufro8-l(a)mtu.edu; openness-all(a)environment.fi; ecopays(a)listes.univ-rennes1.fr; benjamin.burkhard(a)gmx.net; kienastf(a)ethz.ch
Cc: urpe(a)to.ee
Betreff: [iufro8-l] Call for Symposium pre‐proposals for the IUFRO 8.01.02 Working Party Forest Landscape Ecology
Dear all,
Before some of you leave for a summer break or others for some serious field work (sorry for the ones in the SOUTH but you already had your summer…), I have the great pleasure to announce our next conference from our IUFRO Forest Landscape Ecology WP. The topic of our 2015 conference is “Sustaining Ecosystem Services in Forest Landscapes”. Please find the call for Symposiums proposals attached and visit the web site for more details http://iufrole2015.to.ee/
I would appreciate if you can spread the information among your networks. The Scientific Committee will be looking forward for your ideas and inputs putting together great symposium proposals and inviting your colleagues.
Looking forward to see many of you next year in Tartu, Estonia!
My very best regards to all
Sandra Luque
IUFRO Office holder
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Dr Sandra S. Luque
Research Director at
IRSTEA - National Research Institute of Science and Technology
for Environment and Agriculture, France < /p>
Senior Visiting Researcher
University of St Andrews
Centre for GeoInformatics
School for Geography & Geosciences
North Street
Fife, KY16 9AL, Scotland, UK
Phone: +44-1334-464019
Von: Luque Sandra [mailto:sandra.luque@irstea.fr]
Gesendet: Freitag, 27. Juni 2014 14:53
An: iufro8-l(a)lists.irstea.fr; fuerst; ecopays(a)listes.univ-rennes1.fr; Gosselin Frédéric; Cordonnier Thomas; Archaux Frédéric; joachim.maes(a)jrc.ec.europa.eu; Marta.perezsoba(a)wur.nl; markku.simula(a)ardot.fi; kienastf(a)ethz.ch; benjamin.burkhard(a)gmx.net
Betreff: [iufro8-l] TR: Global Change Research Symposium 2014 (Sept. 16-18, 2014)
Dear Colleagues,
The Global Change Research Symposium 2014 (Sept. 16-18, 2014) promises unrivalled learning and networking opportunities for those involved in global change issues. The keynote and invited speakers are experts from multiple sectors and disciplines related to ecosystem services and global monitoring across regions and scales (see: http://www.global2014.it/keynote-speakers/)
This event is organized in partnership with Michigan State University (USA), Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (China) and the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO).
Official approval has been granted by the journal Environmental Research (Elsevier) to publish a Special Issue on the topic: The Provision of Ecosystem Services in Response to Global Change. Therefore, a call for papers will be launched during the Symposium.
Two unique field trips have been planned during the meeting in order to discover the flavors of our Mediterranean region, e.g. historical sites, excellent cuisine, sea-side panoramas and walks, etc.
To read more about this event, visit http://www.global2014.it/. Registration is still open!
Best regards,
Raffaele Lafortezza and Jiquan Chen
Global Change Research 2014
Symposium Organizers
Many thanks in advance for spreading the information among your networks
P.S: Sorry for cross posting.
