Second International Conference on Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems and
Landscapes
28-31 August 2012 , University College Cork, Ireland.
Only two weeks until the Abstract deadline!! (March 30th)
Details can be found at: http://www.ucc.ie/en/iufro2012/. For informal
enquiries contact Anne Oxbrough (a.oxbrough(a)ucc.ie)
Dear List Members:
Linnaeus University is advertising a position for postgraduate study in
forest products. With the support of Swedish board manufacturers, Linnaeus
University has established a new field of research which focuses on
developing new environment-friendly board materials.
Deadline: 10 April 2012
For details, please visit:
<http://www.iufro.org/download/file/8488/95/nb-linnaeus-postgraduate-forest-
products_pdf/>
http://www.iufro.org/download/file/8488/95/nb-linnaeus-postgraduate-forest-p
roducts_pdf/
Please distribute as appropriate,
Best regards
Brigitte Burger
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Mag. Brigitte Burger - Web Management
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
IUFRO Headquarters - Secretariat
Dear IUFRO-List members,
The Department of Forest and Wood Science of Stellenbosch University, South
Africa searches a candidate to fill a position in the "Green Landscapes"
project as soon as possible. An interesting work in a multi-disciplinary
team in the winelands of South Africa and a comparative remuneration are
granted.
Please refer to the pdf file at
http://www.iufro.org/download/file/8487/95/nb-stellenbosch-postdoc-green-lan
dscapes_pdf/ for further information.
Apologies if you may have received the advert from another source.
Best regards,
Thomas Seifert
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Prof. Dr. Thomas Seifert
Departmental Chair
Department of Forest and Wood Science
Faculty of AgriSciences
Stellenbosch University
Private Bag X1
7602 Matieland
++27 021 808 3295
seifert(a)sun.ac.za
To whom it may concern,
We are delighted to announce the Second International Conference on
Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems and Landscapes "IUFRO 2012", which is
being hosted by University College Cork in August 2012.
Please find a pdf of the conference poster in A4 size at
http://www.iufro.org/download/file/8317/3404/cork12-poster_pdf/. We would be
extremely grateful if you could display these posters in your department or
pass them onto friends, colleagues or other relevant departments.
Kind regards,
IUFRO 2012
School of BEES
University College Cork
Ireland
IUFRO - 9.01.01 - Library, information networks and terminology Call for
papers/contributions: IUFRO and Information: Direction 2012
IUFRO Division 9 Conference
Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 8-10 May 2012
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IUFRO and Information: Direction 2012
Information has been central to IUFRO's brief since its foundation in the
nineteenth century, and it has maintained a specialist research group
dealing with information in various forms for well over a century. Following
the latest re-organisation, this role is now held by the new IUFRO group 9.
01, Information and Communication, which brings together the traditional
library, information networks and terminology activities (formerly 6.03)
with communications, public relations, extension and knowledge exchange,
along with the long-existing Latin American and Caribbean information
systems network.
The All-Division 9 conference in Sarajevo, May 9-11 2012, gives us a great
opportunity to explore these newly-unified territories and discover
synergies within them that will benefit both IUFRO's internal information
exchange and the global forest information network. Each subgroup of 9.01
will offer an individual programme, and this is a call for contributions for
the session to be organised by 9.01.01, Library, Information Networks and
Terminology, entitled IUFRO and Information: Direction 2012. For full
details of the Sarajevo conference see http://www.foper.org/iufro_1.html.
Objectives for the session are:
1) To involve the widest possible cross-section of those with an
interest in forest-related information
2) To explore opportunities for cross-sectoral work between the various
sub-sections of 9.01 and across IUFRO generally, to support and enhance
information provision is its widest sense
3) To derive from this a timely and relevant agenda for 9.01.01 to
take us up to the next World Congress in 2014 and beyond.
So we invite your ideas! In which directions should we be heading in 2012?
What are your priorities in managing information today? What solutions have
you found, and what support do you need to help establish new systems and
services - or to reinforce existing systems much valued but now under
threat, perhaps for economic or staffing reasons?
We welcome proposals for conventional papers (15min maximum), and also short
contributions (maximum 5 mins) which can be presented in café-style
discussion sessions. We recognise that funding to attend conferences is
often difficult to come by these days, particularly in the library and
information sector, and many who would be interested may be unable to
attend. We welcome contributions from you too! and strongly encourage you to
send in short pieces which can be discussed by conference participants. This
can be in any form you like, e.g. PowerPoint, video (e.g. YouTube), social
media (Twitter etc), e-mail etc. We are not looking for sophisticated or
time-consuming presentation, but for ideas : suggestions for activities
where we as a group of information professionals can make a difference to
you, whether you are an information provider or user, or both.
Traditionally, our group has been active in the areas of networking,
classification and terminology, and in supporting the Global Forest
Information Service (GFIS); and more recently in the developing areas of
data management/archiving, mentoring, training & support and evidence-based
forestry. Ideas for further development in those areas are welcome, but do
not limit yourselves to them:
information is key to every area of human activity so nothing is barred!
Please send your suggestions in not more than 450 words, together with full
name of authors, affiliations, and an e-mail address by February 20, 2012,
to
gillian.petrokofsky(a)plants.ox.ac.uk<mailto:gillian.petrokofsky@plants.ox.ac.
uk>.
Please share this call for papers widely.
Many thanks!
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posted on behalf of 9.01.01 Coordinator Gillian Petrokofsky by Brigitte
Burger, IUFRO Headquarters
Dear colleagues,
please find the second announcement for the conference “Forests for
People”, by following this link
http://www.iufro.org/download/file/7996/5124/tf-forests-people-alpbach12-2n…
Full information about the conference (including keynote speakers and
field trips) can be found at
ffp2012.boku.ac.at
The conference will take place May 22nd-24th 2012 in
Alpbach/Tyrol/Austria. It would be appropriate that you present findings
from the field of forest environment, such as
· correlations between forest ecosystems and its management
· prevention of forest fires
· disturbance of wildlife habitats
· forest owner involvement and climate change
You may also consider organizing a coordinated session.
We are looking forward to meeting you in Alpbach.
Best regards,
Ulrike Pröbstl
Univ. Prof. Dr. Ulrike Pröbstl
Conference organizer
and IUFRO Board Member
Institute of Landscape Development, Recreation and Conservation
Planning
University of Natural Resuorces and Life Sciences
Peter-Jordan-Straße 82
1190 Vienna, Austria
Website: ffp2012.boku.ac.at
E-Mail: ffp2012(a)boku.ac.at
Dear IUFRO Colleagues,
Dear Division 1 - 9 Mailing List Members,
The Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, is offering a Wood
Professorship of Forest Science
The Wood Professorship of Forest Science is a newly established post at the
Department of Plant Sciences and its purpose is to develop a research
initiative that will generate the fundamental science necessary to underpin
evidence-based forest policy developments. This professorship provides an
exciting opportunity for an individual with outstanding academic
achievements and vision to develop a world-class research programme at the
University of Oxford. The department enjoys an internationally leading
position in research and teaching in plant sciences, with research groups
focusing on biochemistry and systems biology, cell and developmental
biology, ecology, evolution and systematics. The Professor will provide
academic leadership in Forest Science in the Department of Plant Sciences
and throughout the University. He/she is expected to contribute to promoting
the 'Trees for Tomorrow' initiative within the Plants for the 21st Century
(P21C) Institute.
Applications should be sent by email to Dr Gwen Booth, Personnel Officer,
Senior Appointments at professorships(a)admin.ox.ac.uk.
The deadline for applications is Monday 16 January 2012.
Detailed information is available at
http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/global/wwwoxacuk/localsites/currentvacancies/furth
erparticularsforprofessorships/Wood_Professorship_of_Forest_Science.pdf
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Brigitte Burger - Web Management
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
IUFRO Headquarters - Secretariat
Mariabrunn (BFW), Hauptstrasse 7 │ A-1140 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
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce that registration for the bi-annual meeting of the
IUFRO RG 7.01 "Impacts of Air Pollution and Climate Change on Forest
Ecosystems" has just been opened. The conference under a title "Biological
Reactions of Forests to Climate Change and Air Pollution" is organized in
collaboration with the North American Air Pollution Workshop, COST Action FP
0903, ENVeurope and ICP Integrated Monitoring and will be held in Kaunas,
Lithuania, on May 18-26, 2012.
Please register soon because regular registration closes on February 1,
2012.
A link to the Conference Web site is: http://www.iufro-at-lzuu.lt/
Sincerely,
Andrzej Bytnerowicz, RG. 7.01 Coordinator
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Senior Scientist
USDA Forest Service
Pacific Southwest Research Station
4955 Canyon Crest Drive
Riverside, CA 92507, USA
tel. 951-680-1562
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posted on behalf of A Bytnerowicz by Brigitte Burger, IUFRO Headquarters
IUFRO Second International Conference on Biodiversity in Forest
Ecosystems and Landscapes
University College Cork, Ireland
28-31st August 2012
Call for abstracts now open (closes 31st March 2012)
This conference will provide an international forum for researchers,
practitioners and students to discuss the challenges of maintaining and
enhancing biodiversity in forests, and consider emerging trends in the
sustainable management of forest ecosystems and landscapes. This
conference will build on the success of the first IUFRO International
Conference on Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems and Landscapes which was
held in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada in 2008.
Ten symposia covering different aspects of forest biodiversity research
will be hosted at this conference as well as several open sessions for
relevant contributions that do not fall into any of the planned
symposia. Further details on the symposia can be found at
http://www.ucc.ie/en/iufro2012/.
Kind Regards,
Dr Anne Oxbrough (on behalf of the organising committee)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Renewable Resources
University of Alberta
442 Earth Sciences Building
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada T6G 2E3
Tel office: +1-780-492-3003
Tel lab: +1-780-492-6920
http://www.ales.ualberta.ca/rr/StaffProfiles/PostDoctoralFellowsProfiles
/AnneOxbrough.aspx
<http://www.ales.ualberta.ca/rr/StaffProfiles/PostDoctoralFellowsProfile
s/AnneOxbrough.aspx>
http://publish.ucc.ie/researchprofiles/D026/aoxbrough/home
<http://publish.ucc.ie/researchprofiles/D026/aoxbrough/home>
IUFRO Landscape Ecology Conference: Sustaining Humans and Forests in
Changing Landscapes: Forests, Society and Global Change
Concepción, Chile; 5-12 November 2012
Dear Colleagues:
Please note the following deadlines for abstract submissions:
- Submission of short manuscripts for paper publication: May 2012
- Submission of abstract for oral and poster presentation: June 2012
- Submission of symposium presentation: 15th December 2011
WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU IN CONCEPCION, CHILE!
Dr. Cristian Echeverría - Chair, Organizing Committee
Dr. David González, Co-chair
Dr. Laura Nahuelhual. Co-Chair
Dr. Fernando Peña, Co-chair
Official website: <http://www.iufrole2012.cl> http://www.iufrole2012.cl
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