2014 IUFRO World Congress Call for Abstracts is Open – Deadline for Abstract Submissions is 15 October 2013 – submit your abstract at: <http://iufro2014.com/scientific-program/abstract-submissions/> http://iufro2014.com/scientific-program/abstract-submissions/.
The title of the Congress is "Sustaining Forests, Sustaining People: The Role of Research" and the seven scientific themes of the program are: Forests and People, Forests and Climate Change, Forest and Water Interactions, Forest Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Forest Biomass and Bioenergy, Forest Products for a Greener Future, and Forest Health in a Changing World. Sessions will address these themes and more!
Keynote speakers include: Dr. Jack Dangermond (founder and President of ESRI GIS systems – Knowledge Discovery, Synthesis and Application: the Science-Management Interface) & Dr. David Haskell (Professor of Biology, University of the South - Knowledge Discovery, Synthesis and Application: the Science-Management Interface); Dr. Andy Buchanan (Professor of Timber Design at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand - Modern Timber Buildings from Sustainable Forests); Dr. Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch (Head of the Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, University of Copenhagen - City Forests, Forest Cities – exploring the complex liaison between the sylvan and the urban); Dr. David Newbery (Professor for Vegetation Ecology, the Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland - On maintaining cycles and feedbacks in tropical forest ecosystems: some thoughts from basic research) and, Connie Hedegaard, to be confirmed (European Commissioner for Climate Action). Plus many more exciting and knowledgeable sub-plenary and technical session speakers.
Submit your abstract today to be part of this unique and exciting event!
The IUFRO 2014 Congress Scientific Committee
John Parrotta (Chair); Jens Peter Skovsgaard (Division 1); Yousry El-Kassaby (Division 2); Hans Heinimann (Division 3); Ron McRoberts (Division 4); Andrew Wong (Division 5); Tuija Sievänen (Division 6); Tod Ramsfield (Division 7); Alain Franc (Division 8); Jim Johnson (Division 9); Mike Wingfield (Vice-President, Divisions); Su See Lee (Vice-President, Task Forces, Special Programmes, Projects and IUFRO-led Initiatives); Lisa Hansen (International Forestry Students Association); Richard Guldin (ex-officio; COC Chair)
Dear Colleagues:
Please consider submitting an abstract for an oral or poster presentation
for the IUFRO 2014 World Congress Session #219 – How does biodiversity help
to manage high-value timbers and vice versa?
Organizers: Sheila Ward (Mahogany for the Future, Inc, Puerto Rico),
Emmanuel Opuni-Frimpong (Forest Research Institute of Ghana), & Nicholas
Brokaw (University of Puerto Rico)
mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com; eofrimpon(a)csir-forig.org.gh;
nvbrokaw(a)ites.upr.edu
*This session will explore diverse means by which a biodiverse environment
positively impacts management of high-value timber species, and,
conversely, how management for high-value species helps conserve
biodiversity.*
Conservation of biodiversity and management for high-value timber species
can seem a contradiction. Nevertheless, the demand for these timbers will
remain high, as well as an increasing need and demand for management to
conserve biodiversity. Needed are ways forward to integrate these
management objectives. Management of high-value timber species may help
conserve both the target species and the biodiversity of the forests they
inhabit. Conversely, biodiversity may contribute to the health of
individual trees and populations of high-value species.
We aim for a global scope, including tropical and temperate high-value
timbers. Presentations might address: biodiversity and protection of
high-value species from pests and pathogens, the role of plantations in
biodiversity conservation, biodiversity for plantation health, enrichment
planting with high value species to maintain biodiversity via intact forest
instead of land use change, high-value species and the maintenance of
intact forests, use of high value species for habitat rehabilitation and
restoration of biodiversity, or high-value plantations as a means to
reestablish biodiversity, among other topics. How might more land area
devoted to high-value timber in natural forest as well as plantations may
help maintain biodiversity and associated ecosystem services? Conversely,
how might more intact ecosystems, as indicated by biodiversity, may help in
the sustainable production of high-value species?
If this is of interest, can you let me know by October 3? Guidelines and
the page for abstract submission can be found at
http://iufro2014.com/scientific-program/abstract-submissions/.
Thanks,
Sheila Ward
International Conference
OZONE AND PLANTS
18-21 May 2014, Beijing, China
http://www.bj-ozone.com/index.html
Organised by SKL, IUFRO RG 7.01, ICP Vegetation
Invited Speakers HAJIME AKIMOTO (Japan), LISA EMBERSON (UK), JAAKKO KANGASJARVI (Finland)
The deadline for -early bird registration and abstract submission is November 30, 2013
International Conference
Priorities for forest adaptation to climate change and air pollution
Brussels, Belgium, October 29, 2013
Organised by COST Action FP0903
Representation of the Free State of Bavaria to the European Union in Brussels, Rue Wiertz 77, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
<http://cost-fp0903.ipp.cnr.it/index.php/events/final-conference.html> http://cost-fp0903.ipp.cnr.it/index.php/events/final-conference.html
Call for abstract at the IUFRO World Congress 2014 Technical Sessions
The Congress abstract submission site on the Congress website ( <http://iufro2014.com/> http://iufro2014.com/) has been open since early August, and will remain open until October 15th for submissions to all Technical and Sub-plenary sessions.
IUFRO RG 7.01 is organizing the following session within the theme Forest Health in a Changing World
Session 8 Modeling as a tool for improving the knowledge on forest vulnerability and risk exposure in a changing world
Session 14 Ozone and Forest Health
Session 85 Critical loads for nutritional nitrogen deposition: Progress and problems
Session 180 Air pollution as a factor affecting global forest health
Session 191 Monitoring emerging threats to forest health in North America across regional to national scales
Elena Paoletti, 7.01.00 Deputy Coordinator
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Istituto per la Protezione delle Piante
Italy
Email: e.paoletti(at)ipp.cnr.it
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12 September 2013
Submit an abstract before 30 September 2013!
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Register early
Registration for the World Congress on Agroforestry 2014 (WCA2014) has been open for several months, and will continue almost up to the date of the Congress. However, ‘early bird’ registration, offering a substantial saving, will close on 15 November 2013. Sign up here <http://worldagroforestry.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9cb21f8b9d12b672…> .
What is it?
The World Agroforestry Centre and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, together with the Indian Society of Agroforestry and Global Initiatives, will hold the Congress in Delhi, India 10-14 February 2014.
The Congress, entitled ‘Trees for Life: Accelerating the Impacts of Agroforestry’, will draw over 1200 selected participants from the private, research and development sectors to share the current state of knowledge and accelerate the positive financial, environmental and social impacts of agroforestry.
Make a contribution
A more important date is the deadline to submit abstracts. Slots to present papers and take part in discussion sessions are filling up fast, and time is running out. The deadline for submissions is 30 September 2013, so you only have a little over two more weeks. Submit abstracts of papers and posters here <http://worldagroforestry.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9cb21f8b9d12b672…> .
Abstracts submitted for the Congress will be evaluated and accepted for one of the following options:
* Oral presentation (in some form) in relevant sessions
* Presentation as a poster
* Suitability for the congress compendium
All abstracts selected will be included in the congress compendium.
A dynamic agenda
The Congress has a number of themes. The first day features presentations on Indian topics related to agroforestry. The second part deals with business and agroforestry, third is a consideration of development and agroforestry, and fourth is a review of scientific breakthroughs and innovation. The final day looks at the integration of science, business and development, with keynote speakers and a panel discussion, and a plenary discussion of the outcomes. The full list of themes is:
* Agroforestry systems, income and environmental benefits
* Climate change, multi-functionality, livestock and fish systems
(These two with an orientation towards India)
* The business of agroforestry: applying science
* Sustaining development through agroforestry
* Applying science to the future of agroforestry: breakthroughs and innovation
* Policy, innovation and global issues.
The agenda <http://worldagroforestry.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9cb21f8b9d12b67…> is structured to generate outputs that produce a global roadmap for agroforestry in the context of world development and create a deliberate and tangible legacy in terms of recognition, partnership, investment and impact.
Further information can be found on the website www.wca2014.org. For other queries, email wca2014(a)CGIAR.org.
<http://worldagroforestry.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9cb21f8b9d12b672…> <http://worldagroforestry.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=9cb21f8b9d12b67…> <http://worldagroforestry.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9cb21f8b9d12b672…> <http://worldagroforestry.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9cb21f8b9d12b67…>
World Agroforestry Centre <http://worldagroforestry.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9cb21f8b9d12b672…> , September 2013
As in the past IUFRO World Congresses, there will be an opportunity to honor special scientific performances and achievements with selected IUFRO Awards at the Salt Lake City Congress in 2014.
There are still good chances for your candidate to be among the awardees: awardees will win a ticket to travel to Salt Lake City and will have the opportunity to present the Award-winning work to the Congress participants. Therefore, choose among the Scientific Achievement Award (SAA), Outstanding Doctoral Research Award (ODRA) and the IUFRO Student Award (ISA) and make your nomination soon. Bear in mind that you can only nominate candidates from IUFRO Member Organizations, - no self-nominations are accepted – and that the deadline for submission expires at the end of August 2013.
Find more information and nomination forms on our website http://www.iufro.org/discover/awards/ and send your nominations to the Chair of the IUFRO Honors & Awards Committee (Dr. Shirong Liu, liusr(a)caf.ac.cn) with copy to the IUFRO Executive Director (office(a)iufro.org)
Dr. Shirong Liu
Chair of the IUFRO H&A Committee
IUFRO AWARDS at the IUFRO World Congress 2014
Scientific Achievement Award (SAA)
Up to 10 awards to recognize distinguished individual scientific achievements within the fields of research covered by IUFRO. Criteria for judgment will be dissemination of results, implementation of knowledge, methods or techniques in practical forestry and skilled research management (success in publications, meetings, funding, etc. in a larger group than the individual) and involvement in IUFRO activities.
Outstanding Doctoral Research Award (ODRA)
One award per IUFRO Division to recognize outstanding individual scientific achievements among young Doctoral researchers and to encourage further work within the fields of research covered by the Union.
IUFRO Student Award (ISA)
One award per IUFRO Division to recognize outstanding individual achievements in forest science made by Masters degree students (or equivalent), and to encourage their further work within the fields of research covered by the Union. Nominations can be made through IUFRO member organizations or officeholders and through members of the International Forestry Students’ Association (IFSA).
Von: Mosseler, Alex [mailto:Alex.Mosseler@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca]
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 27. Juni 2013 13:20
An: div8(a)lists.iufro.org
Cc: bruno.ramamonjisoa(a)gmail.com; Parrotta, John -FS; Brigitte Burger (burger(a)iufro.org)
Betreff: FW: International Symposium
Dear IUFRO colleagues:
Please find below some information on a conference being organized by Dr. Bruno Ramamonjisoa and scheduled to take place in Antananarivo, Madagascar from December 10-11, 2013 and titled "The biodiversity and people in the context of climate change". This meeting may be of special interest to those in the Biodiversity working group of Division 8, but others in D8 may also be interested. If you are interested and would like to organize a session or a Working Party meeting, you are welcome to do so. Please let me know if you do have plans to organize something for this meeting so that we can help promote your activity within IUFRO. Best regards,
Alex Mosseler
Canadian Forest Service
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From: Bruno Gmail <mailto:bruno.ramamonjisoa@gmail.com>
To: Brigitte Burger <mailto:burger@iufro.org>
Cc: 'Alexander Buck' <mailto:buck@iufro.org> ; 'Wildburger Christoph' <mailto:office@wildburger.cc> ; Kleine Michael <mailto:kleine@iufro.org> ; Carnus Jean-Michel <mailto:jean-michel.carnus@pierroton.inra.fr> ; Parrotta John <mailto:jparrotta@fs.fed.us> ; Mosseler Alex <mailto:amossele@nrcan.gc.ca>
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: International Symposium
Dear Ms Burger
Thank you so much for you response. I am happy to know that IUFRO as an interest on this symposium.
The file I sent is the outline of this symposium. If IUFRO work group want to propose session to this meeting we can accept of course their proposal until last week of June as we must send the call for oral presentation and poster at the end of this month.
I am so sorry because I didn't tell you about the organizer and how this meeting was prepared.
The idea of organizing this symposium was born two years ago when we found from our research results at Forest Deparment, School of agronomy (IUFRO member) that many research has been done on biodiversity and climate change in Madagascar and the islands of the Indian Ocean. Some of these results have been published (most of them relate to the theme of biodiversity), but failed to advance the dialogue between policy makers and the scientific on how to manage Madagascar biodiversité Hotspot.
This year is the 50th anniversary of the School and the organizing committee has asked our Department to organize a scientific event because we have organized international symposim in 2008 (on CBNRM), 2010 (Internationalization of environment standards, actors and territories in Madagascar) and in 2011 in partnership with the National Tree Seed Center (The use of research results for better forest management).
This symposium will be organize by The University of Antananarivo (leading by Forest Department of School of agronomy) in partnership with The Malagasy Ministry of research and The ministry of Environment and Forest.
The Scientific Committee is composed mainly by Malagasy scientists
Professor Emeritus RAMANANKASINA Estelle (School of agronomy)
Professor RASOARAHONA Jean (Dean of School of agronomy)
Professor RAMAMONJISOA Lolona (National Tree Seed Center, Madagascar)
Professor RAKOTO RAMIARINTSOA Hervé (University of Bordeaux 3, France)
Professor RABEHARISOA Lilia (Isotope Laboratory)
Professor RATSIRARSON Joelisoa (Deputy President of University of Antananarivo)
Dr RAMIARISON Claudine (General Director of Research and Partnership at the Ministry of research)
Professor RAMAMONJISOA Bruno ((School of agronomy)
Dr RABEMANANTSOA Jean Claude (General Director of Forest)
Dr RABESANDRATANA Germain (Director of the Climate Change at the ministry of environment)
We invited several renowned scientists as keynotes speakers, most of them have already agreed (they will be included automatically in the scientific comitee)
Professor Marc HUFTY (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva)
Professor Kaneko NOBUHIRO (Yokohama National University, Japan)
Professor Gérard BUTTOUD (University of Tuscia, Italy. Confirmation in progress)
Professor Jean Pierre SORG (ETH Zurich)
Professor Alison RICHARD (Yale University, USA. To be confirmed)
We are aware that IUFRO can not always provide financial support for a set of reasons. But it will be really appreciated if IUFRO can give grants to researcher who want to attend this symposium and at least support on event announcement, outcome publishing, integration of the proceeding in the IUFRO's on-line reference library. I hope IUFRO can co-sponsored this meeting so you could use IUFRO Logo.
Please feel free to ask more information and to give us any suggestion, comments
Thank you again
Best regards
Pr Bruno RAMAMONJISOA
Von: Bruno Gmail <mailto:[mailto:bruno.ramamonjisoa@gmail.com]> [mailto:bruno.ramamonjisoa@gmail.com]
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 6. Juni 2013 19:03
An: <mailto:buck@iufro.org> buck(a)iufro.org
Cc: <mailto:kleine@iufro.org> kleine(a)iufro.org
Betreff: International Symposium
Dear IUFRO Executive Director
I am the IUFRO International Council member for Madagascar from 2011.
We organize actually an International Symposium to be held in Antananarivo, Madagascar on December 10-11, 2013 and intitled "The biodiversity and people in the context of climate change" (see attached more information about this symposium)
I want to know if we can include it as a IUFRO meeting or not. What will be the conditions requested for that.
Thank you so much for your advise.
With best regards
Pr Bruno RAMAMONJISOA
head of Forest Department
School of Agronomy
UNiversity of Antananarivo
<http://www.essa-forets.org> http://www.essa-forets.org
Mobile : +261340878334
Dear Mr. Buck,
I am Li Hui, Managing Editor of Forest Ecosystems, a new international Open Access journal established at Beijing Forestry University in cooperation with Springer Science. The project has excellent backing regarding available staff and other resources. We have two Editors in Chief, Dr. Yin WeiLun from China and Dr. Klaus v. Gadow from Germany, and an international Editorial Board which includes 25 Associate Editors and 5 Senior Editors.
Traditional journals are inundated with manuscripts and Forest Ecosystems will improve the chances for good papers to become available sooner. We will start publishing peer-reviewed original articles and critical reviews in January, 2014. The focus will be on individual papers and special issues relating to natural and managed forest ecosystems and their services to people. Manuscripts will go online and will be ready for download as soon as they are accepted. During the first two years, we will carry the cost of publishing Open Access.
IUFRO scientists are invited to visit our webseite at <http://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/fsc> http://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/fsc and submit their manuscripts after logging in as author and providing the contact details of 4 qualified referees. We also welcome proposals for a special issue.
Thank you for your support!
With best regards
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Hui Li (李慧)
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Editorial office of Forest Ecosystems
Editorial office of Chinese Birds
Box 148 Beijing Forestry University
35 Qinghua Donglu, Haidian District
Beijing 100083, P. R. China
Tel/fax: 86-10-62337915
*August 27-29, Vancouver, Canada, IUFRO Task Force Conference “Resources
for the Future”*
You are invited to participate in a Conference, developed by the IUFRO
/Resources for the Future/ Task Force. The Conference will take place in
the Forest Sciences Centre at the University of British Columbia, August
27 to 29, 2013. The conference will feature world leaders in the forest
resources field, and provide them with a venue to collaborate and share
ideas with academia, government, industry and NGOs — all stakeholders in
the future of the world’s forests. The goal is to provide a platform
where speakers can share their expertise in various areas and identify
potential solutions.
Four topic areas will be covered:
· Globalization and its implications for forests
· Plantations
· Bio-products and advanced building systems
· Forest ecosystem services
*Early bird registration cut-off is June 15^th .*For more information
about the conference please check website: http://iufro2013.forestry.ubc.ca/
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Jean-Michel CARNUS
INRA Bordeaux Aquitaine
IUFRO Division 8 Coordinator
69 Route d’Arcachon, 33612, Cestas Pierroton
tel : +33 5 57 12 28 65 email:carnus@pierroton.inra.fr
Forests for People Conference and 2013 National Outdoor Recreation
The conference is less than two weeks away and we are energetically working to wrap up the final details. A few of the field workshops are almost filled to capacity and hotels are nearly booked full near the conference location. If you are planning to attend and have not yet registered, get online now and sign up. <http://www.recpro.org/2013-sorp-ffp-conference> http://www.recpro.org/2013-sorp-ffp-conference
The conference program just went to the printers and you can download a copy here: <http://www.recpro.org/assets/Conference/2013_conference_program.pdf> http://www.recpro.org/assets/Conference/2013_conference_program.pdf
We hope to see you in Traverse City!
Brenda Adams-Weyant
Association Manager
Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals
(formerly NARRP)
PO Box 221
Marienville, PA 16239
(814) 927-8212
(814) 927-6659 FAX
<mailto:Brenda@RecPro.org> Brenda(a)RecPro.org
