Dear Colleagues,
Forest bioenergy is one of six thematic areas included in the IUFRO Strategy
2010-2014. In this context, I would like to draw your attention to the
High-level Research Conference "The Future Role of Bio-energy from Tree
Biomass in Europe" that will be held from 6 to 11 November 2011 in Vienna,
Austria.
The conference is organized by IUFRO in collaboration with the European
Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) and the European Science
Foundation (ESF), the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry,
Environment and Water Management, and the Austrian Federal Research and
Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW). The new
IUFRO Task Force on Forest Bioenergy has played a key role in developing the
scientific programme of the conference.
In 2011, the International Year of the Forest, the conference will
contribute to understanding bio-energy drivers, options and impacts on
forest growing, management and production of traditional goods and services
in the future. The scientific programme will focus on
- Availability of biomass
- Biodiversity, landscape ecology and soil water quality
- Supply chain and system evaluation
- Forest biomass as feedstock for the energy and biorefinery sector
The Conference will feature lectures by invited high-level speakers, short
talks by young and early stage researchers, poster sessions and open
discussion periods as well as a forward look. You can find detailed
information about the conference at <http://www.esf.org/index.php?id=8196>
http://www.esf.org/index.php?id=8196.
You are strongly encouraged to register your participation by 1 August 2011
at <http://www2.esf.org/asp/esfrcaf.asp?confcode=378&meetno=1>
http://www2.esf.org/asp/esfrcaf.asp?confcode=378&meetno=1
Kind regards,
Alexander Buck
IUFRO Executive Director
Please forward to colleagues who you think might be interested.
Dear all,
A couple of updates on the conference "Exploring the Mega-fire Reality
2011":
Just to let you know that there is a limit of 50 spaces for the field
trip to Tall Timbers (the home of the study of Fire Ecology). Don't miss
out on this unique opportunity. Click here for more information:
http://www.megafirereality.com/fieldtrip.asp
Special Issue
A special issue of Forest Ecology and Management will be published after
the conference, consisting of papers and research originating from the
conference. Click here for more information:
http://www.megafirereality.com/proceedings.asp
Registration Now Open
Save $100 by registering by the Early Bird Deadline.
Click here: http://www.megafirereality.com/registrationInfo.asp
Program now online:
http://www.megafirereality.com/programme.asp
View Invited Speakers here:
http://www.megafirereality.com/speakers.asp
Hope to see you there!
Kind regards,
Darren
Darren Sugrue
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IUFRO 2012, All D5 Conference in Portugal - Second announcement
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
The next IUFRO All-Division5 Conference is to be held in Estoril, Lisbon,
July 8-13th 2012.
IUFRO, along with the Technical University of Lisbon/ ISA would like to
extend an invitation to the entire forest sector to participate in this
international event.
Forests play a vital role for rural as well as urban populations all over
the world. They are an essential natural resource providing multiple
benefits to people.
Their conservation and sustainable management are closely linked with global
issues such as food supply and environmental protection.
Scientific knowledge is needed all over the world to effectively address
these issues globally and regionally and provide the basis for political
decisions.
Close international cooperation in forest science and related disciplines is
required to enable forests to satisfy the manifold human needs in a
sustainable way.
This conference is designed to bring together researchers in forest products
and related fields from around the world. Discussion will embrace progress
and needs in research to meet rapidly increasing demands for all kinds of
forest products, while maintaining the forest as a source of such products
and a resource for social, economic and environmental benefits.
The major topics to be discussed are:
Wood Quality
Properties and Utilization of Plantation Woods
Physio-mechanical Properties of Wood
Energy and Chemicals from Forest Biomass
Wood-based materials and their Applications
Forest Products Marketing
Wood Processing
Non-wood Forest Products
Wood Protection
Forest Products Education
Composites and Reconstituted Products
Wood Culture
Pulp & Paper
The role of wood in a sustainable society
For further information on this upcoming event and instructions for authors,
please visit the conference website at www.iufro2012.org and complete the
form "Expression of interest" under the menu " Call for papers".
Abstracts should be submitted as soon as possible in 2011, but not later
than 28th February 2012. Abstracts received by 30th September 2011 will be
listed in the preliminary program and abstracts received by 23rd Feb listed
in the final program.
We look forward to welcoming you in 2012.
Pekka Saranpää (Finland) Jamie Barbour (USA)
Helena Pereira (Portugal)
Conference Chair Conference Co-Chair
Local Organising Committee Chair
T H E - THE HOUSE OF EVENTS
Official PCO
PHONE: +351 22 834 8940
MOBILE: +351 93 244 8914
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Estoril Congress Centre, 8 >13 July12
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FCBA is pleased to invite you to the 5th edition of the International
Symposium on Wood Fibre Polymer Composites which will take place on
September 26-27, 2011, in Biarritz, about 200 km to the south of Bordeaux in
France.
The 2011 conference event will focus on opportunities for innovative wood
based composites used in Building and Furniture sectors contributing to the
Green Growth. New information will be divulged on bio resources based
materials and bio plastics used as raw materials and formulations, chemical
modifications, on product performances, policy issues standardization
methods and the environmental issues related to wood-based materials.
Scientists, Experts from Industry present latest information on recent
developments by 30 conferences on two days. A technical exhibition and
poster session will also be provided.
Scientific programme on :
http://www.fcba.fr/wpc2011/pdf/Programme%202011EN.pdf
Please register NOW and book your hotel asap :
http://www.fcba.fr/wpc2011/registration.html
Dr Gilles LABAT
FCBA
<http://www.fcba.fr> www.fcba.fr
<http://www.fcba.fr/wpc2011> www.fcba.fr/wpc2011
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IUFRO is proud to announce its first regional Congress in Africa, to be held
in Nairobi, Kenya from 25 to 30 June 2012.
The first IUFRO regional congress in Africa will be held in partnership with
the Forestry Research Network of Sub-Saharan Africa (FORNESSA) and is
expected to bring together about 350 participants to deliberate on issues
relevant to the conservation, sustainable management and utilization of
forest and tree resources in the region.
Scientists interested in organizing sessions or submitting abstracts are
invited to visit the First Announcement and Call for Abstracts at
http://fornis.net/content/first-iufro-fornessa-regional-congress.
For additional information, please contact
Dr. Joe Cobbinah
Chair, Congress Scientific Committee (CSC)
Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG)
University Box 63, Kumasi, Ghana
Telephone: +233 244 405 601 +233 260 884 733
Fax: +233 03220 60121
E-Mail: <mailto:jrcobbinah@yahoo.co.uk> jrcobbinah(a)yahoo.co.uk
<mailto:jcobbinah@csir-forig.org.gh> jcobbinah(a)csir-forig.org.gh
<mailto:iufroforn_2012@yahoo.com> iufroforn_2012(a)yahoo.com
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IUFRO Headquarters
Dear List Members:
We have received a job announcement from the Vienna University of Natural
Resources and Life Sciences - for details, please visit:
<http://www.iufro.org/download/file/7147/95/nb-boku-research-scientist.pdf/>
http://www.iufro.org/download/file/7147/95/nb-boku-research-scientist.pdf/.
Contact: Deadline: 26 June 2011
Best regards
IUFRO Headquarters
Von: Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern [mailto:sophie.zechmeister@boku.ac.at]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. Juni 2011 09:31
An: buck(a)iufro.org; office(a)iufro.org
Betreff: job announcement
Dear Director Buck, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen,
Enclosed you find a job announcement for a faculty position which may be
interesting for young scientists within the IUFRO community. Please could
you put it up on the IUFRO website and maybe forward it to some relevant
institutions.
Thank you very much in advance,
best wishes
Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern
Prof. Dr. Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern
Universität für Bodenkultur Wien
Department für Wald- und Bodenwissenschaften
Institut für Bodenforschung
Peter Jordan Str. 82
A-1190 Wien, Austria
www.boku.ac.at <http://www.boku.ac.at/>
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
Department of Forest and Soil Sciences
Institute of Soil Research
Peter Jordan Str. 82
A-1190 Vienna, Austria
tel +43-(0)1-47654-3103
fax +43-(0)1-47654-3130
Dear colleagues,
We remind you that in the framework of the International Year of Forests,
Cirad, CIFOR and Ecofor are organizing an international conference under the
auspices of IUFRO (Research Group 1.02.00 Tropical and Subtropical
Silviculture; Research Group 3.07.00 Forest operations in the tropics;
Research Group 8.02.00 Forest Biodiversity):
Research priorities in tropical silviculture: towards new paradigms? in
Montpellier, France , 15-18 November 2011.
Participants are encouraged to submit their abstracts online at :
http://www.iufro2011-tropical-silviculture.org. Deadline for abstract
submission: June 30th, 2011
The conference will include 2 plenary sessions (days 1 and 2) and 6 parallel
sessions (Symposia) of two hours on day 3 to debate specific themes.
Plenary Sessions
Plenary Session 1. Tropical Silviculture : State of the art
- Silviculture of Timber (6 oral presentations)
- Non Timber forest Products and other forest uses (6 oral presentations)
Plenary Session 2. Assessing and minimizing the ecological and
Socio-economical Impacts of Silviculture: lessons learned and ways forward"
- Ecological Impacts (6 presentations)
- Impact on Carbon Dynamics (6 presentations)
- Social Impacts (6 presentations)
- Economic Impacts (6 presentations)
Parallel Sessions (Symposia)
Parallel sessions are symposium of 2 hours that will include a maximum of 6
oral presentations (15 minutes) followed by a general discussion. The
specific themes of the symposia are the following:
1. Modeling forest dynamics
2. Tools for forest management and inventory
3. Silviculture for multiple-use forest management, including timbers, NTFP,
PES
4. New FSC criteria and indicators
5. Silviculture of logged over and secondary forests
6. Managing tropical production and secondary forests for biodiversity
values
In addition to abstracts for the Plenary and Parallel sessions listed above,
participants are strongly encouraged to submit, symposium proposals on
additional topics related to tropical silviculture. Proposals should be a
one page presentation of the symposium rationale and objectives with the
names of the coordinator(s) of the session as well as the list of at least
4-5 oral presentations.
Abstracts must be submitted online at the conference website:
<http://www.iufro2011-tropical-silviculture.org>
http://www.iufro2011-tropical-silviculture.org
The conference language is English - all abstracts for both plenary and
parallel sessions must be submitted in English.
The Scientific Committee (SC) will review all submitted abstracts.
Deadline for submitting abstracts: June 30th, 2011
Contacts : Plinio Sist : <mailto:plinio.sist@cirad.fr> plinio.sist(a)cirad.fr
Conference website : <http://www.iufro2011-tropical-silviculture.org>
www.iufro2011-tropical-silviculture.org
Best Regards
Plinio Sist
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From: bounce-1107707-220888(a)lists.iisd.ca
[mailto:bounce-1107707-220888@lists.iisd.ca] On Behalf Of Rose, Simmone
(FOMC)
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 2:35 AM
To: Forest Policy Info Mailing List
Subject: Climate change survey for forest managers / Une enquête sur le
changement climatique pour les gestionnaires forestiers / Una encuesta sobre
cambio climático para las autoridades forestales
Importance: High
FAO, in collaboration with forest management, climate change experts and
relevant stakeholders, is developing guidelines to assist forest managers to
effectively respond to climate change challenges and opportunities. These
guidelines will include actions related to both climate change adaptation
and mitigation and will be relevant to all types of forests, all management
objectives and all types of managers. More information on this effort may be
found here FAO Forests and
<http://www.fao.org/forestry/climatechange/65120/en/> Climate Change
Programme or requested at Climate-Change-Forest-Managers(a)fao.org.
To facilitate the development of the guidelines, we are conducting a survey
for forest managers (The survey in English
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9L22T2Q> ). We are inviting you to provide
your views and perceptions on factors that limit the ability of forest
managers to prepare for and respond to climate change.
Kindly forward the survey to your members and your mailing list(s). The
content of individual responses will not be published and will remain
anonymous.
Kindly allocate 15 minutes to complete this survey.
Thank you in advance for your time and effort in responding to the survey.
Best regards,
The Forests and Climate Change Team
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La FAO, en collaboration avec des experts en matière de gestion des forêts
et du changement climatique et les parties prenantes concernées, est en
train de développer des directives pour aider les gestionnaires des forêts à
répondre efficacement aux défis du changement climatique et à ses
opportunités. Ces directives comprendront des actions liées à l'adaptation
et à l'atténuation du changement climatique et seront adaptées à tous les
types de forêts, tous les objectifs de gestion et tous les types de
gestionnaires. Pour plus d'informations sur cet effort, vous pouvez
consulter le site Programme de
<http://www.fao.org/forestry/climatechange/65120/fr> la FAO sur les forêts
et le changement climatique ou vous pouvez écrire à
Climate-Change-Forest-Managers(a)fao.org.
Pour faciliter l'élaboration de ces directives, nous réalisons une enquête
au près des gestionnaires forestiers (
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9LMZ8XX> L'enquête en française). Nous vous
invitons à donner votre opinion et vos perceptions sur les facteurs qui
limitent la capacité des gestionnaires forestiers à se préparer et répondre
au changement climatique.
Veuillez s'il vous plaît envoyer lenquête à vos membres et à vos listes
d'adresses. Le contenu de vos réponses ne sera pas publié et restera
anonyme.
Nous vous invitons à prendre 15 minutes pour remplir ce questionnaire.
Merci d'avance pour votre temps et vos efforts consacrés à cette enquête.
Meilleures salutations,
Forêts et changement climatique.
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La FAO, en colaboración con expertos en ordenación forestal y en cambio
climático y con las partes interesadas pertinentes, está elaborando
directrices para ayudar a las autoridades forestales a responder con
eficacia a los desafíos y oportunidades que plantea el cambio climático.
Estas directrices comprenderán medidas de adaptación y mitigación ante el
cambio climático, y serán adecuadas para todo tipo de bosques, todos los
objetivos de gestión y a todos los responsables de la gestión forestal. En
el siguiente enlace se presenta más información sobre esta actividad:
Programa de la FAO <http://www.fao.org/forestry/climatechange/65120/es/>
sobre los bosques y el cambio climático o podéis escribir a
Climate-Change-Forest-Managers(a)fao.org.
Con el fin de facilitar la elaboración de las directrices, estamos haciendo
una encuesta a las autoridades forestales (La encuesta en
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/98HHFSG> español). Los invitamos a compartir
puntos de vista y opiniones sobre los factores que limitan la capacidad de
los responsables de la gestión forestal para prepararse al cambio climático
y responder a sus desafíos.
Envíe por favor la encuesta a sus membro y sus listas de correos. No se
publicarán las respuestas de los cuestionarios, su contenido se mantendrá
anónimo.
Sírvase dedicar 15 minutos a la respuesta del cuestionario.
Por anticipado, muchas gracias por su tiempo y atención para participar en
la encuesta.
Saludos cordiales,
Bosques y cambio climático
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Dear all,
Just to let you know that the abstract submission deadline for this conference (http://www.megafirereality.com/index.asp) has been extend until 27th May 2011.
The conference brings together experts from around the world and addresses the following major topics:
* Mega-fires - the new reality
* Climate and weather
* Options and Choices before fires ignite
* Options and Choices after Mega-fires: roads to recovery
* Integrating the Mega-fire reality into operational forestry
Invited Speakers include:
Mark Adams, University of Sydney, Australia
Peter Attiwill, University of Melbourne, Australia
Dan Binkley, Colorado State University, USA
Johann G. Goldammer, Freiburg University/United Nations University, Germany
Bill de Groot, Canadian Forest Service/Service canadien des forêts, Canada
Jim Karels, Florida Division of Forestry, USA
Leda Kobziar, University of Florida, USA
Lachie McCaw, Department of Environment and Conservation, Western Australia, Australia
Jerry Williams, formerly a Director of Fire Management with US Forest Service, USA
Full list here: http://www.megafirereality.com/speakers.asp
The conference will take place from 14 to 17 November 2011 at the Florida State University Conference Center, Florida, USA
It is run by Elsevier (Publisher of Forest Ecology and Management), and sponsored by IUFRO.
Join Mailing List »
http://mail.elsevier-alerts.com/go.asp?/.2011cfpemails.megafire.form/bECO00…
Kind regards,
Darren Sugrue
:: Marketing Communications Manager :: Physical Sciences II
:: ELSEVIER :: Floor 21.089 :: Radarweg 29 :: 1043 NX Amsterdam :: The Netherlands
:: Email: d.sugrue(a)elsevier.com:: Ph: +31 (0)20 485 3506 :: Fax: +31 (0)20 485 3342
Elsevier B.V. Registered Office: Radarweg 29, 1043 NX Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Registration No. 33156677 (The Netherlands)
Dear all,
Just a quick reminder of the Abstract Deadline (6th May 2011) for this conference:
http://www.megafirereality.com/index.asp
The conference will take place from 14 to 17 November 2011 at the Florida State University Conference Center, Florida, USA
It is run by Elsevier (Publisher of Forest Ecology and Management), and sponsored by IUFRO.
Topics
The conference brings together experts from around the world and addresses the following major topics:
* Mega-fires - the new reality
* Climate and weather
* Options and Choices before fires ignite
* Options and Choices after Mega-fires: roads to recovery
* Integrating the Mega-fire reality into operational forestry
Invited Speakers include:
Mark Adams, University of Sydney, Australia
Peter Attiwill, University of Melbourne, Australia
Dan Binkley, Colorado State University, USA
Johann G. Goldammer, Freiburg University/United Nations University, Germany
Bill de Groot, Canadian Forest Service/Service canadien des forêts, Canada
Jim Karels, Florida Division of Forestry, USA
Leda Kobziar, University of Florida, USA
Lachie McCaw, Department of Environment and Conservation, Western Australia, Australia
Jerry Williams, formerly a Director of Fire Management with US Forest Service, USA
Full list here: http://www.megafirereality.com/speakers.asp
Join Mailing List »
http://mail.elsevier-alerts.com/go.asp?/.2011cfpemails.megafire.form/bECO00…
Kind regards,
Darren Sugrue
:: Marketing Communications Manager :: Physical Sciences II
:: ELSEVIER :: Floor 21.089 :: Radarweg 29 :: 1043 NX Amsterdam :: The Netherlands
:: Email: d.sugrue(a)elsevier.com:: Ph: +31 (0)20 485 3506 :: Fax: +31 (0)20 485 3342
Elsevier B.V. Registered Office: Radarweg 29, 1043 NX Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Registration No. 33156677 (The Netherlands)
