[IUFRO Div 8] Call for papers on the topic of "Understanding Forest Health under Increasing Climate and Trade Challenges: Social System Considerations"

Von: Marzano, Mariella [mailto:Mariella.Marzano@forestry.gsi.gov.uk] Gesendet: Dienstag, 29. Mai 2018 16:52 Betreff: Call for papers on the topic of "Understanding Forest Health under Increasing Climate and Trade Challenges: Social System Considerations" Working Party 7.03.15 "Social Dimensions of Forest Health" would like to announce a call for papers on the topic of "Understanding Forest Health under Increasing Climate and Trade Challenges: Social System Considerations" for a special issue of Forestry. Abstract is below and further details can be found here: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests/special_issues/climate_health Forest health is increasingly influenced by climate change as well as growing globalization and trade. Climate change results in species movement and species that have earlier had more limited impacts can potentially spread and gain impact under changing conditions. However, through the large plant trade and inadvertent movement of species (such as pests or fungi in soil) forest health is increasingly impacted by species not only originating in nearby areas but also from far away areas of the globe. As a result, new forest plant risks may occur that have largely been unprecedented, and with a potential that has been little managed so far in legislation and policy that may be more oriented towards supporting free trade. This special issue highlights the social system considerations around forest health: the ways in which specific legislative and policy systems, at the national, regional or local level, aim at regulating or managing increasing forest pest or invasive species risks and outbreak events, and the ways in which policy instruments, technologies or means of interaction, routines or engagement can be developed to manage plant pest and invasive species. This special issue thereby illustrates the possibilities and limitations in specific socio-economic and political systems to manage and limit the impacts of increasing challenges to forest health under climate change and globalization. Deadline for manuscript submissions is 15 November 2018! Dr Mariella Marzano Social and Economic Research Group Forest Research Northern Research Station Roslin Midlothian Scotland EH25 9SY Direct line: 0300 067 5954