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Asheville, NC
September 20-24, 2020
Call for Abstracts
The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Extension and Knowledge Exchange Working Party (EKE, IUFRO 9.01.03) invites your submission of an abstract for this year's Working Party Conference. This year's theme is Knowledge Exchange for the Modern Era: Empowering People / Providing Solutions. Abstracts will be accepted for either 20 minute oral presentations or 5 minute lightning round presentations. See the abstract website for more details. Deadline for consideration is June 1st, 2020. Approved abstract authors will be notified by June 21st regarding the status of their submissions.
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More about the conference and theme...
Extension plays a key role in empowering individuals and communities to take action. This conference celebrates the successes of what we do every day in our Extension lives. The conference offers opportunities to learn from each other and build strong partnerships from local to international.
Our hosts from the Extension Forest Resources unit at North Carolina State University, are developing a first class international effort to be held in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina. The event will feature both indoor and outdoor sessions as well as opportunities to learn more about one of the most unique cultural and natural treasures in the world.
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The objectives of the IUFRO EKE Working Party are to:
serve as a forum for information exchange among Extension forestry workers worldwide.
promote the concept of Extension through the transfer of knowledge and technology to improve the lives of people.
improve the quality, quantity, and effectiveness of Extension programs worldwide.
advance the quality and impact of research on Extension methodologies.
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IUFRO EKE Officers and Email Addresses: (Please contact us if you are interested in becoming more involved with IUFRO-EKE)
EKE Coordinator: Bill Hubbard
University of Maryland
whubbard(a)umd.edu <mailto:whubbard@umd.edu>
EKE Deputy: Antonio Brunori
Secretary General PEFC Italy, antonio.brunori65(a)gmail.com <mailto:antonio.brunori65@gmail.com>
EKE Deputy: Mark Megalos
North Carolina State University mamegalo(a)ncsu.edu <mailto:mamegalo@ncsu.edu>
EKE Deputy: Robert Bardon
North Carolina State University
rebardon(a)ncsu.edu <mailto:rebardon@ncsu.edu>
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Dear colleagues,
Forest Policy and Economics (2018 IF 3.099; highly ranked in Forestry, Economics, Environm. Studies) is happy to announce a competition for eliciting the best proposal for a special issue (SI) to be published by the journal in the fields of Forest Policy/Governance as well as Forest Economics, respectively (see https://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-policy-and-economics/news/award-fo… ). Any group or individual, including young scholars, who has a substantial track record in a field of research relevant to the journal and whose networks reach out to potential authors in that field, is invited to submit a proposal and serve as its Guest Editor(s). Proposals should be concise (max 3 pages), provide Guest Editors' name(s), the study background and justification, the joint SI objectives, as well as the contributions' titles and author names already confirmed or likely being contributed to the SI (the number of contributions is not limited to upper or lower bounds). Abstracts of such contributions are strongly encouraged being annexed to the 3 pages. The winners of the competition will be awarded promotional open access for all contributions to the SI for a fixed term of 6 months. Proposals will be assessed based on (i) the originality and timeliness of the topic, (ii) their internal coherence, as well as (iii) the quality of the envisaged contributions. Proposals should be addressed to Lukas.Giessen(a)efi.int<mailto:Lukas.Giessen@efi.int> until May 31st 2020.
Please feel free to distribute this call to colleagues.
With best regards,
Lukas Giessen
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PD Lukas Giessen, PhD
- Principal Scientist "Forest Governance"
European Forest Institute (EFI), Bonn Office
- Adjunct Professor, IPB Indonesia
- Editor in Chief, Forest Policy and Economics (Elsevier): http://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-policy-and-economics/
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.de/citations?hl=en&user=voULQt4AAAAJ&view_op=list_wo…
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lukas_Giessen
