Colleagues,
The members of the Task Force "Forest Adaptation and Restoration under
Global Change" of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations
(IUFRO) are conducting a survey to gain data and insights for developing
best practice approaches for forest adaptation and restoration under global
change. This survey relies on the knowledge of experts/professionals from
forestry and related fields and their information about actual examples of
Adaptive Measures in Forestry and Forest Restoration.
The collected data will contribute valuable information to a study of the
local and regional experiences with Adaptive Forest Management (AFM) and
Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) under climate- and societal change with
the aim to increase the adaptive capacity of forests and forest landscapes
with regards to those changes.
If you are working or have experience in this field, please participate in
this survey. You can choose among 13 languages. It will take approximately
15-20 minutes to fill in the survey. For any remarks to the survey (content
and technical aspects), please contact directly Markus Hoehl (
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markus.hoehl(at)thuenen.de).
Please support the Task Force - Forest Adaptation and Restoration under
Global Change (Coordinator: Andreas Bolte, Markus Höhl, Survey admin; both
Thuenen Institute) in expanding our common knowledge base on these very
current and important topics!
https://gdi.thuenen.de/wo/limesurvey/index.php/883655
We would like to thank you in advance for your time and consideration!
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Posted on behalf of the Task Force by Brigitte Burger, IUFRO Headquarters
XXV IUFRO World Congress 2019
"Forest Research and Cooperation for Sustainable Development"
Curitiba, Brazil; 29 September - 5 October 2019
Congress website: <http://www.iufro2019.com/> http://www.iufro2019.com/
#IUFRO2019
2019 IUFRO World Congress Awards - Reminder: Nominate Your Candidates Now!
For the upcoming IUFRO World Congress 2019 in Curitiba, Brazil, there will
again be an opportunity to honor special scientific performances and
achievements with selected IUFRO Awards. There are still good chances for
your candidates to be among the award winners, and to receive a ticket to
travel to Curitiba and be given 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 nominations soon. Note that you should only nominate candidates from
IUFRO Member Organizations! No self-nominations are accepted! The deadline
for submission is 31 August 2018. (See awards below.)
Find more information and the nomination forms on our website
https://www.iufro.org/discover/awards/.
Send your nominations to the Chair of the IUFRO Honors & Awards Committee
(Professor John Innes, john.innes(a)ubc.ca) with copy to the IUFRO Executive
Director (office(a)iufro.org)
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 are: 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 for Excellence in Forest Science (ISA)
Up to three awards to recognize outstanding individual achievements
related to the main theme and sub-themes of the IUFRO World Congress made by
Master's 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 Members and through the International Forestry Students'
Association (IFSA) via the IFSA Secretariat/Liaison Officer.
Furthermore, the Congress will also offer
Best Poster Award (BPA)
To encourage public dissemination of high quality research and to recognize
distinguished poster presentations by young scientists during the IUFRO
World Congress.
and IUFRO World Congress Host Scientific Award
Honours a truly outstanding scientist from the Congress host
country/countries who has elevated the profile of forest science and
research accomplishments.
https://www.iufro.org/news/article/2017/03/06/iufro-world-congress-2019-nomi
nations-for-awards/
Dear Colleagues,
We are very happy to announce that the registration and payment procedure of the Yaoundé-IUFRO conference is now open. Please see the attachment for detailed information.
As a quick reminder about the conference, the University of Göttingen in Germany and the University of Dschang in Cameroon are organizing the first IUFRO (International Union of Forest Research Organizations) social sciences conference on“African forest-related policies and politics”, AFORPOLIS 1.
This international and interdisciplinary scientific conference aims to advance cutting-edge knowledge on the emergence and evolution of African forest governance. The conference will take place in Yaoundé, Cameroon from 24 to 27 September 2018. A selection of best manuscripts, if approved by a rigorous peer-review, will be published in a special issue of the journal, Forest Policy and Economics (Elsevier).
Looking forward to meeting you in Yaoundé.
Best regards,
On behalf of the organizing committee
Symphorien Ongolo
Minette Nago
Ameni Hasnaoui
Lukas Giessen
Contact: iufroyaounde2018(a)gwdg.de<mailto:iufroyaounde2018@gwdg.de>
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Symphorien Ongolo, PhD
Alexander von Humboldt research fellow
Chair of Forest and Nature Conservation Policy
Research Group Leader "Global Forestland Policy & Sustainability"
University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 3 – Office 2.106
37077 Göttingen – Germany
E-mail: songolo(a)uni-goettingen.de
Tel (Office): +49-551-39 33410
https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/576451.html
Dear members of the IUFRO Division 9 List,
I am a PhD student from Bocconi University, member of the UNFF Children and Youth Major Group.
Together with Prof. Valentina Bosetti, lead author of the Fifth IPCC Report, I am working on a research project on deforestation.
To carry out our research we have constructed a survey:
https://unibocconi.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9SrYlUWHcKVTijr
If you have 8 minutes to complete it, it would give a significant contribution to our research and to my work for my PhD dissertation.
Participants can win $100 Amazon gift cards.
Forest experts from a wide array of countries and organizations have already completed this survey, and having your perspective would be really valuable to us.
The aim of our research project is to investigate how different actors perceive, conceptualize and frame the problem of deforestation, the different strategies to address it, and the related challenges.
We will gather the data only for research purposes and all data will be kept confidential.
Thank you in advance for your help,
Best regards,
Silvia Pianta
VSRC - Princeton University
PhD Student in Public Policy
Bocconi University
+1 2037729976
+39 0258362501
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
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From: mirela niculescu < <mailto:mniculescum@yahoo.com> mniculescum(a)yahoo.com>
Date: Di., 22. Mai 2018 um 18:21 Uhr
Subject: ESNA CONFERENCE
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the ESNA Committee and Local organizing committee it is our pleasure to invite you to participate in the 47-th Annual Meeting of our Society to be held in Craiova, Romania. The host of the ESNA meeting will be the Faculty of Agronomy – University of Craiova.
Craiova, Romania's
6 th largest city and capital of Dolj County, is situated near the east bank of Jiu river, in central Oltenia. It is a longstanding political center, and is located at approximately equal distances from the Southern Carpathians (north) and Danube River (south).
We hope we will all have a memorable and scientifically stimulating meeting in Craiova and we look forward to meeting you here in September 2018.
Welcome to Craiova, Romania!
Prof.assoc. M. NICULESCU, PhD.
Vice-Dean
Faculty of Agronomy
University of Craiova
Departament of Botany
19 Libertatii street, 200583
Craiova
Romania
00 40 251 418475
00 40 730 447200
