Dear colleagues,
you may notice that the 30 November – the deadline for submission of
abstracts for the IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress 2017 - is rapidly
approaching.
As you know, the Congress Scientific Committee has accepted our proposal
for a session, “Improved role of forests for people through favourable
forest laws and environmental legislation” (session number 70), for
inclusion in the Congress program.
I would like to remind you, as the prospective speakers for our session,
that you are welcome to submit your abstracts indicating proposal number
70, “Improved role of forests for people through favourable forest laws
and environmental legislation” in the Congress segment: All Division 9
(Forest Policy and Economics) Meeting.
I thank you for your cooperation and if there are any questions, please
do not hesitate to contact me.
I am already looking forward to meet you next year in Freiburg!
Best regards,
Rastislav Sulek
IUFRO 9.06.00 Forest law and environmental legislation Coordinator
Assoc. Prof. Rastislav Šulek, Ph.D.
Department of Forest Economics and Management
Faculty of Forestry
Technical University in Zvolen
T. G. Masaryka 24, SK-96053 Zvolen, Slovak Republic
tel.: +421-45-5206325
fax: +421-45-5332654
e-mail: sulek(a)tuzvo.sk
Dear All,
Gentle reminder. If you have not completed the survey yet, please do so before the end of the month. It is for all Forest Communications Network members - regardless of your level of participation in the network.
Thank you to 30+ people who have already responded and shared some good ideas.
Please do find three minutes to complete it - the fuller the picture the better.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CTHNKGH
Thank you,
Ewa
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*Dear IUFRO Division 9 colleagues,*
Thank you very much for your contributions this summer to updating your
units’ address lists/mailing lists and to the recent survey
questionnaire of working parties that was requested by the
Vice-President for Divisions. With this email I am reporting back from
IUFRO’s Executive Board Meeting in Beijing last month (building on an
email from a colleague of Division 1) and reminding you that the
deadline for submission of abstracts for IUFRO’s 125^th Anniversary
Congress 2017 is rapidly approaching.
*IUFRO EB MEETING*
The recent meeting of IUFRO’s Executive Board took place 21-22 October
2016 in Beijing, China, in connection with IUFRO’s Regional Congress for
Asia and Oceania 2016 (24-27 October). The Board had some very
productive discussions and drew important conclusions for future
directions of our organization. As a truly international organization,
IUFRO now includes more than 650 members institutions in 125 countries.
/IUFRO Triple Survey/
In the near future, IUFRO HQ will send out surveys to (1) IUFRO office
holders, (2) members of the International Council and (3) heads of
member institutions on your / their perception of IUFRO. This is an
important survey for our organization, for example for adjusting and
setting new strategic goals and in considerations of possible
adjustments in our organizational structure. I really recommend that you
set aside time to respond to the survey when you receive it. In addition
to this, an external review panel will be established to provide
additional guidance for future directions and for adjusting our
communication with non-IUFRO forest stakeholders.
/Mailing lists/
Division Coordinators unanimously suggested that in the future mailing
lists of participants at our conferences, symposia, meetings, workshops,
courses, etc. should be forwarded directly to the HQ, c/o Brigitte
Burger (burger(a)iufro.org <mailto:burger@iufro.org>), and that these will
be used for updating and maintaining the address lists of all units. If
you have additional updates or addresses for inclusion, these can be
forwarded at any time. We believe that this simple procedure will help
facilitate and improve our communication with colleagues around the
world that share an interest in IUFRO activities, but do not hold a
IUFRO office.
/Recruiting of IUFRO office holders/
The Board, including all Division Coordinators, is much concerned about
recruiting new and younger IUFRO officers at our regular officer
‘turn-overs’ every 4 years (remember: you can hold your IUFRO office for
only 2 times 4 years = 8 years in total; then have to step down, step up
or step over to some other position). The Board agreed to establish,
together with IFSA, a IUFRO/IFSA Mentor Program for Potential Incoming
Officers. We hope this will help rejuvenate (if not regenerate) IUFRO. I
take this opportunity of reminding all of you to actively consider your
replacement in due course before you have to step down yourself. We
still urgently need more younger officers, more female officers, and
more officers from certain, often disadvantaged, parts of the world.
*IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress 2017*
As you are all aware IUFRO’s 125th Anniversary Congress will be held in
Freiburg 19-22 September 2017. Division 9 has submitted (got accepted)
the largest number of sessions of all Divisions (more than 30!). You
have probably already been reminded before, but: the deadline for
submission of abstracts for presentation is 30 November 2016. I strongly
encourage all of you to contribute to this very special congress and to
help in recruiting more contributions to populate the many congress
sessions. You can read more about these at
http://iufro2017.com/call-for-abstracts/
/All Division 9 Meeting/
During the IUFRO 125 Anniversary congress there will be an All Division
9 meeting held. It is not yet clear at which time slot this will take
place but we assume at the very beginning of the conference. In order to
discuss organizational matters and to understand synergies and
possibilities for intra-divisional cooperation, please join this
meeting. You will be informed about the time as soon as we get more
information about this.
/Cross-divisional OPEN sessions///
There are a few cross-divisional sessions with topics that range across
multiple divisions and research topics. All of these sessions are open
for oral as well as poster presentations, /no speakers have been
appointed in advance/! Please consider contributing to these special
sessions and encourage scientists in your IUFRO unit to submit abstracts
specifically for the cross-divisional sessions. You may mention in the
submission which session the presentation is intended for. The titles of
the three cross-divisional sessions follow below; you can find more
detailed information on the congress website.
**I in particular I want to highlight to raise your attention to the
session
_SILVICULTURE FOR NON-WOOD ECOSYSTEM SERVICES_(together with Division 4,
6 and 1)
We specifically invite research on the interface between silviculture
and non-wood ecosystem services such as recreation, biodiversity, ground
water and other non-timber products and forest uses. We also invite
presentations on research relating to management philosophy and
silvicultural concepts for non-wood ecosystem services.
Good luck with your remaining IUFRO activities in 2016 and with your
IUFRO preparations for 2017!
Best wishes,
Daniela Kleinschmit
Coordinator, IUFRO Division 9 – Forest Policy and Economics
--
Prof. Dr. Daniela Kleinschmit
Professur für Forst- und Umweltpolitik/
Chair of Forest and Environmental Policy
University of Freiburg
Tennenbacherstr. 4
D- 79106 Freiburg
Tel: +49 (0) 761/203-3712
Secretariat: +49 (0) 761/203-3713
Dear colleagues,
The deadline for abstract submission for the IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress in Freiburg, Germany is drawing nearer.
Submission is closing on 30th November 2016!
Find our submission guideline and a full list of sessions at http://iufro2017.com/call-for-abstracts/
We are looking forward to meet you in beautiful Freiburg!
Best regards,
The Organizing Team
FVA Baden-Württemberg | Wonnhaldestr. 4 | D-79100 Freiburg
iufro2017(a)forst.bwl.de
Dear colleagues,
in the context of the ongoing climate negotiations at COP 22 in Marrakech I am happy to share with you a (3-months free access!) virtual special issue of Forest Policy and Economics on The forest-climate nexus in policy and economics.
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-policy-and-economics/virtual-specia…
With this free access virtual special issue Elsevier as well as the editors of Forest Policy and Economics want to make a small contribution towards science-based policy in the field of climate change policy.
May I kindly ask you to widely distribute it within your broader networks, including relevant mailing lists.
Your support is greatly appreciated!
With best regards,
Lukas Giessen
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Editor in Chief, Forest Policy and Economics (Elsevier)
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-policy-and-economics/
Senior Researcher and Head of Working Group International Forest Policy
Chair Group of Forest and Nature Conservation Policy
University of Goettingen/Germany
http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/135009.html
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From: "Hermanowicz, Ewa (Bioversity)" < <mailto:e.hermanowicz@cgiar.org> e.hermanowicz(a)cgiar.org>
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Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 13:41:39 +0000
Subject: Survey on web-based tools for internal communication
Dear Members of the IUFRO Communications and Public Relations Working Party:
During our Forest Communicators meeting in Portland, US (29 Aug-1 Sep 2016), it was raised that an appropriate communication tool would be needed for our group to stay in touch in between the annual meetings.
To identify the most appropriate tool for discussion and sharing knowledge between members, please complete <https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CTHNKGH> this online questionnaire by 30 November 2016. It will take you less than five minutes to fill in. The results of the survey will inform the decision on setting up an online communication platform.
A similar survey is being sent to the members of the UNECE-FAO Forest Communications Network, so if you are part of both networks, please respond to both surveys.
Thank you for sparing a few minutes to take this survey.
Ewa
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Ewa Hermanowicz
Communications Specialist
European Forest Genetic Resources Programme (EUFORGEN)
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