Dear colleagues,
You may have heard that FAO will host third Asia-Pacific Forestry Week in the Philippines 22-26 February 2016. It will be the largest and most important forestry gathering in the Asia-Pacific region in 2016. Importantly, it will be the first major gathering in the region focused on forestry after the Paris COP. APFW 2016 will be the third Asia-Pacific Forestry Week, following successful events held in Hanoi, Vietnam, in 2008 and Beijing, China, in 2011. Each of these events attracted around 1,000 participants and encompassed 40-60 individual workshops, seminars, networking activities and other events.
The overall theme of APFW2016 is Growing Our Future! This theme reflects the need for society to proactively integrate forestry into the wider context of sustainable development. The theme also explicitly suggests that forestry should no longer be seen as a separate extractive renewable sector, but rather encompasses a holistic approach to an integrated and sustainable development paradigm, under which economic, social and environmental objectives are equally addressed. Leading international figures are expected to attend the APFW 2016.
There are various ways you can take part in this event, among others:
- organize a partner event
- organize a booth
- submit a photo contest (http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/asia-pacific-forestry-week/photo-contest/…)
- Submit a poster (http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/asia-pacific-forestry-week/posters/en/)
- Nominate a champion of Asia-Pacific Forests (http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/asia-pacific-forestry-week/champions/en/)
- Be a participant and meet leading forestry leaders
- Be a sponsor
- etc.
Here is the website to the event: http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/asia-pacific-forestry-week/en/
I look forward to seeing and meeting some of you in the Forestry Week.
Best regards,
Yurdi Yasmi
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Dear IUFRO Divison 9 colleagues,
I 'd like to use the opportunity of the just started new year to send
you my regards and best wishes for 2016.
You have done a great work for IUFRO and Division 9 in the last year and
there are already many exciting plans for activities for this new year.
I am not able to name all of them (please have a look at the IUFRO
website to grasp the full list of planned activities) but just
exemplify the high grade of activity by naming those sending their call
in the last weeks, e.g. RG 9.05 where all Division 9 groups are invited
to propose sessions for a conference in Bogor/Indonesia in Autumn, WG
9.01.03 (Extension & Knowledge) who sent out a cfp for their next
conference in Ontario in September or the 17th Int. Symposium of RG
9.06. on Legal Aspects of European Forest Sustainable Development that
will be held in Slovakia / Czech Republic in May. I am aware that there
will be many more meetings coordinated, organized and supported by
Division 9 groups. Thanks for all of these efforts - it is great to work
with such an inspiring and motivated team!
There is a challenge we have to meet in this year and this is our
website communication. Though we are pretty good in communicating our
activities, we have been less good in communicating a few more
information about our groups in general. I take the chance and the
spirit of the new year to ask all of you to update the IUFRO website of
your group. This will make your efforts and the groups work visible as
well to the people outside IUFRO and can help to strengthen our network.
You can directly send your changes to Brigitte Burger (burger(a)iufro.org)
from the IUFRO secretariat. She will be happy to change the content.
Let me end my new years email by once more announce the IUFRO 125
Anniversary Congress 2017 to be held in Freiburg from 19-22 September
where we plan to have an All Division 9 meeting as well. You can keep
this in mind when planning further activities in your groups as all of
you are invited to contribute with sessions and other forms of meetings
within that Congress.
I hope to see you in 2016.
With best regards
Daniela Kleinschmit
Coordinator Division 9
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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 in the field of forest-related social sciences and economics research, dear IUFRO members,
we are happy to share with you the announcement (attached) of the international scientific conference:
"Forest policy and governance: Analyses in the environmental social sciences"
organised by University of Göttingen/Germany and Bogor Agricultural University/Indonesia
to be held October 4-6, 2016 in Bogor / Indonesia
This event will also serve for discussing IUFRO All-Division-9 as well as IUFRO Group 09.05 "Forest Policy and Governance" and its sub-groups' issues
Kindly save the date and distribute widely in your networks, also beyond IUFRO members.
We are looking forward to receiving many interesting proposals for sessions and presentations after an upcoming call.
Best wishes,
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
Dear colleagues and friends,
first of all, as the holidays are coming,. let me wish you all Merry Christmas and wonderful New Year 2016!
I also feel privileged to announce you that the IUFRO Unit 9.06.00 17th International Symposium on Legal Aspects of European Forest Sustainable Development will be held in Slovakia / Czech Republic in May 18-20, 2016. Following the experience from the last year, the symposium will be organized as a cross-border meeting hosted jointly by the Technical University in Zvolen (Slovakia) together with the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (Czech Republic).
The complete 1st announcement and call for papers for this IUFRO Unit 9.06.00 meeting together with the registration form will be distributed to you at the beginning of January 2016.
We are already looking forward to meet you in May 2016!
Best regards,
Rastislav Sulek
IUFRO 9.06.00 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
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CALL FOR SESSION PROPOSALS
<http://www.iufro-ao2016.org/en/news.asp?id=23.html> http://www.iufro-ao2016.org/en/news.asp?id=23.html
Deadline for Submissions: 31 January 2016
The Congress Scientific Committee invites submission of session proposals for the IUFRO Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania 2016. In keeping with the spirit of the Congress title – Forests for Sustainable Development: The Role of Research, the Congress Scientific Committee is developing a program that will highlight the role of forest science in informing forest-related policies and management in Asia and Oceania to cope with the significant environmental, social and economic changes in the region and address the consequent challenges. The Congress program will reflect the forest science community’s diverse contributions, inside and outside the region, across the full range of natural and social science disciplines at various levels, from the gene to the globe, with special emphasis on key issues and research areas identified in IUFRO’s 2015-2019 Strategy.
Session proposals will be accepted that address one or more of the following Congress themes:
1. Sustainable forest management for enhanced provision of ecosystem services;
2. Forest and landscape rehabilitation and restoration;
3. Combating desertification, disaster and risk management, and climate change mitigation and adaptation;
4. Planted forests for fostering a greener economy;
5. Innovative technologies for bio-energy, bio-materials and other products;
6. Urban forestry for human health and community well-being;
7. Social and cultural aspects of forests, including traditional knowledge, human health, community participation and gender roles;
8. Forest and agro-forest management for food security, enhanced livelihoods and non-timber forest products.
Who may submit a session proposal?
All who share an interest in the future of forests and forest science session are invited to submit session proposals. We encourage proposals that involve collaboration between two or more IUFRO Divisions or Task Forces and/or with organizations not formally associated with IUFRO, and from university students at all levels. We strongly recommend IUFRO officeholders and others actively involved in IUFRO Research Groups, Working Parties, and Task Forces communicate with their respective Division representatives on the CSC (or Task Force coordinators, please see the list of CSC Members) before submitting proposals – this will greatly facilitate broader involvement of IUFRO divisional units and Task Forces in the scientific program and avoid overlaps among sessions.
Session proposals from non‐IUFRO member organizations are encouraged although preference will be given to those that are prepared jointly with IUFRO Divisional units and Task Forces–if assistance is needed to identify appropriate partners within IUFRO, please contact the CSC Chair or other members of the CSC.
Preparing and submitting a session proposal
Proposals should be submitted between now and January 31, 2016 (please see Important Dates) by submitting online ( <http://www.iufro-ao2016.org/> http://www.iufro-ao2016.org/) and then sending email to iufro_ao2016(a)163.com attached with the completely and appropriately filled Session Proposal. Proposals will not be accepted after January 31, 2016.
Session proposals should include basic information on session organizer(s), session title, alignment with Congress themes, and a short abstract of the session proposal, that describes the session objectives, content and proposed session format (i.e., presentation of individual papers and/or posters, moderated panel discussion, or other forms of presentation) and lists proposed speakers (if known), their organizational affiliations and tentative titles of their presentations. Proposed sessions should be organized to be 2 hours in length. For sessions involving oral presentations, were recommended that each speaker be given 15-20 minutes for his/her presentation.
Please note that the abstract submission process will be open to all, so session organizers may need to include oral presentations and/or posters that were not originally proposed for their sessions. Please be aware of this possibility and the need for flexibility in designing your session. In the event that the number of accepted abstracts for a particular session exceeds the number that can be accommodated in a single session, organizers may be given an additional session slot in the Congress program.
Criteria for selection
Session proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by members of the Congress Scientific Committee with primary consideration given to their scientific quality and relevance to the Congress themes. Other factors that will be considered are: the involvement of two or more IUFRO units (Divisions, Task Forces, Research Groups and Working Parties) and/or non‐IUFRO organizations; geographic and gender diversity of proposed session speakers or presenters; and the involvement of students and young scientists. Proposals will be evaluated as they are received, so we strongly encourage submissions well in advance of the January 31 deadline.
Acceptance decisions will be made no later than March 15, 2016. An open Call for Abstracts will be issued on April 1 with online abstract submission until May 15 and acceptance decisions by July 15, 2016.
Responsibilities of session organizers
Session organizers of accepted proposals are expected to communicate with prospective presenters regarding submission of abstracts (online, from April 1 through May 15, 2016), and will be asked to review abstracts submitted for their sessions during the abstract review period (i.e., May 15 to July 15, 2016). Session organizers may be asked to assist the CSC in the editing of accepted abstracts. They will also be responsible for moderating sessions (or assigning session moderation responsibilities) and are encouraged to pursue publication options for papers presented in their sessions.
Abstracts of papers and posters presented during the Congress will be printed and included in a Congress abstracts volume. As formal Congress proceedings with full papers will not be published, session organizers should explore alternative publication options (books, special issues of journals, etc.) for their sessions.
We look forward to hearing from you and for your active participation in the design of an excellent scientific program for the IUFRO Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania 2016 in Beijing.
The Congress Scientific Committee
IUFRO Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania 2016
Beijing, China; 24-27 October 2016
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Dear colleagues,
This is a reminder of the upcoming IUFRO Risk Analysis (4.04.07) meeting in Freiburg, Germany; 21-23 April, 2016.
The meeting is hosted by the Institute of Forestry, University of Freiburg.
PERCEPTION ==> PREDICTION ==> ACTION:
Managing risk in uncertain times.
This conference will bring together leading experts from the international scientific community to discuss:
* the risks posed to the forest resource by our changing climate
v natural disturbances (including insects, pathogens, fire, extreme weather)
v post-disturbance (natural and anthropogenic) silvics
v species range and biodiversity
* how these risks are perceived and predicted in the forest science and management community
* how risk and uncertainty can be incorporated in the decision-making process to increase the likelihood that the future realized ecosystem services match our stated goals
Abstract submission and registration is open at https://www.conftool.net/riskanalysis2016/.
Visit the Risk Analysis website<http://riskanalysis-iufro.org/index.html> for all meeting details.
PLEASE NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS: david.gray(a)canada.ca
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Dr. David Gray
Natural Resources Canada - Canadian Forest Service
Mail: Box 4000
Fredericton, NB
E3B 5P7
Canada
Courier: 1350 Regent St.
Fredericton, NB
E3C 2G6
Canada
tel: +1-506-452-3462
fax: +1-506-452-3525
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Dear All
Pdf copies of the Proceedings and the Presentations of the papers given at the recent ICFR/IUFRO Research Symposium: Underpinning sustainable tree plantations in Southern Africa have now been uploaded onto the ICFR website
To access these please visit http://www.icfr.ukzn.ac.za/publications/other/
Kind regards
Sally
Regards
Sally
Sally J Upfold, Knowledge Manager
Institute for Commercial Forestry Research (ICFR)
UKZN Campus, Carbis Road, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg
P O Box 100281, Scottsville 3209, South Africa
Tel: 033 - 3862314, Fax: 033 - 3868905
Cell: 082 570 0851
E-mail: sally.upfold(a)icfr.ukzn.ac.za
Website: www.icfr.ukzn.ac.za
Twitter: @ICFR_SA
