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Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 00:27:33 +0100
Subject: Season greetings and announcement
Dear colleagues,
lights are shining, snow is sparkling (at least somewhere, I hope) so let me wish you all Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2015!
I would like to use this occasion and announce to all of you that at the beginning of the next year I am due to take over the position of the coordinator of our IUFRO 9.06.00 Forest Law and Environmental Legislation unit from our colleague and friend Peter Herbst. I would like to thank him for all he has done in favour of our mutual cooperation and to express our deepest appreciation for his efforts. I will try to do my best in order to be as much perfect as he has been and still is.
Also, talking about our cooperation and future plans, I would like to announce that we (professor Ioan Abrudan – rector of the Transylvanian University in Brasov, Peter as an upcoming deputy coordinator of our research group and me) have already started to plan and prepare our 16th International Symposium on Legal Aspects of European Forest Sustainable Development that shall be jointly organized by our Romanian and Moldavian colleagues and that will be held in May 19 – 23, 2015 in Brasov. The official First Announcement for this event together with the registration form will be distributed to you and other potential participants at the beginning of January 2015.
One more time, let me wish you all the best!
Best regards,
Rastislav Sulek
Dear IUFRO Division9 and Division6 colleagues,
we are happy to announce the release of a special issue of Forest Policy and Economics on "assessing forest governance", which came out of the IUFRO all-Div 9 meeting in 2012.
Please find attached the introductory article , in which we i) define forest governance and related research, ii) identify different ways of assessing forest governance and iii) introduce all contributiond to the special issue with active links.
For content please see below or http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13899341/49 .
Kindly forward this email to interested colleagues.
Best wishes and enjoy the christmas season!
Lukas Giessen and Gerard Buttoud
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* Forest Policy and Economics
Volume 49, Pages 1-72, December 2014
Special Issue: Assessing forest governance - analytical concepts and their application
Edited by Lukas Giessen and Gérard Buttoud
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13899341/49
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1) Editorial Board
Pages IFC
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&…
Overview and introduction
2) Defining and assessing forest governance
Pages 1-3
Lukas Giessen, Gerard Buttoud
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&…
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Review Articles
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3) A practice based approach to forest governance
Review Article,
Pages 4-11
Bas Arts, Jelle Behagel, Esther Turnhout, Jessica de Koning, Séverine van Bommel
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&…
4) Learning from practices — implications of the “practice based approach” for forest and environmental policy research
Review Article,
Pages 12-16
Max Krott, Lukas Giessen
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&…
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Research Papers
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5) Assessing forest governance from a ‘Triple G’ perspective: Government, governance, governmentality⁎⁎This article belongs to the Special Issue:Assessing Forest Governance.
Original Research Article,
Pages 17-22
Bas Arts
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&…
6) Governing the design of national REDD +: An analysis of the power of agency
Original Research Article,
Pages 23-33
Maria Brockhaus, Monica Di Gregorio, Sofi Mardiah
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&…
7) Actor-centred power: The driving force in decentralised community based forest governance
Original Research Article,
Pages 34-42
Max Krott, Axel Bader, Carsten Schusser, Rosan Devkota, Ahmad Maryudi, Lukas Giessen, Helene Aurenhammer
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&…
8) New modes of governance in Bavaria's alpine forests: The ‘Mountain Forest Initiative’ at work
Original Research Article,
Pages 43-50
Kathrin Böhling, Monika B. Arzberger
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&…
9) The process of forest management plans preparation in the Republic of Macedonia: Does it comprise governance principles of participation, transparency and accountability?
Original Research Article,
Pages 51-56
M. Stojanovska, M. Miovska, J. Jovanovska, V. Stojanovski
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&…
10) Why and how to measure forest governance at local level: A set of indicators
Original Research Article,
Pages 57-71
Laura Secco, Riccardo Da Re, Davide Matteo Pettenella, Paola Gatto
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&…
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Gesendet: Montag, 8. Dezember 2014 12:29
An: burger(a)iufro.org
Betreff: IBFRA2015 Abstract submission deadline: 6 days from now!
Dear Colleagues,
This is a reminder message concerning the Abstract submission to IBFRA2015 Conference. The conference calls for abstracts of posters and oral presentations as well as contributions to the workshop. The deadline for Abstract submission is this week, Sunday 14th December. Please hurry, if you are going to submit an Abstract to the Conference.
The Abstract submission link is: http://www.ibfra2015.org/call-for-abstracts
The Conference theme is Towards a New Era of Forest Science in Boreal Region. It includes four scientific topics
- Sustainable forest management in an era of global changes,
- Bioeconomy – switch from fossils to biobased economy,
- Big-data use and value in the forest sector,
- Managing and valueing ecosystem services for human well-being, and a workshop on
- Innovative means to disseminate scientific information to wider public.
Conference website: www.ibfra2015.org
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask us by sending an email to ibfra2015(a)metla.fi
I hope to see you in the IBFRA2015 conference,
Best wishes, Raisa
Raisa Mäkipää, Senior Research Scientist Finnish Forest Research Institute Chair of the 17th IBFRA conference www.ibfra2015.org
Raisa in Twitter: https://twitter.com/raisamakipaa
Publications: http://www.metla.fi/pp/2876/julkaisut.htm and Scholar profile: http://scholar.google.fi/citations?user=dhnV3n0AAAAJ&hl=fi&oi=ao
Raisa's website: http://www.metla.fi/pp/2876/index.htm
Dear colleagues from Division 9,
Next t year the World Forestry Congress will be held in Durban. Now the call for events is open and I agree with Alexander that we should show the competence of IUFRO in the congress not least by submitting ideas for events. When submitting event proposals for your working party/research group to the world forestry congress please don’t forget to put the label IUFRO on (and when accepted please communicate it on the IUFRO website as well).
I hope to see many of you in Durban,
With best regards
Daniela
From: Alexander Buck [mailto:buck@iufro.org]
Sent: den 1 december 2014 20:26
To: Daniela Kleinschmit
Subject: WG: XIV World Forestry Congress - Call for events
Dear Daniela,
As you aware I attended the CPF Working Group Meeting at FAO in Rome last week. On this occasion I also had a chance to meet Ewald Rametsteiner. As you are aware, Ewald and I used be colleagues at the Forest Europe Liaison Unit in Vienna and at BOKU.
Ewald has been appointed to serve as the focal person within FAO for developing the programme for the sixth sub-theme “Improving Governance by Building Capacity” of the World Forestry Congress. In this context, he has told me that he encourages submissions by IUFRO. In my view, several of the bullet points under theme 6 would fit very well for inputs by IUFRO. Therefore, I would be most grateful if you could reach out to relevant Research Group and Working Party Coordinators and discuss with them potential IUFRO events. It would be important that related contributions are clearly ‘labelled’ as IUFRO events.
Many thanks and best wishes,
Alexander
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Alexander Buck
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International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
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Gesendet: Montag, 01. Dezember 2014 14:37
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Betreff: *****SPAM***** XIV World Forestry Congress - Call for events
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7–11 September 2015, Durban, South Africa
Call for events now open
The XIV World Forestry Congress will be a key occasion for the world’s foresters and forest supporters to gather, to share their expertise and experience, and to project a new vision for the future of forests and forestry. We’d like you to help define that vision.
We invite you to submit your application for organizing an event under the central theme of the Congress, Forests and People: Investing in a Sustainable Future, and on relevant topics that also align with any of the six Congress sub-themes that can be found here<http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/c/1d8rLN8D476T3KBTfiBXjZ>.
We welcome proposals for side events, networking events, launches, performances or regional events to share experiences and innovations and increase opportunities for dialogue among participants.
Please make sure you submit your event application before the deadline for submission, 27 February 2015, using the online event registration system.
Information about the different types of events, the application process and selection criteria can be found on our website under Call for events<http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/c/1d8rRHak9paoVBt43zLem0>.
Full call for events<http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/c/1d8rXBc1eHdUNskeRQUvo1> | Guidelines<http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/c/1d8s3vdIjZhqFjbpG83Mq2> |Online event registration system<http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/c/1d8s9pfpphkWxa2Aupd3s3>
Key dates to remember
27 February 2015
Deadline for application
March 2015
Organizers will receive a notification of whether or not their event has secured a slot.
Spread the word
Please forward this announcement to anyone you know who might like to learn more about the XIV World Forestry Congress, and help spread the word on social media with the #WFC2015 hashtag.
Preliminary information about the Congress can be found on the FAO XIV World Forestry Congress website<http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/c/1d8sfjh6uzosp0TLiGmku4>.
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of the XIV World Forestry Congress
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
South Africa
[http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/files/amf_fao/project_109/call_for_abstrac… Vahanen
Associate Secretary-General
of the XIV World Forestry Congress
Forestry Department, FAO, Italy
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[http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/files/amf_fao/project_109/Call_for_events/… Congreso Forestal Mundial
7-11 de septiembre de 2015, Durban, Sudáfrica
Invitación a Postulación de Eventos
El XIV Congreso Forestal Mundial será una ocasión fundamental para que personas de todos los países, regiones y sectores se reúnan, compartan conocimientos y experiencias y proyecten una nueva visión sobre el futuro de los bosques y las actividades forestales. Nos gustaría su ayuda para definir esa visión.
Invitamos a la presentación de su postulación para organizar un evento bajo el tema central del CFM, "Los Bosques y la Gente: Invirtiendo en un Futuro Sostenible", y en tópicos relevantes relacionados con cualquiera de los seis subtemas del Congreso que pueden ser encontrados aquí<http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/c/1d8sr7kuF9vu8IC6VeESy6>:
Damos la bienvenida a postulaciones de eventos colaterales, eventos de red de contactos, lanzamientos, actuaciones o eventos regionales para compartir experiencias e innovaciones, así como aumentar las oportunidades de diálogo entre los participantes del Congreso.
Por favor, asegúrese de presentar su postulación de evento antes de la fecha límite, 27 de febrero de 2015, en el sistema de registro en línea de eventos.
Información sobre los diferentes tipos de eventos, el proceso de postulación y los criterios de selección se puede encontrar en nuestro sitio web, bajo Postulación de eventos<http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/c/1d8sx1mbKrz00zthJvO9A7>.
Invitación a Postulación de Eventos<http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/c/1d8sCVnSPJCvSqksxMXqC8> | Directrices<http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/c/1d8sIPpzV1G1KhbDm46HE9> | Sistema de Registro en Línea<http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/c/1d8sOJrh0jJxC82OalfYGa>
Fechas importantes que es preciso recorder
27 de febrero de 2015
Plazo para la presentación de eventos
Marzo de 2015:
Organizadores recibirán una notificación de aceptación o rechazo
Difunda el mensaje
Por favor, haga llegar este anuncio a toda persona que usted conozca y que desee saber más acerca del XIV Congreso Forestal Mundial, y ayúdenos a difundir el mensaje a través de los medios sociales con el hashtag #WFC2015.
Información preliminar acerca del Congreso se puede encontrar en el sitio web<http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/c/1d8sUDsY5BN3tYTYYCpfIb> de la FAO dedicado al XIV Congreso Forestal Mundial.
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Secretario General del XIV congreso Forestal Mundial
Departamento de Agricultura, Bosques y Pesca
Sudáfrica
[http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/files/amf_fao/project_109/call_for_abstrac… Vahanen
Secretario General Adjunto XIV Congreso Forestal Mundial
Departamento Forestal, FAO, Italia
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7–11 septembre 2015, Durban, Afrique du Sud
Appel à Proposition d'Événements
Pour les forestiers et partisans des forêts du monde entier, le XIVe Congrès forestier mondial sera une occasion essentielle de se réunir, partager leur expertise et leurs expériences, et projeter une nouvelle vision pour l’avenir des forêts et de la foresterie. Nous aimerions dessiner cette vision avec vous.
Nous vous invitons à soumettre vos propositions d’évènements sur le thème central du XIVe Congrès forestier mondial, « Les forêts et les populations : investir dans un avenir durable », et sur les sujets pertinents en rapport avec l’un des six sous-thèmes du Congrès qui sont disponibles ici<http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/c/1d8t0xuFaTQzlPL9MTywKc>.
Dans le but de partager les expériences et les innovations ainsi qu’accroitre les possibilités de dialogue entre les participants, nous acceptons les propositions d’événements parallèles, d’activité de réseautage, de lancements, de manifestation-spectacles ou des événements régionaux.
Veuillez proposer vos événements parallèles avant la date limite fixée au 27 février 2015, à travers le système d’enregistrement en ligne pour les événements.
Vous trouverez toutes les instructions relatives au type d’évènement, procédure de soumission, les critères de sélection sur notre site web sous « Appel à proposition d’évènements <http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/c/1d8t6rwmgbU5dGCkBaHNMd> ».
Appel à communication<http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/c/1d8tcly3ltXB5xtvprR4Oe> | Lignes directrices<http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/c/1d8tifzKqM16XokGdJ0lQf> | Système en ligne pour la proposition d’événements <http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/c/1d8tu3D8Bm88H631QhiTUh>
Dates clés á retenir
27 février 2015:
Date limite pour la proposition d'événements
Mars 2015:
Note aux organisateurs si l'événement parallèle proposé a été our non retenu
Passez le message
Veuillez faire circuler cette annonce à vos connaissances qui aimeraient avoir plus d'information sur le XIVe Congrès Forestier Mondial et aider à passer le mot sur les médias sociaux avec le hashtag # WFC2015.
Les informations préliminaires sur le Congrès peuvent être consultées directement sur le site<http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/c/1d8tzXEPGEbEyWUcEysaWi> du XIVe Congrès Forestier Mondial.
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Secrétaire générale du XIVe Congrès forestier mondial
Département de l’agriculture, des forêts et des pêches
Afrique du Sud
[http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/files/amf_fao/project_109/call_for_abstrac…]
Tiina Vahanen
Secrétaire générale associée du XIVe Congrès forestier mondial
Département des forêts
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Call for abstracts: papers, posters and videos – deadline extended
Dear Colleagues,
The deadline for the Call for Abstracts for the WFC2015 has been extended: you are invited to submit your abstracts by 15 December 2014!
Find full details on themes as well as key dates at: http://www.fao.org/forestry/wfc/87584/en/
Submission guidelines for abstracts (papers, posters and videos) are at: http://www.fao.org/forestry/wfc/87585/en/
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Brigitte Burger - Web Management
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
IUFRO Headquarters - Secretariat
Marxergasse 2, 1030 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43-1-877 0151-14 * Fax: +43-1-877 0151-50
Website: <http://www.iufro.org/> http://www.iufro.org * Email: <mailto:burger@iufro.org> burger(a)iufro.org
IUFRO Task Forces are established on a temporary basis to advance inter-disciplinary cooperation in inter-divisional forest research fields. Their focus is on emerging key issues that are of strong interests to policy makers and groups inside and outside the forest sector, and contribute to international processes and activities.
During the IUFRO Board Meeting held in Salt Lake City in October 2014, a number of Principles were agreed upon as a basis for the establishment of Task Forces during the current IUFRO term. In the view of the IUFRO Management Committee, the number of Task Forces to be convened during a given year may be up to ten, but in order to encourage activities across the full spectrum of IUFRO's disciplinary expertise, shorter-term, more tightly focused Task Forces are encouraged. This will enable IUFRO to establish new Task Forces on a periodic basis throughout the 2015-2019 Term to take advantage of emerging needs and opportunities.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Proposals for new Task Forces will be evaluated by the Management Committee based on the following criteria:
• Contribution to implementation of the IUFRO Strategy 2015-2019;
• Potential to strengthen cross-Divisional interaction on specific topics of global relevance related to one or more Emphasis Areas and/or Institutional Goals of the IUFRO Strategy 2015-2019 (for details see <http://www.iufro.org/discover/strategy/#c10578> http://www.iufro.org/discover/strategy/#c10578)
• Engagement of two or more Divisions by specifically involving relevant Divisional units (Research Groups and/or Working Parties) - proposal should be jointly developed with the relevant IUFRO Divisions and their units, but may involve additional experts currently outside of the IUFRO network and partner institutions, as required. Task Force activities should not undercut current work within IUFRO Divisions, but rather complement and expand their activities;
• Specific contribution of the proposed Task Force to addressing broader policy processes or interdisciplinary science-policy initiatives; e.g., Future Earth (1) , Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), etc.;
• In case partner institutions are involved, brief justification for their involvement;
• Clarity of timelines for proposed Task Force activities and their deliverables; while Task Forces can be proposed for up to the full length of the current IUFRO term (until the 2019 World Congress in Brazil), it is highly recommended that proposed Task Forces consider more focused activities to be undertaken over a much shorter time period (i.e., 1-2 years);
• Selection of Task Force members in a way that they reflect required scientific expertise, diversity, balance between North/South, natural and social sciences, and gender;
• Clarity of operational aspects (roles and responsibilities of Task Force coordinator and members, roles and responsibilities of partners involved, if any), budget for activities and funding sources.
Proposals are now being accepted for new Task Forces that would begin their work in early 2015. Please refer to the format (outlined below) when preparing your proposals. The deadline for submission of proposals is January 15th, 2015. All proposals will be reviewed by the Vice-President for Task Forces in consultation with other members of the IUFRO Management Committee and the Coordinators of IUFRO Divisions relevant to each proposal. Decisions on the establishment of new Task Forces will be made and communicated to the proposed Task Force coordinators by the end of February. The coordinators of new Task Forces will be invited to participate in the upcoming IUFRO Board meeting to be held in Vienna from April 15-17, 2015.
FORMAT FOR TASK FORCE PROPOSALS
Note: Proposals should include the following as concisely as possible, within 3-5 pages.
• Name of proposed Task Force
• Name of proposed Task Force coordinator, affiliation (including IUFRO position) and contact information
• Names of proposed Task Force members, their affiliations (including IUFRO positions) and contact information
Brief overview of the rationale, goals, and objectives of the proposed Task Force (1 paragraph)
• Description of specific proposed Task Force activities, deliverables and timelines. This should include planned focused meetings with tangible outputs such as 'state-of-knowledge' reviews, journal papers, dedicated volumes, etc.
• Budget table listing major activities and funding sources, if known – indicate if these funds are already secured.
• Narrative addressing the following:
- Contribution to implementation of the IUFRO 2015-2019 Strategy;
- How the proposed Task Force will strengthen cross-Divisional interaction on specified topics related to IUFRO 2015-2019 Strategy's Emphasis Areas and/or Institutional Goals , and how the Task Force will complement and/or expand activities of existing IUFRO Divisional units;
- Specific contribution of the proposed Task Force to addressing broader policy processes or interdisciplinary science-policy initiatives.
The deadline for submission of proposals is January 15th, 2015. Proposals should be sent to John Parrotta ( <mailto:jparrotta@fs.fed.us> jparrotta(a)fs.fed.us) with a copy to Renate Prüller ( <mailto:prueller@iufro.org> prueller(a)iufro.org)
(1) Future Earth is an ICSU interdisciplinary initiative to develop knowledge for responding effectively to the risks and opportunities of global environmental change and for supporting transformation towards global sustainability.
Call for abstracts: papers, posters and videos
Help define a vision for forests
Share your people-centred ideas, field experiences, cutting-edge research, development projects, practical applications and theoretical models at the world’s largest and most important gathering of the forest sector.
FAO is inviting abstracts on the central theme of the XIV World Forestry Congress, “Forests and People: Investing in a Sustainable Future”, and on relevant topics that also align with any of the six Congress sub-themes:
* Forests for socio-economic development and food security
* Building resilience with forests
* Integrating forests and other land uses
* Encouraging product innovation and sustainable trade
* Monitoring forests for better decision-making
* Improving governance by building capacity
More detailed information on each sub-theme can be found <http://www.fao.org/forestry/wfc/87445/en/> here.
Details about the XIV World Forestry Congress can be found at http://www.fao.org/forestry/wfc/en/.
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