Dear colleagues,
recently Forest Policy and Economics has further improved its editorial
standards.
Updated aims & scope - all social sciences on forests
Forest Policy and Economics (Elsevier) has grown into a well-established and
recognized academic journal, which publishes peer-reviewed political and
economic research relating to forests and forest-related industries, which
are of a high scientific standard. It also welcomes contributions from other
social science and humanities perspectives, which make a clear
theoretical/conceptual and methodological contribution to existing
international literatures. These may include, but are not limited to,
planning, sociology, anthropology, history, jurisprudence, and psychology
research on forests.
The journal invites high quality, original submissions of research and review
manuscripts from around the globe as well as proposals for special issues,
which resulted from intense previous scientific exchange. Acceptance for
publication is subject to a double-blind refereeing process.
Please consult the updated aims & scope for details under
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-policy-and-economics/
<http://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-policy-and-economics/> .
Enlarged team of editors - international coverage of economic and political
research
The growing attention to social science forest research around the globe
resulted in a steadily growing number of submissions to Forest Policy and
Economics. As a consequence, the team of editors has recently been enlarged.
It now comprises the following scholars, covering different traditions in
political and economic research as well as different world regions (details
under
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-policy-and-economics/editorial-boar…
<http://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-policy-and-economics/editorial-board
/> ):
· Benjamin Cashore, Professor (Editor-in-Chief), Yale School of
Forestry &
Environmental Studies, New Haven/USA
· Sun Joseph Chang, Professor (Editor-in-Chief), School of Renewable
Natural Resources, Louisiana State University/USA
· Lukas Giessen, Senior Researcher (Managing Editor), Forest and
Nature Conservation Policy Group, Wageningen/The Netherlands and Chair of
Forest and nature Conservation Policy, Goettingen/Germany
· Max Krott, Professor (Editor-in-Chief, founding Editor-in-Chief),
Chair of Forest and nature Conservation Policy, Goettingen/Germany
· Roland Olschewski (Editor-in-Chief), Economics and Social Sciences
Unit, WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute/Switzerland
Improved reviewing standards - double blind
In order to further improve the quality of its peer-review Forest Policy and
Economics recently adopted a double-blind review policy. This improves both,
the quality as well as the legitimacy of the journal's peer-review process.
We are looking forward to receiving your valuable submissions!
The team of editors.
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Lukas Giessen, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group, Wageningen University
and
Chair of Forest and Nature Conservation Policy, University of Göttingen
Mobile: +49 (0)163 4878000 or +31 (0)6 83366130
Web Lukas: http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/135009.html
<http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/135009.html>
Web Working Group: http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/350489.html
<http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/350489.html>
Dear all,
Now the report of the All Division 9 conference is posted on our website
(you can find it as well below). Soon there will be as well pictures from
the conference.
Let me take the chance and say once more great thanks to the organizers,
hosts, students, presenters, supporters and all the active participants!!!
It was great!
Let's make use of the spirit and keep active.
With sincerest regards
Daniela
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All Division 9 conference, Sarajevo 8-11 May 2012-05-16
The first IUFRO all Division 9 conference has been held in Sarajevo from
8-11 May this year. The conference has been hosted by the Faculty of
Forestry at the University of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina and has
been supported by the Forest Policy and Economics Education and Research
(FOPER) project, the IUFRO Special Programme for Developing Countries (SPDC)
and the USDA Forest Service.
The first all Division 9 conference was held back to back with the "IUFRO
Directors Forum", the research group within IUFRO where deans and directors
of forest research institutions meet and discuss issues around the
management of forest research, motivating a vivid exchange of information
and experiences between directors and deans of forest research organizations
and scientists and other members of Division 9.
The conference has been a tremendous success. 170 participants from 52
countries all over the world participated in a conference not only perfectly
organized but as well mirroring the great hospitality of the conference host
in every detail. In this context a special thanks to the Dean of the Faculty
Faruk Mekić and Mersudin Avdibegovic, who was the local responsible
organizer.
The program included plenary as well as concurrent sessions. In the plenary
sessions general issues concerning Division 9 have been approached, e.g. on
social science in IUFRO and forest research or the global forest governance
research agenda. The first plenary session provided an overview of six of
the seven research groups of Division 9 and the majority of the 21 working
parties, presenting results, activities but as well the visions for the
future. This introduction has been highly valuable for a fist all Division 9
conference to introduce the groups, the members, the visions and to identify
opportunities of intradivisional collaboration. It became obvious that
social sciences gain increasing awareness and becomea more and more
important field in forest research activities.
The concurrent sessions have been organized by different research groups and
working parties. A specific focus of the conference was given by two groups
organizing six sessions each: The research group 9.03.00 Forest History and
traditional knowledge represented by Mauro Agnoletti and a joint research
group 9.05.00 and the working party 9.05. 01 organizing sessions around the
topic of assessing governance in a context of change represented by Gerard
Buttoud. Beyond sessions have been held covering the diversity of Division
9, e.g. on communication, information, policy integration, extension and
economic and legal perspectives. This diversity not only including research
but as well practitioners on communication and legal aspects has been
identified as a major strength of the Division 9.
The conference has been not only been used to exchange knowledge and
strengthen collaboration but as well to identify future pathways for
Division 9, e.g. the options for active participation in the IUFRO World
Congress 2014. Inspired by the high added value given by the participation
of FOPER students in the conference, the recruitment of young scientists as
officeholders in Division 9 has been identified as priority for the next
year.
Daniela Kleinschmit, Margaret Shannon and Konstantin von Teuffel
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Daniela Kleinschmit
Assoc. Professor
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Unit of Forest Policy
PO Box 7008, SE-75007 Uppsala
Visiting address: Vallvägen 9C
Phone: +46 18 672493
daniela.kleinschmit(a)slu.se, <http://www.slu.se/> www.slu.se
Invitation to join on-going Rio+20 Dialogue on Forests
The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and the Governance,
Environment & Markets Initiative at Yale cordially invite you to join the
on-going Rio+20 Dialogue on forests.
Forests have been chosen as one of ten themes to be addressed by the Rio+20
Dialogues in preparation for the forthcoming 2012 United Nations Conference
on Sustainable Development. These dialogues convened by the Government of
Brazil form a unique opportunity for academic and civil society actors to
contribute their innovative and transformative ideas on key issues in
sustainable development. Conclusions and recommendations emanating from the
dialogues will be conveyed directly to the heads of State and Government
from June 16-19 immediately preceding the formal Rio deliberations from June
20-22.
The Rio+20 Dialogue on forests is moderated by a team of scientists from
Yale University, The University of Sao Paulo/ ESALQ and CIFOR.You are
encouraged to participate in the online portion of the dialogues as soon as
possible to share your opinions, experiences, research findings, case
studies and project results and publications on forests. You are more than
welcome to share this invitation with your networks and organizations.
Sign up at: https://www.riodialogues.org <https://www.riodialogues.org/>
Or contact Ms. Ainsley Lloyd at ainsley.lloyd(a)yale.edu.
Thank you for joining us and for contributing to a sustainable future for
forests.
Ben Cashore
Task Force Coordinator of IUFRO Task Force "International Forest Governance
(IFG)"
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Dear Colleagues,
we are happy to announce the launch of a new research programme on global
forest governance, which focusses on the international forest regime-complex.
This research programme is coordinated by Dr. Lukas Giessen (Forest Policy
Göttingen/Germany, Deputy of IUFRO Unit 9.05.02 on Forest governance; see
http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/350489.html
<http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/350489.html> ) and is core-funded by a
joint research project, which is described below.
New Joint Research Project on Fragmentation on Global Forest Governance
Within the thematic area of IUFRO Unit 9.05.02 on Forest Governance, which is
coordinated by Prof. Bas Arts together with Prof. Karl Hogl, Dr. Andreas
Ottitsch and Dr. Lukas Giessen, a joint research project on "Fragmentation of
the international forest regime-complex" has been approved by the German
Research Foundation (DFG). This interdisciplinary project will be operational
from 2012 to 2015.
The joint research project is coordinated by Prof. Max Krott and Dr. Lukas
Giessen (both Forest Policy, University Göttingen/Germany). It will i)
describe the fragmentation of existing international forest-related policies
(i.e. a regime-complex), ii) explain this fragmentation by political, legal,
technical and ecological factors, iii) analyze the steering consequences of
fragmentation with regard to specific policy goals and iv) develop options to
remedy fragmentation of international forest policies.
This interdisciplinary project brings together researchers from different
forest science disciplines: Prof. Christoph Kleinn (Forest Inventory,
University Göttingen) will analyze the use of forest-related information from
forest inventories within the policy process and its contribution to
international policy fragmentation. Prof. Peter Tobias Stoll (International
Economic and Environmental Law, University Göttingen) will analyze the
fragmentation of forest-related international and European law and its
legitimacy. A policy analysis on multi-level forest policy discourses across
policy sectors will be conducted by Dr. Georg Winkel (Forest Policy,
University Freiburg/Germany). Finally, Prof. Max Krott and Dr. Lukas Giessen
(both Forest Policy, University Göttingen) will analyze the politics of
national and international bureaucracies in the formulation and
implementation of the international forest regime and their contribution to
fragmentation.
The members of the joint research project "Fragmentation of the international
forest regime-complex" are looking forward to cooperate with other IUFRO
groups, such as the former Global Forest Expert Panel "International Forest
Regime", which has been chaired by Prof. Jeremy Rayner (University of
Saskatchewan/Canada).
For further information please contact the Coordinator Dr. Lukas Giessen
under lgiesse(a)uni-goettingen.de <mailto:lgiesse@uni-goettingen.de> or visit
the website of the Working Group "International Forest Regime: Politics and
Policies" at the Chair of Forest and Nature Conservation Policy in Göttingen
under URL http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/350489.html
<http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/350489.html> .
Best wishes
Lukas
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Lukas Giessen, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group, Wageningen University
and
Chair of Forest and Nature Conservation Policy, University of Göttingen
Mobile: +49 (0)163 4878000 or +31 (0)6 83366130
Web Lukas: http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/135009.html
<http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/135009.html>
Web Working Group: http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/350489.html
<http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/350489.html>
Dear IUFRO Division 9 colleagues,
Please consider it yourselves and also circulate among potentially interested candidates.
The FAO forest policy team is looking for a consultant to work on a guide for forest policy and/or nfp review/evaluation. This person should have a combination of practical experience in the matter (ideally in the context of developing or transitioning countries), analytical thinking and "easy-to-read" writing capacities. The purpose of the guide is to outline general concepts and practicalities associated with forest policy and or/nfp evaluation and reviews, based on countries experiences in the recent decades. The principle intended audience is senior government officials and the representatives of stakeholders who may be involved in a forest policy/nfp evaluation or review.
The TOR for this consultancy are attached.
This guide for policy evaluation/review is foreseen as a continuation of the guide "Developing effective forest policy" published by the FAO in 2010 http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i1679e/i1679e00.htm
Interested candidates are kindly requested to send their CV and a short note about their experience in this field with the list of related publications to Irina.buttoud(a)fao.org<mailto:Irina.buttoud@fao.org> before April 25, 2012.
Even if not selected for the consultancy, some candidates may still be invited to participate in the expert meeting to discuss and contribute to the draft guide for forest policy evaluation/review, once it is ready.
Thank you
Best regards
Irina
Irina Kouplevatskaya-Buttoud (PhD)
Forestry Officer (forest policy)
Forest Economics, Policy and Products Division
Forestry Department
FAO,
room C-472
tel: + 39 06 57 05 39 22
Dear colleagues from Division 9,
This is a reminder. You need to register at the hotel Hollywood yourself. Go to the Hotel Hollywood website and register for accommodations.
THE DEADLINE IS APRIL 1ST.
The fixed rate for the prices of the hotel rooms for our conference participants is only valid until April1st!
Afterwards neither the price is guaranteed nor that you can book a room at Hollywood hotel (conference venue as well!) -
Please spread the news to the member of your groups and remember to register for the conference until April 15.
I am looking forward to see you all in Sarajveo at the All Division 9 conference
Best regards
Daniela
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Daniela Kleinschmit
SLU
Unit of Forest Policy
P.O. Box 7008
SE-75007 Uppsala, Sweden
Phone: +46 18 672493
daniela.kleinschmit(a)sprod.slu.se
Dear IUFRO members,
The Final Conference of PARAmount a project funded by the Alpine Space
Programme of the European Union will be held on 23rd April 2012 at
Grenoble in parallel with the 12th Congress of INTERPRAEVENT (Grenoble, 23
26 April 2012).
The Final Conference is designed to bring together experts, researchers,
policy and decision makers, practitioners from various disciplines as well
as concerned stakeholders for an interdisciplinary, transnational exchange
of views on the further development of strategies and technologies for the
management of natural hazards threatening transport infrastructure and to
present the results of the project concerning the
Assessment of the vulnerability of transport infrastructure to natural
hazards
Improvement of the efficiency of measures necessary to protect transport
infrastructure against natural hazards and to increase its reliability and
security
Advancement of Decision analysis and support systems for an effective
management of transport infrastructure threatened by natural risks
Development of new concepts and approaches for assessing and monitoring
natural risks.
The objective of the concluding round table discussion will be to elaborate
recommendations for overcoming the identified barriers that might impede the
adoption of the developed approaches and concepts as well as to ensure a
successful knowledge transfer.
At the conference website
http://www.paramount-project.eu/index.php?option=com_content
<http://www.paramount-project.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&i
d=40&Itemid=45&6c31091fa105024792e742d3d29e1931=b46a42ace97b791bf5be92eabeab
4fbe>
&view=article&id=40&Itemid=45&6c31091fa105024792e742d3d29e1931=b46a42ace97b7
91bf5be92eabeab4fbe, you will find the Second Announcement for the Final
Conference of the PARAmount project including the detailed program. The
conference languages will be English, French and German. Interpretation will
be provided. It would facilitate the task of the organizers, if those who
wish to attend the Final Conference would register as soon as possible by
sending an email to the following address: final.conference@paramount-
<mailto:final.conference@paramount-project.eu> project.eu.
If you have any questions regarding the final conference, please do not
hesitate to contact any of the responsible persons listed below.
Kind regards
Marc Adams
--
Contact person project communication manager:
Günter Siegel
BMLFUW - Abteilung Forstliche Raumplanung, Waldschutz und
Landschaftsentwicklung
Tel: + 43 (0)1 711 00 7125 <tel:%2B%2043%20%280%291%20711%2000%207125>
E-Mail: guenter.siegel@ <mailto:guenter.siegel@lebensministerium.at>
lebensministerium.at
Contact person project management:
Gudrun Schrömmer
PRISMA solutions
Telefon: +43(0)2236 47975 36 <tel:%2B43%280%292236%2047975%2036>
E-Mail: gudrun.schroemmer@prisma-
<mailto:gudrun.schroemmer@prisma-solutions.at> solutions.at
Contact person BFW:
Marc Adams
Department of Natural Hazards, BFW
Tel.: <tel:%2B43%20%280%29512%20573933%205177> +43 (0)512 573933 5177
E-Mail: <mailto:marc.adams@uibk.ac.at> marc.adams(a)uibk.ac.at
Dear Colleagues!
We invite you to take part in the International Conference RR 2012:
"Renewable Forest Resources: innovative development in forestry" that
belongs to a conference series on Renewable Resources.
Forestry is constantly adapting to new needs of the changing world. The
range of demands put on forest sector by society has considerably increased
in recent years. These changes require innovative developments not only in
the field of technologies and business, but also on policy and management
level, that will create the environment where innovations can take place.
The aim of the conference is the discussion of various aspects of use of
forest resources and the presentation of Russian and foreign experience in
the introduction of innovative methods of forest management, reforestation
and forest use. Representatives of authorities, scientific-educational and
business community of Russia and other countries are invited to participate
in the plenary session and round tables.
More detailed information can be find at : http://onlinereg.ru/RR2012/
Yours
Maxim
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Maxim Chubinsky
department of general ecology, physiology of plants and wood science,
executive director of ICFFI, director of studies of FORPEC program, contact
person of CBU and EUROFORESTER in FTA, Vice-dean of Forestry Faculty,
Institutsky per. 5, St. Petersburg, RUSSIA, 194021
+7 911 026 10 24
+7 812 670 92 60
+7 812 670 93 63
Please spread this information in your network,
with best regards
Daniela
Interested participants can still make it! /
Nature-Society Relationships in transition
Action Research methodologies to collectively deal with experience and utopia
VI ARALIG PhD-course, Portugal, 3-7 June 2012
This course focuses on the perspective of sustainability in nature society relations as a continuous process of transition. Transitions are long-term, co-evolutionary and multi-actor processes that require changes both on system and actor level. Action research underlines a connection between theory and practice, between understanding and change, and an active cooperation between researchers and participants, and contributes with methodological approaches that can work within a change perspective.
The course aims to bring together a multidisciplinary group of people interested in action research, in the relation between practice and reflective learning and, broadly, in transition processes, in order to share, discuss, and reflect on their experiences with different methods and activities.
(see attached course programme)
Please send this call to your research network
VENUE:
Instituto Politechnico Beja – Quinta da Saúde, Portugal
COURSE ORGANIZERS:
ARALIG – Action Research Action Learning Interest Group
ICAAM - Institute of Mediterranean Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Universidade de Évora, Portugal
CENSE-ECOMAN – Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research, Ecological Economics and Environmental Management Group, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
IP Beja - Instituto Politécnico de Beja
LLL and SST (PhD programs for Life Long Learning and Social, Spatial and Technological studies) at Roskilde University, Denmark
NRML – Natural Resource Management and Livelihoods in International Development & Division of Environmental Communication, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
REFOLANA, Research School for Forest, Landscape and Planning, Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE), Copenhagen University, Denmark
DEADLINES:
The deadline for applications and abstracts is 15th March
The deadline for extended abstracts and synthesis presentation is 13th May
SUBMISSION AND CONTACTS: Vanja Karadzic – karadzic.vanja(a)gmail.com<mailto:karadzic.vanja@gmail.com>;
You can also contact Maria Albertina Raposo – albertina(a)ipbeja.pt<mailto:albertina@ipbeja.pt>
FEE: 250 euros (for course, accommodation, meals and fieldtrip)
CREDITS: 5 ECTS
APPLICATION:
To apply please send:
- An abstract of your work or planned activities (maximum 400 words)
- A filled application form available through the contacts above - and attached belaow)
to karadzic.vanja(a)gmail.com<mailto:karadzic.vanja@gmail.com>
(se the attached programme for more details)
Dear All,
We are pleased to inform you that we have a very exciting program for
International Conference on New Frontiers of Forest Economics, June
26-30, Zurich, Switzerland. We have four guest speakers and
presentations of 6 others papers. All these presentations will be
focused on some emerging areas of forest economics. Conference program
is available on the conference website.
Now, we are opening the registration for whoever is interested in the
conference. You may like to join us. As we have explained earlier in our
announcement of the conference, every participant of the conference has
to take a responsibility of a discussant of at least one paper. Hence,
all participants will be very active participants. The schedule of the
submission of comments by discussants is given on the website. You may
like to read the details of the conference on our website before your
registration.
The registration is open only for 20 people other than the presenters
and organizers. Hence, if you are interested you should register as soon
as possible because the registration will be closed as soon as we reach
the limit of 20.
To register please:
1) Visit http://www.neffe.ch/ and read about the conference.
2) Follow the link on the top of the homepage to the ETH site registration.
3) Register carefully and slowly (registration worked if you get an
email by ETH).
4) Login to your account and print a receipt.
If the paying process doesn't work properly or if you are not sure
whether paying worked:
5) please don't register twice but login to your ETH account and repeat
only the paying process just once.
If the payment still doesn't work, you will get an email from PayPal
within 3 days with a request to pay the sum of 320 CHF to Cycad AG (our
backoffice). Once paying works, you will get a receipt by email.
if the automated receipt is not accepted by your administration, please
write to mailto:maja.messerli@env.ethz.ch and ask for a more formal
receipt by ETH.
Shashi
Prof. Shashi Kant
Faculty of Forestry
University of Toronto
