Dear Colleagues:
The IUFRO-led Global Forest Expert Panels (GFEP) initiative will launch its report "Understanding Relationships between Biodiversity, Carbon, Forests and People: The Key to Achieving REDD+ Objectives" and the related policy brief at Forest Day 6, Sunday 2 December 2012, 13:30 - 14:30.
For details, please download the invitation at http://www.iufro.org/download/file/9264/5303/gfep-bfmr-forest-day6-invitati…
Best regards
IUFRO Headquarters
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International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
IUFRO Headquarters - Secretariat
Mariabrunn (BFW), Hauptstrasse 7 │ A-1140 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43-1-877 0151-0 │ Fax: +43-1-877 0151-50
Website: <http://www.iufro.org/> http://www.iufro.org │ Email: office(a)iufro.org
XXIV IUFRO World Congress: <http://www.iufro2014.com/> http://www.iufro2014.com/
October 5-11 2014, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Dear All,
thank-you so much for you contribution to this edition of the Biennal of Cultural heritage and environment, your presence was crucial for the success and the quality of the event. For those of you interested in numbers, the entire set of events occurred throughout the city have been attended by more than 200.000 people. Considering the main themes in which the board of directors organized this edition (landscape and environment, cultural heritage, fashion and creativity), landscape and environment have definitely received most of the attention, with more than 2100 people attending , while the exhibition on historical rural landscape has been visited by more than 4000 people.
I hope you enjoyed joining "Florens" and living "Florence" during your visit
Best regards
Mauro Agnoletti
Board of Directors
Florens 2012
Prof. Mauro Agnoletti
www.landscape.unifi.it
DEISTAF - Via San Bonaventura 13
50145 Firenze
tel-fax + 39 055 3288676
Si è conclusa la seconda edizione di Florens, Biennale Internazionale dei Beni Culturali e Ambientali, con un bilancio estremamente positivo che ha registrato oltre 10.000 presenze ai convegni, lectio magistralis, tavole rotonde e al Forum Internazionale: un ampio pubblico di studiosi, addetti ai lavori, ma anche studenti e cittadini che hanno partecipato con grande interesse.
La città di Firenze, per nove giornate, si è trasformata in una vera e propria capitale dei beni culturali e ambientali, con eventi spettacolari che ne hanno animato gli spazi pubblici come l’ostensione dei tre crocifissi di Michelangelo, Brunelleschi e Donatello nel Battistero, che ha visto oltre 30.000 presenze, la monumentale croce di Mimmo Paladino in Piazza Santa Croce ed Il giardino degli ulivi in Piazza San Giovanni, che hanno registrato oltre 200.000 visitatori nelle due piazze cittadine, la mostra fotografica sul paesaggio nel cortile di Michelozzo di Palazzo Vecchio che ne ha visti più di 35.000, così come hanno registrato un grande successo anche tutti gli eventi nel programma di Florens Off.
Grazie a tutti per la straordinaria partecipazione da Florens!
www.fondazioneflorens.it
Mauro Agnoletti, Coordinator of IUFRO 9.03.00 - Forest history and traditional knowledge
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Facoltà di Agraria
Dipartimento di Economia, Ingegneria, Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie e Forestali
Via S. Bonaventura, 13
50145 Firenze
Italy
Email: mauro.agnoletti@unifi.
Call for Presentation and Poster Proposals
The 2013 National Outdoor Recreation Conference and
IUFRO Conference on Forests for People
Reminder - the deadline is seven days away.
The deadline for submitting presentation and poster proposals is Friday, November 16, 2012.
More information about the 2013 National Outdoor Recreation and Forests for People Conference is at <http://recpro.memberclicks.net/message/urlRedir?id=44313&recip=b9e337fe-815…> http://www.recpro.org/2013-sorp-ffp-conference. Check back often, as updates will be made regularly as the program develops.
<https://recpro.memberclicks.net/assets/2012_Conference/2013_call_for_presen…> Click here to download the Call for Proposals and Abstract Submission Form package. You can also download the submission package at the website listed above.
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Brenda Adams-Weyant
Association Manager
Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals
(formerly NARRP)
PO Box 221
Marienville, PA 16239
(814) 927-8212
(814) 927-6659 FAX
<mailto:Brenda@RecPro.org> Brenda(a)RecPro.org
Please kindly receive the invitation and programme of Florens 2012 with in attachement a focus on the meetings organised by Mauro Agnoletti, IUFRO 9.03.00.
Best regards,
Fondazione Florens
Firenze, 3 - 11 novembre 2012
Fondazione Florens presenta
Florens 2012
Cultura, qualità della vita.
Forum Internazionale
tavole rotonde e convegni
lectio magistralis
opere d’arte
installazioni
aperitivi culturali
appuntamenti musicali
Programma completo
<http://www.fondazioneflorens.it/> www.fondazioneflorens.it
Gli eventi sono gratuiti
Prenotazioni fino ad esaurimento posti
Consigliata iscrizione
<http://booking.enic.it/florens2012online/> booking.enic.it/florens2012online
Tel. (+39) 055 2608949
In allegato il calendario ed il programma completo degli eventi
Dear all,
The latest issue of our periodical 'Community forestry' is accessible at the
following link:
http://www.rcdcindia.org/PbDocument/5a48e1407f81fce-bec5-409c-8c48-4c9729c7f
2dfCF-26.pdf
We would appreciate your comments/suggestions(if any) alongwith some
articles for our next issues.
Bikash Rath
Sr. Programme Manager
Regional Centre for Development Cooperation(RCDC)
A-68, Saheed Nagar, Bhubaneswar(India)
www.rcdcindia.org
Phone: +91-674-2545250; Fax: +91-674-2545252
Cell: +91-9437202970
E-mail: bikash.rath(a)rcdcindia.org
Alternate country representative-India in IUFRO international council
(www.iufro.org )
Coordinator, IUFRO Working Party on Community Forestry(09.05.06)
Member: World Commission on Protected Areas, IUCN
Etimados y estimadas compañeros (as) Reladefa les remito una actividad que se organizó en Costa Rica sobre " vacíos normativos en materia forestal para la mitigacion y adaptacion al cambio climatico ", con participación del punto local de la RELADEFA, en el pais que es AIDEFOR, junto con el Colegio de Abogados, que incluyó el tema de incendios forestales.
Saludos
Carlos Bolaños
--- On Wed, 10/24/12, Colegio de Abogados - Depto. Comunicacion <comunicacion(a)abogados.or.cr> wrote:
From: Colegio de Abogados - Depto. Cmunicacion <comunicacion(a)abogados.or.cr>
Subject: COSTA RICA DEBE AJUSTAR NORMATIVA LEGAL PARA ENFRENTAR LOS EFECTOS DEL CAMBIO CLIMATICO
To: Undisclosed-Recipient(a)yahoo.com
Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 10:19 AM
COSTA RICA DEBE AJUSTAR NORMATIVA LEGAL PARA ENFRENTAR LOS EFECTOS DEL CAMBIO CLIMATICO
Esta problemática fue analizada en el taller sobre “Los principales vacíos normativos en materia forestal para la mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático”, organizado por la Comisión Ambiental y en coordinación con el Cuerpo de Bomberos de Costa Rica.
El coordinador de la Comisión Ambiental del Colegio, Carlos Bolaños señaló que Costa Rica tiene que hacer ajustes a su legislación para mitigar el cambio climático. La legislación actual no está diseñada para afrontar los cambios. Prueba de esto es el incremento de los Incendios forestales debido que las zonas de calor están aumentando y hay una variación en el patrón de lluvias, además no hay una preparación de la población que prevenga los incendios forestales.
En la población todavía prevalece mucha conducta irresponsable, lo que debe llevar a tomar la decisión de tener que prevenir en forma sancionatoria.
El Colegio de Abogados colabora con el cuerpo de bomberos para que esa normativa sea lo suficientemente fuerte para prevenir la ocurrencia de incendios forestales.
Analizar el tema del cambio climático y como la normativa puede colaborar en la prevención, mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático.
Las reservas de agua:
Dentro de los efectos del cambio climático hay un tema estratégico de aguas. El abogado Carlos Bolaños señala que actualmente los inviernos son más desequilibrados en términos de lluvias, se tienen áreas con muchas lluvias y otras con pocas, lo cual afecta las reservas de agua.
Los expertos consideran que un país que quiera prevenir el cambio climático tiene que tener reservas de agua. Y que no es exagerado decir que actualmente un gobierno debe medir el éxito de su gestión en relación con los depósitos y los embalses y las reservas de agua.
El agua se produce en el bosque por lo que se debe garantizar el adecuado uso y protección del bosque para la producción de agua esto lleva a adoptar políticas más novedosas para garantizar la siembra de árboles.
Uso de la madera para la captura de carbono:
Carlos Bolaños, de la Comisión Ambiental del Colegio de Abogados señala que en el país el tema de la madera ha sido mal enfocado. La principal forma de retener los efectos de gases y el efecto invernadero es la cobertura forestal y la madera.
El árbol absorbe el carbono y limpia la atmosfera. Si se hace una adecuada utilización de la madera, cualquier mueble, cualquier producto de madera se captura el carbono.
Bolaños insiste en que en Costa rica se ha estimulado el crecimiento de la factura energética utilizando materiales difíciles en degradación, cuando lo que se requiere es estimula la industria y el fomento de la producción forestal sostenible y el desarrollo responsable del uso de la madera.
El árbol en crecimiento fija más carbono que un bosque antiguo. Entonces se puede ir renovando el bosque para tener una madera más apta para capturar carbono. La pregunta es; ¿Cuál es la política del país para la producción de madera?
Dear colleagues,
We would like to inform you that the Journal for Outdoor Recreation and
Tourism (JORT) has now been launched officially. We are accepting
submissions of full academic papers and research notes. The first issue
will appear in January 2013.
Interested authors may submit papers at:
http://ees.elsevier.com/jort
If you have any questions, please contact one of the Editors.
Kind regards,
p.p. Verena Melzer
Univ.Prof. Dr. Ulrike Pröbstl
Institute for Landscape development, Recreation and Conservation
planning
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
Peter Jordanstr.82, A - 1190 Vienna, Austria
ulrike.proebstl(a)boku.ac.at
Dr. Wolfgang Haider
Professor
School of Resource and Environmental Management
Simon Fraser University
whaider(a)sfu.ca
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
