Dear coordinators within Division 9,
first of all let me take the opportunity to send you my best wishes for the new year and to thank you all for your engagement and activities.
Division 9 has been very active in the last year and many events are already planned for the next. We do have the chance to send information about the last years activities to the Annual report of IUFRPO by the end of this month. We should take this chance to inform the IUFRO network about our progress and results. For this reason I would like to ask you to send information to my email about events, results and plans of your reserach groups and working parties until January 23rd. Pictures are highly welcome.
I will gather information, conclude it to a comprehensive Division 9 summary for the annual report.
With 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
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please find the second announcement for the conference “Forests for
People”, by following this link
http://www.iufro.org/download/file/7996/5124/tf-forests-people-alpbach12-2n…
Full information about the conference (including keynote speakers and
field trips) can be found at
ffp2012.boku.ac.at
The conference will take place May 22nd-24th 2012 in
Alpbach/Tyrol/Austria. It would be appropriate that you present findings
from the field of forest policy and economics, such as
· communication and public relations
· knowledge exchange
· forest culture und cultural forestry
· social and economic aspects of forestry
· forest policy and governance
· community forestry
· cross-sectoral policy impacts on forests and environment
You may also consider organizing a coordinated session.
We are looking forward to meeting you in Alpbach.
Best regards,
Ulrike Pröbstl
Univ. Prof. Dr. Ulrike Pröbstl
Conference organizer
and IUFRO Board Member
Institute of Landscape Development, Recreation and Conservation
Planning
University of Natural Resuorces and Life Sciences
Peter-Jordan-Straße 82
1190 Vienna, Austria
Website: ffp2012.boku.ac.at
E-Mail: ffp2012(a)boku.ac.at
Dear IUFRO Colleagues,
Dear Division 1 - 9 Mailing List Members,
The Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, is offering a Wood
Professorship of Forest Science
The Wood Professorship of Forest Science is a newly established post at the
Department of Plant Sciences and its purpose is to develop a research
initiative that will generate the fundamental science necessary to underpin
evidence-based forest policy developments. This professorship provides an
exciting opportunity for an individual with outstanding academic
achievements and vision to develop a world-class research programme at the
University of Oxford. The department enjoys an internationally leading
position in research and teaching in plant sciences, with research groups
focusing on biochemistry and systems biology, cell and developmental
biology, ecology, evolution and systematics. The Professor will provide
academic leadership in Forest Science in the Department of Plant Sciences
and throughout the University. He/she is expected to contribute to promoting
the 'Trees for Tomorrow' initiative within the Plants for the 21st Century
(P21C) Institute.
Applications should be sent by email to Dr Gwen Booth, Personnel Officer,
Senior Appointments at professorships(a)admin.ox.ac.uk.
The deadline for applications is Monday 16 January 2012.
Detailed information is available at
http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/global/wwwoxacuk/localsites/currentvacancies/furth
erparticularsforprofessorships/Wood_Professorship_of_Forest_Science.pdf
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International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
IUFRO Headquarters - Secretariat
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This is a call for papers for the session "Policymakers and the Public: Communicating Science in a Changing World" to be held as part of the IUFRO All Division 9 Conference in Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina, May 9-11, 2012.
The purpose of this session is to improve understanding of communications of forest science in relation to policy. Questions to be answered are: How is scientific information on forests communicated to policy-makers? What does communication between forest policy decision-makers and forest scientists look like? How is scientific information on forests communicated to the public in relation to forest policy? Is there a role for forest scientists in shaping public opinion on forests as they communicate scientific information? Topics include communications theory related to science policy, particularly comparative examinations; practical applications of theory; effectiveness of communication approaches particularly in relation to those of climate change, biodiversity, ecosystem goods and services, and others topics currently of special interest to policymakers; case studies, including those related to communications with local and traditional communities and the public, use of social media, and other innovative practices; and other related topics. A moderated discussion of best practices will wrap up the session.
Provide an abstract of about 450 words. Include full name of authors, affiliations, and an email address by February 20, 2012, to bbittner(a)fs.fed.us<mailto:bbittner@fs.fed.us>
For more information about the IUFRO Division 9 Conference see
http://www.iufro.org/download/file/7245/4677/all-division9-sarajevo12-1st-a…
Please share this call for papers widely.
Best regards,
Cindy Miner
Coordinator, IUFRO Working Party 9.01.02, Communications and Public Relations
US Forest Service
Pacific Northwest Research Station
P.O Box 3890
Portland, OR 97140 USA
01-503-808-2135
clminer(a)fs.fed.us
http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/
IUFRO – Research Group “Forest History and Traditional Knowledge”
Call for papers
“Cultural values and traditional knowledge in the context of global change”
IUFRO Division 9 Conference
Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 8-10 May 2012
During the IUFRO World Congress in Seoul, Korea in August 2010, the Research Group on Forest History expanded its scope by creating two new Working Parties to continue the work of the IUFRO Task Force on Traditional Forest Knowledge (2005-10). This conference will be the first meeting of our new Research Group.
Forest and agricultural landscape management practices of local communities based on their traditional knowledge offer insights into principles and approaches that may be effective in coping with, and adapting to, climate change in the years ahead. Efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change, however, have not yet given adequate attention either to the forest-related knowledge and practices of traditional communities, or to the interests, needs and rights of local communities in the formulation of policies and programmes to combat climate change.
The new draft of the European Common Agricultural Policies 2014-20, promoting the diversification, rural practices characterized by lower greenhouse gas emissions, and the conservation of traditional landscapes, has clear potential for recovery of traditional knowledge and their landscapes in Europe. However, there is the need to develop appropriate planning tools for integrating environment and landscape into rural policies taking into account the cultural identity . At the global level the development of agreement between the Research Group 9.03.00 and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to expand the FAO project on rural heritage systems to include forest and woodlands, as well as the work of UNESCO on biocultural and immaterial heritage, present new research fields and challenges that need to be explored. For forestry and foresters this will require approaches for integrating natural and cultural values in a new paradigm that bridges the gap between nature and society, both in research and in development policies, and improving the uneasy relationship between, traditional knowledge and formal forest science. This new perspective seems particularly needed especially in view of the 20th anniversary of the Rio Declaration on environment and development and the need for a revised post-2012 strategy for meeting global environmental and sustainable development goals that pays greater attention to cultural values.
Topics to be considered for the meeting: traditional knowledge, planning and management, history, rural and forest policy, biodiversity, socieconomic development, monitoring..
Submission of Abstracts: An abstract of approximately 500 words may be submitted to the session organizing committee c/o Dott. Valentina Marinai, landscape(a)unifi.it. Please include the full name of authors, their affiliations and e-mail address. The deadline for abstract submission is February 15th.
The papers presented at the conference will be considered for publication in the international journal “Global Environment”, while the new book series on environmental history by Springer Verlag may publish the proceedings of the meeting.
For more information on the IUFRO Division 9 Conference, please see http://www.iufro.org/download/file/7245/4677/all-division9-sarajevo12-1st-a… .
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With 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
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Von: David Gritten [david.gritten(a)recoftc.org]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 11. Oktober 2011 03:46
An: david.gritten(a)recoftc.org
Betreff: Open intern position at RECOFTC - Bangkok
Dear all
I am hoping that you could distribute information regarding an open position (intern) at RECOFTC �C The Center for People and Forests (based in Bangkok) to relevant graduates etc.. The intern will be conducting research into forest conflicts.
Application deadline: 28th October
Start date: 3rd January 2012
Length of contract: 10 months
Preference will be given to candidates from the Asia�\Pacific region.
More information can be found at: http://www.recoftc.org/site/Careers/
Thanks and best wishes
David
David Gritten (D.Sc. Agriculture and Forestry)
Program Officer, Forest Policy & Governance
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RECOFTC �C The Center for People and Forests
P.O. Box 1111, Kasetsart Post Office, Bangkok 10903 Thailand
Tel: +66 (0)2 940 5700 Ext. 3241 Fax: +66 (0)2 561 4880
Website: www.recoftc.org<http://www.recoftc.org/>
P Think Green........ think before you print!
Dear Colleagues:
The 30th General Assembly of ICSU was concluded last week in Rome.
Additional Press Releases were issued by the ICSU Secretariat at the
conclusion of the final session, one of them containing detailed information
about the new President of ICSU:
Nobel Prize winning scientist is new President of ICSU:
http://www.icsu.org/general-assembly/press-room/press-releases/Press%20Relea
se%20Presidency.pdf/view
Responsibilities of scientists underlined by scientific community:
http://www.icsu.org/general-assembly/press-room/press-releases/Press%20Relea
se%20Universality.pdf/view
You are welcome to forward these press releases to your contacts.
Best regards
Brigitte Burger
IUFRO Headquarters
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forwarded on behalf of Michael Kleine by Brigitte Burger, IUFRO
Headquarters.
Dear coordinators within Division 9,
next year the IUFRO regional congress will take place in Nairobi (June 25-30). Forest Polic, Governance and Trade is one of the major issues of the congress. This is as well major part of our competence area. For this reason I would like to ask you for active participation in the congress - either with a paper o with an own session.Please find teh detail at the following link.
http://fornis.net/content/first-iufro-fornessa-regional-congress
We can as well try to organize sessions across research groups and working parties of Division 9 if you are interested in doing so. Please let me know if you consider to take part.
With 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 Colleagues,
Attached please find a meeting announcement which will be held during in Asia-Pacific Forestry Week. Please let me know if anyone in our group is interested in this meeting,
All the best,
Jinlong
Dear All:
You may be glad to know thatan International Conference on New Frontier
of Forest Economics (neFFE), ETH, Zurich, Switzerland, June 26-30, 2012
is being organized.A call for papers for this conference is enclosed.
Other details of this conference are available at http://www.neffe.ch/
You may like to join us in Switzerland in June 2012.
Yours
Shashi
Prof. Shashi Kant
Faculty of Forestry
University of Toronto
