Director General
The Center for International Forestry Research advances human wellbeing,
environmental conservation and equity by conducting research to inform
policies and practices that affect forests in developing countries. We are
one of 15 Centers within the Consultative Group on International
Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the Lead Center of the CGIAR Research
Programme on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (CRP6). Our headquarters are in
Bogor, Indonesia, and we have offices in Asia, Africa and South America.
Not many research centres have a global engagement with a broad range of
forest-related issues, stress the perspectives of poor countries and
communities, combine policy and research, question conventional wisdom, and
constantly focus on how to have an impact. CIFOR is one of those few.
CIFOR is looking for a Director General who shares our passion for enhancing
the role of forests in human well-being and environmental conservation, and
our commitment to professionalism, innovation, impact, and collaboration.
Principal Accountabilities
The Director General is the Chief Executive Officer of the Center and is
responsible to the Board of Trustees for the overall scientific leadership,
operation and management of CIFOR. The Director General will ensure that
programmes and objectives are properly developed to fulfill the mission of
the Center. For at least the next two years, the Director General will also
ensure the effectiveness and integrity of the Center's leadership of the
CGIAR Research Programme on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (CRP6).
The Director General will report to the Board of Trustees through the Chair.
The Director General will lead a senior management team consisting of a
Deputy Director General, a Director of the CGIAR Research Programme on
Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (CRP6), three Research Programme Directors,
a Director of Communications and Information Services, a Director of Finance
and Administration, and a Director of Human Resources.
Responsibilities
1. Overall leadership and management:
o Provide vision and insight to the planning and direction of the
Center's research programmes and associated impact pathways
o Position the Center appropriately in various collaborative partnerships
with other organisations, including member Centers of the CGIAR, members of
the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, and other international, regional
and national organisations
o Develop, in collaboration with the management team, strategic and
operational plans for the functioning of the Center and keep these plans
under ongoing review
o Supervise the planning and direction of the Center's research
programmes and other activities to ensure effective programming and project
implementation, analysis and evaluation of on-going programmes
o Ensure that an impact culture exists at CIFOR supported by a rigorous
assessment and project evaluation systems
o Lead and actively oversee the Center's human resources strategy and its
application through high quality management practices, and the recruitment
and retention of highly qualified and appropriately experienced staff
o Ensure that the management team is effective
o Oversee the development of programme and budget submissions for
approval by the Board and endorsement by outside stakeholders as appropriate
o Ensure that the Center's Annual Report is prepared
o Inform the Chairperson of the Board about matters of consequence that
relate to the Center and its mandate
o Exemplify the institutional values (highest scientific and professional
standards, openness, and fairness) through visible leadership behaviors
2. Resource development:
o Develop the overall funding strategies for the Center and coordinate
implementation
o Serve as the primary CIFOR fundraiser through the identification of
strategic opportunities, priorities and the leveraging of networks
o Develop and maintain a donor relations strategy
3. External relations:
o Ensure functional and effective relations with CIFOR's host countries
o Ensure CIFOR has a high profile at key international events related to
forests
o Actively participate in CGIAR activities
o Ensure web presence and media profile cultivated to encourage impact by
influencing policy makers and to support resource mobilisation efforts
4. Science:
o Maintain standing as a global leader in one scientific area through
high profile/impact publications and presentations at high level global
events
5. Fiduciary:
o Ensure compliance with relevant international standards in financial
reporting, governance, intellectual property
o Ensure that the delegation of authority supports clear accountability
o Ensure that annual operational expenditures occur within the overall
framework of the Center's Board-approved Programme of Work and Budget
o Ensure that processes are in place to identify and manage actively
risks, including preparation of an annual risk assessment that is reported
to the Board
6. Board of Trustees:
o Participate fully in Board meetings as a non-voting member
o Ensure that the Board is supported in its role through an effective
Secretariat
o Implement the policies, guidelines and directions determined by the
Board
Authority
The Director General is the legal representative of CIFOR and is authorised
by the Board to sign all deeds, contracts, agreements, and other legal
documents which are necessary to ensure the normal operation of the Center.
Specific Board approval is required of the following:
. CIFOR-wide and programme strategic plans
. Medium Term Plan updates
. Annual Programme of Work and Budget
. Personnel Policies Manual
. Changes in main Center office locations and the associated
agreements (Headquarters, Regional Offices)
. Adjustments to legal structure including formal association with
another legal entity (e.g. joint venture)
. DG compensation including periodic adjustments
. Annual risk assessment
. Annual Center reports
. Annual financial statements
. Appointment of external auditor
Requirements
Education, knowledge and experience
. Advanced university degree in a relevant field with relevant
experience in all aspects of the position
. International reputation for leadership in science, research and
development
. Recognition within the global research community and the various
international processes related to forests
. Proven record of successfully leading and managing
multidisciplinary policy relevant research in developing countries,
including complex international partnerships
. Demonstrated proficiency in resource mobilisation, management of
people and resources, and communication with scientific and policy
communities
. Fluency in written and spoken English and one or more other
languages related to CIFOR's mandate
. A good working knowledge and understanding of the CGIAR is
desirable
Personal attributes and competencies
. Commitment to the CIFOR vision of improving the livelihoods of
people in developing countries who depend upon forests and contributing to
the long-term maintenance or improvement of the ecosystem services forests
provide
. Ability to translate the CIFOR vision into clear strategies for
impact
. Excellent leadership and management skills
. Excellent interpersonal, written, and public speaking
communication skills, with the ability to interact constructively with
people across different cultures, disciplines, and institutions
. Proven diplomatic, negotiation and influencing skills
. Proven experience and skills in change management
. Reputation for personal integrity
. Values the sharing of information and continuous improvement in a
cooperative atmosphere of constructive evaluation and learning, and is
committed to mentoring and staff development
Terms and conditions
. The Director General will be based in Bogor, Indonesia. Bogor is
located on the outskirts of Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. It is a
university town with many scientific research centres.
. The initial employment will be for five years with the possibility
of extension, with an anticipated start date in mid-2012.
. CIFOR offers attractive and internationally competitive
remuneration, commensurate with skills and experience. The benefits include
employer-paid medical, life and disability insurance, and retirement plan.
Allowances for relocation, housing, vehicle, family visit travel, and
children's education are also provided.
Application process
. Interested applicants are invited to submit their curriculum vitae
and a letter of interest, including contact information for three referees,
to: <mailto:CIFOR-ExecutiveSearch@cgiar.org>
CIFOR-ExecutiveSearch(a)cgiar.org.
. The application deadline is 29 February, 2012. We look forward to
hearing from you.
CIFOR is an equal opportunity employer.
Staff diversity contributes to excellence.
Division 9 Conference, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 9-11 May 2012
IUFRO Extension and Knowledge Exchange Working Party 9.01.03
Announcement for Concurrent session – Call for Papers
"Capacity building and development of forestry extension and knowledge exchange”.
During all Division 9 Conference in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina http://www.iufro.org/download/file/7245/4677/all-division9-sarajevo12-1st-a… from 9th to 10th of May, 2012 the Extension and Knowledge Exchange Working Party 9.01.03 is organizing a concurrent session entitled, "Capacity building and development of forestry extension and knowledge exchange”. With invite you, researchers, scholars and practitioners to share your experiences, which will be useful for colleagues in the region and wider. If you have the opportunity to come to Sarajevo and if you are interested in presenting your work in this area, please send a one page abstract to Jurij Beguš at jurij.begus(a)zgs.gov.si<mailto:jurij.begus@zgs.gov.si> . The deadline for submissions is March 31st 2012. All abstracts accepted will be published in upcoming EKEWP newsletters. We are looking forward to hearing from you.
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.
With best regards,
Jurij Beguš
Coordinator, IUFRO Extension and Knowledge Exchange Working Party 9.01.03
Slovenia Forest Service
Department for Forestry Technique
Večna pot 2, p.p. 2971
1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia, Europe
Tel.: +386 1 470 00 50, Fax.: +386 1 423 53 61
e-mail: jurij.begus(a)zgs.gov.si<mailto:jurij.begus@zgs.gov.si>
Extended deadline for abstract submission: February 25th
IUFRO – Research Group “Forest History and Traditional Knowledge”
“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 extended deadline for abstract
submission is February 25th.
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-an
nouncement_doc/ .
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posted on behalf of Division 9 by Brigitte Burger, IUFRO Headquarters
IUFRO - 9.01.01 - Library, information networks and terminology
Call for papers/contributions: IUFRO and Information: Direction 2012
IUFRO Division 9 Conference
Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 8-10 May 2012
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IUFRO and Information: Direction 2012
Information has been central to IUFRO's brief since its foundation in the nineteenth century, and it has maintained a specialist research group dealing with information in various forms for well over a century. Following the latest re-organisation, this role is now held by the new IUFRO group 9.01, Information and Communication, which brings together the traditional library, information networks and terminology activities (formerly 6.03) with communications, public relations, extension and knowledge exchange, along with the long-existing Latin American and Caribbean information systems network.
The All-Division 9 conference in Sarajevo, May 9-11 2012, gives us a great opportunity to explore these newly-unified territories and discover synergies within them that will benefit both IUFRO's internal information exchange and the global forest information network. Each subgroup of 9.01 will offer an individual programme, and this is a call for contributions for the session to be organised by 9.01.01, Library, Information Networks and Terminology, entitled IUFRO and Information: Direction 2012. For full details of the Sarajevo conference see http://www.foper.org/iufro_1.html.
Objectives for the session are:
1) To involve the widest possible cross-section of those with an interest in forest-related information
2) To explore opportunities for cross-sectoral work between the various sub-sections of 9.01 and across IUFRO generally, to support and enhance information provision is its widest sense
3) To derive from this a timely and relevant agenda for 9.01.01 to take us up to the next World Congress in 2014 and beyond.
So we invite your ideas! In which directions should we be heading in 2012? What are your priorities in managing information today? What solutions have you found, and what support do you need to help establish new systems and services - or to reinforce existing systems much valued but now under threat, perhaps for economic or staffing reasons?
We welcome proposals for conventional papers (15min maximum), and also short contributions (maximum 5 mins) which can be presented in café-style discussion sessions. We recognise that funding to attend conferences is often difficult to come by these days, particularly in the library and information sector, and many who would be interested may be unable to attend. We welcome contributions from you too! and strongly encourage you to send in short pieces which can be discussed by conference participants. This can be in any form you like, e.g. PowerPoint, video (e.g. YouTube), social media (Twitter etc), e-mail etc. We are not looking for sophisticated or time-consuming presentation, but for ideas : suggestions for activities where we as a group of information professionals can make a difference to you, whether you are an information provider or user, or both.
Traditionally, our group has been active in the areas of networking, classification and terminology, and in supporting the Global Forest Information Service (GFIS); and more recently in the developing areas of data management/archiving, mentoring, training & support and evidence-based forestry. Ideas for further development in those areas are welcome, but do not limit yourselves to them:
information is key to every area of human activity so nothing is barred!
Please send your suggestions in not more than 450 words, together with full name of authors, affiliations, and an e-mail address by February 20, 2012, to gillian.petrokofsky(a)plants.ox.ac.uk<mailto:gillian.petrokofsky@plants.ox.ac.uk>.
Please share this call for papers widely.
Many thanks!
Estimados amigos y amigas. Les deseo un feliz año y ojala que podamos seguir colaborando en nuevos proyectos de beneficio para nuestra región y nuestras instituciones y organizaciones.. Les reenvío esto que publicó el Poder Judicial costarricense.
Carlos Bolaños
--- On Tue, 1/17/12, Carlos Alberto Bolaños Céspedes <cbolanos(a)poder-judicial.go.cr> wrote:
From: Carlos Alberto Bolaños Céspedes <cbolanos(a)poder-judicial.go.cr>
Subject: RV: JUEZ COSTARRICENSE LUCHARÁ EN MITIGAR EFECTOS DE CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO EN AMÉRICA LATINA
To: silvia432(a)hotmail.com, sjimenez(a)asamblea.go.cr, carlosabolanosc(a)yahoo.com
Date: Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 10:52 AM
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Vean esto.
De: Observatorio Judicial
Enviado el: martes, 17 de enero de 2012 07:41AM
Para: Todos los Empleados de Alajuela; Todos los Empleados de Buenos Aires; Todos los Empleados de Corredores; Todos los Empleados de Golfito; Todos los Empleados de Grecia; Todos los empleados de la Ciudad Judicial; Todos los empleados de Osa; Todos los Empleados de Pérez Zeledón; Todos los Empleados de Turrialba; Todos los empleados del Circuito Judicial de Cartago; Todos los Empleados del Circuito Judicial de Heredia; Todos los Empleados del Circuito Judicial de Liberia; Todos los Empleados del Circuito Judicial de Nicoya; Todos los Empleados del Circuito Judicial de Puntarenas; Todos los Empleados del Circuito Judicial de San Ramón; Todos los Empleados del Circuito Judicial de Santa Cruz; Todos los empleados del edificio de Guápiles; Todos los empleados del I Circuito Judicial de Limon; Todos los empleados del I Circuito Judicial; TODOS LOS EMPLEADOS DEL II CIRCUITO JUD. ZONA ATLANTICA; Todos los Empleados del II Circuito Judicial; Todos los
Empleados del II Circuito Judicial de Alajuela
Asunto: JUEZ COSTARRICENSE LUCHARÁ EN MITIGAR EFECTOS DE CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO EN AMÉRICA LATINA
JUEZ COSTARRICENSE LUCHARÁ EN MITIGAR
EFECTOS DE CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO EN AMÉRICA LATINA
Dr. Carlos Bolaños habla sobre las prioridades de trabajo en RELADEFA
Un juez agrario de nuestro país fue electo por dos años como coordinador de América Latina de la Red Latinoamericana de Derecho Forestal y Ambiental (RELADEFA)
La elección del Dr. Carlos Bolaños Céspedes implica un reconocimiento al país por sus esfuerzos para mitigar el cambio climático y a la jurisdicción agraria del Poder Judicial por sus aportes.
La Red Latinoamericana de Derecho Forestal Ambiental (RELADEFA) es una red multidisciplinaria de profesionales y organizaciones dedicada a estudiar el Derecho Forestal e impulsar su aplicación efectiva, ofreciendo y promocionando espacios de debates, proyectos, estudios científicos y doctrinales. Esta Red busca constituirse como un referente que, por su transparencia y capacidad de estudio, incida en los sectores público, privado y académico, nacional e internacional, con el fin de contribuir a las políticas de desarrollo forestal sostenible.
Carlos Bolaños Céspedes, tiene más de 15 años de laborar como juez. A partir de este año sus conocimientos y experiencia se reflejarán en las acciones que tomará la Red , cuyo objetivo principal para los próximos años es ayudar a mitigar los efectos del cambio climático en Centroamérica, una de las regiones que se prevé que será más afectada por este fenómeno.
El especialista cuenta con un doctorado en Derecho Agrario y Ambiental de la Universidad de Costa Rica, además de una especialidad en Administración de Justicia de la Universidad Nacional.
El puesto que ocupara el Dr. Bolaños Céspedes es académico por lo que además deberá cumplir con su función como juez.
¿Cuales serán sus aportes a esta organización?
Durante los próximos dos años, la tarea más importante, es trabajar en política pública, legislación y modificaciones a la institucionalidad para adaptarnos al cambio climático.
Es importante trabajar en normativa jurídica y elaborar políticas públicas para lograr un desarrollo sostenible. Las decisiones que se tomarán tendrán un papel fundamental en mitigar los efectos del cambio climático y la preservación de la vida.
Otro propósito es especializar grupos de profesionales para la región mesoamericana, amazónica, que asesoren al gobierno y a la sociedad en cómo mitigar el calentamiento global.
¿Son efectivos los esfuerzos que ha hecho Costa Rica para mitigar el cambio climático?
Costa Rica siempre ha sido pionero y sus aportes son reconocidos en América Latina, pero es necesario pasar de la teoría y de los discursos, a ejecutar acciones inmediatas.
Para que nuestro país logre ser un país carbono neutral como lo ha propuesto el gobierno, es necesario diseñar nuevas políticas para la agricultura, que permita estar preparados para la escasez de productos, ya que los efectos del cambio climático dificultarán la producción.
Nuestro país debe enfocarse en los aspectos que más contaminan, que es la necesidad de utilizar combustibles fósiles en el transporte público, y tomar acciones contra los químicos que se utilizan en la agricultura.
Cada país debe adoptar medidas para que el calentamiento global no afecte a los más pobres, por ejemplo, para la zona del pacífico (Guanacaste) deben preocuparse por el tema de incendios forestales, el aumento de temperatura que generará pérdidas en la biodiversidad, es por eso que es indispensable que tanto en esa región como en toda la franja pacífica de Centroamérica se haga un rediseño de las áreas de conservación.
Sección de Prensa
Depto. Prensa y Comunicación
Poder Judicial
17 de enero 2012
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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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… .
