[IUFRO Div 9] IUFRO 3.08.00 and 9.06.00 International Conference - First call

Dear colleagues and friends, first of all, let me wish you all wonderful and especially healthy New Year 2022! I feel privileged to announce you that our IUFRO Unit 9.06.00 Forest law and environmental legislation has been cooperating with the IUFRO Unit 3.08.00 Small-scale forestry in organization of the international conference that will be held in Okinawa, Japan, in October 26 – 31, 2022. The complete announcement, together with all information, can be found at the web site of the conference: https://www.iufro2022okinawa.org/ Also, the official first call for papers is attached to this message. The international conference will cover different aspects of the small-scale forestry and, from the legal point of view, the topics that might be of an interest to you are as follows: - New directions for forest and environmental legislations under the global climate change - Impact of forest and environmental protection laws and regulations on small-scale forestry - Comparative studies on forest and land related legislations in developed countries Deadline for the abstract submission is March 31, 2022 – we encourage you to do so! Based on the submitted abstracts, our IUFRO Unit 9.06.00 shall organize and chair the specific "legal" session within the Okinawa conference – we will be there! Please, feel free to distribute this information to your colleagues. Thank you very much for your cooperation and we are already looking forward to meet you in Okinawa in October 2022! Best regards, Rastislav Sulek IUFRO 9.06.00 Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Rastislav Šulek, Ph.D. Department of Forest Economics and Management Faculty of Forestry Technical University in Zvolen T. G. Masaryka 24, SK-96053 Zvolen, Slovak Republic tel.: +421-45-5206325 e-mail: sulek(a)tuzvo.sk