[IUFRO Div 9] Task Forces in IUFRO: joining REDD and Resources for the Future - feedback until February 18th

Dear colleagues from Division 9, IUFRO has agreed on its new strategy for the period 2010-2014. One important decision within the strategy is the set up of new inter-divisional Task Forces to address six thematic areas: 1. Forest for People (C: Ulrike Proebstl, Austria; DC: Perry Brown, USA) 2. Forest and Climate change (C: Frances Seymour, Indoensia; DC: Markku Kanninen, Finnland) 3. Forest Bio-Energy (C: Rolf Björheden, Sweden; DC: Elspeth MacRea, New Zealand) 4. Forest Biodiversity Conservation (C: Saw Leng Guan, Malaysia; DC: Bryan Finegan, Costa Rica) 5. Forest and Water Interactions (Tony Simons, Kenya; DC: Shirong Liu, China) 6. Resources for the Future (C: John Innes; Jung-Hwan Park, Korea) These Task Forces should involve members/representatives from each of the nine Divisions. Therefore I would like to ask you as officeholders if you or one of your group members are particularly interested in joining one of these groups? And what kind of (research) perspectives should be covered within these Task Forces? The subject of the Task Forces will be discussed at the IUFRO Board meeting next week. And I would be pleased to bring in your opinion. I would like to highlight specifically two Task Forces at this moment. One is the Task Force on Resources for the future. John Innes, coordinator of this Task Force already sent out a detailed description of the Task Force (see document attached) and asked for representatives from each Division. So, please let me know, if you are interested. The other Task Force is the one on Forest and Climate Change. IUFROs consultations with stakeholders and donors concluded that there should be a specific emphasize on governance and REDD. Therefore I would like to ask those of you dealing with REDD questions from a governance perspective to indicate their willingness to participate in this Task Force and to give an idea on the research perspectives (concepts, research questions etc.) used in this regards. Any other feedback in regards to the Task Forces and/or your specific (research) perspective is of course welcome as well. Please send me your feedback until Friday, February 18th to allow me communicating the information to the IUFRO Board next week. Thanks in advance. With best regards Daniela Kleinschmit ------------------------------------------------- Assoc. Prof. Daniela Kleinschmit Department of Forest Products SLU P.O. Box 7008 SE-75007 Uppsala, Sweden Phone: +46 18 67 2493 ------------------------------------------------- posted on behalf of Daniela Kleinschmit by Brigitte Burger, IUFRO Headquarters