2:13 a.m.
*Dear IUFRO Division 9 colleagues,*
Thank you very much for your contributions this summer to updating your
units’ address lists/mailing lists and to the recent survey
questionnaire of working parties that was requested by the
Vice-President for Divisions. With this email I am reporting back from
IUFRO’s Executive Board Meeting in Beijing last month (building on an
email from a colleague of Division 1) and reminding you that the
deadline for submission of abstracts for IUFRO’s 125^th Anniversary
Congress 2017 is rapidly approaching.
*IUFRO EB MEETING*
The recent meeting of IUFRO’s Executive Board took place 21-22 October
2016 in Beijing, China, in connection with IUFRO’s Regional Congress for
Asia and Oceania 2016 (24-27 October). The Board had some very
productive discussions and drew important conclusions for future
directions of our organization. As a truly international organization,
IUFRO now includes more than 650 members institutions in 125 countries.
/IUFRO Triple Survey/
In the near future, IUFRO HQ will send out surveys to (1) IUFRO office
holders, (2) members of the International Council and (3) heads of
member institutions on your / their perception of IUFRO. This is an
important survey for our organization, for example for adjusting and
setting new strategic goals and in considerations of possible
adjustments in our organizational structure. I really recommend that you
set aside time to respond to the survey when you receive it. In addition
to this, an external review panel will be established to provide
additional guidance for future directions and for adjusting our
communication with non-IUFRO forest stakeholders.
/Mailing lists/
Division Coordinators unanimously suggested that in the future mailing
lists of participants at our conferences, symposia, meetings, workshops,
courses, etc. should be forwarded directly to the HQ, c/o Brigitte
Burger (burger(a)iufro.org <mailto:burger@iufro.org>), and that these will
be used for updating and maintaining the address lists of all units. If
you have additional updates or addresses for inclusion, these can be
forwarded at any time. We believe that this simple procedure will help
facilitate and improve our communication with colleagues around the
world that share an interest in IUFRO activities, but do not hold a
IUFRO office.
/Recruiting of IUFRO office holders/
The Board, including all Division Coordinators, is much concerned about
recruiting new and younger IUFRO officers at our regular officer
‘turn-overs’ every 4 years (remember: you can hold your IUFRO office for
only 2 times 4 years = 8 years in total; then have to step down, step up
or step over to some other position). The Board agreed to establish,
together with IFSA, a IUFRO/IFSA Mentor Program for Potential Incoming
Officers. We hope this will help rejuvenate (if not regenerate) IUFRO. I
take this opportunity of reminding all of you to actively consider your
replacement in due course before you have to step down yourself. We
still urgently need more younger officers, more female officers, and
more officers from certain, often disadvantaged, parts of the world.
*IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress 2017*
As you are all aware IUFRO’s 125th Anniversary Congress will be held in
Freiburg 19-22 September 2017. Division 9 has submitted (got accepted)
the largest number of sessions of all Divisions (more than 30!). You
have probably already been reminded before, but: the deadline for
submission of abstracts for presentation is 30 November 2016. I strongly
encourage all of you to contribute to this very special congress and to
help in recruiting more contributions to populate the many congress
sessions. You can read more about these at
http://iufro2017.com/call-for-abstracts/
/All Division 9 Meeting/
During the IUFRO 125 Anniversary congress there will be an All Division
9 meeting held. It is not yet clear at which time slot this will take
place but we assume at the very beginning of the conference. In order to
discuss organizational matters and to understand synergies and
possibilities for intra-divisional cooperation, please join this
meeting. You will be informed about the time as soon as we get more
information about this.
/Cross-divisional OPEN sessions///
There are a few cross-divisional sessions with topics that range across
multiple divisions and research topics. All of these sessions are open
for oral as well as poster presentations, /no speakers have been
appointed in advance/! Please consider contributing to these special
sessions and encourage scientists in your IUFRO unit to submit abstracts
specifically for the cross-divisional sessions. You may mention in the
submission which session the presentation is intended for. The titles of
the three cross-divisional sessions follow below; you can find more
detailed information on the congress website.
**I in particular I want to highlight to raise your attention to the
session
_SILVICULTURE FOR NON-WOOD ECOSYSTEM SERVICES_(together with Division 4,
6 and 1)
We specifically invite research on the interface between silviculture
and non-wood ecosystem services such as recreation, biodiversity, ground
water and other non-timber products and forest uses. We also invite
presentations on research relating to management philosophy and
silvicultural concepts for non-wood ecosystem services.
Good luck with your remaining IUFRO activities in 2016 and with your
IUFRO preparations for 2017!
Best wishes,
Daniela Kleinschmit
Coordinator, IUFRO Division 9 – Forest Policy and Economics
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Prof. Dr. Daniela Kleinschmit
Professur für Forst- und Umweltpolitik/
Chair of Forest and Environmental Policy
University of Freiburg
Tennenbacherstr. 4
D- 79106 Freiburg
Tel: +49 (0) 761/203-3712
Secretariat: +49 (0) 761/203-3713