Dear colleagues in the field of forest-related social sciences and economics research, dear IUFRO members, we are happy to share with you the announcement (attached) of the international scientific conference: "Forest policy and governance: Analyses in the environmental social sciences" organised by University of Göttingen/Germany and Bogor Agricultural University/Indonesia to be held October 4-6, 2016 in Bogor / Indonesia This event will also serve for discussing IUFRO All-Division-9 as well as IUFRO Group 09.05 "Forest Policy and Governance" and its sub-groups' issues Kindly save the date and distribute widely in your networks, also beyond IUFRO members. We are looking forward to receiving many interesting proposals for sessions and presentations after an upcoming call. Best wishes, Lukas Giessen -------------------------------------- Editor in Chief, Forest Policy and Economics (Elsevier) http://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-policy-and-economics/ Senior Researcher and Head of Working Group International Forest Policy Chair Group of Forest and Nature Conservation Policy University of Goettingen/Germany http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/135009.html