Dear Colleagues,
We look forward to welcoming many of you to Edinburgh in October this
autumn. We would remind you that the Call for Abstracts is now open and
we invite you to submit your proposed abstract of an oral or poster
presentation by APRIL 15.
The conference website at http://www.forestry.gov.uk/fr/iufro2012 will
provide you with all the details necessary to submit your abstract.
Please do not hesitate to get in touch with us if you have any queries.
Yours sincerely,
Bill Mason
On behalf of the organizing committee
W.L.(Bill) Mason,
Senior Silviculturist,
Forest Research,
Northern Research Station,
Midlothian,
Scotland,
UK.
EH25 9SY
Tel: +44 (0) 1314452176 or 6953
Fax: +44 (0) 1314455124
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestresearch
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Subject: Managing forests for ecosystem services - can spruce forests
show the way?- CALL for ABSTRACTS now open
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to let you know that the Call for Abstracts and the Early
Bird registration are now open for this conference in Edinburgh,
Scotland in October 2012. Please see the website at
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/fr/iufro2012 for further details.
We look to receiving your submissions and please circulate the details
amongst colleagues who may be interested.
With best wishes for 2012.
Bill Mason
On behalf of the conference organising committee
W.L.(Bill) Mason,
Senior Silviculturist,
Forest Research,
Northern Research Station,
Midlothian,
Scotland,
UK.
EH25 9SY
Tel: +44 (0) 1314452176 or 6953
Fax: +44 (0) 1314455124
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestresearch
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Dear IUFRO members,
The Final Conference of PARAmount a project funded by the Alpine Space
Programme of the European Union will be held on 23rd April 2012 at
Grenoble in parallel with the 12th Congress of INTERPRAEVENT (Grenoble, 23
26 April 2012).
The Final Conference is designed to bring together experts, researchers,
policy and decision makers, practitioners from various disciplines as well
as concerned stakeholders for an interdisciplinary, transnational exchange
of views on the further development of strategies and technologies for the
management of natural hazards threatening transport infrastructure and to
present the results of the project concerning the
Assessment of the vulnerability of transport infrastructure to natural
hazards
Improvement of the efficiency of measures necessary to protect transport
infrastructure against natural hazards and to increase its reliability and
security
Advancement of Decision analysis and support systems for an effective
management of transport infrastructure threatened by natural risks
Development of new concepts and approaches for assessing and monitoring
natural risks.
The objective of the concluding round table discussion will be to elaborate
recommendations for overcoming the identified barriers that might impede the
adoption of the developed approaches and concepts as well as to ensure a
successful knowledge transfer.
At the conference website
http://www.paramount-project.eu/index.php?option=com_content
<http://www.paramount-project.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&i
d=40&Itemid=45&6c31091fa105024792e742d3d29e1931=b46a42ace97b791bf5be92eabeab
4fbe>
&view=article&id=40&Itemid=45&6c31091fa105024792e742d3d29e1931=b46a42ace97b7
91bf5be92eabeab4fbe, you will find the Second Announcement for the Final
Conference of the PARAmount project including the detailed program. The
conference languages will be English, French and German. Interpretation will
be provided. It would facilitate the task of the organizers, if those who
wish to attend the Final Conference would register as soon as possible by
sending an email to the following address: final.conference@paramount-
<mailto:final.conference@paramount-project.eu> project.eu.
If you have any questions regarding the final conference, please do not
hesitate to contact any of the responsible persons listed below.
Kind regards
Marc Adams
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Contact person project communication manager:
Günter Siegel
BMLFUW - Abteilung Forstliche Raumplanung, Waldschutz und
Landschaftsentwicklung
Tel: + 43 (0)1 711 00 7125 <tel:%2B%2043%20%280%291%20711%2000%207125>
E-Mail: guenter.siegel@ <mailto:guenter.siegel@lebensministerium.at>
lebensministerium.at
Contact person project management:
Gudrun Schrömmer
PRISMA solutions
Telefon: +43(0)2236 47975 36 <tel:%2B43%280%292236%2047975%2036>
E-Mail: gudrun.schroemmer@prisma-
<mailto:gudrun.schroemmer@prisma-solutions.at> solutions.at
Contact person BFW:
Marc Adams
Department of Natural Hazards, BFW
Tel.: <tel:%2B43%20%280%29512%20573933%205177> +43 (0)512 573933 5177
E-Mail: <mailto:marc.adams@uibk.ac.at> marc.adams(a)uibk.ac.at