[IUFRO RG 1.05.00] IUFRO 1.05 Uneven-aged Silviculture update

Dear IUFRO 1.05 Uneven-aged Silviculture Research Group Members: Here is a new update with information for our Uneven-aged Silviculture Research Group. As before, my goal is to send out a similar update several times each year. Please forward this email to interested persons who might not be on this mailing list and encourage them to join the list server as indicated below. IUFRO CONGRESS 22-28 August 2010, XXIII IUFRO World Congress, Seoul, Republic of Korea, "Forests for the Future: Sustaining Society and the Environment" . The call for papers and posters is now open for the Seoul Congress (http://www.iufro2010.com/) Our Uneven-aged Silviculture research group was involved in developing two technical sessions: "Uneven-aged silviculture in temperate and tropical forests: Towards paradigm expansion." This session is co-organized with IUFRO 1.02.04 and will attempt to foster sharing of information on management of uneven-aged forests in temperate, boreal and tropical forests. We anticipate six papers divided between temperate, boreal and tropical forests. Abstracts can be submitted through the IUFRO website or you can contact Kevin O'Hara or Armin Seydack (leader of IUFRO1.02.04; armins(a)sanparks.org) "Silviculture and global change: Managing forests for ecosystem resiliency and carbon storage." This session will address strategies to improve resiliency/adaptability of forests and carbon storage through silvicultural design of forest structures. Although this session has a weaker tie to the objectives of our Research Group, uneven-aged silviculture nonetheless will play an important role in mitigating global change scenarios. Again, you can submit an abstract through the IUFRO website, or contact me at the address below or session co-organizer Juergen Bauhus (juergen.bauhus(a)waldbau.uni-freiburg.de) There are, of course, many other technical sessions on a variety of themes. The IUFRO2010 website has more details. Future Meetings: The next meeting of the 1.05 Uneven-aged Silviculture Research Group will be in Slovenia in September 2010. Exact dates and other details on conference theme, fieldtrips, and abstract submission procedures will be announced later. But please note this meeting will be in the month immediately following the IUFRO Congress in Seoul. So plan your travel accordingly. Publications: The review and publication of the papers from our recent meeting in Shizuoka, Japan is apparently moving on schedule according to Hiromi Mizunaga who is supervising the editorial process. He expects the special issue of the Journal of Forest Research with these papers to be published in late 2009. Research Group Email Newsletter: If you have colleagues who wish to be placed on the IUFRO 1.05 email listserve (or any IUFRO listserve) encourage them to register via the IUFRO website: www.IUFRO.org or specifically to IUFRO 1.05 at the link below: http://www.iufro.org/science/iufro-mailing-lists/list-management/rg-10500/ Your Research Group Officers are: Kevin O'Hara, Coordinator University of California - Berkeley 137 Mulford Hall, #3114 Berkeley, CA 94720-3114 USA email: ohara(a)nature.berkeley.edu phone: 510.642.2127 fax: 510.643.5438 Hubert Hasenauer, Deputy Coordinator Institute of Forest Growth Research University of Agricultural Sciences Peter Jordan Str. 82 1190 Wien Austria Tel: ++43-1-47654-4205 Fax: ++43-1-47654-4242 e-mail: hubert.hasenauer(a)boku.ac.at Dr. Shi Zuomin, Deputy Coordinator P.O. Box 14 Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection Chinese Academy of Forestry Beijing 100091, P. R. China Tel: 0086-10-62888308 Fax: 0086-10-62884972 Email: shizm(a)forestry.ac.cn Dr. Susan Stevens Hummel USDA PNW Research Station P.O. Box 3890 Portland, OR 97208 USA Tel. 503 808-2084 Fax: 503 808-2020 shummel(a)fs.fed.us _______________________________________________