Hello all
Mark your calendars! I just wanted to let you know that our session for
IUFRO in Stockholm, 2024 was approved. The title is “*Mini-Symposium:
Resilience of Forest Biodiversity to Climate Change and Pests: Civic
Engagement and Conservation in Seed Banks, Public Gardens, and Wild, Urban,
and Agroforestry Landscapes*”
This has been organized by myself, Jill Wagner, Sean Hoban, Lara Salido and
Denita Hadziabdic. I shared with the rest of you because I would love for
you to submit for a talk, a poster, or to participate in a panel discussion
and/or spread the word to others. The submissions will open soon (details
coming February 10). The speakers will be selected by the organizing
committee as well as the session organizers.
Here is a link to the meeting and submission details and description:
https://iufro2024.com/iufro-world-congress-2024/aim-and-scope/https://iufro2024.com/call-for-congress-abstract
*Mini-Symposium: Resilience of Forest Biodiversity to Climate Change and
Pests: Civic Engagement and Conservation in Seed Banks, Public Gardens, and
Wild, Urban, and Agroforestry Landscapes*
*To conserve biodiversity, multiple approaches can be taken on the ground.
This mini-symposium (Panel, Flash-talks & Posters) represents experts who
focus on complementary aspects of conservation and reforestation; threat
assessment, seed collecting and banking from wild trees, collective action
and civic engagement, the roles of public gardens in conserving genetic
resources, developing genetic resistance to pests to conserve biodiversity,
and the importance of conserving genetic diversity in the face of pests and
climate change.*
*Seed is the unit by which biodiversity is propagated, and therefore,
protected. There is ever increasing pollination disruption with shifting
local climate conditions and more fragmented and degraded native
ecosystems. As forests and genetic diversity are lost, so are mother trees
for seed collection, in a time when people want to greatly scale
reforestation efforts. In addition to potential declines in seed crops,
global trade, biodiversity loss, and fragmentation increase the threat of
emergent insect and pathogen outbreaks, resulting in local or range-wide
extinction of iconic tree species. Therefore, there is a global need for
threat assessments, seed collection and banking of native tree species.*
*In the context of the above challenges and solutions, public gardens and
arboreta are critical to the resilience of forests and society. In addition
to acting as living collections, seed sources, and refugia of tree species,
public gardens serve as biodiversity hotspots in cities, and meeting places
for public and volunteer conservation efforts and outreach. As sentinels,
trees in public gardens can be used to proactively detect emergent disease
threats. Through collective action, exchange of information, public
engagement, and local expert knowledge, “think global, act local” could be
applied to aid proactive efforts to protect forest biodiversity from the
next major pests across the world. Local experts and civic ecologists can
accomplish this by collecting seed and observing trees in native
environments, plantations, public gardens, and urban forests.*
*Breeding or human-directed genetic improvement presents a practical
solution for restoration of species that are impacted by emergent pest
epidemics, climate change, or other threats. The utility of breeding to
protect biodiversity also depends on the prior establishments of seed banks
and other germplasm resources. It is critical to generate a prior
understanding of the diversity of populations of tree species valued for
their ecological, horticultural, or economic and commercial
characteristics, the observed or potential effects of threats to those
populations, and the role diversity could play in recovery of species.*
We look forward to seeing the submissions of you and your colleagues to
this event.
Best regards,
*Geoff Williams, PhD International Sentinel Network Coordinator*
*Forest Service *
*International Programs*
*Office of the Chief*
*Office: +1 (202) 263-9231*
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*Caring for the land and serving people*
Dear Division 7 colleagues,
Please see below an email from Bastien Castagneyrol from INRAE. Bastien and Maarten de Groot are looking for new partners.
Regards
Josephine
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Dear forest entomologist colleagues,
We are looking for partners in the native range of the oak lace bug Corythucha arcuata (North America) for a small-investment-high-reward* experiment between June and August. We are particularly interested in place where the species is reasonably abundant and easy to spot.
If you are interested, please contact us to know more
Many thanks in advance,
Bastien Castagneyrol & Maarten de Groot
* Three working days in 2023, for cool results and one nice co-authored paper
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Bastien Castagneyrol
INRAE UMR BIOGECO 1202
Domaine de l'Hermitage
69 route d'Arcachon
33612 Cestas Cedex
France
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Joséphine Queffelec, PhD (She/Her/Elle)
Natural Resources Canada
Great Lakes Forestry Centre
(+1) 705-541-5636
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Deputy Coordinator
IUFRO Research Group 7.03.00 - Entomology
IUFRO Task Force 46 - Precision Pest Management in Forest Ecosystems
https://www.iufro.org/who-is-who/officeholder/queffelec/
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that an IUFRO conference will be held in
*Bordeaux, France*, from *August 29 to September 1*, *2023 *on “*Global
challenges and innovative management of bark and wood borers in planted
forests*”.
It will be jointly organized by the WP7.03.05 “Ecology and management of
bark and wood boring insects”, WP 7.03.07 “Population dynamics of forest
insects”, WP7.03.16 “Behavioral and Chemical Ecology of Forest Insects”,
and the Task Forces on “Precision Pest Management in Forest Ecosystems”
and “Resilient Planted Forests Serving Society & Bioeconomy”.
More information to come but please *save the dates!*
Hervé Jactel, Juan Corley, Dimitrios Avtzis, Jess Hartshorn, Jean-Noël
Candau, Natalia Kirichenko, Jeremy Allison, Andres Gonzalez Ritzel,
Quentin Guignard, Sigrid Netherer, Victoria Lantschner, Josephine
Queffelec, Christophe Orazio, Peter Freer-Smith, Tim Payn and Margarida
Tomé
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Hervé JACTEL
Directeur de Recherches
Entomologie Forestière & Biodiversité
Forest Entomology & Biodiversity
UMR BIOGECO - INRAE
69, route d'Arcachon
33612 CESTAS cedex, France
Tel + 33 (0)5 35 38 53 11
Dear international colleagues,
First of all, happy holidays everyone!
I am writing to you in my role as Specialty Chief Editor representing the editorial team of Frontiers in Forests and Global Change – Pests, Pathogens and Invasions<https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/forests-and-global-change/sections/pes…> (IF: 4.332). I would like to invite you all to consider submission of research topics or individual research papers. We are specifically interested in regionally focused research topics or articles. For example, topics and papers around pests and pathogens in Southeast Asia, or pests and pathogens in Central Africa, etcetera.
Other topics of interest revolve around the issue of invasions by non-native pests and pathogens, specifically the issues of prediction of invaders and target countries/continents, and analyses of introduction pathways, including means of introduction (lives plants for planting, dunnage, etc.) and predominant global trade routes. Other topics around aspects of biotech and machine learning to exploit biological and genetic data are also of high interest.
I hope you will consider submitting to the journal soon, and with this I wish you all the best for a successful 2023!
Enrico
[The Ohio State University]
Pierluigi (Enrico) Bonello
Professor
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Plant Pathology
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Dear friends and colleagues,
It is with great pleasure that WP7.02.13 Forest Health in Southern Hemisphere Commercial Plantations announce our second meeting:
Novel and classical strategies to manage forest health in plantations
Where: Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
When: 17-20 September 2023
Carlos Frederico Wilcken, Caroline Dias de Souza, Edson Luiz Furtado, and Leonardo Rodrigues Barbosa will be the local organisers.
Attached is the first announcement. Also available online here: https://www.iufro.org/fileadmin/material/science/divisions/div7/70213/matto…
Timeline:
March: call for abstracts - Registration open
May: abstract submission deadline - Early registration close
June: abstract acceptance communication
September 17th: Opening session at 7 p.m.
Please share this announcement with your forest pathology and entomology colleagues.
Apologies if you receive this message more than once as we will be circulating through several channels.
Best wishes,
Stuart Fraser
Research Group Leader, Ecology and Environment
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Dear colleagues,
The National Institute of Agricultural Research of Uruguay (INIA) is looking for a researcher in the field of forest entomology. The hired candidate will join a multidisciplinary team operating in INIA Tacuarembó, within the Forestry Research System.
Main responsibilities:
· Develop and conduct research projects on forest pests.
· Be part of multidisciplinary teams and participate in international networks.
· Prepare technical reports and write scientific manuscripts.
· Suggest, plan, and conduct outreach activities for diverse target audience (stakeholders, decision-makers, students, and general public).
* Supervise and evaluate performance of personnel under their direction.
Required qualifications:
* University degree in biological sciences, agronomy or equivalent academic training and a finished PhD degree by the date of hire.
· Authorship of published scientific manuscripts with focus in forest entomology, in international peer reviewed indexed journals.
· Experience in leading research projects and in collaborating within multidisciplinary inter-institutional networks.
· English language proficiency.
Preferred qualifications:
· Work experience in the field of forest entomology.
· Good understanding of the Uruguayan forestry sector.
· Spanish language proficiency.
Work conditions:
This is a permanent position with a one-year probationary period subjected to satisfactory performance evaluation by the end of the period.
It is a full-time position that requires availability to travel around the country and abroad.
Evaluation procedure:
A preselection round will be merit-based with focus on the required qualifications.
Top candidates meeting those criteria will have a technical and psychological interview.
During the interview, candidates will be evaluated for their potential, scientific vocation, and aptitude for integrating multidisciplinary teams.
Applications should be emailed to rrhh(a)inia.org.uy attaching updated CV, proof of achieved degrees, motivation letter and salary expectations. Please use “Ref. Inv. Entomología” as the email subject. Due date to receive applications: December 5th, 2022.
You can also access this call directly at INIA website here<http://www.inia.uy/Documentos/P%C3%BAblicos/Llamados%20de%20personal/TB/lla…> (in Spanish).
Feel free to forward the call to other colleagues.
Best Regards
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Dr. Gonzalo Martínez Crosa
Director (int) - Sistema Forestal
Tel: +598 4632 2407 ext 1387
Cel: +598 99 321633
Estación Experimental del Norte
Campus Interinstitucional de Tacuarembó| Ruta 5 km 386. Tacuarembó – Uruguay
Hi Everyone,
This a quick reminder that the deadline for session proposals has been extended to October 31 (technically 2022-10-31 23:59 GMT+2).
I know that there are several proposals from Division 7 that are under development, and there is still time to develop a session if you wish. All are welcome to develop sessions that match the congress themes as listed on the website. When suggesting speakers, please remember to incorporate diversity in age, gender and geographic location.
https://iufro2024.com/session-proposals/
All the best, Tod
Tod Ramsfield, PhD
Coordinator IUFRO Division 7
Research Scientist Forest Pathology, Canadian Forest Service
Natural Resources Canada / Government of Canada
Tod.Ramsfield(a)NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca<mailto:Tod.Ramsfield@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca> / Tel: 825-510-1303
Chercheur, Pathologie forestière, Service canadien des forêts
Ressources naturelles Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
Tod.Ramsfield(a)NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca<mailto:Tod.Ramsfield@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca> / Tel : 825-510-1303
On behalf of Jess Hartshorn.
All, please consider completing the survey as the results will inform future discussions on how to improve diversity within IUFRO.
Regards, Tod
Hello everyone,
Thanks to everyone who participated in the session on Gender Issues in Forest Entomology and Pathology at the Division 7 meeting in Lisbon! Based on the discussion at the end of the session, I would like to invite you all to take a brief (< 5 min) survey about activities that IUFRO could create or participate in that would serve to promote gender equity and inclusion within the organization. All survey responses are anonymous.
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At the bottom of the survey is a link to enter your information into a publicly-available directory which can be used to connect researchers, students, and others interested in continuing the conversation of diversity, equity, and inclusion in forestry research. The directory will be available here (I’m currently the only person listed 😊): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hy1CgtKljbP5MBhcEjtTr1Ji-aUPe4iCMI8…<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.goog…>
If you have any questions about the survey or directory, please do not hesitate to contact me at jhartsh(a)clemson.edu<mailto:jhartsh@clemson.edu>.
Thank you!
Jess
JESS HARTSHORN, PhD CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
Assistant Professor of Forest Health, she/her
Forestry and Environmental Conservation
Clemson University
Lehotsky 272F
Clemson, SC 29634
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Dear Forest Entomology Research group,
Please find attached the October 2022 edition of the Research Group Newsletter.
Wishing you a great week ahead.
Regards
Josephine
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Joséphine Queffelec, PhD (She/Her/Elle)
Natural Resources Canada
Great Lakes Forestry Centre
(+1) 705-541-5636
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Deputy Coordinator
IUFRO Research Group 7.03.00 – Entomology
https://www.iufro.org/who-is-who/officeholder/queffelec/
Hello again all
It was brought to my attention that the announcement I sent in my last email did not translate well over the listserve. To register follow this link and click on the session(s) you are interested to see the speakers and access the registration link. Note you have to register for each 90 minute session individually, but it is free.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Best
Geoff
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Forest Microbiomes: Prospective Studies of Forest Health and Response to Disease October 11, 12:00pm Central TimeMicrobiomes of Seeds and Seedlings and Consequences for Forest Regeneration October 12, 12:00pm Central TimeApplications of Microbiome To Understand Complex and Emergent Diseases an...
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