[IUFRO RG 7.03 FORENT] Call for submissions to IUFROLAT session on 'Threats to Forest Health' (IUFROLAT, San Jose, Costa Rica from 12 - 15 June, 2013)

IUFROLAT session on 'Threats to Forest Health' The Third IUFRO Latin American Congress (IUFROLAT) will take place in San Jose, Costa Rica from 12 - 15 June, 2013. IUFRO Division 7 invites contributions to a session on "Threats to Forest Health - Forest Pests and Diseases, Biological Invasions, Air Pollution and Climate Change" Deadline for submission of abstracts (for oral papers or posters): 31 December 2012. For abstract submission, registration and information on the congress, visit http://web.catie.ac.cr/iufrolat/IufroLat_ing.htm If you are interested in contributing to this session, please inform the session organisers Karl Thunes (CATIE / Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, email thk@skogoglandskap.no<mailto:thk@skogoglandskap.no>) and Ecki Brockerhoff (IUFRO / Scion, email eckehard.brockerhoff@scionresearch.com<mailto:eckehard.brockerhoff@scionresearch.com>). Associated with this will be an optional 3-day post-congress tour on forest health, by the session organisers. The IUFROLAT Congress 2013 is being organised jointly by The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) and the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) and partnered by the Ibero American Model Forest Network (RIABM), FAO and several IUFRO member organizations in the region. Financial assistance for participants from Latin America may be available, see http://web.catie.ac.cr/iufrolat/IufroLat_becas_ing.htm The "Threats to Forest Health" session committee includes: Karl Thunes, Ecki Brockerhoff, Andrzej Bytnerowicz, Jolanda Roux, Sandy Liebhold, and Juan Corley ________________________________ This e-mail and any attachments may contain information which is confidential or subject to copyright. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it. Scion does not accept responsibility for anything in this e-mail which is not provided in the course of Scion's usual business or for any computer virus, data corruption, interference or delay arising from this e-mail.