Dear beech-people,
I should have forwarded this message with the IUFRO New 1/2010 one month ago - but now you have it!
Shortly after will follow the 1st announcement of a beech symposium that our colleagues in Croatia and Hungary are organizing.
Best
Palle Madsen
Seniorforsker
Senior Researcher, Ph.D.
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Skov & Landskab (S&L)
Center for Skov, Landskab og Planlægning
Københavns Universitet
Forest & Landscape Denmark
Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning
University of Copenhagen
Vedelsgade 6
DK-7100 Vejle
Denmark
Tlf. ++45 35 33 17 13
Mob. ++45 40 45 30 19
Fax ++45 35 33 15 12
E-post pam(a)life.ku.dk
My profile at the S&L webpage:
http://en.sl.life.ku.dk/omskovoglandskab/medarbejdere/pam.aspx?
S&L webpage: www.sl.ku.dk
IUFRO-webpages:
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-1/10000/10100/http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-1/10000/10100/10107/
Kulturkommission hjemmeside:
http://www.sl.life.ku.dk/Emner/Skov/Kulturkommission2000.aspx
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IUFRO News, Volume 39, Issue 1, 2010
Download PDF from http://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/
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In this issue:
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Green Technologies and Products for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
Forests Moving up on the Climate Change Agenda
Experts Lay Foundation for First Global Scientific Assessment on International Forest Regime
New on the IUFRO Website: Featured Member and Social Media
Publications
Latest IUFRO World Congress News Stories
Position Announcements
Awards
Upcoming meetings
Green Technologies and Products for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
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by Sim Heok-Choh, Ph.D., APAFRI, Malaysia
Climate change is a global problem, with global causes and effects. It affects the basic elements of life for people around the world - access to water, food production, health, and the environment.
The recently intensified debates and discussions on climate change have introduced many additional challenges to the efficient and sustainable utilization of forest products. Efficient processing technologies and maximized wood utilization constitute major components in the green business strategy designed to conserve resources, reduce impacts to the environment, human safety and health, and promote greater overall efficiency. In addition, alternatives, such as using bio-fibre waste or by-products of other industries, are continuously being sought to reduce dependence on non-renewable natural resources. The ultimate objective is to improve carbon reduction, carbon sequestration and carbon conservation leading to an overall carbon emission reduction for climate change mitigation and adaptation.
>From 14-16 December 2009, the Asia and the Pacific Forest Products Workshop on "Green Technologies and Products for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation" was held in Marawila, Sri Lanka, with the aim to provide a forum for linking various agencies and institutions dealing with climate change issues in forest products processing and utilization, and to share strategies, experiences and knowledge, related to green forest products technology.
Dr Dave Cown, a senior scientist of Scion, New Zealand, and also the Coordinator of IUFRO Division V, led a panel discussion with Dr Hiran Amarasekara (Sri Lanka), Dr GS Rawat (India), Dr Jegatheswaran Ratnasingam (Malaysia) and Dr Arsenio Ella (Philippines). There was a general consensus that climate change is inevitable and unavoidable, and the impacts are evident in many countries. The role of science in the climate change debates shall be strengthened and there is a need to create sufficient awareness and contribute to policy formulation. Strategies should be developed to reduce dependence on natural forests. More environmentally friendly products, including 'green' buildings, would need to be developed and promoted. In addition, it is the people that need to be convinced to adopt the proposed strategies and policies for action.
However, prices of wood products are still low. Climate change mitigation and adaptation is a good opportunity to raise awareness for the need to demand higher prices for wood products. Life Cycle Analyses and assessments of carbon footprints would be good tools to provide the justification to support higher prices for wood products.
In many of the Asian and Pacific countries, wood products and forestry experts do not influence policy formulation. Furthermore, in the forest products industries, the industrial associations typically have different views and different expectations. However, without the significant participation of and consultations with all stakeholders, especially research and industrial communities, most of the problems faced will remain unsolved as policy implementation would prove to be ineffective.
The workshop was an initiative of IUFRO, funded by an allocation from contributions of the Korean Government, through the Korea Forest Research Institute (KFRI), to IUFRO. The workshop was organized by the Asia Pacific Association of Forestry Research Institutions (APAFRI) in technical collaboration with the Sri Lanka Forest Department, Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), and KFRI. It was held in Marawila, Sri Lanka, from 14-16 December 2009 and attracted 35 participants from 11 countries across the Asia-Pacific region. A total of 22 papers were presented in three technical sessions. For more information, visit: http://www.apafri.org
Forests Moving up on the Climate Change Agenda
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By Alexander Buck, IUFRO Deputy Executive Director
Hard Work Ahead
The 15th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change took place from 7 to 19 December 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Following two weeks of complicated negotiations COP15 'took note' of a two and a half page document called the 'Copenhagen Accord' that was drawn up by a select group of countries.
This Copenhagen Accord captures the political agreement to cap temperature rise, reduce emissions and raise finance for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Hence, as UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer said in a press conference with a view to COP16 scheduled for December 2010, "The challenge now is to turn what is agreed into something that is legally binding in Mexico in one year from now".
Headway for Forests
In the Copenhagen Accord forests have been given more attention than in previous UNFCCC decisions. The Accord recognizes the crucial role of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the need to enhance removals of greenhouse gas emissions by forests.
The high level of attention being paid to forest issues has also been reflected by the impressive list of speakers during Forest Day 3 on 13 December, including Gro Harlem Brundtland and Nobel laureates Elinor Ostrom, Ravendra Pachauri and Wangari Maathai. The challenge for the forest sector will be to capture this positive political momentum and make sure that its collective professional expertise will be used effectively in the implementation of the Copenhagen Accord.
Implications for IUFRO
The IUFRO Board identified 'climate change and forests' as one thematic area of the IUFRO strategy that should guide its work in the period 2010-2014. It is recommended to take into due account the outcomes of COP15 when finalizing the activities to be included in the IUFRO strategy under this thematic area.
Adaptation will continue to be an important issue in the work of UNFCCC. The possibility for targeted contributions by IUFRO is, however, limited by the fact that the UNFCCC agreed not to refer to any specific sectors. However, the Copenhagen Accord recognizes the particularly high vulnerability of Africa to climate change. Against this background, IUFRO's ongoing efforts towards addressing climate change impacts and adaptation options in the African region seem to be well targeted.
IUFRO Activities in Copenhagen
IUFRO was well represented in Copenhagen, organizing a side-event during UNFCCC COP15; co-hosting and co-organizing Forest Day 3, and promoting IUFRO and the upcoming XXIII World Congress in Korea with a booth.
Together with ITTO and the Swiss Foundation for Development and International Cooperation, IUFRO organized a side event on "Forests, Livelihoods and Climate Change". In its contribution IUFRO focused on forest adaptation globally and in the African region. Participants commended IUFRO on its collaboration with African knowledge and supported the key messages that had been drafted by members of the FORNESSA thematic group on "Forests and Climate Change" during a workshop held on 3-4 December 2009 at the IUFRO Headquarters in Vienna. The workshop formed part of the joint project of GFEP and IUFRO-SPDC on "Making African Forests Fit for Climate Change" that will result in a regional policy brief to be launched in late spring 2010.
Forest Day 3 was organized by CIFOR in collaboration with CPF members and the Danish government in order to highlight key issues related to forests and climate change and to facilitate the implementation of the Copenhagen outcomes. IUFRO served as Forest Day 3 co-host and contributed to its program by co-organizing the sub-plenary session on "Adaptation" with CIFOR, and by organizing a Learning Event titled "Boreal and Temperate Forests and Climate Change - What will happen? And what actions should be taken?"
The summary statement of Forest Day 3 focuses on REDD-plus, but also takes into account the outcomes of the discussion at the sub-plenary session on adaptation and the Learning Event on boreal and temperate forests.
Links
UNFCCC COP15 (including Copenhagen Accord and REDD decision): http://unfcccint/2860.php
Forest Day 3: http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/
IUFRO press release: http://www.iufro.org/science/gfep/media-information/
Nairobi Work Program synthesis publication: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/publications/09_nwp_action_pledges_en.pdf
Experts Lay Foundation for First Global Scientific Assessment on International Forest Regime
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The use and conservation of forests and trees around the globe is governed by a multitude of international agreements and instruments, ranging from the Non-Legally Binding Instrument on All Types of Forests to the forest-related provisions of the World Trade Agreement. In December 2009, the members of the newly established IUFRO-led Expert Panel on the International Forest Regime held their first meeting in Vienna to agree on the content and process of the first global scientific assessment of this international forest regime.
The Panel which unites leading experts in the fields of political science, environmental governance and international law will provide its assessment in early 2011, just in time for the International Year of Forests. In an interview conducted on the occasion of the Expert Panel meeting in Vienna, Panel Chair Jeremy Rayner said: "The Panel will make some concrete proposals for a better coordination and better outcomes on the ground of the international forest regime".
The assessment is carried out by the following scientists who act as Coordinating Lead Authors or Lead Authors:
Jeremy Rayner (Chair), B.J.M. (Bas) Arts, Benjamin Cashore, Deborah S. Davenport, Peter Glück, Constance L. McDermott (Coordinating Lead Authors); Arun Agrawal, Marie Appelstrand, Samuel Assembe-Mvondo, Steven Bernstein, Janette Bulkan, Richard Eba'a Atyi, Fred Gale, Reem Hajjar, Patrick D Hardcastle, Karl Hogl, Hans Hoogeveen, David Humphreys, Daniela Kleinschmit, Kathleen McGinley, Ahmad Maryudi, Patrick Verkooijen, Ingrid J. Visseren-Hamakers, Christoph Wildburger, Peter Wood, Yurdi Yasmi (Lead Authors). Numerous additional experts participate as Contributing Authors.
Visit the IUFRO blog at http://theiufroblog.wordpress.com/ for photos and to
watch the interview with Jeremy Rayner.
Find out more about the IUFRO-led Global Forest Expert Panels (GFEP) at: http://www.iufro.org/science/gfep/
New on the IUFRO Website
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Featured Members
The IUFRO homepage has a new item called "Featured Members". This item will introduce our Member Organizations to our website visitors. Entries will change every month. For an example, please visit the IUFRO homepage, http://www.iufro.org/, and read the posting about the Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW), Austria, at the bottom of the right-hand column.
If your institution wants to become a "Featured Member", send a description of approximately half a page highlighting history, recent research activities, and a link to your institution's website and maybe a picture to office(at)iufro.org.
Let us and our website visitors also know why membership in IUFRO is important for your institution!
Social Media on the IUFRO Website
Follow IUFRO on Twitter!
http://twitter.com/iufro
Join the IUFRO Group on Facebook!
Find the dirct link on our home page http://www.iufro.org/ or search for IUFRO on Facebook!
Visit and comment the IUFRO blog!
http://theiufroblog.wordpress.com
Publications
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Multipurpose Forest Management
Program and Abstracts of the International Conference on Multipurpose Forest Management - Strategies for Sustainability in a Climate Change Era, held from 20-25 September 2009 in Niigata, Japan, and sponsored by IUFRO Division 4. Contact: Satoshi Tatsuhara, tatsu(at)fr.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Wood Science and Engineering in the 3rd Millennium
Report from the 7th International Conference on "Wood Science and Engineering in the 3rd Millennium - ICWSE 2009", hosted by "Transilvania" University in Brasov, Romania, from 4 to 6 June 2009. The next international conference in this series is scheduled for summer 2011 also in Brasov, Romania. Visit http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-5/50000/50500/activities/ and also find a report on 50 years of history of the only faculty for wood industry in Romania.
Forest Insects and Environmental Change
Report and further information from the meeting held Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2009, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA, on the IUFRO 7.03.05 website at:
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-7/70000/70300/70305/activit…
Effects of Forest Certification on Biodiversity
Tropenbos International (TBI) publication by Marijke van Kuijk, Jack Putz and Roderick Zagt
Download: http://www.tropenbos.org/index.php/news/forestcertificationbiodiversity.
Latest news stories related to the
XXIII IUFRO World Congress
23-28 August 2010, Seoul, Republic of Korea
http://www.iufro2010.com/
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Climate Change Adds to Forest Threat
3rd in a series of releases related to the XXIII IUFRO World Congress
http://www.iufro.org/media/iwc2010-news-stories/
(Vienna, 11 January 2010) - Only healthy forests can provide many important services upon which we rely - air quality and water cycle regulation; biodiversity and soil protection; carbon sequestration and mitigation of climate change, and social and cultural value.
Forest health has long been threatened by insect pests and diseases accidentally moved to new areas. More recently, climate change has become one of the greatest threats to forest and tree health, says Elena Paoletti, senior scientist at the Institute for Plant Protection of the National Council of Research of Italy. She adds "Climate change and air pollution pose new threats to forests and change their ability to tolerate stressors."
Historically, climatic extremes, air pollution, insects and disease have been the main factors adversely affecting forest health. Understanding how these stress agents are affected by, and respond to climatic change is fundamental to our efforts to mitigate the impacts of a changing environment. Adaptive forest strategies must be developed.
She notes that, among other issues, climate change is resulting in the expansion of distribution ranges of some insect pests and pathogens. These range shifts have the potential to be permanent and to have significant implications on the future health of the world's forests.
Dr. Paoletti will coordinate a sub-plenary session at the 2010 IUFRO World Congress in Seoul. The aim will be to update forest scientists and managers regarding new breakthroughs in the field of forest tree health and especially to better understand the multi-faceted aspects of climate change.
Contact: Elena Paoletti - e.paoletti(at)ipp.cnr.it
Full-service Forests: Food, Pharmaceuticals and Fibre
4th in a series of releases related to the XXIII IUFRO World Congress
http://www.iufro.org/media/iwc2010-news-stories/
(Vienna, 25 January 2010) - Managing for wildlife habitat, soil stability, water, medicinal plants and foods - nuts, berries, and mushrooms - as well as timber resources, are now all part of most forest development plans and goals.
Today's forest management looks toward sustaining a variety of resources as well as revenue from timber products. That's at least partly because "a diversity of plant and animal species can improve the ability of a stand to survive under dramatic changes in environmental conditions including climate change," says Dr. Valerie LeMay, Professor of Forest Biometrics and Measurements at Canada's University of British Columbia.
It's a change from the past when forests were managed primarily for timber resources. Today's forest managers realize that even the structure of a stand - the variation in tree heights, diameters, location and species and the number of dead trees standing or lying in it - is an important aspect of managing for multiple benefits, she said.
Large gaps in a tree stand, for instance, provide light for new tree growth, but also for grasses, herbs, shrubs and other vegetation that often provide food for deer and other wildlife.
The question though, is how best to manage all this? Dr. LeMay and Dr. Peter Newton, Research Scientist at Natural Resources Canada, will coordinate a session that deals with managing and measuring stand structure for a diverse array of forest products at the 2010 IUFRO World Congress in Seoul.
Contact: Peter Newton - peter.newton(at)nrcan.gc.ca
Position Announcements
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Head of Office
The European Forest Institute and the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna - EFI and BOKU - are seeking a Head of Office for the EFI Regional Office Central Eastern Europe (EFICEEC) located in Vienna, Austria. Deadline for application: February 8, 2010.
For more information, read the flyer at:
http://www.iufro.org/discover/noticeboard/ under position announcements or contact:
Dr. Risto Päivinen, European Forest Institute, Joensuu, Finland, Director
Tel. +358 10 773 4300 Fax +358 10 773 4377;
Email: risto.paivinen(at)efi.int
Nominations for Next Chair of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
Dr. Carlos Nobre (INPE, Brazil) is due to rotate off as Chair at the end of 2011. Nomination for the next chair should be submitted by 12 February 2010.
Find more information on the IUFRO Noticeboard at http://www.iufro.org/discover/noticeboard/ under position announcements or contact Charlotte Wilson-Boss (charlottew(at)igbp.kva.se).
Graduate Research Assistantship in Forest Tree Genomics Beginning Summer/Fall 2010
Applications are invited for graduate student positions (Ph.D. or M.Sc. level) to study plant-insect interactions in the laboratory of Dr. Steven Ralph (www.und.edu/dept/biology/ralph/ralph.htm) at the University of North Dakota (UND). The deadline for applications is February 15, 2010.
For more information, read the flyer at:
http://www.iufro.org/discover/noticeboard/ or go to
http://www.und.edu/dept/biology/biology_graduate_program.htm
Awards
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Call for Nomination of Candidates for the Marcus Wallenberg Prize
The purpose of the Prize is to recognize, encourage and stimulate path breaking scientific achievements which contribute significantly to broadening knowledge and to technical development within the fields of importance to forestry and forest industries.
Nominations are accepted by e-mail or airmail at any time of the year. The Prize will be awarded in a Prize Ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden. More information:
http://www.mwp.org/
2010 Prince of Asturias Awards
Call for Nominations open! Proposals can be sent to the Foundation's head office by mail or e-mail (info(at)fpa.es), or to Spanish Embassies or Consulates overseas by 19 March 2010. http://fundacionprincipedeasturias.org/en/press/news/the-call-for-the-2010-…
IUFRO Meetings
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NOTE: This is not a full list of IUFRO meetings!
For a comprehensive list of IUFRO events, please visit our online calendar:
http://www.iufro.org/events/calendar/
Find more details on the homepages of IUFRO Units involved:
http://www.iufro.org/science/.
Non-IUFRO meetings are also announced on the IUFRO Noticeboard:
http://www.iufro.org/discover/noticeboard/
Also search for forest-related events at: http://www.gfis.net
7-12 March 2010
Phytophthora in Forests and Natural Ecosystems
Rotorua, New Zealand
IUFRO 7.02.09 http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-7/70000/70200/70209/
Contact: Pam Taylor, pam.taylor(at)scionresearch.comhttp://www.phyto2010.com/index.html
9-10 March 2010
Forest Ecosystems and Climate Changes
Belgrade, Serbia
Contact: Vera Lavadinovic, conference(at)inforserb.org
IUFRO focal point: Peter Mayer, mayer(at)iufro.orghttp://www.inforserb.org/english.html
3-7 May 2010
Recognition, Identification and Management of Pests and Diseases of Tropical Plantation and Forest Trees
Kampala, Uganda
IUFRO 7.02.07 http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-7/70000/70200/70207/
Contact: Jolanda Roux, jolanda.roux(at)fabi.up.ac.za
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-7/70000/70200/70207/activit…
24-26 May 2010
1st Int'l Soil and Roots Engineering Relationship Conference
Ardebil Province, Iran
IUFRO 8.00.00 http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-8/80000/
Contact: Alex Mosseler, amosseler(at)nrcan.gc.ca ; Ghassem Habibi Bibalani, habibibibalani(at)gmail.comhttp://www.landcon-ir.com/index.htm
26-29 May 2010
EFUF 2010: "Urban People Meet Urban Forests"
Tulln, Austria
IUFRO 6.14.00 www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-6/60000/61400/
Contact: Georg Findeis, georg.findeis(at)noel.gv.at
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-6/60000/61400/activities/
29-30 May 2010
International Conference on Sustainable Management of Multi-purpose Poplar Plantations
Siyang, Jiangsu, China
Contact (IUFRO focal point):
Shirong Liu, liusr(at)caf.ac.cn
http://www.iufro.org/events/calendar/
31 May-2 Jun 2010
12th International Symposium on Legal Aspects of European Forest Sustainable Development
Nikosia, Cyprus
IUFRO 6.13.00 http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-6/60000/61300/
Contact: Peter Herbst, hp(at)net4you.co.at
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-6/60000/61300/activities/
9-13 August 2010
PRIFOR 2010: Northern Primeval Forests: Ecology, Conservation and Management
Sundsvall, Sweden
IUFRO 8.01.01 http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-8/80000/80100/80101/
Contact: Thomas Spies, tspies(at)fs.fed.us
http://www.prifor2010.org/
19-21 August 2010
Advances in Somatic Embryogenesis of Trees and its Application for the Future Forests and Plantations
Suwon, Republic of Korea
IUFRO 2.09.02 http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-2/20000/20900/20902/
Contact: Yill-Sung Park, ypark(at)nrcan.gc.ca; Heung-Kyu Moon, hkmoon(at)korea.kr
http://www.iufro-kfri2010.ca/index.html
23-28 August 2010
XXIII IUFRO World Congress
Seoul, Republic of Korea
http://www.iufro2010.com/
21-27 September 2010
Forest Landscapes and Global Change: New Frontiers in Management, Conservation and Restoration
Bragança, Portugal
IUFRO 8.01.02 http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-8/80000/80100/80102/
Contact: Joao Azevedo iufrole2010(at)ipb.pt ; Jiquan Chen, jiquan.chen(at)utoledo.eduhttp://www.ipb.pt/iufro2010/
6-8 October 2010
Mixed and Pure Forests in a Changing World 2010
Vila Real, Portugal
IUFRO 1.00.00 http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-1/10000/
IUFRO 4.00.00 http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-4/40000/
IUFRO 7.01.00 http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-7/70000/70100/
Contact: Margarida Tomé, magatome(at)isa.utl.pt; Domingos Mendes Lopes, dlopes(at)utad.pt
http://www.forestchange2010.utad.pt/
6-8 October 2010
Emerging Economic Mechanisms: Implications for Forest-Related Policies and Sectoral Governance
FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy
Conference in the framework of the COFO World Forest Week;
IUFRO 6.12.00 http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-6/60000/61200/
Contact: Gerard Buttoud, gerard.buttoud(at)unitus.it
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-6/60000/61200/activities/
7-15 October 2010
Travelling Workshop: Canopy Processes in a Changing Climate
South East Australia
IUFRO 2.01.12 http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-2/20000/20100/20112/
Contact: Anthony O'Grady, anthony.ogrady(at)csiro.au
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-2/20000/20100/20112/activit…
11-15 October 2010
Society of Wood Science and Technology: 53rd International Convention
Geneva, Switzerland
IUFRO 5.00.00 http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-5/50000/
Contact: Victoria L. Herian, vicki(at)swst.orghttp://www.swst.org/meetings/AM10/
19-21 October 2010
IX Seminar on Remote Sensing and GIS applied to Forestry
Curitiba, Paraná State, Brazil
IUFRO 4.02.05 http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-4/40000/40200/40205/
Contact: Tomasz Zawila-Niedzwiecki, tzawila(at)ibles.waw.pl
http://www.9seminarioflorestal.com.br/home/
Other Meetings
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2010 - International Year of Biodiversity
A tentative list of the main International Events which will be taking place throughout the Year can be found at http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2009/ntf-2009-175-iyb-en.pdf.
IYB website: http://www.cbd.int/2010
13-14 March 2010
Forest Resource Management and Mathematical Modelling - 10th Anniversary of FORMATH Symposium
Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
Risk Analysis Research Center (RARC), ISM
Contact: Naoto Matsumura,
formath-com(at)fecsun.ism.ac.jp
http://www.formath.jp/tachikawa2010/index.html
15-17 March 2010
Worldbiofuels Markets
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Including focussed session of forestry biofuels
Contact: info(at)greenpowerconferences.comhttp://www.worldbiofuelsmarkets.com/index.html
24-26 March 2010
Taking Stock of Smallholder and Community Forestry
Montpellier, France
Hosted by: CIFOR, IRD, CIRAD, Agropolis International
Contact: Laurène Anne Feintrenie, l.feintrenie(at)cigar.orghttp://www.cifor.cgiar.org/Events/Smallholder+and+community+forestry/
19-22 April 2010
Workshop on Decision Support Systems in Sustainable Forest Management - Experiences and Perspectives
Lisbon, Portugal
Organized by Cost Action Forsys FP0804
http://www.fc.ul.pt/dsfm2010/
13-15 May 2010
Forestry: Bridge to the Future
Sofia, Bulgaria
Organized by the University of Sofia
Contact: maria(at)cim-pco.orghttp://ltu.jlsoft.eu/
9-11 June 2010
Conference on Forest Ecosystem Genomics and Adaptation
San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
Contact: Barbara Vinceti, b.vinceti(at)cigar.orghttp://www.ecosystemgenomics2010.fgua.es/
IUFRO News 1/2010, published in January 2010
by IUFRO Headquarters, Vienna, Austria.
Contact the editor at office(at)iufro.org or visit http://www.iufro.org/
Imprint: http://www.iufro.org/legal/#c10402
SWC2010 International Conference
PEOPLE, FORESTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT:
COEXISTING IN HARMONY
Casablanca, Morocco
May 25-27, 2010
Only 3 weeks left to register!
Dear All:
This is to remind that the extended deadline for early-bird registration for SWC2010 international conference, and abstract submission, will end on 31 March 2010 (in 3 weeks!).
Those of you who have not registered yet, are invited to fill in, and send their registration form to the conference secretariat (sylva.world(a)yahoo.fr) as soon as possible.
Those who want to submit an abstract to be considered for oral or poster presentation have still 3 weeks left to send their abstract. After the 31st. of March 2010, no abstract will be accepted!
Those participants who registered to the conference, but do not yet booked the hotel accommodation, are invited to do it as soon as possible. The deadline for hotel booking at preferential room rate will end on 10 April 2010. But, take care, hotel rooms at hotel special rate are booked to conference participants, on the first-arrived, first-served basis!
For any additional information, please visit the conference website at www.sylvamonde.110mb.com/register.htm or www.swc2010.fr.fm
Looking forward to welcoming you, next May, to this exciting meeting in Casablanca (Morocco).
Dr. Mohammed Ellatifi
Conference Chair
Casablanca (Morocco)
Tel: +212 661 328 797
Fax: +212 522 982 428
E-mail: sylva.world(a)yahoo.fr and sylva.monde(a)yahoo.fr
Website: http://www.sylvamonde.110mb.com/register.htm & www.swc2010.fr.fm
Attached: Registration Form + Hotel Booking Form
PS: The list of hotels offering special price for the conference participants is available in the conference website, at: www.sylvamonde.110mb.com/accom.htm
Dear Beech people,
You may wonder why we call 7. Jan. "a little late" for a Season's greeting.
We would like to add that we in fact sent this message for you on the 24th December. It goes through the IUFRO-server and we were not aware of the 50 kb limit there for such messages to pass directly to you.
For messages exceeding this limit we realized that approval from the IUFRO secretariat are needed - which is why you got this message not just a little late but very late.
We'll try to do it better in 2010.
Cheers
Palle
.. the other forwareded message from the IUFRO HQ
Cheers
Palle
>>> IUFRO Headquarters <office(a)iufro.org> 21/12/2009 08:04 >>>
Dear Palle:
We are releasing our second story in relation to the themes of the
XXIII IUFRO World Congress:
TREES: A LOW-COST CLIMATE MITIGATION TOOL.
The story relates to climate change and how forests provide an
opportunity to reduce CO2 from the atmosphere.
Photos, translations and other links are also available on this page:
http://www.iufro.org/media/iwc2010-news-stories/dec09-trees-climate-mitigat…
I am pleased to announce that you can now also follow us on twitter as
well as you can read and comment our blog. IUFRO is looking forward to
receiving your feedback!
http://www.twitter.com/iufrohttp://theiufroblog.wordpress.com
The end of the year 2009 is rapidly approaching and I would like to use
this opportunity to thank you one more time for the continuous support
that you provide to IUFRO.
Best wishes and season's greetings from Austria,
Peter
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Dr. Peter Mayer - Executive Director
International Union of Forest Research Organizations
IUFRO Headquarters - Secretariat
Mariabrunn (BFW), Hauptstrasse 7 / 1140 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43-1-877 0151-0 / Fax: +43-1-877 0151-50
Website: http://www.iufro.org / Email: mayer(at)iufro.org
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TREES: A LOW-COST CLIMATE MITIGATION TOOL
2nd in a series of releases related to the XXIII IUFRO WORLD CONGRESS
(Vienna, 21 December 2009) - The forest sector has huge potential to
mitigate the effects of climate change at low costs. The reason is that
trees provide one proven way to remove CO2 from the atmosphere.
That opportunity makes it critically important to understand exactly which
forest-related activities can contribute to mitigation benefits. Such
understanding will then lead to a science-based dialogue about which
activities contribute to climate change mitigation and which may make it
worse. That will then lead to tools to support informed, responsible policy
development.
"Reduction of emissions from deforestation and degradation is the most
important first step, because it has an immediate impact,"says Dr. Werner
Kurz, of the Canadian Forest Service, who notes that in the '90s,
deforestation emissions globally were found to contribute an amount
equivalent to about 20% of fossil fuel emissions.
Dr. Kurz, who will coordinate a session to explore the potential of forest
sector activities to mitigate climate change at the 2010 IUFRO World
Forestry Congress in Seoul, adds: "Biomass derived from forests
contributes to meeting society's demands for timber, fibre and energy. But
further analyses are needed to help identify and implement the climate
mitigation activities that deliver the greatest climate mitigation benefits."
The issues are challenging and will foster lively, heated, discussion. As
an example, some argue for conservation - keep the carbon in the forest
because today's carbon is what matters in the atmosphere. Others argue,
among other things, using harvested biomass to store carbon in wood
products and to use biomass from harvest residues or bioenergy
plantations as sources of bioenergy to substitute for fossil fuels. To
design an effective climate mitigation portfolio, carbon costs and benefits
and their dynamics must be quantified over time, Kurz says.
You may find the original date of release for each story with a
link including translations, media contacts and illustrations here:
http://www.iufro.org/media/iwc2010-news-stories/dec09-trees-climate-mitigat….
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... forwarded message from the IUFRO HQ
Cheers
Palle
>>> IUFRO Headquarters <office(a)iufro.org> 14/12/2009 06:40 >>>
Dear Palle:
Yesterday during Forest Day 3 (FD3) at the United Nations Climate Change
Conference in Copenhagen (COP15), a learning event on boreal and
temperate forests was jointly organized by IUFRO and EFI (European
Forest Institute) to underline the importance of forests adapting to
climate change.
I strongly encourage you to find a moment to read about what is currently
happening to our forests, what future actions can be implemented and
some of the measures that have already been put into practice regarding
climate change.
If you were interested in contributing to COP15, IUFRO would highly
appreciate your collaboration in the process of disseminating the
attached press release to as wide of an audience as possible. You can also
directly download the press release in a PDF format by clicking on the
following link:
http://www.iufro.org/science/gfep/media-information/forest-day3-learning-ev…
Many thanks for collaborating with IUFRO.
Best regards,
Peter
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Dr. Peter Mayer - Executive Director
International Union of Forest Research Organizations
IUFRO Headquarters - Secretariat
Mariabrunn (BFW), Hauptstrasse 7 / 1140 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43-1-877 0151-0 / Fax: +43-1-877 0151-50
Website: http://www.iufro.org / Email: mayer(at)iufro.org
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Will northern forests be able to stand the heat?
Boreal forests are especially sensitive to global warming and
are likely to be severely affected by climate change.
Download PDF version of the press release from:
http://www.iufro.org/science/gfep/media-information/forest-day3-learning-ev…
(Copenhagen, 13 December 2009) - In international climate change
negotiations, forest-related deliberations have so far mainly focused on
mitigation, rather than adaptation. However, in the particularly
vulnerable boreal regions, climate change is progressing too quickly to
postpone adaptation action. Flexible approaches tailored to local
situations must go hand in hand with substantial reductions of carbon
emissions from fossil fuel and deforestation. Otherwise forests are at
high risk of entirely losing their carbon-regulating services. This would,
in turn, seriously accelerate climate change, a fact that has not yet
been fully considered in current model generation.
In total, around 210% of the carbon in the atmosphere is stored in
forest ecosystems and the boreal biome, which is the second largest
terrestrial biome with one third of the Earth's forested area, has been
estimated to contain up to 30% of all carbon stored in the terrestrial
biomes. It mainly includes forests in North America, the Nordic
countries and Russia. This region is expected to experience more
warming than equatorial zones and its temperature-limited forests will
therefore particularly suffer. Higher temperatures along with prolonged
droughts, will lead to more intense pest infestations, fires and other
environmental stresses that consequently will cause considerable
forest degradation and destruction.
Today, research points us to the fact that there are options to reduce
the vulnerability of forest ecosystems and to help forests adapt to
climate change. Coinciding with the UNFCCC Climate Summit, the
Forest Day 3 Learning Event on 13 December 2009 co-hosted by the
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) and the
European Forest Institute (EFI), looked at these options and informed
participants about key impacts and vulnerabilities as well as priorities
for adaptation and implications for forest management. This learning
event confirmed the key findings of the Global Assessment Report on
Adaptation of Forests and People to Climate Change that was
published in April 2009 by IUFRO and which presented the state of
scientific knowledge of current and projected impacts of climate change
on forests and people along with options for adaptation.
According to the report, climate change is expected to affect the
distribution of forest types and tree species. Evidence from past
climate changes shows that tree species respond individually, but for
the boreal domain a shift of the entire biome to the north is expected
although the time frame for this shift is uncertain. At first, higher
temperatures and precipitation could lead to increased growth and
substantial gains in the supply of timber, as a study on the Impacts of
climate change on the growth of managed boreal forests in Finland
(Kellomaeki et al. 2008) shows, but in the end the positive effects of
such growth will most likely be outweighed by the increased prevalence
of fire, storms, pests and diseases.
Therefore, forest managers need to support the adaptive potential of
forests. "Taking into account local circumstances, fine scale local
adaptation in itself is a challenge in the face of rapid climate change -
but also reveals a unique property of tree species to adapt to
environment", said Professor Erik Dahl Kjaer, Head of Research of the
School for Forest, Landscape and Planning at the University of
Copenhagen, at the Learning Event. In his presentation he borrowed a
metaphor from Lewis Carroll's 'Through the looking-glass'. There the
Red Queen tells Alice that in Wonderland she needs to run as fast as
she can just to keep staying under the same tree. Now, due to human
induced climate changes, it is the trees that will have 'to run as fast as
they can' to stay adapted.
To help them win the race, there is a need to reduce vulnerability of
forest ecosystems by reducing their exposure to climate change,
decreasing their sensitivity and maintaining or increasing their
resilience. Following the observations and thoughts of Charles Darwin
150 years ago, one way of achieving this goal is supporting natural
selection by ensuring that forests rest on a highly diverse genetic
foundation suitable for this natural selection to work. In addition,
measures such as cutting forest fuel loads, planting hardier species,
increasing reservoir storage capacity to help avoid water stress in
drought conditions, or thinning overstocked stands need to be
implemented as part of sustainable forest management.
"Policy makers should focus greater attention on helping forests and
the people who live around them to adapt to anticipated problems,"
confirmed Professor Risto Seppaelae from the Finnish Forest Research
Institute (Metla) and Immediate Past President of IUFRO, who chaired
the expert panel that produced the Global Assessment Report. And he
emphasized, "Wider application of well-understood sustainable forestry
practices, which offer a range of benefits, could help forests avoid
some of the damage induced by climate change."
So, planning how to manage forests in order to make them fit for
climate change is a first step towards adapting. In this planning
process, however, it is imperative to integrate the people who live in or
from the forest. Their livelihoods will be severely threatened by the
expected increases in extreme weather events such as heat stress,
drought, storms, and flooding and their related impacts. Many forest-
dependent indigenous peoples and local communities hold traditional
knowledge about the sustainable forest and water management that
can help them respond to climate change stress, and such local
knowledge can complement formal science.
At the Learning Event, Ms. Rose Kushniruk, a representative of the
Champagne-Aishihik First Nation in Yukon, Canada, presented an
existent example of such a successful participatory approach. "It was
the severe spruce bark beetle infestation in the Yukon region that
made the community people realize how their values were being
impacted", said Ms. Kushniruk. As a response, the Champagne-
Aishihik First Nation Traditional Territory's Forest Management Plan
was set up. The plan emphasizes the local situation and its purpose is
to provide direction for sustainable forest management in the area.
Ms Kushniruk explained, "From a global perspective, the change we
need is overwhelming and people at times in the north don't know how
to react to that, it makes you feel hopeless in your little corner of the
world. But we need to do small things at the community level and to
meaningfully incorporate and truly listen to all levels of knowledge, pool
that knowledge. The knowledge we get from western science, local
people and aboriginal people, when combined, is very powerful and
respected. We need to start small at the community, find local
community champions to move this forward. Once local people see
something they love or value is being taken away or changed you'll
have their attention, then anything can happen."
To meet the challenges of adaptation, reduce the vulnerability of
forests and people to climate change and achieve successful
mitigation, a series of measures need to be combined. Besides a
reduction of emissions from fossil fuels and deforestation, these range
from new modes of governance that enable meaningful stakeholder
participation, to strengthening sustainable management and
broadening the genetic diversity of species. However, there is still poor
understanding of how adaptation really works; the challenge is left for
those dedicated to find out. As Professor Kjaer put it, "At this stage it
seems smart to invest a bit in both getting smarter - and in keeping
options open."
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Notes to the editor:
The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
is the only world-wide organization devoted to forest research and related
sciences. Its members are research institutions, universities, and individual
scientists as well as decision-making authorities and other stakeholders with
a focus on forests and trees.
Visit: http://www.iufro.org/
Adaptation of Forests and People to Climate Change -
A Global Assessment Report
was prepared in the frame of the Global Forest Expert Panel (GFEP) an
initiative established within the framework of the Collaborative Partnership
on Forests (CPF). This report was led and coordinated by IUFRO.
Visit: http://www.iufro.org/science/gfep/
XXIII IUFRO World Congress "Forests for the Future: Sustaining Society and
the Environment." 23-28 August 2010, COEX (Seoul, Republic of Korea)
This key forum for international forest science cooperation presents an
important opportunity to promote understanding of the contribution of forests
and forest science to the sustainability of the Earth.
Visit: http://www.iufro2010.com/
Dear Beech people,
The coordinators of the IUFRO unit 1.01.07 "Ecology and silviculture of
beech" are sending you Season's greetings, please see attached card.
It's a little late - but better late than never...
We'll try to improve our service for you next year. The IUFRO HQ are
regularly sending out a link to the IUFRO-news - and we have not
forwarded them to you as we have now realized we should - sorry for
that!
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IUFRO-News:
Welcome to IUFRO News, Volume 38, double issue 11/12 of 2009! Find
downloadable PDF and Word versions under:
http://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/.
__________________________________________
We have lately received a couple of messages from the IUFRO HQ
regarding the climate change effects on forests and the potential of
forests in mitigation of CC. The messages include links to interesting
reports and press releases on these topic. The forwarded messages will
follow shortly after you have got this message.
Additionally, we would like to give you a short update on our progress
with the Forest Ecology and Management Special Issue that will become
the next output from the 8th IUFRO International Beech Symposium; Nanae,
Hokkaido, Japan; 8-12 September 2008:
We received 23 manuscripts from the participants and, at the moment as
the review process is soon coming to an end, we expect the Special Issue
to include nine informative and well-written papers. We can promise you
that there is something to look forward to once the final result is
published.
Finally, we can inform you that our attentions soon will shift towards
the 9th Beech Symposium as we have just begun taking the first steps in
preparation of that. News will follow later in 2010.
Thanks for your cooperation!
Best and warmest wishes
Khosro, Kazu and Palle
PS! In Denmark we are right now enjoying the unusual beauty of a white
landscape - last time it we had a white Christmas holiday was in 1996. I
(Palle) had to dive into my old photo-archive to find a suitable photo
to illustrate the event. The attached photo is taken in 1981 - when I
was a very young forestry student - and already then had a good eye for
the beech-beauty.
Palle Madsen
Seniorforsker
Senior Researcher, Ph.D.
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Skov & Landskab (S&L)
Center for Skov, Landskab og Planlægning
Københavns Universitet
Forest & Landscape Denmark
Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning
University of Copenhagen
Vedelsgade 6
DK-7100 Vejle
Denmark
Tlf. ++45 35 33 17 13
Mob. ++45 40 45 30 19
Fax ++45 35 33 15 12
E-post pam(a)life.ku.dk
My profile at the S&L webpage:
http://en.sl.life.ku.dk/omskovoglandskab/medarbejdere/pam.aspx?
S&L webpage: www.sl.ku.dk
IUFRO-webpages:
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-1/10000/10100/http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-1/10000/10100/10107/
Kulturkommission hjemmeside:
http://www.sl.life.ku.dk/Emner/Skov/Kulturkommission2000.aspx
XXIII IUFRO World Congress
23 – 28 August 2010, Seoul, Republic of Korea
IUFRO Unit 4.02.01 - Resource Data in the Tropics
Scientific Session No. C-09
“Economic Valuation of Forest Environment Services”
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Deadline for Abstracts Submission: 31 December 2009
Submit your abstract
Only 15 days left!
Dear Colleagues and Friends:
This is to inform you that IUFRO Unit 4.02.01 – “Resource Data in the Tropics” is organizing a scientific session No. C-09, during the XXIII IUFRO World Congress, to take place in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 23 to 28 August 2010.
This scientific session is organized under the theme “Economic Valuation of Forest Environment Services”.
You are kindly invited to submit to submit your abstract (s) to be considered as potential Speaker / Poster Presenter, in this Session. To do it, you have only 15 days left to submit your abstract. Please hurry up to submit your abstract!
You will find, attached, a Call for Abstracts, with the main ojectives, the covered topics, and the format of the scientific Session C-09.
With my best wishes for the new year 2010
Mohammed Ellatifi
Senior Forestry Officer
Coordinator, IUFRO Division 4.02.01 “Forest Resources in the Tropics”
Organizer, Session No. C-09
PO Box 20100 Hay Salam
20210 Casablanca
Morocco
Tel: +212 (0) 661 328 797 Fax: +212 (0) 522 982 428
E-mail: mellatifi(a)yahoo.fr sylva.world@yahoo
Website: www.swc2010.fr.fmwww.ellatifi.fr.fmwww.iufro2010.com
Attached: Call for Abstracts
SWC2010 International Conference
Only three weeks left to submit your Abstract!
December 31, 2009 at 24:00 GMT is the deadline!
for Early-bird Registration and Abstract Submission
PEOPLE, FORESTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT:
COEXISTING IN HARMONY
Casablanca, Morocco
May 25-27, 2010
Dear All:
This is to remind authors who have not yet submitted their paper/poster abstracts to the SWC2010 Conference that there is only three weeks left for them to do it (Deadline for abstract submission and early bird registration to the conference is: 31st of December 2009).
The call for abstracts will close on December 31, 2009, 24:00 GMT.
All information related to the conference are available in the website www.swc2010.fr.fm and www.sylvamonde.110mb.com/welcome.htm
More particularly, information related to special conference topics are given in the following table:
Conference Topics
Deadline / web address
Call for Abstracts
Conference Topics
Guidelines for Abstract submission
Guidelines for paper / poster submission
http://sylvamonde.110mb.com/first.htm
Deadline for Abstract submission
31 December 2009
Programme for Accompanying persons
http://sylvamonde.110mb.com/accomp.htm
Registration and Hotel booking
http://sylvamonde.110mb.com/register.htm
Deadline for early registration fees
31 December 2009
Deadline for hotel booking
at conference special rate
10 April 2010
Conference Registration Form
www.sylvamonde.110mb.com/RegistrationForm.pdf
Hotel Booking Form
www.sylvamonde.110mb.com/HotelBookForm.pdf
We invite you to join us and look forward to welcoming you all, next May 2010, to this exciting meeting in Casablanca, Morocco.
Dr. Mohammed Ellatifi
(Conference Chairman)
SWC2010 International Conference
Only one month left to submit your Abstract!
December 31, 2009 at 24:00 GMT is the deadline!
for Early-bird Registration and Abstract Submission
PEOPLE, FORESTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT:
COEXISTING IN HARMONY
Casablanca, Morocco
May 25-27, 2010
Dear All:
This is to remind authors who have not yet submitted their paper/poster abstracts to the SWC2010 Conference that there is only one month left for them to do it (Deadline for abstract submission and early bird registration to the conference is: 31st of December 2009).
The call for abstracts will close on December 31, 2009, 24:00 GMT.
All information related to the conference are available in the website www.swc2010.fr.fm and www.sylvamonde.110mb.com/welcome.htm
More particularly, information related to special conference topics are given in the following table:
Conference Topics
Deadline / web address
Call for Abstracts:
Conference Topics
Guidelines for Abstract submission
Guidelines for paper / poster submission
http://sylvamonde.110mb.com/first.htm
Deadline for Abstract submission
31 December 2009
Programme for Accompanying persons
http://sylvamonde.110mb.com/accomp.htm
Registration and Hotel booking
http://sylvamonde.110mb.com/register.htm
Deadline for early registration fees
31 December 2009
Deadline for hotel booking
at conference special rate
10 April 2010
Conference Registration Form
www.sylvamonde.110mb.com/RegistrationForm.pdf
Hotel Booking Form
www.sylvamonde.110mb.com/HotelBookForm.pdf
We invite you to join us and look forward to welcoming you all, next May 2010, to this exciting meeting in Casablanca, Morocco.
Dr. Mohammed Ellatifi
(Conference Chairman)
SWC2010 International Conference
Submit your Abstract!
December 31, 2009 at 24:00 GMT is the deadline!
for Early-bird Registration and and for Abstract Submission
PEOPLE, FORESTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT:
COEXISTING IN HARMONY
Casablanca, Morocco
May 25-27, 2010
Dear All:
After the success of its conferences in 2007 (SWC2007), 2008 (SWC2008) and 2009 (SWC2009), Sylva-World for Development and the Protection of Forests and the Environment, will organize its 4th international Conference SWF2010 on the theme “PEOPLE, FORESTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT: COEXISTING IN HARMONY”.
This important event will be held in Casablanca (Morocco), from 25 to 27 May 2010.
The conference will explore the conflicting relationship between Population, Forests and the Environment, and will examine long-term problems and their governance challenge from different angles, towards coexistence in harmony between people, forests and the environment, at local, regional and global level.
SWC2010 Organizing Committee has designed a broad scientific program, which includes a number of plenary, technical and poster sessions, as well as other fascinating events.
It is a great pleasure to invite you to join Sylva-World’s 4th International Conference.
SWC2010 programme promises to be exciting including numerous prominent speakers covering topics including the latest developments on various themes, such as forest and local development, forest and climate change, forest environmental services, biodiversity conservation and sustainable use, man-made plantations, the forecasting of needs and resources, people and forest coexistence in harmony, education and knowledge systems for sustainability, among others.
Authors, from all over the world are warmly invited to submit the paper / poster abstracts to the Conference Secretariat by the 31st of December 2009.
For those of you who have not yet registered to the conference or/and submitted their paper/poster abstract, we remind you the conference deadlines:
The call for abstracts will close on December 31, 2009, 24:00 GMT.
All information related to the conference are available in the website www.swc2010.fr.fm and www.sylvamonde.110mb.com/welcome.htm
More particularly, information related to special conference topics are given in the following table:
Conference Topics
Deadline / web address
Call for Abstracts:
Conference Topics
Guidelines for Abstract submission
Guidelines for paper / poster submission
http://sylvamonde.110mb.com/first.htm
Deadline for Abstract submission
31 December 2009
Programme for Accompanying persons
http://sylvamonde.110mb.com/accomp.htm
Registration and Hotel booking
http://sylvamonde.110mb.com/register.htm
Deadline for early registration fees
31 December 2009
Deadline for hotel booking
at conference special rate
10 April 2010
Conference Registration Form
www.sylvamonde.110mb.com/RegistrationForm.pdf
Hotel Booking Form
www.sylvamonde.110mb.com/HotelBookForm.pdf
Information for Conference Sponsors
www.sylvamonde.110mb.com/spons.htm
Sponsorship Form to be submitted by Sponsors
www.sylvamonde.110mb.com/Sponsform.pdf
We invite you to join us and look forward to welcoming you all to this exciting meeting in Casablanca, Morocco, in May 2010.
Dr. Mohammed Ellatifi
(Conference Chairman)
