To Meliaceae Working Party:
I am forwarding this message from IUFRO in case you have any ideas on
forestry topics that could use focussed attention over a period of time.
Sheila Ward
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From: IUFRO Headquarters <office(a)iufro.org>
Date: Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 9:01 AM
Subject: IUFRO Task Forces: Open Call for Proposals
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
<http://www.iufro.org/>
* International Union of Forest Research Organizations *
IUFRO Task Forces: Open Call for Proposals
IUFRO Task Forces are established on a temporary basis to advance
inter-disciplinary cooperation in inter-divisional forest research fields.
Their focus is on emerging key issues that are of strong interests to
policy makers and groups inside and outside the forest sector, and
contribute to international processes and activities.
During the IUFRO Board Meeting held in Salt Lake City in October 2014, a
number of Principles were agreed upon as a basis for the establishment of
Task Forces during the current IUFRO term. In the view of the IUFRO
Management Committee, the number of Task Forces to be convened during a
given year may be up to ten, but *in order to encourage activities across
the full spectrum of IUFRO's disciplinary expertise, shorter-term, more
tightly focused Task Forces are encouraged*. This will enable IUFRO to
establish new Task Forces on a periodic basis throughout the 2015-2019 Term
to take advantage of emerging needs and opportunities.
*SELECTION CRITERIA*
Proposals for new Task Forces will be evaluated by the Management Committee
based on the following criteria:
• Contribution to implementation of the IUFRO Strategy 2015-2019;
• Potential to strengthen cross-Divisional interaction on specific
topics of global relevance related to one or more Emphasis Areas and/or
Institutional Goals of the IUFRO Strategy 2015-2019 (for details see
http://www.iufro.org/discover/strategy/#c10578)
• Engagement of two or more Divisions by specifically involving relevant
Divisional units (Research Groups and/or Working Parties) - proposal should
be jointly developed with the relevant IUFRO Divisions and their units, but
may involve additional experts currently outside of the IUFRO network and
partner institutions, as required. Task Force activities should not
undercut current work within IUFRO Divisions, but rather complement and
expand their activities;
• Specific contribution of the proposed Task Force to addressing broader
policy processes or interdisciplinary science-policy initiatives; e.g.,
Future Earth (1) , Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and
Ecosystem Services (IPBES), etc.;
• In case partner institutions are involved, brief justification for
their involvement;
• Clarity of timelines for proposed Task Force activities and their
deliverables; while Task Forces can be proposed for up to the full length
of the current IUFRO term (until the 2019 World Congress in Brazil), *it is
highly recommended that proposed Task Forces consider more focused
activities to be undertaken over a much shorter time period (i.e., 1-2
years)*;
• Selection of Task Force members in a way that they reflect required
scientific expertise, diversity, balance between North/South, natural and
social sciences, and gender;
• Clarity of operational aspects (roles and responsibilities of Task
Force coordinator and members, roles and responsibilities of partners
involved, if any), budget for activities and funding sources.
Proposals are now being accepted for new Task Forces that would begin their
work in early 2015. Please refer to the format (outlined below) when
preparing your proposals. *The deadline for submission of proposals is
January 15th, 2015*. All proposals will be reviewed by the Vice-President
for Task Forces in consultation with other members of the IUFRO Management
Committee and the Coordinators of IUFRO Divisions relevant to each
proposal. Decisions on the establishment of new Task Forces will be made
and communicated to the proposed Task Force coordinators by the end of
February. The coordinators of new Task Forces will be invited to
participate in the upcoming IUFRO Board meeting to be held in Vienna from
April 15-17, 2015.
*FORMAT FOR TASK FORCE PROPOSALS*
Note: Proposals should include the following as concisely as possible,
within 3-5 pages.
• Name of proposed Task Force
• Name of proposed Task Force coordinator, affiliation (including IUFRO
position) and contact information
• Names of proposed Task Force members, their affiliations (including
IUFRO positions) and contact information
Brief overview of the rationale, goals, and objectives of the proposed Task
Force (1 paragraph)
• Description of specific proposed Task Force activities, deliverables
and timelines. This should include planned focused meetings with tangible
outputs such as 'state-of-knowledge' reviews, journal papers, dedicated
volumes, etc.
• Budget table listing major activities and funding sources, if known –
indicate if these funds are already secured.
• Narrative addressing the following:
- Contribution to implementation of the IUFRO 2015-2019 Strategy;
- How the proposed Task Force will strengthen cross-Divisional
interaction on specified topics related to IUFRO 2015-2019 Strategy's
Emphasis Areas and/or Institutional Goals , and how the Task Force will
complement and/or expand activities of existing IUFRO Divisional units;
- Specific contribution of the proposed Task Force to addressing broader
policy processes or interdisciplinary science-policy initiatives.
*The deadline for submission of proposals is January 15th, 2015. Proposals
should be sent to John Parrotta (jparrotta(a)fs.fed.us <jparrotta(a)fs.fed.us>)
with a copy to Renate Prüller (prueller(a)iufro.org <prueller(a)iufro.org>). *
(1) *Future Earth is an ICSU interdisciplinary initiative to develop
knowledge for responding effectively to the risks and opportunities of
global environmental change and for supporting transformation towards
global sustainability.*
Dear IUFRO Meliaceae elist:
Do you ever have questions on managing a species of Meliaceae, whether it
might be a shootborer problem, keeping a plantation going, germ plasm, or
dealing with trade issues? Do you have insights to share from your research
on these species?
We want to grow the IUFRO Meliaceae Working Party network to help the flow
of the information that you can share or that you need. Can you please help
us by sending name and email addresses of colleagues who might be
interested in joining so that we can invite them? Please send names and
email addresses to: mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com
<mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
Thanks!
Sheila Ward
Deputy Coordinator
IUFRO 1.20.04
Sustainable management and genetic resources for the Meliaceae
The business meeting of IUFRO Working Party 1.02.04 Sustainable Management
and Genetic Resources of the Meliaceae will be held at 12:50-13:30 on
Monday October 6, at Room 151B at the IUFRO 2014 World Congress. Please
join us!
Sheila Ward
Deputy Coordinator
Dear Colleagues,
You surely marked your calendars a long time ago, but now the time has come to register for the XXIV IUFRO World Congress, to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 5-11 October 2014.
All the details, such as registration fees, early-bird registration, payment, and key dates are available at http://iufro2014.com/registration/.
For the actual registration, please click the green button "CLICK HERE TO REGISTER". - We look forward to seeing you in Salt Lake City!
Sincerely yours,
IUFRO Headquarters
on behalf of the Congress Organizing Committee
Scientists and Colleagues:
Submit your abstract today! Less than one week remains to submit your abstract for the 2014 IUFRO World Congress! http://iufro2014.com/scientific-program/abstract-submissions/
Do not miss to be part of this unique and exciting event!
The IUFRO 2014 Congress Scientific Committee
John Parrotta (Chair); Jens Peter Skovsgaard (Division 1); Yousry El-Kassaby (Division 2); Hans Heinimann (Division 3); Ron McRoberts (Division 4); Andrew Wong (Division 5); Tuija Sievänen (Division 6); Tod Ramsfield (Division 7); Alain Franc (Division 8); Jim Johnson (Division 9); Mike Wingfield (Vice-President, Divisions); Su See Lee (Vice-President, Task Forces, Special Programmes, Projects and IUFRO-led Initiatives); Lisa Hansen (International Forestry Students Association); Richard Guldin (ex-officio; COC Chair)
Dear Colleagues:
Please consider submitting an abstract for an oral or poster presentation
for the IUFRO 2014 World Congress Session #219 – How does biodiversity help
to manage high-value timbers and vice versa?
Organizers: Sheila Ward (Mahogany for the Future, Inc, Puerto Rico),
Emmanuel Opuni-Frimpong (Forest Research Institute of Ghana), & Nicholas
Brokaw (University of Puerto Rico)
mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com; eofrimpon(a)csir-forig.org.gh;
nvbrokaw(a)ites.upr.edu
*This session will explore diverse means by which a biodiverse environment
positively impacts management of high-value timber species, and,
conversely, how management for high-value species helps conserve
biodiversity.*
Conservation of biodiversity and management for high-value timber species
can seem a contradiction. Nevertheless, the demand for these timbers will
remain high, as well as an increasing need and demand for management to
conserve biodiversity. Needed are ways forward to integrate these
management objectives. Management of high-value timber species may help
conserve both the target species and the biodiversity of the forests they
inhabit. Conversely, biodiversity may contribute to the health of
individual trees and populations of high-value species.
We aim for a global scope, including tropical and temperate high-value
timbers. Presentations might address: biodiversity and protection of
high-value species from pests and pathogens, the role of plantations in
biodiversity conservation, biodiversity for plantation health, enrichment
planting with high value species to maintain biodiversity via intact forest
instead of land use change, high-value species and the maintenance of
intact forests, use of high value species for habitat rehabilitation and
restoration of biodiversity, or high-value plantations as a means to
reestablish biodiversity, among other topics. How might more land area
devoted to high-value timber in natural forest as well as plantations may
help maintain biodiversity and associated ecosystem services? Conversely,
how might more intact ecosystems, as indicated by biodiversity, may help in
the sustainable production of high-value species?
If this is of interest, can you let me know by October 3? Guidelines and
the page for abstract submission can be found at
http://iufro2014.com/scientific-program/abstract-submissions/.
Thanks,
Sheila Ward
2014 IUFRO World Congress Call for Abstracts is Open – Deadline for Abstract Submissions is 15 October 2013 – submit your abstract at: <http://iufro2014.com/scientific-program/abstract-submissions/> http://iufro2014.com/scientific-program/abstract-submissions/.
The title of the Congress is "Sustaining Forests, Sustaining People: The Role of Research" and the seven scientific themes of the program are: Forests and People, Forests and Climate Change, Forest and Water Interactions, Forest Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Forest Biomass and Bioenergy, Forest Products for a Greener Future, and Forest Health in a Changing World. Sessions will address these themes and more!
Keynote speakers include: Dr. Jack Dangermond (founder and President of ESRI GIS systems – Knowledge Discovery, Synthesis and Application: the Science-Management Interface) & Dr. David Haskell (Professor of Biology, University of the South - Knowledge Discovery, Synthesis and Application: the Science-Management Interface); Dr. Andy Buchanan (Professor of Timber Design at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand - Modern Timber Buildings from Sustainable Forests); Dr. Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch (Head of the Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, University of Copenhagen - City Forests, Forest Cities – exploring the complex liaison between the sylvan and the urban); Dr. David Newbery (Professor for Vegetation Ecology, the Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland - On maintaining cycles and feedbacks in tropical forest ecosystems: some thoughts from basic research) and, Connie Hedegaard, to be confirmed (European Commissioner for Climate Action). Plus many more exciting and knowledgeable sub-plenary and technical session speakers.
Submit your abstract today to be part of this unique and exciting event!
The IUFRO 2014 Congress Scientific Committee
John Parrotta (Chair); Jens Peter Skovsgaard (Division 1); Yousry El-Kassaby (Division 2); Hans Heinimann (Division 3); Ron McRoberts (Division 4); Andrew Wong (Division 5); Tuija Sievänen (Division 6); Tod Ramsfield (Division 7); Alain Franc (Division 8); Jim Johnson (Division 9); Mike Wingfield (Vice-President, Divisions); Su See Lee (Vice-President, Task Forces, Special Programmes, Projects and IUFRO-led Initiatives); Lisa Hansen (International Forestry Students Association); Richard Guldin (ex-officio; COC Chair)
Dear Meliaceae researchers:
Do you have studies showing how biodiversity helps to manage high-value
species (such as the Meliaceae) or how high value timbers help to conserve
biodiversity? Below is an idea for a technical session for the IUFRO 2014
World Congress relating high value tropical timbers and biodiversity Any
suggestions would be most welcome, including reorientation of this
potential session. If you would like to participate in the session, could
you please send me a draft title for your contribution? Please also send
this on to anyone else who might be interested. Please send any ideas by
April 17, since session proposals are due April 30.
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*How does biodiversity help to manage high-value timber species, and
vice-versa?*
*Valuable tropical timbers, such as many Meliaceae, remain in high demand,
casting a shadow over prospects for these species and their forests.
However, management of high-value tropical timber species may help conserve
the biodiversity of the forests they inhabit. Conversely, biodiversity may
contribute to the health of individual trees and populations of these
species. This session seeks to explore positive, reciprocal relationships
between biodiversity and high-value timber species (including in
plantations).*
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Thanks!
Sheila Ward
Deputy Coordinator
Working party 1.02.04 – Sustainable management and genetic resources in
Meliaceae
*The deadline for abstracts has been extended to December 31, 2011 *for the
first meeting of the IUFRO working party 1.02.04 – Sustainable management
and genetic resources in Meliaceae. This meeting will be held on Monday and
Tuesday, June 25 and 26, 2012 in Nairobi, Kenya. The purpose of the
meeting is to share the latest in research and applications for a global
perspective on solutions for the tropical timber species of the Meliaceae
(subfamily Swietenoideae). This meeting will be held in conjunction with
the IUFRO-FORNESSA Regional Congress in Africa (IUFRO = International Union
of Forest Research Organizations; FORNESSA = Forestry Research Network of
Sub-Saharan Africa). For more information, see “Upcoming IUFRO Meetings”
at:
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-1/10000/10200/10204/activit…
Dear All:
I am sorry about the date error. The corrected announcement is below.
Thanks,
Sheila Ward
Deputy Coordinator
IUFRO working party 1.02.04
Sustainable management and genetic resources in Meliaceae
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IUFRO MELIACEAE MEETING, June 25-26, 2012, Nairobi, Kenya. The deadline for
abstracts is November 15, 2012 for the first meeting of the IUFRO working
party 1.02.04 – Sustainable management and genetic resources in Meliaceae –
to be held on Monday and Tuesday, June 25 and 26, 2012 in Nairobi, Kenya.
The purpose of the meeting is to share the latest in research and
applications for a global perspective on solutions for the tropical timber
species of the Meliaceae (subfamily Swietenoideae). This meeting will be
held in conjunction with the IUFRO-FORNESSA Regional Congress in Africa
(IUFRO = International Union of Forest Research Organizations; FORNESSA =
Forestry Research Network of Sub-Saharan Africa). For more information,
see “Upcoming IUFRO Meetings” at:
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-1/10000/10200/10204/activit…
The deadline for receipt of abstracts is November 15, 2011. See attached
announcement for more details. Please pass on to others who might be
interested.
