12:02 a.m.
Dear IUFRO Meliaceae E-list:
IUFRO Spotlight #42 may be of interest. Other Spotlights can be found at:
http://www.iufro.org/media/iufro-spotlights/
Regards,
Sheila Ward
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From: Sandra LUQUE <sandra.luque(a)irstea.fr>
Date: Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 3:44 PM
Subject: [iufro8-l] TR: IUFRO Spotlight #42 - Forest Education Changing to
Reflect Times
To: iufro8-l(a)lists.irstea.fr
*De :* IUFRO Headquarters [mailto:office@iufro.org]
*Envoyé :* jeudi 17 novembre 2016 13:58
*À :* Dear IUFRO Officeholder
*Objet :* IUFRO Spotlight #42 - Forest Education Changing to Reflect Times
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IUFRO Spotlight #42 - Forest Education Changing to Reflect Times
*IUFRO Spotlight* is an initiative of the International Union of Forest
Research Organizations. Its aim is to introduce, in a timely fashion,
significant findings in forest research from IUFRO officeholders and member
organizations to a worldwide network of decision makers, policy makers and
researchers.
IUFRO will encapsulate, and distribute in plain language, brief, topical
and policy-relevant highlights of those findings, along with information on
where/how to access the full documents. The *IUFRO Spotlight* findings will
be distributed in a periodic series of emails as well as blog postings.
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Forest Education Changing to Reflect Times
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PDF for download
<http://www.iufro.org/download/file/25682/5157/spotlight42-forest-education_pdf/>
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*Team members meet to discuss the Global Outlook on Forest Education
(GOFE), research project that is one of the Task Force's major activities.
Photo: Mika Rekola*
As singer-songwriter – and recent Nobel Prize winner – Bob Dylan, once
said: The times, they are a-changin'.
That's certainly true in the forest sector where challenges such as
globalization, climate change and societal demands have altered how we
view, study and use the forest.
As the forest industry changes to meet new and evolving demands, so too
does the focus on forest education.
Forest studies that once concentrated primarily on wood as a resource are
now a rarity. Environmental sciences, environmental management, land use,
agroforestry and forest science, plus traditional forestry studies are all
among today's educational mix for those with an interest in the woods.
Part of the reasoning behind that change is because solutions to the
challenges mentioned above call for holistic and cross-sectoral approaches.
Those developments, in turn, have been reflected both in the labor market
and in the demands of students for a greater diversity in subject matter,
experiences and skills.
To strengthen multi-disciplinary research on forests and practices, a Joint
Task Force has been established through a collaborative effort of IUFRO and
the International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA).
The Forest Education Task Force seeks to bring together perspectives and
knowledge from students, educators and other stakeholders; encourage
international discussions on forest education and capacity building;
identify, compile and communicate gaps and challenges in forest education –
especially highlighting new fields of forest education; and to enhance
forestry students' mobility and education opportunities,
"Today's forestry students are tomorrow's forest managers and
decision-makers," said Sandra Rodriguez Pineros of the Autonomous
University of Chihuahua and the IUFRO Coordinator of the Task Force. "We
want to enhance global cooperation among students of forest and related
science in order to broaden knowledge and understanding. That's how we will
achieve a sustainable future for our forests."
"And we also want to provide a voice for youth in international forest
policy processes," said Lena Lackner, of Vienna's University of Natural
Resources and Life Sciences, who is the IFSA Coordinator of the Task Force
.
Over the past few decades there has been a troubling decline in the number
of students enrolling in forestry schools. Some institutions have
terminated their programs.
"We hope that by broadening the scope of student activities and experiences
and modernizing curricula to reflect the 21st Century environment, we will
strengthen research capacity and also make forest education attractive to
young people," Ms. Lackner added.
One of the products from the Task Force will be a "Higher Forest Education
interactive tool." (A beta version can currently be accessed at:
http://www.gfis.net/gfis/education/.) Working with the Global Forest
Information Service (GFIS), data will be available on global forest
education activities and a list of forest faculties and programs worldwide.
In addition to promoting forest education activities online, this
initiative will also enhance students' mobility.
IUFRO and IFSA represent a similar field of interest at a global level and
have a long history of cooperative work on educational matters.
The Task Force on Forest Education is one of several established by IUFRO
to advance knowledge under five research themes in accordance with the
IUFRO 2015-19 Strategy.
The five themes are: Forests, Soil and Water Interactions; Forests for
People; Forests and Climate Change; Forests and Forest-based Products for a
Greener Future; and Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Biological
Invasions.
*Visit the Task Force website*: http://www.iufro.org/science/
task-forces/forest-education/
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The findings reported in *IUFRO Spotlight* are submitted by IUFRO
officeholders and member organizations. IUFRO is pleased to highlight and
circulate these findings to a broad audience but, in doing so, acts only as
a conduit. The quality and accuracy of the reports are the responsibility
of the member organization and the authors.
Suggestions for reports and findings that could be promoted through *IUFRO
Spotlight* are encouraged. To be considered, reports should be fresh, have
policy implications and be applicable to more than one country. If you
would like to have a publication highlighted by Spotlight, *contact: Gerda
Wolfrum, IUFRO Communications Coordinator, wolfrum(at)iufro.org
<http://iufro.org>*.
The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) is the
only worldwide 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/
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*IUFRO Spotlight #42, published in November 2016by IUFRO Headquarters,
Vienna, Austria.Available for download at:
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