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Dear IUFRO Meliaceae Working Party:
Below please find the call for sessions for the IUFRO 2019 World Congress.
Sheila Ward
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From: IUFRO Headquarters <office(a)iufro.org>
Date: Wed, May 23, 2018 at 10:13 AM
Subject: XXV IUFRO World Congress - Call for Session Proposals
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
<http://www.iufro.org/>
* International Union of Forest Research Organizations *
XXV IUFRO World Congress - Call for Session Proposals
*XXV IUFRO World Congress 2019"Forest Research and Cooperation for
Sustainable Development"Curitiba, Brazil; 29 September - 5 October
2019Congress website: http://www.iufro2019.com/ <http://www.iufro2019.com/>*
*Call for Congress Session Proposals*
*Deadline for proposals: 1 August 2018*
The Congress Scientific Committee invites submission of session proposals
for the 2019 IUFRO World Congress. In keeping with the spirit of the
Congress title – Forest Research and Cooperation for Sustainable
Development ‐ the Congress Scientific Committee is developing a program
that will highlight the contributions that forest science is making to
address the significant environmental, social and economic challenges
facing our world. The Congress program will reflect the forest science
community’s diverse contributions across the full range of natural and
social science disciplines, with special emphasis on key issues and
research areas identified in IUFRO’s 2015‐2019 Strategy (
https://www.iufro.org/discover/strategy/) .
*Who may submit a session proposal? *
All who share an interest in the future of forests and forest science are
invited to submit session proposals. We encourage proposals that involve
collaboration between two or more IUFRO Divisions or Task Forces and/or
with organizations not formally associated with IUFRO, and from university
students at all levels. We strongly recommend IUFRO officeholders and
others actively involved in IUFRO Research Groups, Working Parties, and
Task Forces communicate with their respective Division representatives on
the CSC (or Task Force coordinators) before submitting proposals – this
will greatly facilitate broader involvement of IUFRO divisional units and
Task Forces in the scientific program and avoid overlaps among sessions.
Session proposals from non‐IUFRO member organizations are encouraged
although preference will be given to those that are prepared jointly with
IUFRO Divisional Units and Task Forces (see https://www.iufro.org/science/
for more information) – if assistance is needed to identify appropriate
partners within IUFRO, please contact any member of the CSC.
*Preparing and submitting a session proposal. *
Proposals should be submitted in English, Portuguese or Spanish, online at
www.iufro2019.com using the Session Proposal Form. *Proposals will not be
accepted after 1 August 2018*.
In addition to providing basic information on session organizer(s), session
title, alignment with Congress themes, and a short abstract of the session
proposal, those submitting proposals should submit (online) a more complete
proposal (following the template provided). The template will prompt
proposers about session objectives and content in relation to Congress
theme(s), proposed session format (i.e., presentation of individual papers
and/or posters, moderated panel discussion, or other forms of presentation)
and names of proposed speakers (if known), their organizational
affiliations and indicative titles of their presentations. Proposed
sessions should be organized to be nominally 2 hours in length. For
sessions involving oral presentations, we recommend that 15 minutes be
adopted for standard oral presentations. However, we encourage proponents
to be innovative, and to consider panel discussions, interactive poster
sessions and other ways to engage Congress participants.
Please note that the abstract submission process (later this year) will be
open to all, so session organizers may need to include papers or posters
that were not originally proposed for their sessions. Please be aware of
this possibility and the need for flexibility in designing your session .
In the event that the number of accepted abstracts for a particular session
exceeds the number that can be accommodated in a single session, organizers
may be given an additional session slot in the Congress program.
*Criteria for selection. *
Session proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by members of the Congress
Scientific Committee with primary consideration given to their scientific
quality and relevance to the Congress themes. Other factors that will be
considered are: the involvement of two or more IUFRO units (Divisions, Task
Forces, Research Groups and Working Parties) and/or non‐IUFRO
organizations; geographic and gender diversity of proposed session
presenters; and the involvement of students and young scientists. We
strongly encourage submissions well in advance of the August 1 deadline.
Acceptance decisions will be made no later than 31 August 2018. An open
Call for Abstracts will be issued in September, with online abstract
submission until 15 December 2018, and acceptance decisions provided by 28
February 2019.
*Responsibilities of session organizers. *
Session organizers of accepted proposals are expected to communicate with
prospective presenters regarding submission of abstracts (online, from
mid-September to mid‐December 2018), and will be asked to review abstracts
submitted for their sessions during the abstract review period (i.e., in
midDecember 2018 to end February 2019). Session organizers may be asked to
assist the CSC in the editing of accepted abstracts. They will also be
responsible for moderating sessions (or assigning session moderation
responsibilities) and are encouraged to pursue publication options for
papers presented in their sessions.
Abstracts of papers and posters presented during the Congress will be
published in a special volume of the International Forestry Review, as was
done for the 2014 Congress in Salt Lake City. As formal Congress
proceedings with full papers will not be published, session organizers
should explore alternative publication options (books, special issues of
journals, etc.) for their sessions.
We look forward to hearing from you and for your active participation in
the design of an excellent scientific program for the 2019 IUFRO Congress
in Curitiba, Brazil.
*Timeline Summary*
*21 May 2018* – Call for Session Proposals
*1 August 2018* – Deadline for the submission of Session Proposals
*31 August 2018* – Decision advised on Session Proposals
*15 September 2018* – Call for abstracts
*15 December 2018*– Deadline for the submission of abstracts
*28 February 2019* – Authors advised of decisions on their abstracts
*31 May 2019* – Registration deadline for early-bird registrations and
presenting authors
*29 September 2019* – Congress begins
*The IUFRO 2019 Congress Scientific Committee *
*Jerry Vanclay* (Chair: jvanclay(a)scu.edu.au)
*Pil Sun Park* (Division 1: pspark(a)snu.ac.kr)
*Santiago González-Martínez* (Division 2: santiago.c.gonzalez.martinez@
gmail.com)
*Woodam Chung* (Division 3: woodam.chung(a)oregonstate.edu)
*Donald Hodges* (Division 4: dhodges2(a)utk.edu)
*Pekka Saranpää* (Division 5: pekka.saranpaa(a)luke.fi)
*Cecil Konijnendijk* (Division 6: cecil.konijnendijk(a)ubc.ca)
*Eckehard Brockerhoff* (Division 7: eckehard.brockerhoff(a)scionresearch.com)
*Sandra Luque* (Division 8: sandra.luque(a)irstea.fr)
*Alexia Stokes* (Division 8: alexia.stokes(a)cirad.fr)
*Daniela Kleinschmi*t (Division 9: daniela.kleinschmit(a)ifp.uni-freiburg.de)
*Björn Hånell* (Vice‐President, Divisions: bjorn.hanell(a)ssko.slu.se)
*John Parrotta* (Vice‐President, Task Forces, Special Programmes, Projects
and IUFRO‐led Initiatives: jparrotta(a)fs.fed.us)
*Salina Abraham* (International Forestry Students Association:
salina.ifsa(a)gmail.com)
*Joseph Cobbinah* (Africa representative: joe.cobbinah(a)ymail.com)
*Manuel Guariguata* (CIFOR representative: m.guariguata(a)cgiar.org)
*Patricia Mattos* (COC representative: patricia.mattos(a)embrapa.br)
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*2019 Congress themes (based on IUFRO 2015-2019 Strategy) *
Forests and trees provide a wide range of environmental, economic, social
and cultural benefits to people in rural communities and urban centers
worldwide. Their conservation and sustainable management are closely linked
to globally important societal challenges related to environmental
protection, sustainable economic development, food security, human health,
water and energy resource provision, and climate change. The best available
scientific knowledge is needed to effectively address these issues at
multiple scales (locally, regionally and globally) and provide a strong
basis for forest, agroforest and forest landscape management practices and
policy decisions. The scientific program for the IUFRO 2019 World Congress
will bring together scientists of all ages, from throughout the world,
across the full range of forest‐related disciplines, who are engaged in
research, education and application of science‐based knowledge to address
these challenges and meet the changing needs of our increasingly globalized
society. The program will be organized along the following five themes:
Forests for People; Forests and Climate Change; Forests and Forest Products
for a Greener Future; Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Biological
Invasions; and Forests, Soil and Water Interactions.
*Forests for People *
Forests, woodlands and agroforests play a vital role in the lives of people
in both rural and urban communities, supporting livelihoods, food and
energy security, and human health and wellbeing. This theme, which focusses
on social, cultural and economic aspects of the management and use of
forest resources, covers a broad set of topics such as nature‐based
recreation and tourism, landscape planning and management, nature
protection, indigenous people and community forest management, forest work,
human health and wellbeing, agroforestry, integration of forestry in other
land uses, urban forestry, forest ethics, forest history and culture,
gender issues in forestry, rural development and community wellbeing.
Congress sessions within this theme will explore the linkages between human
well‐ being and quality of life related to the environmental, economic and
social goods and services provided by forests both for urban and rural
populations. They will also examine the roles of policy, planning, forest
governance, formal and traditional knowledge, communication, education and
training in the maintenance, enhancement, valuation and optimization of
benefits derived from forest ecosystems and forest products and services to
people at local, regional and broader spatial scales.
*Forests and Climate Change *
Understanding and anticipating the impacts of climate change on forest
ecosystems and the services they provide to people are critical to efforts
to develop and implement effective policies and management strategies for
climate change mitigation and adaptation. Sessions within this theme will
consider climate change effects on forest ecosystem structure and function;
interactions with other natural disturbance and forest management regimes;
monitoring and modelling of climate‐change related impacts on forest
ecosystems, landscapes, and communities; environmental, social and economic
implications of forest‐based climate change adaptation strategies and
mitigation opportunities (such as REDD+); silvicultural, planning and
policy options for managing and restoring natural and planted forests to
enhance carbon storage and other ecosystem services, as well as adapting
natural and planted forests to climate change; the role of sustainable
production and use of wood‐based products in climate change mitigation
(including wood‐based substitutes for less ”climate friendly” materials);
and the contributions of forest genetics, restoration ecology and landscape
ecology in climate change mitigation and adaptation, including incentives
and issues of trans‐ boundary emission trading schemes.
*Forests and Forest Products for a Greener Future *
The future of sustainable forest management in the face of forest loss and
ever‐increasing demands for food, timber and wood fiber, water and other
ecosystem services, and uncertainties posed by globalization and economic,
social and environmental uncertainty, is a fundamental challenge for the
forest research community. Innovation in the field of forest products,
goods and services together with sustainable and environmentally
responsible wood production systems and forest operations will play an
important role to meet these challenges. Sessions within this theme will
explore: trends in the demand for traditional and innovative forest
products, ecosystem goods and services; increased use of wood in
construction; managing conflicting needs of forest stakeholders; changing
societal values, and institutions and forest governance structures under
different socio‐cultural conditions and their role in sustainable
management and use of natural and planted forests in the future. Other
topics include development of new forest management approaches and
processing techniques for environmentally and socially acceptable products
and services; emerging landscape management (i.e., green infrastructure)
approaches; valuation of benefits derived from non‐wood forest products and
ecosystem services; bioenergy and the bioeconomy; and forestry education,
research and training to meet future needs.
*Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Biological Invasions *
The conservation and sustainable use of forest biodiversity (at genetic,
species and ecosystem levels) is fundamental to the maintenance of habitats
responsible for providing environmental, economic, social and cultural
goods and services on which people in both rural and urban communities
depend. Addressing the threats to forest biodiversity – including
deforestation, forest fragmentation and degradation, unsustainable use,
alien invasive species, and climate change ‐ requires a more profound
scientific understanding of the role of biodiversity in the provision of
ecosystem services, and the impacts of biodiversity loss on responses and
resilience of forest ecosystems, habitats and species at different spatial
and temporal scales to natural and human‐induced disturbances. Sessions
within this theme will explore these issues as well as such topics as the
impacts and efficacy of different forest management practices on
biodiversity in protected areas, community management, and more intensively
managed forests for timber, non‐timber forest products and agroforestry
systems; landscape level strategies for forest biodiversity conservation
and restoration; and challenges in achieving a balance between biodiversity
conservation and sustainable utilization of forest resources.
*Forests, Soil and Water Interactions *
Forests and forest cover play a crucial role with regard to sustaining the
availability and quality of water critical for human well‐being. The
linkages between water, wetlands and forests show the importance of
managing ecosystems at watershed or landscape scales in order to protect
these vital services. There is an urgent need for improved understanding of
the interactions between forests, trees, soil and water (including riparian
and coastal ecosystems) as affected by large‐scale natural and
human‐induced disturbance, including climate change, as well as effects of
land‐use, land‐cover change and forest management on watershed hydrology
and provision of water‐related ecosystem services. Sessions within this
theme will consider these broad issues as well as more specific questions
such as: water consumption of growing tree crops compared to other land
uses; region‐specific interactions of forests and water; water consumption
of forest plantations and forest bioenergy systems; and governance and
institutional arrangements related to management of forested watersheds.
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