Dear Brigitte-
I am hoping that this message can be distributed to all of IUFRO. The Terra
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From: Williams, Geoffrey (CTR) - FS, OR
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2023 2:10:44 PM
Dear colleagues and contacts in the forest genetics world,
Please consider submitting to the following and share with your networks.
We invite you to submit "Resilience of Forest Biodiversity to Climate Change and Pests: Civic Engagement and Conservation in Seed Banks, Public Gardens, and Wild, Urban, and Agroforestry Landscapes". This session is organized by members of the Society of American Foresters, Kew Gardens, Morton Arboretum, and the US Forest Service, and one of eight linked to the International Society of Tropical Foresters. The deadline for abstract submissions is 2 June 2023 (3 weeks from today). The session proposal is included below.
NOTE: Presently, we cannot offer funding for travel and registration; we are exploring options and appreciate any leads you may have.
Session description
To conserve biodiversity, multiple approaches can be taken on the ground. This mini-symposium (Panel, Flash-talks & Posters) represents experts who focus on complementary aspects of conservation and reforestation; threat assessment, seed collecting and banking from wild trees, collective action and civic engagement, the roles of public gardens in conserving genetic resources, developing genetic resistance to pests to conserve biodiversity, and the importance of conserving genetic diversity in the face of pests and climate change.
Seed is the unit by which biodiversity is propagated, and therefore, protected. There is ever increasing pollination disruption with shifting local climate conditions and more fragmented and degraded native ecosystems. As forests and genetic diversity are lost, so are mother trees for seed collection, in a time when people want to greatly scale reforestation efforts. In addition to potential declines in seed crops, global trade, biodiversity loss, and fragmentation increase the threat of emergent insect and pathogen outbreaks, resulting in local or range-wide extinction of iconic tree species. Therefore, there is a global need for threat assessments, seed collection and banking of native tree species.
In the context of the above challenges and solutions, public gardens and arboreta are critical to the resilience of forests and society. In addition to acting as living collections, seed sources, and refugia of tree species, public gardens serve as biodiversity hotspots in cities, and meeting places for public and volunteer conservation efforts and outreach. As sentinels, trees in public gardens can be used to proactively detect emergent disease threats. Through collective action, exchange of information, public engagement, and local expert knowledge, "think global, act local" could be applied to aid proactive efforts to protect forest biodiversity from the next major pests across the world. Local experts and civic ecologists can accomplish this by collecting seed and observing trees in native environments, plantations, public gardens, and urban forests. Breeding or human-directed genetic improvement presents a practical solution for restoration of species that are impacted by emergent pest epidemics, climate change, or other threats. The utility of breeding to protect biodiversity also depends on the prior establishments of seed banks and other germplasm resources. It is critical to generate a prior understanding of the diversity of populations of tree species valued for their ecological, horticultural, or economic and commercial characteristics, the observed or potential effects of threats to those populations, and the role diversity could play in recovery of species.
Topic areas
1: collecting seed, 2: seed banking, 3: assessing threats, 4: think global act local to address threats with civic ecology and urban forests and botanical gardens, 5: public gardens supporting conservation efforts, and 6/7: developing genetic resistance to conserve biodiversity and conserving biodiversity.
Abstract submission details
The call for abstracts for IUFRO 2024 is at https://iufro2024.com/call-for-congress-abstracts/. The abstract announcement is at https://iufro2024.com/wp-content/uploads/IUFRO_2024-Call_for_Abstracts-1-2.…. (NOTE THAT THE SESSION ABSTRACT DEADLINE HAS PASSED. THE CALL NOW IS FOR PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS).
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Dear IUFRO members,
Greetings from the conference secretariat!
The world has been in pandemic mode for more than a year since the onset of
coronavirus (COVID-19) in late 2019. Eventhough COVID-19 vaccinations are
being administered globally, worrisome variants are spreading fast and have
already hit several countries. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic,
Malaysia’s and Sarawak’s authorities have implemented entry and movement
restrictions on all foreign nationals, except those holding certain
categories of residence visas and employment passes.
To prevent further spread of the virus, the organizing committee of
the 3rd IUFRO
Acacia Conference has made the difficult decision to postpone the
conference to *26-28 October 2021,* and to change the conference mode from
hybrid to a fully *virtual conference aka webinar*, to avoid
large-gatherings. This was a tough call to make and we know this is
disappointing. However, the health and safety of all the speakers,
participants, VVIPs and our committee members are our utmost concern. The
main organizer, Forest Department Sarawak has also decided to *give waiver*
of registration fee to all participants in order to encourage more
researchers, plantation managers and policy makers around the world to join
this webinar.
This conference will be a 3-days' webinar covering 5 different sub-themes:
*1. **Industrial Forest Plantation Policy*
- Sharing of respective state/country’s policy on industrial forest
plantation
- Issues and challenges faced in the implementation of the policy
*2. **Plantation Management for Sustainable Wood Production*
- Silviculture and nursery practices
- Drone/GIS and IoT application in IFP management
- Economic value of IFP
- IFP management certification
*3. **Risk Management*
- Biosecurity
- Climate change, forest fire
- Environmental impact of the invasiveness of *Acacia*
- Environmental conservation and social aspects in the IFP
*4. **Genetics and Breeding*
- Breeding/ tree improvement
- Polyploidy study
- Genetics & genomics study, marker-assisted selection
*5. **High Value-added Timber Products*
- Wood property
- Forest products
- Marketing of planted timber products
Poster sessions and post-conference tours will be done virtually too. For
more information, please visit our website at https://iufroacacia2020.com/.
Please register now at https://iufroacacia2020.com/online-registration/
Thanks.
Regards,
Wicki
Prof. Dr. Wickneswari Ratnam, FASc
Professor of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology
Faculty of Science and Technology
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
Tel: 603-89213840, Mobile: 012-2022314
Fax: 603-89253357
Email: wicki(a)ukm.edu.my, wickneswari(a)gmail.com
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Dear all:
We have formed a new coordination team for the IUFRO Working Party 4.02.01 on Resource Data in the Tropics. The focus of the Working Party will be on legacy tropical forest data sets: finding them, getting them and their metadata archived in an up-to-date digital format, and getting these data available for use, with appropriate protocols and credit to the sources of the data.
We invite you to join our email list at <https://lists.iufro.org/mailman/listinfo/wp40201/> https://lists.iufro.org/mailman/listinfo/wp40201/ , where we discuss issues related to these datasets.
Regards,
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Invitation to join the email list for IUFRO 4.02.01 Resource Data in the Tropics
Dear all:
We have formed a new coordination team for the IUFRO Working Party 4.02.01 on Resource Data in the Tropics. The focus of the Working Party will be on legacy tropical forest data sets: finding them, getting them and their metadata archived in an up-to-date digital format, and getting these data available for use, with appropriate protocols and credit to the sources of the data. We invite you to join our email list at <https://lists.iufro.org/mailman/listinfo/wp40201/> https://lists.iufro.org/mailman/listinfo/wp40201/ , where we discuss issues related to these datasets.
Please contact tropfordata(a)gmail.com with any questions or comments.
Regards,
Sheila Ward
Coordinator IUFRO 4.02.01
Dear members,
Further to my first call in June 2019, pleased to inform you on our online
registration at the conference website at,
https://iufro.sarawakforest.com/wp/
Besides the main conference programme with eminent speakers and young
scientists to address the application of technology and innovation in
upstream and downstream R&D under the theme, 'Embracing Transformation for
Sustainable Management of Industrial Forest Plantation', we have 4 exciting
post-conference tours for participants and accompanying persons to choose.
Please register early and see you all in Bintulu!
Thanks.
Regards,
Wicki
Conference Organising Committee Advisor and Chair of IUFRO WP2.08.07
Prof. Dr. Wickneswari Ratnam, FASc
Professor of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology
Faculty of Science and Technology
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
Tel: 603-89213840, Mobile: 012-2022314
Fax: 603-89253357
Email: wicki(a)ukm.edu.my, wickneswari(a)gmail.com
Homepage: http://ukm.academia.edu/WickneswariRatnamhttp://www.linkedin.com/pub/wickneswari-ratnam/24/917/11https://www.researchgate.net/profile/R_Wickneswari
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Dear members,
Greetings to all.
The IUFRO WP 2.08.07 on Acacia Genetics and Silviculture was set up in 2014
to provide a forum for researchers and managers to share information on the
problems and opportunities which are facing tropical acacia plantation
forestry in Southeast (SE) Asia. This meeting jointly hosted by Sarawak
Forestry Corporation (SFC) and Forest Department of Sarawak (FDS) is the
first opportunity the WP has had to meet in Malaysia.
The Sarawak State Government has embarked on industrial forest plantation
(IFP) since 1997 with the introduction of Planted Forest Rule (1997). To
date, IFP covering 2.5 million hectares were issued as a step to reduce
pressure on natural forest and to ensure sustainable supply of raw material
to the timber industry. A target has been set for one million hectares of
IFP, to be achieved by 2025. In order to achieve the target, the State
Government urged the relevant agencies and licensees to intensify R&D to
enhance production of high quality planting material, pest and diseases
control, forest management, harvesting and the production of higher value
added products in order to improve IFP performance. The IFP target has not
yet been achieved, with only 435,000 ha of plantations established by 2018.
R&D collaboration with international research organizations has been
identified as an important contributing factor to strengthen plantation
development. Tropical acacias comprise a large proportion of Sarawak's
forest plantations, so hosting of the IUFRO Acacia Conference is timely.
Non-native acacias have become dominant components of many SE Asian
plantation landscapes. They are increasingly being threatened by insect
pests and pathogens. Regional collaboration in SE Asia is urgently needed
to lower the arrival and subsequent movement of invasive pests and
pathogens and to better manage damage to trees by ‘new encounter’ or
established pests.
The theme of the 3rd IUFRO Acacia Conference “Embracing Transformation for
Sustainable Management of Industrial Forest Plantation” will address the
application of technology and innovation in upstream and downstream
R&D. Researchers,
plantation managers and policy makers from around the world are encouraged
to participate. The conference will share knowledge, research findings and
experience from different disciplines, discuss current issues on IFP
management and ways forward, and strengthen collaboration among
participants. The conference will include invited and contributed
presentations, posters, exhibition and post-conference tours (in Sarawak
and Sabah).
I attach the first call for early expression of interest to Dr. Pang Shek
Ling (slpang(a)sarawakforestry.com) or Mr. Dawend Jivan (
dawendj1(a)sarawak.gov.my ).
See you all in Bintulu in September 2020!
Warm regards,
Wicki
Prof. Dr. Wickneswari Ratnam, FASc
Professor of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology/Chair of WP 2.08.07
Faculty of Science and Technology
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
Tel: 603-89213840, Mobile: 012-2022314
Fax: 603-89253357
Email: wicki(a)ukm.edu.my, wickneswari(a)gmail.com
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Dear IUFRO List Holders:
I am hoping you will be able to distribute this announcement to your IUFRO
group on sessions at IUFRO 2019 linked to the International Society of
Tropical Foresters.
Thanks,
Sheila Ward
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*The **International Society of Tropical Foresters* is organizing or
co-organizing seven sessions for th*e **XXV World Congress of the
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO2019)** to be
held 29 Sept – 5 Oct 2019 at Curitiba, Brazil. *Please consider submitting
an oral or poster presentation for one of these sessions or another
IUFRO2019 session (see below). *Abstracts for presentations can be
submitted until 31 Dec 2018 at* http://iufro2019.com/* You* will need to be
registered for IUFRO2019 to submit an abstract, but you do not need to pay
until later. See https://iufro2019.com/abstracts-submission/ for details on
abstract submission. Information on all IUFRO 2019 sessions can be found at
http://iufro2019.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sessions-english-portuguese…
. IUFRO will have financial assistance available for certain participants
(see https://iufro2019.com/scientist-assistance-program-sap/).
*ISTF-linked technical sessions at IUFRO2019*
*SESSION A2a: Sustaining iconic and high-value species in natural forests
and plantations*
ISTF CONTACT: Erich Schaitza, EMBRAPA, Brazil (erich.schaitza(a)embrapa.br )
SESSION SUMMARY: VERSION IN BOOK: Araucaria and Swietenia are threatened by
habitat loss; overharvesting; insufficient regeneration and genetic
variation, failings in forest policy, governance, or regulations; and
devaluation of products. The session will cover possible solutions,
including: harvest policies, regulations, and planning; regeneration and
genetic variation; silvicultural practices; modelling to balance
extraction, regeneration, and genetic diversity; and market demand to
create value.
*SESSION A4c: **Monitoring and Assessing Urban Forest Services and Values
at the National to Local Scale*
ISTF CONTACT: Vindhya P. Tewari, Himalayan Forest Research Institute, India
(*vptewari(a)yahoo.com <vptewari(a)yahoo.com>*)
SESSION SUMMARY: Trees and forests within urban areas provide numerous
benefits to city residents, but relatively little is known about their
structure, the services provided by these forests, and how these forests
are changing. The purpose of this session is to discuss approaches to
inventory urban forests, so that Nations can learn how to monitor these
important forests that directly affect human health and well-being.
*SESSION B5b: **Small-scale sustainable energy alternatives for developing
countries*
ISTF CONTACT: Lamfu Fabrice Yengong, University of Buea, Cameroon, (
lamfu2035yengong(a)gmail.com)
SESSION SUMMARY: In developing countries, wood accounts for 50-90% of the
fuel used, and increased efficiency or replacements for wood are needed.
This session explores sustainable energy alternatives. Presentations might
include: utilizing waste through “3R” (reduce, reuse, and recycle); more
efficient technologies for cooking with wood fuel; social costs of
increasing scarcity of fuel wood; characteristics related to fuel wood
energy content; solar cooking as an alternative; potential for material and
energy recovery from waste; appropriate technologies for developing
countries; integrated renewable energy production and utilization from
biomass combustion and waste gasification, among other topics.
*SESSION C1b: Advances in management and science for the high-value
Meliaceae*
ISTF CONTACT: Liu Jun, Research Institute of subtropical forest, Chinese
Academy of forestry, China, (ywliu2005(a)163.com)
SESSION SUMMARY: Tropical timber species of the Meliaceae (including
Cedrela, Entandrophragma, Khaya, Swietenia, and Toona) are among the
world’s finest woods, and many species have other uses. Their sustainable
management faces similar issues around the world. This session will share
the latest in research and applications for a global perspective on these
species. Topics could cover conservation of genetic resources, genetic
improvement, advances in shoot borer control, natural forest management,
and development and products useful for human health, among others.
*SESSION C1c: **Improving high-value Meliaceae yields in plantations*
ISTF CONTACT: Antonio Ferraz, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Brazil (
acferrazfilho(a)gmail.com)
SESSION SUMMARY: This session will focus on better production of Meliaceae
species grown in plantations. Many species (e.g. mahogany, African
mahogany, Australian red cedar, Melia) have recently been grown as
plantations around the world and research is needed over a wide range of
topics. The main objectives are to share experiences and to find common
research themes to build possible collaborations among researchers working
with Meliaceae species in plantations around the world.
*SESSION C9a: Discovery, curation, and uses of legacy tropical forest data
sets*
ISTF CONTACT: Sheila Ward, Mahogany for the Future, Inc., Puerto Rico (
tropfordata(a)gmail.com)
SESSION SUMMARY: Legacy tropical forest datasets have been generated by
various projects over time, and many are in danger of being lost. These
datasets are valuable for understanding how tropical forests change through
time, and many of the forests they characterize no longer exist. To
safeguard these data, standardized metadata and electronic archiving
schemes need to be developed. The purpose of the session is to share
information on the potential uses of such datasets, their current status,
and appropriate curation and metadata strategies.
*SESSION F6b: Effective educational strategies for the next generation of
forest professionals *
ISTF CONTACT: Ruth Metzel, Azuero Earth Project, Panama, (
ruth(a)proecoazuero.org)
SESSION SUMMARY: University-based programs on forest related fields are
evolving and inherently need to change towards multidisciplinary programs.
Some major drivers of these changes are globalization of the economy,
climate change, and new technologies and informatics. In a similar vein,
solutions for real life, resource management problems around forest key
issues, like health, bioenergy, climate change are consistently calling for
more holistic and cross-sectoral approaches. Universities curricula need to
meet diverse higher demands, and new ways to approach these challenges
involving various disciplines in a multicultural environment. This session
will highlight findings on research aiming to understand those challenges
and also research that addresses innovative strategies that allow forestry
students and professors and providers of non-formal education to keep
abreast with the time, such online classes, field practices, case studies
among others.
With its focus on being a communication network, ISTF can help you connect
with others interested in tropical forests and forestry. To join, please
visit this link please fill out the membership form at GoogleForms
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdy9FqCZ5Yj3TTA-mDJkgwm8n1jbCkEGlF…>
or
send a message to tropicalforesters(a)gmail.com.
Dear Working Party members,
On behalf of the IUFRO INAFOR Joint Conference 2017 committee, please note
that the following deadlines have been changed:
1. Abstract submission is extended until February 28, 2017.
2. Notification of author is extended until March 17, 2017
These changes have been updated in the conference website at
http://www.iufroinafor2017.com/.
Looking forward to your participation for a very interesting and impactful
conference.
Thank you very much.
Warm regards,
Prof. Dr. Wickneswari Ratnam FASc
Chair of WP2.08.07
Professor of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology|Head, Industry and Community
Partnerships
Faculty of Science and Technology
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
Tel: 603-89213840/4914, Mobile: 012-2022314
Fax: 603-89253357
Email: wicki(a)ukm.edu.my
Homepage: http://ukm.academia.edu/WickneswariRatnamhttp://www.linkedin.com/pub/wickneswari-ratnam/24/917/11
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Dear All,
It's our pleasure to share with you the Second Announcement of the IUFRO
INAFOR Joint International Conference 2017 (attached).
The International Union of Forestry Research Organisations (IUFRO) Working
Party 2.08.07 on Acacia Genetics and Silviculture is convening a Joint
Conference
with the Indonesian Forestry Research Agency (FORDA). Therefore, a broader
theme has been adopted and presentations related to plantation resources as
described in the second conference announcement may be accepted.
Please visit the conference website at www.iufroinafor2017.com for more
details.
We look forward to seeing you at the conference.
Best regards,
Wicki
Chair
IUFRO WP2.08.07
Prof. Dr. Wickneswari Ratnam, FASc
Professor of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology and Head, Industry and
Community Partnerships
Faculty of Science and Technology
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
Tel: 603-89213840, Mobile: 012-2022314
Fax: 603-89253357
Email: wicki(a)ukm.edu.my
Homepage: http://ukm.academia.edu/WickneswariRatnamhttp://www.linkedin.com/pub/wickneswari-ratnam/24/917/11
