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Envoyé : mardi 11 juin 2019 17:47
À : Dear IUFRO Officeholder <sandra.luque(a)irstea.fr>
Objet : IUFRO Congress Spotlight #67 - Tapping the potential of restoring disturbed tropical forests
IUFRO Congress Spotlight #67 - Tapping the potential of restoring disturbed tropical forests
IUFRO Spotlight issues up to September 2019 will primarily focus on the XXV IUFRO World Congress that will take place on 29 September-5 October 2019 in Curitiba, Brazil.
Individual Congress sessions will be highlighted in order to draw attention to the broader Congress themes, the wide variety of topics that will be addressed at the Congress and their importance on a regional and global scale.
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Tapping the potential of restoring disturbed tropical forests
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Secondary forests in Costa Rica. Photo: Geoffrey Venegas, CATIE.
Since the 1980s most deforestation globally has occurred in tropical countries – Africa, South America and Asia. The high rate of deforestation and degradation contributes to the disappearance of 13 million hectares of tropical forests each year.
The effects of deforestation have, over time, led to immense areas of secondary and degraded forests.
This fall, at the 2019 IUFRO World Congress in Curitiba, Brazil a session entitled: Will active restoration of Secondary and Degraded Forests (SDFs) help to address sustainably the gap between wood demand and supply? will examine ways to address the challenge of restoration in secondary and degraded tropical forests.
The session, organized by Dr. Marie Ange Ngo Bieng and Dr. Plinio Sist, of CIRAD (Dr. Sist is also Coordinator of IUFRO's Research Group Tropical and Subtropical Silviculture) and Dr. Bryan Finegan of CATIE, (and Deputy Coordinator of IUFRO's Forest Biodiversity Research Group) will focus on restoring SDFs as a way to protect the remaining natural tropical forests and also as a way to address the growing gap between wood demand and supply in a sustainable fashion.
There are several partly overlapping definitions of secondary and degraded forests. Secondary forests are forests regenerating largely through natural processes after significant human and-or natural disturbance resulting in major differences in forest structure and-or species composition with respect to nearby primary forests on similar sites. More generally, a degraded forest delivers a reduced supply of goods and services from a given site and maintains only limited biological diversity.
The reasons for concentrating on tropical forest restoration are simple, Dr. Ngo Bieng said. Tropical forests are both crucial and endangered. They account for nearly half of the world's forest ecosystems – 1,770 million hectares. They draw in carbon dioxide and emit oxygen and have, for good reason, been called the "lungs of the planet".
Some 50-70% of species living in terrestrial environments are housed in those forests, which play a crucial role in providing, among other things, vital ecosystem services, drinking water, and woody and non-timber forest products.
And about 2/3 of that forest area is considered SDF, so restoring and utilizing SDFs in sustainable, productive ways makes a lot of sense.
"SDFs supply firewood and non-wood forest products but have rarely been considered for their potential for timber production," Dr. Ngo Bieng said. "Although they have been heavily exploited in the past and currently are very poor in terms of commercial timber stocks, growing commercial timber trees in SDFs is possible, though variable, depending on local conditions.
"But," she went on, "these tropical SDFs could contribute more to timber supply and forest environmental services. We propose concepts for sustainable timber production in SDFs in the tropics. It adds value to these types of often-neglected forests."
Dr. Ngo Bieng said their session will look at three main things:
* the increase in future wood demand worldwide and the related urgent need to find alternative sustainable wood sources;
* the potential of SDFs in that context and the current challenges related to wood production in tropical SDFs in different countries; and
* case studies of active restoration associated with successful wood production and commercialization of timber in SDFs for higher value end products.
The session organizers recognize that there are significant challenges between them and a successful restoration initiative. Among them: re-establishing productive forest systems where there are serious biophysical limitations; initiating relevant silvicultural practices for effective restoration; weak institutional frameworks and-or a lack of sectoral policies; and competing visions of how the landscape should be used.
Dr. Ngo Bieng is hopeful that the "international context" which has underlined an increasing demand for wood products can provide opportunities to move forward. The increase in demand for wood calls for sustainable alternative wood production.
"The remaining logged and production forests will not, by themselves, be able to fulfill the increased demand for tropical wood products while also playing a major role in providing environmental services," she said.
"We urgently need alternative sustainable wood sources."
She noted that her colleague, Dr. Sist, is involved in the Tropical managed Forests Observatory (TmFO) initiative. "It's a pan-tropical network examining the long-term effects of logging on tropical forest ecosystems.
"Their findings will provide policy-makers and foresters guidance in sustainable forest management and conservation of tropical forests. That knowledge will certainly be useful for the future management of productive SDFs," she said.
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IUFRO Congress Spotlight #67 published in June 2019
by IUFRO Headquarters, Vienna, Austria.
Available for download at: https://www.iufro.org/media/iufro-spotlights/
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De : International Association of Landscape Ecology List [mailto:USIALE-L@LISTSERV.URI.EDU] De la part de Elizabeth Green
Envoyé : vendredi 7 juin 2019 16:35
À : USIALE-L(a)LISTSERV.URI.EDU
Objet : SESYNC Postdoc Opportunity: spatial modeling of bird habitat responses to forest management
Application Deadline: Jun 24, 2019
Start Date: Autumn 2019
A two-year postdoctoral position is available to work with Dr. Andrew Elmore and Dr. Matt Fitzpatrick at the University of Maryland’s National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC). The postdoc will lead the development of spatial modeling methods to understand and predict changes in habitat resulting from forest management practices throughout the central Appalachian Mountains. The position is ideally suited to researchers with interests in combining Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) and multispectral timeseries (Landsat) remote sensing with novel spatial modeling methods to better understand and forecast how organisms, and birds in particular, respond to changes in forest and landscape structure.
The postdoctoral researcher will be based with Dr. Andrew Elmore at SESYNC, but will join a network of collaborators at the Appalachian Laboratory (Dr. Matt Fitzpatrick; spatial modeling), Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Dr. Jeff Larkin; ornithology), and forest management agencies throughout the region. The successful candidate will be provided the opportunity to lead the research project, coordinate collaborations, and publish results. SESYNC is located in Annapolis, Maryland, and is home to approximately 15 postdoctoral researchers studying diverse socio-environmental systems. The successful candidate will be encouraged to become an active member of the SESYNC Postdoctoral community and to participate in professional development programs offered.
Applications should be received by June 24, 2019, but will be considered until the position is filled.
Learn more about the position and apply:
https://www.sesync.org/careers/postdoctoral-researcher-in-spatial-modeling-…
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De : International Association of Landscape Ecology List [mailto:USIALE-L@LISTSERV.URI.EDU] De la part de Byrd, Kristin
Envoyé : mercredi 5 juin 2019 19:39
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Objet : open position for spatial data scientist/landscape ecologist
Dear colleagues -
I am hiring a spatial data scientist/landscape ecologist to work at USGS, at our new location at Moffett Field, co-located with NASA Ames Research Center. Announcement is copied below. Please forward to anyone who may be interested! Deadline to apply is June 24.
Kristin Byrd
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Spatial Data Scientist/Landscape Ecologist
U.S. Geological Survey
Western Geographic Science Center
Moffett Field, Mountain View, CA
The U.S. Geological Survey, Western Geographic Science Center has an opening for a Spatial Data Scientist/Landscape Ecologist position for one year with possibility of extension. The position is in the Applied Landscape Ecology and Remote Sensing group ( <http://www.usgs.gov/WGSC/ALCERES> www.usgs.gov/WGSC/ALCERES) led by Dr. Kristin Byrd and will be based in our new location at Moffett Field in Mountain View, CA, co-located with NASA’s Ames Research Center. Our group conducts landscape studies of natural and working lands, in particular coastal and inland wetlands and rangelands. We quantify ecosystem benefits, find areas vulnerable to future change, and identify potential for climate mitigation and resilience. We emphasize the use of open data and open source software to aid tool development for decision makers. Currently we have multiple projects on wetland sustainability and ecosystem services, habitat modeling, land use change and water supply, and large-scale riparian vegetation mapping.
We are seeking a talented and motivated spatial data scientist with experience in spatial data analysis and spatial statistics, programming, and management of large datasets. The scientist should also have a background in ecology or natural resources, with a preference for experience in wetland, estuarine, or watershed science. Programming skills (python, R, and database management) are necessary. Ability to optimize processing of large datasets such as lidar and raster-based model outputs with cloud computing is highly desirable. Experience with remote sensing methods such as image classification is also beneficial.
Primary tasks will include 1) analysis and visualization of model outputs from integrated land use and hydrological models for the Central Valley of California, 2) writing code to automate and optimize processing of satellite images and lidar datasets, 3) error analysis for remote sensing products, 4) coastal ecosystem habitat modeling. There will be opportunity to seek grant funding to develop related, independent research.
Education/work experience: Ph.D. or M.S. with 3+ years post-graduate professional experience.
Salary is based on education and work experience. This position with be either a contract hire or postdoctoral researcher hire, dependent upon educational level attained. Pay range will be based on the Federal GS11/12 payscale, and includes the option for full benefits. Approximate start date is late August 2019.
To apply please send cover letter, CV, and three references to kbyrd(a)usgs.gov <mailto:kbyrd@usgs.gov> by Monday, June 24, 2019.
Kristin Byrd, Ph.D.
Research Physical Scientist
U.S. Geological Survey
345 Middlefield Road, MS-531
Menlo Park, CA 94025
work: 650-329-4279
cell: 415-290-3083
www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/kristin-byrd <https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/kristin-byrd>
www.usgs.gov/WGSC/ALCERES <http://www.usgs.gov/WGSC/ALCERES>
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Proposed sessions should cut across disciplines, cover a diversity of perspectives and visions and address current topics in novel ways.
We accept proposals for thematic sessions and interactive workshops.
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We encourage session proposals that examine the value of biodiversity for different sectors and the existing/envisaged commitments of sectors, societal actors and policy to implement measures that protect and conserve biodiversity, and lead to e.g. special issues in journals, journal articles, white papers, policy briefs, and more.
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IUFRO World Congress - Preliminary Event Schedule Available
XXV IUFRO World Congress
"Forest Research and Cooperation for Sustainable Development"
Curitiba, Brazil: 29 September - 5 October 2019
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