Dear colleagues,
There is a Call for symposia for the IUFRO Division 8 Conference
Patagonia 2026 - Forests as hubs of biodiversity and ecosystem services
in the Anthropocene.
The conference will take place in Coyhaique, Chile, on March 24-27, 2026.
To submit a symposium proposal, please follow the instructions in the
flyer attached.
Deadline is June 15, 2025.
For more information visit the website of the conference at:
https://www.iufro2026coyhaique.com/
Looking forward to seeing you in Patagonia next year.
Best regards.
João
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João Azevedo, PhD
Prof. Coordenador
Escola Superior Agrária
Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO)
Laboratório Associado para a Sustentabilidade e Tecnologia em Regiões de Montanha (SusTEC)
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Campus de Santa Apolónia
5300-253 BRAGANÇA, PORTUGAL
phone: (+351) 273 303 341
e-mail: jazevedo(a)ipb.pt
web: https://cimo.ipb.pt/index.php?r=researcher/view&id=28
Dear colleagues,
The Patagonia Conference is on the move.
This is a IUFRO Division 8 Conference on "Forests as hubs of
biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Anthropocene" organized by
the "Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia (CIEP)" in
partnership with several other institutions.
The Call for symposia is now open. Submitt your proposals by April 30!
https://www.iufro2026coyhaique.com/volunteering
For more information, visit the website of the conference at:
https://www.iufro2026coyhaique.com
Hope to see you all there.
Best regards.
João
--
João Azevedo, PhD
Prof. Coordenador
Escola Superior Agrária
Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO)
Laboratório Associado para a Sustentabilidade e Tecnologia em Regiões de Montanha (SusTEC)
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Campus de Santa Apolónia
5300-253 BRAGANÇA
PORTUGAL
phone: (+351) 273 303 341
e-mail: jazevedo(a)ipb.pt
Dear colleagues,
I am sure this lecture will be of your interest.
Best regards.
João
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Assunto: April 10 -- Rachel Carson Distinguished Lecture (online)
Data: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 12:13:02 +0000
De: Liu, Jianguo (Jack) <liuji(a)msu.edu>
Para: Liu, Jianguo (Jack) <liuji(a)msu.edu>
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
Please share the following information with your networks and
potentially interested individuals (e.g., colleagues, students, and
others). Many thanks!
***************
Dr. *Steward T.A. Pickett *at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in
New York will deliver a Rachel Carson Distinguished Lecture via *Zoom*
at *10:00 am (*ET*) *on***Thursday, April 10, 2025*.
Dr. Pickett is Distinguished Senior Scientist, Emeritus, at the Cary
Institute of Ecosystem Studies in New York. He is a pioneer in many
areas such as urban ecology, social-ecological systems theory, and the
study of natural disturbance. His pathbreaking research has greatly
influenced practices, ranging from conservation to urban design and
planning. He has also made enormous contributions to the scientific
community through visionary leadership including service as President of
the Ecological Society of America. Dr. Pickett’s outstanding
accomplishments have been recognized by many prestigious honors and
awards. For example, he is a member of the National Academy of Sciences,
a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a recipient
of the Eminent Ecologist Award of the Ecological Society of America &
the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Ecology and
Conservation.
His lecture is titled “*Urban Ecology Beyond the City*”.
Please do a very *simple registration* to receive the Zoom link for the
lecture:https://msu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ETgYz0CUSfuGClGxj8Rrog#/registration<https://msu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ETgYz0CUSfuGClGxj8Rrog#/registration>
Please *add the Zoom link to your calendar* after receiving the
registration message.
*More information about **the lecture and
Dr.*<file:///C:/Liu/CSIS/Rachel_Carson/Rachel_Carson_Lecture/webinar_series/Spring2025/Granger/Learn%20more%20about%20Dr.%20Kling>*Pickett*is
available at
https://www.canr.msu.edu/csis/service/2025-rachel-carson-distinguished-anni…<https://www.canr.msu.edu/csis/service/2025-rachel-carson-distinguished-anni…>
********************
Information about *some* *other upcoming and previous lectures* is
available at
https://www.canr.msu.edu/csis/service/<https://www.canr.msu.edu/csis/service/>
*************************
Jianguo (Jack) Liu
Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability
Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability
Michigan State University
https://www.canr.msu.edu/people/jianguo_jack_liu<https://www.canr.msu.edu/people/jianguo_jack_liu>
Dear colleagues,
this lecture might be of interest for you.
Best regards.
João
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Assunto: September 26 -- Rachel Carson Distinguished Lecture (online)
Data: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 17:09:13 +0000
De: Liu, Jianguo (Jack) <liuji(a)msu.edu>
Para: Liu, Jianguo (Jack) <liuji(a)msu.edu>
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
Please share the following information with your networks and
potentially interested individuals (e.g., colleagues, students, and
others). Many thanks!
***************
Professor *William Sutherland *at the University of Cambridge (UK) will
deliver a Rachel Carson Distinguished Lecture via *Zoom* at *10:00 am
(*ET*) *on*Thursday, **September 26, 2024*.
*Dr. William Sutherland*is Professor of Conservation Biology, Department
of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UK. He is a leading ecologist and
conservation scientist. Over the last twenty years he has pioneered a
range of approaches to policy and practice including novel means of
horizon scanning, identifying policy-relevant research agendas, new
techniques for collating and assessing evidence, and processes for
embedding experiments into practice. With over eleven hundred named
collaborators he has created the website www.conservationevidence.com
<http://www.conservationevidence.com>(which reviews the evidence for the
effectiveness of 3155 conservation actions), and a set of tools for
making evidence-based decisions and embedding evidence into practice. He
was President of the British Ecological Society and regularly advises
government and conservation organisations. His outstanding
accomplishments have earned him numerous prestigious awards and honors.
For example, he is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Commander of the
British Empire. He is also a recipient of the ECI Prize, Sir John
Burnett Memorial Lecture Medal, Distinguished Service Award from the
Society for Conservation Biology, Marsh Award for Ecology from the
British Ecological Society, and many others.
His lecture is titled “*Converting Science into Policy: A
Career Inspired by Rachel Carson*”.**
Please do a very *simple registration* to receive the Zoom
link:https://msu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fEZBMGUkRuqrNjjDgxRRcA#/registration
<https://msu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fEZBMGUkRuqrNjjDgxRRcA#/registration>.__
*Learn more about **the lecture and Professor **Sutherland***
<Learn%20more%20about%20Dr.%20Kling>:
https://www.canr.msu.edu/csis/service/2024-rachel-carson-distinguished-anni…
<https://www.canr.msu.edu/csis/service/2024-rachel-carson-distinguished-anni…>
********************
Information about *some* *other upcoming and previous lectures* is
available at https://www.canr.msu.edu/csis/service/
<https://www.canr.msu.edu/csis/service/>
*************************
Jianguo (Jack) Liu
Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability
Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability
Michigan State University
https://www.canr.msu.edu/people/jianguo_jack_liu
<https://www.canr.msu.edu/people/jianguo_jack_liu>
Dear all,
it is with great pleasure that I share with you the announcement of the
IUFRO Division 8 conference "Forests as Hubs of Biodiversity and
Ecosystem Services in the Anthropocene". This conference, hosted by
Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia (CIEP), will take
place from 24 to 27 March 2026 in Coyhaique, Patagonia, Chile.
We are certain that this will be a great conference where we expect the
Landscape Ecology WP community to be particularly active.
Please share this announcement within your networks ("save the date"
flyer attached).
More information soon.
Best,
João
--
João Azevedo, PhD
Prof. Coordenador
Escola Superior Agrária
Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO)
Laboratório Associado para a Sustentabilidade e Tecnologia em Regiões de Montanha (SusTEC)
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Campus de Santa Apolónia
5300-253 BRAGANÇA, PORTUGAL
phone: (+351) 273 303 341
e-mail: jazevedo(a)ipb.pt
web: https://cimo.ipb.pt/index.php?r=researcher/view&id=28
Dear colleagues,
We would like to invite submissions for the Special Issue on "Forests
Sustaining Agriculture: The Contribution of Tree-Based Ecosystem
Services to Food Production in Multi-Functional Landscapes" in the
journal Landscape Ecology, guest-edited by Terry Sunderland, Sandra
Luque, Sima Fakheran Esfahan, James Reed, and Amy Ickowitz.
More info in the attached document.
Best regards,
João
--
João Azevedo, PhD
Prof. Coordenador
Escola Superior Agrária
Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO)
Laboratório Associado para a Sustentabilidade e Tecnologia em Regiões de Montanha (SusTEC)
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Campus de Santa Apolónia
5300-253 BRAGANÇA, PORTUGAL
phone: (+351) 273 303 341
e-mail: jazevedo(a)ipb.pt
web: https://cimo.ipb.pt/index.php?r=researcher/view&id=28
Dear colleagues,
in case you plan to submit a proposal for a new IUFRO Task Force.
Best regards.
João
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Assunto: IUFRO - Call for New Task Force Proposals for the Term
2024-2029 - REMINDER!
Reenviar-Data: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 17:27:07 +0100
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Data: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 18:16:14 +0200
De: IUFRO Headquarters <office(a)iufro.org>
Responder-Para: Andre Purret, IUFRO Headquarters <purret(a)iufro.org>
Organização: IUFRO
Para: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <jazevedo(a)ipb.pt>
<https://www.iufro.org/> *
International Union
of Forest Research
Organizations
*
IUFRO - Call for New Task Force Proposals for the Term 2024-2029 -
REMINDER!
IUFRO Task Forces are established on a temporary basis to advance
inter‐disciplinary forest science cooperation in fields spanning IUFRO
Divisional interests. They focus on emerging key issues that are of
strong interest to policy makers and groups inside and outside the
forest sector, and contribute to international processes and activities.
Since 1991, nearly 50 IUFRO Task Forces have brought together
scientists, policy-makers and other stakeholders to conduct innovative
work across a broad range of topics.
The activities of Task Forces in support to IUFRO strategy are varied,
but commonly involve: development of expanded global collaboration and
information-sharing networks on their focal topics, the organization of
meetings or workshops, publication of interdisciplinary scientific
syntheses as books or in special issues of peer-reviewed journals, and
presentations in major regional or global science-policy platforms. Task
Force coordinators are non-voting members of the IUFRO Board, and are
invited and expected to attend IUFRO’s annual Board meetings. For more
information on the activities and accomplishments of current and earlier
Task Forces please visit:
https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/former-task-forces/)
In order to encourage activities across the full spectrum of IUFRO’s
disciplinary expertise, we encourage Applicants to propose to establish
the Task Forces on a periodic basis throughout the 2024‐2029 Term to
take advantage of emerging needs and opportunities. All approved Task
Forces will be expected to conclude their work at the end of the Board
term 2024-2029 in August 2029 (together with the XXVII IUFRO World
Congress 2029 in Nairobi, Kenya).
*SELECTION CRITERIA*
Proposals for new Task Forces will be evaluated on the following criteria:
* *Potential to strengthen inter**‐**Divisional collaboration *on
specific topics of global relevance related to one or more IUFRO
Thematic Areas and/or Institutional Goals of the IUFRO Strategy;
* Specific *contribution of the proposed Task Force to addressing
broader policy processes or interdisciplinary science**‐**policy
initiatives*;
* *Engagement of two or more Divisions by 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 duplicate current work within
IUFRO Divisions, but rather complement and expand their activities*;
* *Rationale for their involvement of (non-IUFRO) partner institutions
*(if relevant);
* *Task Force membership reflecting required spectrum of scientific
expertise *(including both natural and social sciences), *as well as
geographical, cultural and gender diversity, and providing
opportunities for early-career scientists*
* *Clarity of timelines for proposed Task Force activities and their
deliverables. *
* *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*.
*PROCEDURE FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW TASK FORCES FOR THE 2024-2029 TERM*
We invite IUFRO officeholders and members to prepare, *by 1 September
2024, a short 1-2 pages Concept Note* that provides a brief statement of
the objectives/aims and proposed activities of the Task Force. Please
submit your concept notes to IUFRO Vice-President Task Forces Elena
Paoletti (elena.paoletti(a)cnr.it) with a copy to IUFRO HQ Operations
Manager Andre Purret (purret(a)iufro.org) The concept notes will be
reviewed by IUFRO Board members in mid-October 2024, who will provide
comments as well as suggestions regarding scientists from the Divisions
who may be particularly interested in joining the proposed Task Force.
If the Task Force concept note is viewed favorably by the Board, then a
full proposal will be requested, with a *due date for full proposals of
30 November 2024*. All proposals will be reviewed by 31 December 2024 by
the Vice‐President for Task Forces in consultation with the members of
the IUFRO Board. If revisions are required following proposal review,
prospective Task Force coordinators will be asked to prepare *a final
revised proposal by 31 January 2025*, after which a final decision on
the establishment of new Task Forces will be made by the IUFRO Board by
the end of February 2025.
*FORMAT FOR FULL PROPOSALS FOR NEW TASK FORCES*
/Note: /Proposals should include the following as concisely as possible,
preferably within 10 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), experience, proposed roles in the Task Force, 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, books, etc.
* Budget table listing major activities and funding sources, if known
– indicate if these funds are already secured.
* Narrative addressing the following:
o Contribution to implementation of the IUFRO Strategy;
o How the proposed Task Force will strengthen cross‐Divisional
interaction on specified topics related to IUFRO Strategy's
Thematic Areas and/or Institutional Goals, and how the Task
Force will complement and/or expand activities of existing IUFRO
Divisional units;
o Specific contribution of the proposed Task Force to addressing
broader policy processes or interdisciplinary science-policy
initiatives.
*TIMELINE*
Key Dates
Item
26 March 2024
Launch of the Call for New Task Force Concept Notes
*1 September 2024*
*Deadline of the Concept Notes and start of the evaluation process with
forms sent to Board members*
30 September 2024
Deadline for reviews by the Board members and comments sent to TF proponents
30 November 2024
Deadline for full proposals and responses to the Board comments
31 December 2024
Deadline for reviews by the Board members and comments sent to TF proponents
31 January 2025
Deadline for final revisions
28 February 2025
Electronic vote by the Board and notification to the TF proponents,
including invitation to the 64^th IUFRO Enlarged Board Meeting in
Vienna, Austria
Spring 2025 (tbc)
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Dear colleagues,
From our IUFRO Landscape Ecology WP members.
Best regards,
João
Dear Colleagues,
The *Global Change Research Symposium* is back! Ten years after the
successful meeting held in September 2014, Southern Italy, a new
Symposium will be organized in Beijing, China from October 16 to 19, 2024.
The *Call for Abstracts *is open at the following link:
https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=w40yxt-vzkCEbTJu6thtScr…
Contributions are expected on one or more of the following topics:
1. Urban forests and green spaces as nature-based solutions
2. Smart technologies and remote sensing applications
3. Smart solutions for climate change adaptation and mitigation
4. Smart solutions for natural risk management and healthy/resilient cities
5. Ecosystem services, human wellbeing and restoring urban ecosystems
6. Smart solutions for mitigating soil, water, and air pollution
*Keynote speakers* include top-level scientists and experts, such as:
· Prof. Riccardo Valentini, IPCC, University of Tuscia, Italy
· Prof. Jiquan Chen, Michigan State University, USA
· Prof. Puay Yok Tan, National University Singapore, Singapore
· Prof. Cheng Wang, Chinese Academy of Forestry Science, Beijing, China
· Prof. Wendy Chen, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
· Prof. Giovanni Sanesi, DISSPA - University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
· Prof. Xingyuan He, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy
of Science, China
· Prof. Xiangrong Wang, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
· Prof. Richard Hauer, University of Wisconsin, USA
· Prof. Rik De Vreese, European Forest Institute, Belgium
· Prof. Somidha Saha, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Please note that the deadline for abstract submission has been extended
to*August 15, 2024*, however we encourage you to submit your abstract
*as soon as possible*.
For further details about the event please visit the website:
https://www.globalchange2024.com/More information about the
registration, special issues on scientific journals and field trips will
be available by mid-July.
We look forward to seeing you in Beijing this October!
Prof. Raffaele LAFORTEZZA, Prof. Giovanni SANESI and Prof. Chengyang XU
Organizers of the Global Change Research Symposium 2024
