Dear all,
From our colleagues at the University of Catania:
11th International Conference on Innovation in Urban and Regional
Planning (INPUT) <http://www.input2020.unict.it/>
Integrating Nature-Based Solutions in Planning Science and Practice
University of Catania, 8-10 September 2021, Catania (Italy)
www.input2020.unict.it <11th International Conference on Innovation in
Urban and Regional Planning (INPUT),11 th International Conference on
Innovation in Urban and Regional Planning (INPUT) Integrating
Nature-Based Solutions in Planning Science and Practice University of
Catania, 8-10 September 2021, Catania (Italy) The 11th Edition of the
International Conference on “Innovation in Urban and Regional Planning”
will focus on how to integrate Nature-Based Solutions in urban and
regional planning ...,www.input2020.unict.it>
With best regards,
João
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João Azevedo, PhD
Prof. Coordenador
Escola Superior Agrária/Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO)
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Address:
Campus de Santa Apolónia
5300-253 BRAGANÇA
PORTUGAL
Phone: (+351) 273 303 341
e-mail: jazevedo(a)ipb.pt
web: http://www.esa.ipb.pt/cv/jazevedo/
Dear Colleagues,
our Landscape Ecology WP has received a lot of attention from IUFRO in
the latest issue of the IUFRO newsletter.
Read the interview we gave to IUFRO NEWS here:
https://www.iufro.org/uploads/media/news21-1.pdf
Our next webinar will take place on 14 April 2021 and it will be on
"Forests in Fukushima and Chernobyl - people, wildlife and landscape".
This is a co-organization with the IUFRO Radioactive Contamination of
Forest Ecosystems Working Party (8.04.07). More soon.
Best regards.
João
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João Azevedo, PhD
Prof. Coordenador
Escola Superior Agrária/Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO)
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Address:
Campus de Santa Apolónia
5300-253 BRAGANÇA
PORTUGAL
Phone: (+351) 273 303 341
e-mail: jazevedo(a)ipb.pt
web: http://www.esa.ipb.pt/cv/jazevedo/
Dear members,
The IUFRO Landscape Ecology WP organized another very successful webinar
yesterday.
The WP is very grateful to Jianguo (Jingle) Wu, Arizona State
University, USA, Daniele La Rosa, University of Catania, Italy, Simona
R. Grădinar, University of Bucharest, Romania, and Francesca Ugolini,
Italian National Research Council, Italy, for their participation and
their wonderful contributions.
The video of the webinar is now available at: https://youtu.be/DACfMSfZVHQ
The following papers were mentioned yesterday during the webinar:
Ugolini F, Massetti L, Calaza-Martínez P, Cariñanos P, Dobbs C, Ostoic
SK, Marin AM, Pearlmutter D, Saaroni H, Šaulienė I, Simoneti M., Verlič
A., Vuletić D., Sanesi G. 2020. Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the
use and perceptions of urban green space: an international exploratory
study. Urban forestry & urban greening:126888. DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2020.126888. (available at:
https://cloud.ipb.pt/f/8880a112e6dd4630ba02/?dl=1)
Ugolini F., Sanesi G., Steidle A., Pearlmutter D. 2018. Speaking
“Green”: A Worldwide Survey on Collaboration among Stakeholders in Urban
Park Design and Management. Forests 9(8), 458 (pp.20). ISSN: 1999-4907.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/f9080458. (available at:
https://cloud.ipb.pt/f/234fbcab36d444edaa5a/?dl=1)
Finally, there is a Special Issue on COVID-19 currently open in Urban
Forestry & Urban Greening that might be of interest to many of you:
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/urban-forestry-and-urban-greening/call-fo…
For updates and more information on the IUFRO Landscape Ecology WP
Webinar Series - Emerging issues in landscape ecology, visit our webpage
at:
https://iufrole-wp.weebly.com/webinars.html
Best regards.
João Azevedo
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João Azevedo, PhD
Prof. Coordenador
Escola Superior Agrária/Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO)
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Address:
Campus de Santa Apolónia
5300-253 BRAGANÇA
PORTUGAL
Phone: (+351) 273 303 341
e-mail: jazevedo(a)ipb.pt
web: http://www.esa.ipb.pt/cv/jazevedo/
FYI
De : div8 [mailto:div8-bounces@lists.iufro.org] De la part de Brigitte
Burger
Objet : [IUFRO Div 8] Extended deadline for special issue on forest
restoration in the journal Forest Ecology and Management: 31st of December
2020
Extended deadline for special issue on forest restoration in the journal
Forest Ecology and Management: 31st of December 2020
Open Call: Active restoration of timber production and other ecosystem
services in secondary and degraded forest.
Extended deadline: 31st of December 2020
Dear Colleagues
I am writing to inform that I am editing a special issue (SI) of Forest
Ecology and Management, entitled "Active restoration of timber production
and other ecosystem services in secondary and degraded forest". From your
research focus, I feel that you may contribute to this special issue.
Forest Ecology and Management is a peer reviewed journal that publishes
scientific articles linking forest ecology with forest management. 2019
IF: 3.170. 5-year IF: 3.581. Website:
<https://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-ecology-and-management>
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-ecology-and-management
The Open call of the SI is located at:
<https://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-ecology-and-management/call-for-pa
pers/open-call-active-restoration-of-timber-production>
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-ecology-and-management/call-for-pap
ers/open-call-active-restoration-of-timber-production
The submission portal is now open (from the 1st of September), and until the
31st of December 2020.
All submissions will go through the normal FEM review process. The handling
editor of this SI is Cindy Prescott ( <mailto:Cindy.Prescott@ubc.ca>
Cindy.Prescott(a)ubc.ca); the guest editors are Plinio Sist, Bryan Finegan and
myself.
We aim to have the special issue ready by December 2021.
We look forward to reading your Manuscript. Please inform your colleagues of
this opportunity.
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Marie Ange NGO BIENG
UR Forêts et Sociétés. CIRAD
Campus International de Baillarguet, TA C-105/D
34398 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
Programa Bosques, Biodiversidad y Cambio Climatico. CATIE Edificio
principal. Turrialba. Cartago.
30501. Costa Rica
<mailto:marie-ange.ngo_bieng@cirad.fr> marie-ange.ngo_bieng(a)cirad.fr
<mailto: <mailto:marie-ange.ngo_bieng@cirad.fr>
marie-ange.ngo_bieng(a)cirad.fr> <mailto:MarieAnge.Ngo@catie.ac.cr>
MarieAnge.Ngo(a)catie.ac.cr <mailto: <mailto:MarieAnge.Ngo@catie.ac.cr>
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Skype: Ngo Bieng Marie Ange
Dear colleagues,
Just a reminder for tomorrow, the 2nd webinar of the IUFRO Landscape Ecology WP Webinar Series will take place next Tuesday, November 17, 2020, from 15h00 to 16h00 (CET), on the topic "Urban Green Infrastructure: How can urban green infrastructure contribute to pandemic and climate resilience?".
Visit the website for more details:
https://iufrole-wp.weebly.com/webinars.html
We will have the participation of the following outstanding speakers:
Jianguo (Jingle) Wu (Arizona State University, USA) Daniele La Rosa (University of Catania, Italy) Simona R. Grădinaru (University of Bucharest, Romania) Francesca Ugolini (Italian National Research Council, Italy)
Connect to the meeting through this link:
https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/84843030714?pwd=VDF0RVhiNW4yUU1pVytDQVA…
Zoom meeting ID: 848 4303 0714
Password: 552587
With best regards,
João
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João Azevedo, PhD
Prof. Coordenador
Escola Superior Agrária/Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Address:
Campus de Santa Apolónia
5300-253 BRAGANÇA
PORTUGAL
Phone: (+351) 273 303 341
e-mail: jazevedo(a)ipb.pt
web: http://www.esa.ipb.pt/cv/jazevedo/
From: Henrik Hartmann
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 20:38:37 +0100
Subject: Nov 17 @ 5 pm CET - online seminar with MATT HANSEN: Global forest monitoring using satellite data
Dear all,
please note that the International Tree Mortality Network, an initiative of the IUFRO task force on monitoring trends and patterns in global tree mortality, is offering a series of online seminars. These seminars will take place as online web seminars in regular intervals (6 to 8 seminars per year).
Our kick-off meeting will take place on Nov 17 (5 pm, CET) and we are happy to announce our first speaker:
MATT HANSON, University of Maryland, author of the GLOBAL FOREST WATCH
Global forest monitoring using satellite data
Abstract: Earth observation data enable the monitoring of forest extent and change from national to global scales. Consistent processing of time-series images has made possible the operational production of global tree cover extent, loss and gain products. However, attribution of dynamics in the context 1) reference state, for example forest type, 2) change factor, for example fire or logging, and 3) outcome, for example land use type or natural recovery, is more challenging. In addition to mapping, the requirement to perform robust sample-based analyses to report on all themes is underappreciated. This talk will review our work on characterizing forest dynamics at the global scale using multi-source satellite imagery, including mapping and sampling, in the context of current operational versus future aspirational capabilities.
Please join us for this highly interesting seminar and register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zVb6sQhlQwSKM8GTrI5epA
If you are interested in contributing to the seminar series and/or have suggestions for additional speakers, please contact us at: <mailto:treemortnet@gmail.com> treemortnet(a)gmail.com
Visit us at:
https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/tree-mortality-patterns/https://www.tree-mortality.net/
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Dr. (habil.) Henrik Hartmann
Group leader
Plant Allocation
MPI for Biogeochemistry
Hans Knöll Str. 10
07745 Jena, Germany
Contact: <mailto:hhart@bgc-jena.mpg.de> hhart(a)bgc-jena.mpg.de
Phone: +49.3641.576294
Mobile: +49.171.8188273
Website: https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/bgp/index.php/HenrikHartmann/HenrikHartmann
Dear colleagues,
The 2nd webinar of the IUFRO Landscape Ecology WP Webinar Series will be
on November 17, 2020, from 15h00 to 16h00 (CET) on the topic "Urban
Green Infrastructure:
How can urban green infrastructure contribute to pandemic and climate
resilience?"
Please find the concept note of the webinar in attachment. Visit the
webpage of the WP for updates at:
https://iufrole-wp.weebly.com/webinars.html
Connect to the meeting through this link:
https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/84843030714?pwd=VDF0RVhiNW4yUU1pVytDQVA…
Zoom meeting ID: 848 4303 0714
Password: 552587
With best regards,
João
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João Azevedo, PhD
Prof. Coordenador
Escola Superior Agrária/Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO)
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Address:
Campus de Santa Apolónia
5300-253 BRAGANÇA
PORTUGAL
Phone: (+351) 273 303 341
e-mail: jazevedo(a)ipb.pt
web: http://www.esa.ipb.pt/cv/jazevedo/
Dear colleagues,
This is call for a very interesting special issue in the journal
Landscape Ecology that our colleagues who recently organized the
IALE/ELI/SEPR conference in Bucharest put together.
Best regards,
João
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Assunto: ELI: Call for Special Issue at Landscape Ecology
Data: Fri, 16 Oct 2020 11:22:33 +0200
De: Christine Fürst <christine.fuerst(a)geo.uni-halle.de>
CC: ileana.stupariu(a)geo.unibuc.ro <ileana.stupariu(a)geo.unibuc.ro>,
Christine Fürst <christine.fuerst(a)geo.uni-halle.de>
Dear all,
please find attached a call (pdf attached, link:
_*https://www.springer.com/journal/10980/updates/18477448*_) for a new
Special Issue at Landscape Ecology that resulted from our IALE / ELI /
SEPR conference at University of Bukarest in September 2020. Please feel
invited to participate or share this information. For more information,
you are welcome to contact either Prof. Dr. Ileana Patrû-Stupariu or me
(both in CC).
With kind greetings
Yours
Christine
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Prof. Dr. habil. Christine Fürst
Institute for Geosciences and Geography
Dept. Sustainable Landscape Development
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Von-Seckendorff-Platz 4
06120 Halle, Germany
Tel.: +49 345 55 26017
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Past President 2015 - 2019 | Member of the Executive Committee 2019 - 2023
International Association for Landscape Ecology
www.landscape-ecology.org
The report will be launched online TODAY Thursday, 15 October 2020, at 4-5:30 pm CEST
De : IUFRO Headquarters
Objet : New study: Forests are still underrated as allies to curb rural poverty
<https://www.iufro.org/>
International Union
of Forest Research
Organizations
New study: Forests are still underrated as allies to curb rural poverty
Harvesting acai (Euterpe oleracea) in the state of Amapá, Brazil (Photo Reem Hajjar)
* In the face of the Covid-19 pandemic and the mounting threat of climate change, forests and trees are vital for the rural poor in countries around the world
* However, the poor are rarely able to capture the bulk of benefits from forests
* A global science assessment analyses how forests can realize their potential to reduce poverty in a fair and lasting manner
(Vienna, 15 October 2020) Poverty is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity. Globally, one out of every 10 people lives in extreme poverty, defined by the World Bank as living on less than $1.90 per day. Many of them live in rural areas where the poverty rate is 17.2 per cent - more than three times higher than in urban areas. If current trends continue, the number of hungry people will reach 840 million or one ninth of the world’s population by 2030 according to the World Food Programme.
Poverty eradication has therefore found a place at the top of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. "End poverty in all its forms everywhere" is the first Goal of this Agenda, which is supported by all 193 UN member states. The international community is now stepping up efforts to achieve this goal, especially in response to the severe setback caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The zoonotic nature of the Covid-19 virus has also illustrated the urgency to reduce human pressure on nature.
One way to relieve this pressure and alleviate poverty is to recognize and further optimize the critical role of forests and trees as allies in the fight against poverty. In the long run, losing forests means losing this fight. This is the central finding of a new global assessment report entitled “Forests, Trees and the Eradication of Poverty: Potential and Limitations”.
The report will be launched online on Thursday, 15 October 2020, at 4-5:30 pm CEST, two days ahead of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, one day ahead of World Food Day, and on the International Day of Rural Women. All these official days underscore the urgent need for action.
The study consolidates available scientific evidence on the wide range of contributions forests and trees outside forests make to curbing poverty and on the effectiveness of diverse forest management policies, programs, technologies and strategies. It does so based on an understanding of poverty not only in terms of money but also as an obstacle that keeps people from attaining a certain level of well-being and participating fully in society.
“This global assessment comes at a critical time. More extreme weather events associated with climate change, widening inequality, and the spread of infectious diseases, among others, are making an already insecure situation worse for the poor. It is therefore essential to review the role of forests in development in general, and in achieving poverty eradication, in particular.” says Hiroto Mitsugi, Assistant Director-General, FAO, and Chair of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests.
A core group of 21 internationally renowned expertsfrom different parts of the world and different scientific backgrounds have worked together for almost two years on the Global Forest Expert Panel (GFEP) on Forests and Poverty. The Panel, chaired by Professor Daniel C. Miller of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States, and led by the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), is an initiative of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) chaired by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
Professor Miller says, “Forests and trees are critical to the well-being of many of the world’s poor people who have been able to harness the goods and services they provide to manage and mitigate risk, especially in the face of crises. To secure and improve this important function, we need to adequately protect, manage and restore forests and to make forests and trees more central in policy decisionmaking.”
“Our global assessment examines a variety of policy and management measures implemented by governments, civil society organizations, and the private sector for their potential and limitations to alleviate poverty. While there is no one size fits all solution, we have found that some of the strongest evidence for poverty reduction comes from agroforestry systems, community forest management, ecotourism, and forest producer organisations, among others,” Professor Miller explains.
However, benefits and costs from forests and trees to human well-being are unevenly distributed. In many forest and wildlife-rich countries in Africa, for example, timber and tourismare major contributors to national economic accounts, but the benefits may not accrue at the local level - and, worse, local communities may bear the cost of these activities through environmental degradation and restricted access to protected areas.
There are several studies that show that protected areas can reduce poverty, particularly where ecotourism opportunities exist (e.g. in Costa Rica and Thailand) and where local people are involved as stakeholders. However, it is often those who are better off who are more likely to benefit, thus exacerbating local income inequalities.
Much case study evidence also points to clear benefits for the poor derived fromcommunity forestry management(CFM), although its potential has not been realised in most countries. Nepal is an exception as its CFM program is considered one of the most successful of its kind in the world. And yet, even there the benefits of CFM are unequally distributed among households, with poor and low caste households benefitting less than more well-off households.
Producer organisations are another relatively successful option to help forest producers overcome challenges such as market access. For example, in Burkina Faso’s largely female-dominated shea nut value chain 76% of surveyed women noted improvements in their financial situation as a result of their participation in shea producer groups. A shea union has helped to build many members’ social capital and strengthen cohesion even as social divisions along lines of gender, age and ethnicity still affect processes of inclusion and exclusion along this important forest product value chain.
Vanilla production in Madagascar is an example of how agroforestry can provide a pathway out of poverty.Approximately 80% of the world’s vanilla is produced in Madagascar, largely in the north-eastern Sava region. There, agroforestry systems focusing on vanilla have become the main source of income for many farmers. However, benefits generally arise from contracts with vanilla exporters or collectors and thus are concentrated among smallholders able to obtain those contracts. Female-headed households, for example, are much less likely to get contracts because of their significant social disadvantages.
Thus, a key finding of the global assessment is that the poor are rarely able to capture the bulk of benefits from forests even as forest and trees are often vital in terms of subsistence. In addition, the Covid-19 pandemic has driven thousands of people back to rural areas and has cut remittances. The full range of its effects on forests and rural livelihoods remains to be seen.
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Online study launch – program and registration:
https://www.iufro.org/science/gfep/gfep-initiative/panel-on-forests-and-pov…
The report and policy brief are available electronically at:
https://www.iufro.org/science/gfep/gfep-initiative/panel-on-forests-and-pov…
The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) is a world-wide 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. https://www.iufro.org/
The IUFRO-led Global Forest Expert Panels (GFEP) initiative https://www.iufro.org/science/gfep/gfep-initiative/ of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) http://www.cpfweb.org/en/ established the Expert Panel on “Forests and Poverty” to provide policymakers with a stronger scientific basis for their decisions and policies related to the contributions of forests to poverty alleviation.
For more information, please contact: Gerda Wolfrum at +43-1-8770151-17 or wolfrum(a)iufro.org <mailto:wolfrum@iufro.org>
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