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the 2013 Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference
- 5 March 2013 - 7 March 2013, Sam’s Town Hotel and Casino, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
Initiated in 1980, The Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference provides a forum for scientists and practitioners actively engaged in the broad field of silviculture to report their study results, to present new concepts and techniques, to discuss topics of mutual interest, to coordinate... More information »
World Forests Summit
- 5 March 2013 - 6 March 2013, Stockholm, Sweden
Achieving sustainable forest management on a global scale March 5th-6th 2013, Stockholm.The World Forests Summit, organised by The Economist, will gather leading experts from around the world to identify common ground and discuss mechanisms for forest stakeholders to work together differently. We... More information »
The ABCFP's 65th forestry conference
- 20 February 2013 - 22 February 2013, Prince George, Victoria BC, USA
Forestry: The Future is Growing will offer opportunities to explore forestry's growth potential through innovation, human resources management and market development. A pre-conference technical session will also provide on-the-ground skills that can be immediately applied by forest practitioners.... More information »
National Symposium, Value Chains of Furniture, other Forest Products and Ecosystem Services
- 14 February 2013, IPB International Convention Center, Bogor
This symposium aims to communicate and disseminate a variety of information and research results and studies related to the distribution of forest products and services (e.g. furniture, pulp and paper, REDD+, ecotourism) to the following groups: policy makers in the Ministry of Forestry and other... More information »
National Symposium, Value Chains of Furniture, other Forest Products and Ecosystem Services
- 14 February 2013, IPB International Convention Center, Bogor
This symposium aims to communicate and disseminate a variety of information and research results and studies related to the distribution of forest products and services (e.g. furniture, pulp and paper, REDD+, ecotourism) to the following groups: policy makers in the Ministry of Forestry and other... More information »
Two-Day Seminar for Climate Change and Forests, Conservation of Tropical Forests towards the Green Economy
- 7 February 2013 - 8 February 2013, International Conference Center of Waseda Univ., Tokyo, Japan
This seminar aims to share expertise and experiences from precedent activities of the above mentioned issues so as to encourage a broad range of actors to engage in REDD+ activities. The expected participants are from governments, research and educational institutions, NGOs, the private sector, and... More information »
UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) 2nd Scientific Conference
- 4 February 2013 - 7 February 2013, Fortaleza, Brazil
The UNCCD 2nd Scientific Conference aims to gather a broad range of stakeholders - academics, policy makers, civil society actors and the private sector - to approach Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought (DLDD) from an economic perspective.The conference will provide guidance to... More information »
The First International Conference on Pesticidal Plants
- 21 January 2013 - 24 January 2013, Nairobi, Kenya
The conference will comprise a four-day program of events and themed scientific sessions around the sustainable use of plants in pest management for food security, health and livelihoods with a focus on Africa but relevant research from other parts of the world is welcome. Plenary sessions will... More information »
EU Pavilion Side Event at COP18: Potential synergies between REDD+ and sustainable forest management in tropical areas
- 4 December 2012, Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC), Doha, Qatar
The Side-event will present the lessons learned from a project funded by the French Globlal Environment Fund (FFEM) and the French Development Agency (AFD), and carried out in Central Africa and Brazil (FORAFAMA project) by CIFOR, ONFI, CIRAD, FRM, TEREA and IRD. The FORAFAMA project seeks to... More information »
All Day 5 Roundtable Sessions: Developing landscape approaches for adaptation
- 3 December 2012, The Renaissance Doha City Center Hotel, Doha, Qatar
Societies and natural environment are vulnerable to climate change. We can identify general adaptation principles at national levels, but adaptation is very much location‐specific. Management approaches need to consider local pressures, objectives, available resources and large scale human or... More information »
