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2009-10-12
Task Force Side Event at WFC
The IUFRO Task Forces on "Forests and Human Health", "Traditional Forest Knowledge" and "Improving the Lives of People in Forests" will hold a side event at the XIII World Forestry Congress on the subject of "Forests, human health and well-being: findings of IUFRO's recent science initiatives".
Date: 19 October 2009, 12:45–14:15 h (lunch boxes will be available).
Venue: Room Notro, Blue Pavilion
Together, the Task Forces will
- give an assessment of human health dimensions in forests and forestry;
- present the role that traditional forest-related knowledge plays for forests and human health;
- show how the lives of people in forests can be improved.
The presentations will be followed by a discussion.
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