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Conference 'Forest Recreation and Tourism serving Urbanized Societies' (also the 11th European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF); Hämeenlinaa, Finland; 28-31 May 2008,

Conference Program:
http://www.metla.fi/tapahtumat/2008/recreation-tourism/programme.htm

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Conference 'Landscape Ecology and Forest Management: Challenges and Solutions'; Chengdu, China; 16-18 September 2008 (with subsequent field trip),

The conference includes a symposium titled 'Urban forest landscapes in the context of developing countries and rapid urbanization' organized by RG 6.14.00.

Further information:
http://research.eeescience.utoledo.edu/lees/IUFRO/2008MTG/

• ISA European Congress of Aboriculture
  16-18 June 2008, Turin, Italy
  Information about this event is provided at http://www.isaeuropeancongress.eu/.
  
  
• FAO International Meeting on Urban and Peri-Urban Forestry, Trees Connecting People, In Action Together
  29 July – 1 August 2008; Bogot, Colombia,
  For further information at http://km.fao.org/uploads/media/BogotaEN.pdf

• COST Action E39 "Forests, Trees and Human Health and Wellbeing"
  28-30 August 2008, Hamar, Norway
  For more information see http://www.e39.ee/?News:Conference_in_Norway
  
  
• http://km.fao.org/uploads/media/BogotaEN.pdf4th International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas (MMV4)
  14-19 October 2008; Italy,
  For further information see http://www.mmv4.org
  
  
• 12th European Forum on Urban Forestry – Changing city, changing forest
  27-30 May 2009; Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
  More information will become available at http://www.efuf.org

• Methods of Assessing Urban Forest Structure, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 31 July 2007 (held in conjunction with 83rd ISA Annual Conference (July 28 – August 1, 2007) – Call for Papers
  

• Urban Forestry session at IUFRO Division 6 Symposium, "Integrative Science for Integrated Management"; Sääriselkä, Finland, 14-20 August 2007
  
  This event included a session hosted by IUFRO 6.14.00 on urban forestry. Title of the session is: "Integrating Social and Cultural Information in Urban Forest Planning and Management". You can find the session's programme at: http://www.metla.fi/tapahtumat/2007/iufro-d6/abstracts/konijnendijk-schedule.html

• 44th IFLA World Congress, "Edening the Earth", Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 27-30 August 2007

• Conference 'Urban Wildspaces', 7 September 2007, Sheffield, UK
  This one-day event is organised as part of the "Urban Wildscapes" project, which is taking a fresh look at the social meanings and functions of urban waste and wilderness spaces, and exploring approaches to designing and managing these spaces in ways that do not detract from their essential characteristics. You can download the conference announcement and registration form from: http://www.ieem.org.uk/Urban%20Wildscape%20flyer%20and%20booking%20form1.pdf
  

• International conference, "Landscape Management – Present and Future", Brno, Czech Republic, 13-14 September 2007.
  A first call for this conference was recently released. You can obtain further information from Mr. Petr Hruza at the Mendel University of Brno, petrhr(at)mendelu.cz

• Conference 'The History, Ecology and Archaeology of Medieval Parks and Parklands' 17-19 September 2007, Sheffield, UK More information about this event is available at: http://www.ukeconet.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4&It
  emid=26 (co-sponsored by IUFRO Working Party 6.07.02)
  

• International conference "Enjoy and Protect our Forests", Fontainebleau, France, 17-18 October 2007.
  The Progress-project, financed under Interreg IIIB, has looked at how to reconcile recreation and conservation in forest management. Its case studies have been the New Forest in the UK and Fontainebleau in France. Project findings will be presented and discussed at a two-day, international conference. For further information, visit: http://www.progress-eu.info/