IUFRO-SPDC Past Activities and Projects

• The Forestry Research Network of Sub-Saharan Africa (FORNESSA) and IUFRO’s Special Programme for Developing Countries (IUFRO-SPDC) jointly organized a Training Workshop"Working Effectively at the Interface of Forest Science and Forest Policy", which was held in Nairobi, Kenya, 4-6 December, 2007.
  Final Workshop report now available for downlaoad.
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• El IUFRO-SPDC celebró un Taller de Capacitación "Trabajando Efectivamente en la Interfaz entre la Ciencia y Política Forestalâ€? en Quito, Ecuador, del 25 al 27 de agosto de 2007 en combinación con el Congreso Latino América de Derecho Forestal y Ambiental en Quito, Ecuador, del 28 de agosto al 1 de septiembre de 2007.
  IUFRO SPDC, con el apoyo financiero del Servicio Forestal de los Estados Unidos y del Gobierno de Finlandia, tenía a disposición un número limitado de becas para investigadores.  Para más detalles haga clíc aquí.
  

• Training Workshop "Working Effectively at the Interface of Forest Science and Forest Policy" held in Sabah, Malaysia, 4-8 June 2007.
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• Scientific Publication Project "Keep Asia Green"
  This 5-year project aims at providing state-of-the-art information about the forests in the Asia-Pacific region and the status and causes of their degradation as well as past and current rehabilitation efforts and achievements. The work also involves an assessment of national capacities in forest rehabilitation and existing education programs and critically analyzes the need for further strengthening of forest landscape restoration efforts in the region.
  With funding provided by Yuhan Kimberly of Korea, the ASEAN-Korea Environmental Cooperation Project, and IUFRO the project will produce several book volumes each presenting forest restoration and rehabilitation efforts in the various regions of Asia Pacific. Phase II of the project, in 2007, addresses forest rehabilitaion in Northeast Asia. For more details about the activities and results of this project please visit the Keep Asia Green website.

This 5-year project aims at providing state-of-the-art information about the forests in the Asia-Pacific region and the status and causes of their degradation as well as past and current rehabilitation efforts and achievements. The work also involves an assessment of national capacities in forest rehabilitation and existing education programs and critically analyzes the need for further strengthening of forest landscape restoration efforts in the region.
With funding provided by Yuhan Kimberly of Korea, the ASEAN-Korea Environmental Cooperation Project, and IUFRO the project will produce several book volumes each presenting forest restoration and rehabilitation efforts in the various regions of Asia Pacific. For more details about the activities and results of this project please visit the Keep Asia Green website.

Scientist Assistance Programme for the Second Latin American IUFRO Congress held in La Serena, Chile, from 23 to 27 October, 2006
Under this programme a total of 29 scientists from 14 Latin American countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela) were sponsored to participate in the Congress. We gratefully acknowledge funding for the training workshop and congress participation provided by FAO, USDA Forest Service, and the Governments of Finland and the Republic of Korea.

Pre-Congress Training Workshop on "Working Effectively at the Interface of Forest Science and Forest Policy" in conjunction with the Second Latin American IUFRO Congress.
Venue: La Serena, Chile
Time: 20-22 October, 2006
Workshop language: Spanish/English
New: Detailed information on the Results of the Workshop

Regional Forest Research Organizations – Experiences and Visions
Satellite Event held during the XXII IUFRO World Congress in Brisbane, Australia, August 2005.
Birger Solberg (Chair), Atse Yapi, Sim Heok-Choh, Michael Kleine (Rapporteurs)
This satellite meeting was attended by 24 scientists from various regions.

Birger Solberg (Norway) opened the meeting and briefly stated the objectives of this event:
• Present experiences of regional actions in forest research;
• Learn from each other and understand the roles and linkages of the various global and regional organizations/associations/networks;
• Discuss future directions of regional forest research;
• Identify the needs to improve networking and the optimal role of regional organisations – between national and global levels. More ...

IUFRO-SPDC Pre-Congress Training Courses 
A pre-Congress training event was organized at the Gympie Conference Centre, north of Brisbane, from 2-5 August 2005 and included the following courses:

• The Use of Information and Communication Technology Tools in Forest Research
  
  
• International Forest Related Initiatives and Agreements and their Implementation in the Context of National Forest Programmes – Linking Research and Science with Practice
  
  
• Communicating Forest Research – Making Science Work for Policy and Management
  
  
• Sustainable Forest Management Criteria and Indicators – Their Enhancement Through Science
  

In total, fifteen forest organisations and expert institutions assisted in this training event through cash and in-kind contributions, namely the Government of Finland, USDA Foresty Service, FAO, GTZ, Oxford University Library Services, Tropenbos International, the Australian Government's Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, University of Washington Libraries, IFS, the Finnish Forest Association, METLA, the Southern Cross University, CIFOR, IFSA and CAB International. This support included preparation of programme and course material, provision of expertise and course facilitators, and assistance in course implementation.  More ...