IUFRO-SPDC Past Activities and Projects
Activities and Projects in 2009
- IUFRO-SPDC Training Workshop
"Working effectively at the Interface of Forest Science and Forest Policy"
In conjunction with the XIII World Forestry Congress
16-17 October 2009
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- FORNESSA Networking Week
22-26 June 2009
Blantyre, Malawi
With the aim to strengthen forest research cooperation within the Sub-Saharan region and to further enhance the ongoing reform process of FORNESSA, a one-week meeting event for FORNESSA member institutions was organised in Blantyre. Initiated by Dr. Joseph Cobbinah (currently the coordinator of the FORNESSA reform process) and IUFRO-SPDC, the event received financial support from KFRI (Republic of Korea), FORMIN (Finland), US-Forest Service, and ITTO. IUFRO-SPDC assisted in preparations and facilitation of the meeting including travel arrangements, fund management, input to the agenda and moderation during the workshops and plenary sessions. Local logistics were provided by the Forest Research Institute of Malawi (FRIM).
The event brought together 34 scientists from 8 institutions of forest research and higher learning from 6 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, namely Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia and Malawi. The programme included five different workshops, four on specific thematic areas and one workshop on information management to establish the FORNESSA Information Service (FORNIS). In addition two meetings of the FORNESSA Head of Institutions were also held. - Science-Policy Interfacing Training Workshop:
"Working effectively at the Interface of Forest Science and Forest Policy"
14-15 March 2009
Chandigarh, India
Implemented in conjunction with the IUFRO Scientific Meeting on "Plant Invasion and Forest Ecology: Concerns and Solutions"
Organizers:
IUFRO-SPDC in cooperation with the Centre of Environment & Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh and the Dayanand National Academy of Environmental Sciences, India.
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- Proposal Writing Training Workshop
20-22 February 2009
Hetauda, Nepal
Implemented in cooperation with the Institute of Forestry of the Tribhuvan University, Nepal and the ComForM Project (Community-based Natural Forest and Tree Management in the Himalaya Project), University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Workshop Report
Activities and Projects in 2008
- IUFRO-SPDC Curso-taller "Trabajando efectivamente en la interfaz entre ciencia y política forestal"
Fecha: 2 de noviembre 2008.
Lugar: sala de CEE, CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica
En coordinación con el proyecto Tropical Forests and Climate Change Adaptation (TroFCCA) del Center for Internatiobnal Forest Research (CIFOR) y el Centro Agronómico Tropical para la Investigación y Educación (CATIE) el Proyecto Especial para Países en Vías de Desarrollo de la Unión Internacional de Organizaciones de Investigación Forestal (SPDC-IUFRO) organizará este curso-taller de un día.
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- Science-Policy Interfacing Workshop:
"Science-Policy Interfacing: Enhancing Contributions of Forest Science and Traditional Forest-related Knowledge (TFRK) to the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Forest Resources in Africa"
Date: 13-14 October 2008
Location: Accra, Ghana
Organizers: IUFRO-SPDC in cooperation with the Forestry Research Network of Sub-Saharan Africa (FORNESSA)
The training workshop was implemented in conjunction with the International Conference on Traditional Forest Knowledge and Sustainable Forest Management in Africa taking place in Accra, Ghana, from 15-17 October 2008.
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- Training workshop "Adaptation of Forests to Climate Change: Working Effectively at the Interface of Forest Science and Forest Policy"
Date: 22-24 August 2008
Location: Umea, Sweden
Organizers: IUFRO-SPDC in cooperation with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
More - One-day Parallel Event on "Disseminating Scientific Information for Policy and Management" at the Asia-Pacific Forestry Week
Date: 25 April 2008
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Organizers: IUFRO through its Special Programme for Developing Countries (IUFRO-SPDC) and the Global Forest Information Service (GFIS)
More than 50 participants in this event discussed latest developments and initiatives promoting the interactions between forest science and policy/management.
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- Pre-Conference Training Workshop "Mountain Forestry Development: Working Effectively at the Interface of Forest Science and Forest Policy"
Date: 31 March – 1 April 2008
Location: Vienna, Austria
Organizers: IUFRO-SPDC and the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU/Austria). The Workshop was held in conjunction with the International Conference on Mountain Forests in a Changing World (2-4 April 2008).
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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. For more details about the activities and results of this project please visit the Keep Asia Green website.
IUFRO gratefully acknowledges the contributions and assistance of:
Lebensministerium – Korea Forest Research Institute – FORMIN – Ministry of Foreign Affairs Finland - SIDA – Government Office of Sweden - Yuhan Kimberley - APN Capable
Activities and Projects in 2007
- 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 Forestal
IUFRO gratefully acknowledges the contributions and assistance of:
FORMIN – Ministry of Foreign Affairs Finland – Lebensministerium - USDA Forest Service - Korea Forest Research Institute – SIDA – gtz
Activities and Projects in 2006
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. 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
IUFRO gratefully acknowledges the contributions and assistance of:
FORMIN – Ministry of Foreign Affairs Finland - http://www.lebensministerium.at/ USDA Forest Service - FAO - Korea Forest Research Institute (Scientist Assistance Programme 2006)
FORMIN – Ministry of Foreign Affairs Finland - USDA Forest Service (II Latin American IUFRO Congress)
Activities and Projects in 2005
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 at the XXII IUFRO World Congress
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 ...
Strengthening Collective Innovation Capacity of Forest Stakeholders in Research and Development Session 043 of the XXII IUFRO World Congress, Brisbane, Australia, 8-13 August 2005.
This session brought together experts from around the world and discussed ways and means of interaction between forest stakeholders including scientists to further the cause of sustainable forest management. More ...
Regional Forest Research Organizations – Experiences and Visions
Satellite event held during the XXII IUFRO World Congress in Brisbane, Australia, in August 2005
Click here for meeting report prepared by Atse Yapi, Sim Heok-Choh, and Michael Kleine.
IUFRO gratefully acknowledges the contributions and assistance of:
FORMIN – Ministry of Foreign Affairs Finland - USDA Forest Service - FAO - gtz - Oxford University Libraries Services - Tropenbos - Washington University Libraries - International Foundation For Science – Finnish Forest Association - Metla – Southern Cross University - CIFOR - IFSA - CABI
Activities and Projects in 2004
GFIS-Africa
After 4 ½ years of implementation, the EC-funded GFIS-Africa Project has come to an end. This project, the single largest specific-purpose project ever implemented by IUFRO-SPDC, commenced in January 2000 and provided a total of 1 million € for developing the African component of the Global Forest Information Service. With two familiarisation and metadata mobilisation campaigns implemented in Nigeria and Tanzania the project has been concluded at the end of June 2004.
Under the umbrella of the Forestry Research Network of Sub-Saharan Africa (FORNESSA) and with support of IUFRO-SPDC a group of African scientists compiled a scientific synthesis (REHABILITATION OF DEGRADED LANDS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: Lessons Learned from Selected Case Studies) based on case studies of land rehabilitation from all major ecological regions in Western- Eastern and Southern Africa covering "dry", "humid" and "sub-humid" forests and woodlands. Click here for more information.