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2023-05-22

Call for Submission of Manuscripts: Special Issue 'Challenges, Opportunities and Trends for The Forest Sector in Latin America'

Contributions are invited for a special issue of the journal Journal of Forest Business Research, on the topic of 'Challenges, Opportunities and Trends for The Forest Sector in Latin America'.

Latin America has developed its commercial forestry sectors in different ways, with one common feature: the incorporation of plantations, which reduce pressure on the use of native forests. The growth of these sectors has brought about development in forest management practices, introduction of species, new products, incorporation of new technologies, as well as attraction of investment to the sector, both national and foreign. On the other hand, these sectors present challenges in terms of the development of new products, access to international markets and, in some cases, the development of local markets, added to the challenges implied by adaptation to climate change, as well as the mitigation of the effects that it generates, and the opportunities for the sector to form part of a national bioeconomy strategy.

This special edition aims to learn about the different aspects of the development of the forestry sectors in Latin America, discussing their current situation as well as their challenges and opportunities in a changing world.

Deadline for manuscript submissions:  30 November 2023

Special issue guest editors:  Virginia Morales Olmos - Department of Economics, Northeast Region, University of the Republic, Uruguay; Vitor Afonso Hoeflich - Postgraduate Program in Forest Engineering, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil.

Details:  https://forest-journal.com/index.php/JFBR/announcement/view/3


2022-10-05

Book of Extended Abstracts published

Managerial forest economics and accounting as a base for decision making in a changing world
Hamburg, Germany, 5-7 September 2022

In order to face the challenges of a changing world, forest owners, scientists, administrational staff and politicians on all levels must make informed choices on future forest management activities. Managerial economics and accounting are important analytical instruments for identifying and evaluating forest management action alternatives and to support knowledge-building and decision-making. Indeed, the interest for the evaluation of forest management options and forest functions strongly increased in the past decades. Against this background, the organizers of this Symposium aim to foster the scientific exchange on recent developments, research and best practices from managerial economics and accounting on regional, national and international level as a base for decision making in a changing world.

Book of Abstracts: https://www.iufro.org/fileadmin/material/publications/proceedings-archive/40500-and-working-parties-hamburg22-abstracts.pdf


2021-10-04

Managerial, Social and Environmental Aspects of the Forest-based Sector for Sustainable Development: 40th Anniversary Conference for 4.05.00

Virtual conference hosted from Brno, Czech Republic; 4-6 October 2021

Newly publishedBook of Abstracts - Welcome message by IUFRO President Dr. John Parrotta

IUFRO Units involved: 4.05.00, 4.05.01, 4.05.02, 4.05.03, 4.05.04, 4.05.05.

The forestry sector is significantly affected by environmental change and other recent challenges.  A continuous string of natural disasters increase pressure on forest management scenarios, timber and non-wood forest products trading and pricing, sale policies, labour productivity, and demand and supply responses. These challenges considerably influence the whole value chain. Forest management, timber and non-timber production, and wood markets are confronted with increasing pressure for enhanced managerial skills, planning, logistics, communication, marketing and analysis. The overproduction and related overall deficient demand for wood products also influence the forest-based sector. A shortage of skilled labour to manage the calamitous situation efficiently is significantly affecting the forest-based sector. In some parts of the world, the challenges and need for transformation in the forestry become even more deeply rooted due to current pandemic, which also notably decreases public interest in forest-related issues. It is the duty of the forestry professional and scientific community at the national, European, and global levels to analyse the situation and address forestry challenges and to propose steps to stabilise the forest-based and wood sectors.


Details athttps://iufro2021.ldf.mendelu.cz/


2020-11-04

The Social and Ecological Value Added of Small-Scale Forestry to the Bio-Economy

Bolzano, Italy / virtual; 6-9 October 2020.

Newly published: 
Report - Pictures - Book of Abstracts

IUFRO Units involved: 4.05.00, 4.05.01, 4.05.02, 4.05.03, 4.05.04, 4.05.05, Task Force on Unlocking the Bioeconomy and Non-Timber Forest Products.

The bioeconomy "encompasses the production of renewable biological resources and their conversion into food, feed, bio-based products and bioenergy" (EC, 2012). It includes forestry and wood production, with the related biotechnological, chemical and energy industries, but also the provision of other ecosystem services that can support sustainable economic growth. During the IUFRO Conference, we thus want to put our focus on interpreting and promoting the impact of forest bio-economy on the development of quality product markets and nature-based services and the concepts behind them: social innovation, product diversification, multifunctionality and the value added network of vertically and horizontally integrated economic stakeholders.

Details athttps://www.iufro2020.eurac.edu/