Activities and events
TF Resilient Planted Forests Serving Society & Bioeconomy
From/To | Units | Title | Location | |
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2022-03-18 |
Webinar: Let's talk about Planted Forests: will we run out of seeds? | online | ||
Contact: Christophe Orazio, Email: c.orazio@iefc.net |
Activities planned for the period 2019-2021 and main deliverables are the following :
- D1 : Science-Society interface
- D1.1 Organization of New Generation Plantations Encounters combining NGOs, scientists and professionals:
- D1.1.1.2019 NGP Encounter, Mozambique: focus on plantations societal role;
- D1.1.2 2020 NGP Encounter, United States: focus on Bio-economy;
- D1.1.3 2020 NGP Encounter, France : focus on plantation perception
- D1.1.4 2021 NGP Encounter, Germany : focus on new plantations needs
- D1.2 : Presentation of the Science to policy book in Thinkforest event december 2019
- D1.3 : Preparation of fifth international congress for planted forest in Florida (2023)
- D1.1 Organization of New Generation Plantations Encounters combining NGOs, scientists and professionals:
- D2 : Networking activities and events
- D2.1 : Maintenance of webpage and electronic material presenting the task force
- D2.2 : Organization of a session in IUFRO world congress Curitiba October 2019
- D2.3 : Co-Organization of Multiple purpose forestry Chinese event in October 2020
- D2.4 : Preparation of a project to facilitate expert exchange on planted forest risk management tools
- D2.5 : Task Force collaboration with NGP on a joint program, supporting publications, targeting priority gap areas needing further information and/or better communication.
- D2.6: Reforestation challenge international congress in 2021
- D2.7 : International poplar commission and other fast growing trees sustaining people and the environment session October 2020
- D3 : Publications
- D3.1 : Publication of special issue dedicated to planted forests potential and impacts in Europe in Science to Policy EFI series in December 2019
- D3.2 : Publication of a chapter in the book on sustainable management of temperate and boreal forest in November 2019
- D3.3 : First announcement of ICPF 2023 in summer 2021
- D3.4 : Other scientific papers and/or proceedings based on events presentations will be produced in 2020
- Long term plan (Activities for the period 2021-2023)
The task force will facilitate the organization of the 5th international congress on planted forest (ICPF) to be held in the USA in 2023.
Publications
Klinger, S.; Bayne, K.M.; Yao, R.T.; Payn, T. Credence Attributes in the Forestry Sector and the Role of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Factors. Forests2022, 13, 432. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13030432
Past meetings and events
- Webinar: Let's talk about Planted Forests: will we run out of seeds?; online; 18 March 2022, 14:00 CET. Registration - Report
- ThinkForest event on “The future of plantation forests in Europe”; Brussels, Belgium; 17 December 2019.
Event website: http://www.efi.int/articles/green-deal-needs-plantation-forests
Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPeuNyWRxTM
Publication "Plantation forests in Europe: challenges and opportunities": http://www.efi.int/sites/default/files/files/publication-bank/2019/efi_fstp_9_2019.pdf
- Session C9B 'Planted Forests for a Greener Future and achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)', XXV IUFRO World Congress; Curitiba, Brazil; 4 October 2019;
Details: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/events/691/program-app/session/6185;
Report: https://www.efi.int/articles/efiplant-xxv-iufro-world-congress-2019
Cooperation with WWF: https://www.efi.int/articles/planted-forests-task-force-iufro-signs-memorandum-understanding-wwf
Send comments to Christophe Orazio (Task Force Coordinator)