IUFRO NEWS 5, 2006 (international)
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We are pleased to present to you below the 5th issue of IUFRO News in 2006. You will find downloadable PDF and Word versions under: http://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/.
We would like to draw your particular attention to the results of the first IUFRO Enlarged Board Meeting of the new period 2006 to 2010. The meeting was a great success and took place from 3-5 May 2006 at IUFRO Headquarters in Vienna, Austria. (See also page 2 of the PDF.)
Scientific summaries or policy reports of IUFRO research activities can be found under: http://www.iufro.org/publications/summaries/.
Enjoy your reading!
Peter Mayer
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IUFRO News, Volume 35, Issue 5/2006
Download PDF from http://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/
Precision Forestry Research and Applications along the Timber Value Chain - What does it mean? - IUFRO Board Decides on Strategy for Next Five Years - IUFRO Meetings - Non-IUFRO Meetings
Precision Forestry Research and Applications along the Timber Value Chain
By Pierre Ackerman, Department of Forest and Wood Science, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Precision Forestry uses high technology sensing and analytical tools to support site-specific, economic, environmental, and sustainable decision-making for the forestry sector supporting the forestry value chain from bareland to the final customer.
It arose from a concern originally expressed by industry and academic leaders about the challenges facing the state at the dawn of the 21st century. Around the world questions were asked about the need for new technologies that could transform traditional sectors of the economy, such as agriculture and forestry, and how technologies could create important new sectors of research and practices.
Precision Forestry therefore provides additional quality information about forests and the manufacturing of forest products. It helps to maximize economic return within accepted, current constraints, and provides tools to make good decisions, allow highly repeatable measurements, take accurate actions and provide for processes to initiate, cultivate and harvest trees. It also enhances biodiversity and other environmental resources.
The international symposium on “Precision Forestry in Plantations, Semi-natural and Natural Forests
What does it mean?
By Renate Prüller, Coordinator SilvaVoc: http://www.iufro.org/science/special/silvavoc/
and Michèle Kaennel Dobbertin, Coordinator IUFRO 6.03.02: http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-6/60000/60300/60302/
From now on, this new column will, on a regular basis, address the challenge of saying exactly what you mean and meaning what you say: We will provide definitions of emerging terms and inform on needs for clarification of forest terminology in issues related to the scientific summaries of IUFRO News.
This time, the focus is on "precision forestry":
The word "precision" has been used in recent years to refer to the use of modern electronics, computer and sensor technology in agriculture and related areas. Most often reference is made to the following definition:
"Precision forestry uses high technology sensing and analytical tools to support site-specific, economic, environmental, and sustainable decision-making for the forestry sector supporting the forestry value chain from bareland to the customer buying a sheet of paper or board." [Precision Forestry Symposium, Washington 2002]
However, such an emerging concept is still open and, thus, leaves room for varied interpretations.
For definitions of PF sampled from the literature, visit the Web site:
http://www.iufro.org/science/special/silvavoc/definitions-scic-summaries/
If you are interested in precision forestry, the terminology initiatives in IUFRO, - SilvaVoc and IUFRO Working Party 6.03.02 - welcome your thoughts about the definition and the following questions:
- Is the definition provided above all too encompassing, should it be more "precise"?
- How relevant is spatial scale in defining precision forestry, especially when comparing European and North-American contexts?
- And particularly, are there equivalent terms in the official IUFRO languages (French, Spanish, German) and other languages? If not, which one would you provide?
Please contact us at: prueller@iufro.org; kaennel@wsl.ch
The resulting definitions, language equivalents and/or summaries of discussions will be made available in the IUFRO term database SilvaTerm:
http://www.iufro.org/science/special/silvavoc/silvaterm-database/
IUFRO Board Decides on Strategy for the Next Five Years
By Peter Mayer, IUFRO Executive Director
From 3 to 5 May 2006, IUFRO Headquarters was the venue for the first meeting of the new IUFRO Enlarged Board. Under the chairmanship of IUFRO President Professor Don K. Lee, the conference developed many plans for the future work of IUFRO and took important decisions.
Major attention was paid to discussing the future orientation of IUFRO’s eight Divisions. In a most compelling manner, the Division Coordinators presented their visions of how the Divisions could meet the coming scientific needs. In that animated spirit, a series of changes were formulated and approved, particularly with regard to the research unit structure of the Divisions.
The same productive and forward looking approach was also taken in the lively discussions about the establishment and confirmation of IUFRO Task Forces. Task Forces work across Divisions and are set up for a limited period of time. In the five years ahead, they will deal with “hot topics
IUFRO Meetings
For a full list of IUFRO events, please visit our online calendar: http://www.iufro.org/events/calendar/
Find more details on the homepages of IUFRO Units involved: http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/
3-7 July 2006
Alien Invasive Species and International Trade
Jedlnia, Poland
Inaugural meeting of IUFRO Working Party (WP) 7.03.12
Contact: Tomasz Oszako, Poland - T.Oszako@ibles.waw.pl;
Monika Malecka, Poland - M.Malecka@ibles.waw.pl
Web site: http://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/iufroinvasives
24-29 July 2006
Wood Quality and Utilization Workshop
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Workshop in cooperation with IUFRO WP 5.01.02:
in conjunction with the 30th Biannual Meeting of CTIA
Contact: S.Y. (Tony) Zhang, Tony.Zhang@QC.Forintek.ca
Web site: http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/forestry/ctia/wqwg/default.asp
20-22 August 2006
XIV Seminar of Wood Harvesting and Forest Transportation Systems
Curitiba, Brazil
Co-sponsored by IUFRO Division 3
Contact: Jorge Malinovski, Universidade Federal do Paraná, jrmalino@floresta.ufpr.br
29 August 2006
IBFRA-IUFRO Conference on Forest and Wildland Fire Research
Umeå, Sweden
Jointly organized by the International Boreal Forest Research Association (IBFRA) Wildland Fire Working Group, and the IUFRO WP 8.01.10 - Forest Fires as part of the 13th IBFRA Conference.
Contact: Douglas McRae, IBFRA Wildland Fire Working Group Chair - DMcRae@nrcan.gc.ca, or Bill de Groot, IUFRO 8.01.10 Coordinator - BDeGroot@nrcan.gc.ca
Web site: http://www.ibfra.org/page.cfm?page=6&PageAction=lasmer&id=17
10-16 September 2006
Forests under Anthropogenic Pressure – Effects of Air Pollution, Climate Change and Urban Development
Riverside, California, USA
22nd Int’l Meeting for Specialists in Air Pollution Effects of Forest Ecosystems; IUFRO Research Group 7.01.00
Contact: Andrzej Bytnerowicz, abytnerowicz@fs.fed.us
Updated Web site: http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/iufro/
3-7 October 2006
International Congress on Cultivated Forests
Bilbao, Spain
Theme: Planted forests and sustainable development with scientific forum on ecosystem goods and services from planted forests. Co-sponsored by IUFRO Division 4
Contact: Oscar Barreiro, USSE, obarreiro@usse.es or Jürgen Bauhus, University of Freiburg, juergen.bauhus@waldbau.uni-freiburg.de
Web site: http://www.usse.es/homeingles.html
16-19 October 2006
Non-destructive Evaluation for Wood and Woody Materials to Develop the New Functional Wood-based Materials
Akita Prefectural University, Akita, Japan
Japan and Hungary Research Cooperative Program/joint seminar, co-sponsored by IUFRO WP 5.01.06 and 5.02.01
Contact: Katsuhiko Takata, katsu@iwt.akita-pu.ac.jp or Ferenc Divos, divos@fmk.nyme.hu
Web site: http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-5/50000/50200/50201/activities/
23-27 October 2006
II Latin American IUFRO Congress
La Serena, Chile
CALL FOR PAPERS - Temas del Congreso y Presentación de Trabajos
THE CONGRESS WILL BE IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH!
Contact: Santiago Barros
E-mail: seminarios@infor.gob.cl
Web site: http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-6/60000/60300/60304/activities/
11-13 December 2006
Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management in Cultivated Forests
Porto, Portugal
Organized by IEFC; co-sponsored by IUFRO Division 4
Contact: conference85@iefc.net
Web site: http://www.pierroton.inra.fr/IEFC/manifestations/2006_conf85_ISFM.en.xhtml
Non-IUFRO Meetings
1 August - 14 September 2006
Advanced Training Workshop on Bamboo Furniture and Weaving
FeMSEDA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Organizers: Chinese Ministry of Commerce, International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR), Ethiopian Government, etc.
Contact: Fu Jinhe, jfu@inbar.int
Tel.: +86-10-6470 6161 ext.208
Web site: http://www.inbar.int/
7-10 November 2006
The Mercosur Forest and Wild Grass Fires 2nd Congress
Malargüe, Mendoza, Argentina
held by the “National Parks Friends Association
IUFRO News 5, 2006, published in May 2006 by IUFRO Headquarters, Vienna, Austria.
Contact the editor at office(at)iufro.org or visit http://www.iufro.org/