9.01.02 - Communication and public relations
Unit 9.01.02
UNIT NOTICEBOARD
2020-10-01
Communicating Forest Science
Editors: Cynthia L. Miner, Yasmeen Sands, Hugo Pierre
IUFRO Communications & Public Relations Working Party and the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), Special Programme for Development of Capacities (IUFRO-SPDC).
Vienna, Austria. 2014, 185 p.
Download the electronic version of the Manual (in pdf format).
Coordinator:
Ewa Hermanowicz, Germany
About Unit
The Working Party was established in 2011. It has the purpose of pursuing the practice and research of communications and public relations to facilitate science communication among IUFRO members.
Working Party objectives follow:
- understand the effectiveness and foster the communication efforts of IUFRO scientists including with one another, non-IUFRO scientists, policy makers, and the public.
- understand social media and other communication advances in communicating about science to develop best practices for IUFRO members.
- compare selected theory about the science-policy interface with practical experience gained by IUFRO in communicating about forest sciences
- facilitate the promotion of IUFRO units including Divisions and Task Forces
State of Knowledge
Under construction.
Send comments to Ewa Hermanowicz (Coordinator)