Activities and events

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Calendar of Meetings

Announcement: TF Online Survey on Forest Adaptation and Restoration

The Task Force is glad to announce that Online Survey on Forest Adaptation and Restoration is now online available under: http://gdi.thuenen.de/wo/limesurvey/index.php/883655?lang=en.

Additional languages will be added within the next weeks. For any remarks to the survey (content and technical aspects), please contact directly Markus Hoehl (markus.hoehl(at)thuenen.de).


What are the aims and activities?

The Task Force's conceptual pathway work is following three aims: (1) Identifying knowledge gaps, (2) comparing existing activities and techniques, and (3) elaborating best practice approaches.

The work plan:

  • Retrospective knowledge (gap) analyses (2015-2017)
    Continental/regional workshops  - state of the knowledge reviews
  • Collaborative compilation and analyses (2015-2017)
    Data compilation and meta-analyses, storage in central open database
  • Conception and implementation of research and monitoring networks on AM (2015-2019)
    Joint research needs and concepts, methods and activities
  • Elaboration of best practice approaches (2015-2019)
    Compiling results and experiences, elaborating best practice examples

Upcoming events

  • Sub-plenary session on Forest Adaptation and Restoration under Global Change; XXV IUFRO World Congress; Curitiba, Brazil; 29 September - 5 October 2019.

Past events

  • B-04 New Generation Plantations for Natural Climate Solutions, Session at the 4th International Congress on Planted Forests; China, Beijing, 23-27 October 2018. Units involved: TF Forest Adaptation and Restoration under Global Change / TF Sustainable Planted Forests for a Greener Future. Conference homepage   
  • Forests landscapes in times of changing climate and water resources; Corvallis, Oregon, USA; 13-14 September 2018. IUFRO Units involved: Task Force on Forest Adaptation and Restoration under Global Change, Task Force on Forests, Soil and Water Interactions, 8.01.07, 1.06.00. Report  
     
  • International Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Best practices for implementing forest landscape restoration in South Asia; Chilaw, Sri Lanka; 15-17 August 2018. (an activity in support of the Bonn Challenge)
     
  • Changing minds, changing landscapes - Capacity Building Booth (C2) at Restoration Pavilion, Successes and failures of Adaptive Forest Management (AFM) and Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) during the Global Landscape Forum (GLF 2017); Bonn, Germany; 19-20 December 2017. Report  
     
  • Session 68a - "Forest Adaptation and Restoration under Global Change" during the IUFRO 125th Anniversary Conference; Freiburg, Germany; 19-22 September 2017. Report 
     
  • 3rd Restoring Forests: Regeneration and Ecosystem Function for the Future; Lund, Sweden; 12-14 September 2017. Units involved: IUFRO Task force – Forest Adaptation and Restoration under Global Change, 1.01.00, 1.01.06; 1.06.00, 2.01.15. Conference homepage - 1st announcement - 2nd announcement - Report - Photos (by Pär Fornling)   
     
  • GLOBAL: International Conference on Forest Landscape Restoration under Global Change - A CONTRIBUTION TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BONN CHALLENGE, "Synthesising and sharing globally available forest-related scientific knowledge"; San Juan, Puerto Rico; 6-9 June 2017. Units involved: 1.06.00, TF Forest Adaptation and Restoration under Global Change, IUFRO-SPDC. Conference homepage      
     
  • Sustainable restoration of Mediterranean forests - Analysis and perspective within the context of bio-based economy development under global changes; Palermo, Italy; 19-21 April 2017. Units involved: 1.06.00, 3.02.00, Task Force on Forest Adaptation and Restoration under Global Change, Task Force on Climate Change and Forest Health. Conference homepage - Report       
     
  • ASIA: IUFRO Asia Oceania conference; Beijing; China; 24-27 October 2016. Andreas Bolte
     
  • IUFRO SPDC Science Policy Interfacing training and FLR, Pre-congress training (IUFRO Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania); Beijing, China; 20-23 October 2016. Michael Kleine
     
  • Mountains 2016, "Symposium 05: Forest adaptation and restoration under global change – the role of mountainous forests"; Bragança, Portugal; 3-7 October 2016. Units involved: Task Force on Forest Adaptation and Restoration under Global Change, 1.06.00    
     
  • Session on Governance and Forest Landscape Restoration at IUCN World Conservation Congress; Hawai’i; USA; 3 September 2016. Units involved: 1.06.00, TF on Forest Adaptation and Restoration under Global Change. Report 
     
  • Forest Communication Meeting - Joint Meeting with UNECE-FAO Forest Communicators Network; Portland, Oregon, USA; 29 August – 1 September 2016. Conference homepage - Call for presentation proposals - Agenda      John Stanturf to present stoplight tool

    Pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/121632478@N08/sets/72157672160018142

  • AFRICA: International Knowledge-Sharing Workshop “Forest Landscape Restoration and Global Change: From Policy to Practice”; Kigali, Rwanda; 26-27 July 2016. Michael Kleine 

  • Expert Workshop on Restoration and Adaptation of Mountain Forests in Central and Northeast Asia; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; 19-22 October 2015. Units involved: 1.06.00, 1.01.05, Task Force on Adaptation and Restoration under Global Change. Workshop announcement - Report   

Hot off the Press

  • 3rd Restoring Forests: Regeneration and Ecosystem Function for the Future; Lund, Sweden; 12-14 September 2017. Units involved: IUFRO Task Force – Forest Adaptation and Restoration under Global Change, 1.01.00, 1.01.06; 1.06.00, 2.01.15. Book of Abstracts (11.7 MB, PDF)   
  • Sustainable restoration of Mediterranean forests - Analysis and perspective within the context of bio-based economy development under global changes; Palermo, Italy; 19-21 April 2017. Units involved: 1.06.00, 3.02.00, Task Force on Forest Adaptation and Restoration under Global Change, Task Force on Climate Change and Forest Health. Book of Abstracts  

  • Bolte, A., Madsen, P., Derkyi, M.A.A., Stanturf, J.A. 2017. Forest adaptation and restoration under global change - concept and status of an IUFRO Task Force. Flora Mediterranea 27, p. 6.

  • Bräuning, A., Bolte, A., Nabais, C., Rossi, S., Sass-Klaassen, U. 2017. Editorial: Studying tree responses to extreme events. Frontiers in Plant Science 8, Art. 506. doi:10.3389/fpls.2017.00596

  • Chiatante, D., Domina, G., Montagnoli, A., Raimondo, F. M. (eds.) 2017: Sustainable restoration of Mediterranean forests. Flora Mediterranea 27, p. 5-76. doi:10.7320/FlMedit27.005.

  • Kleine, M., Parrota, J., Stanturf, J. 2017. International Conference on Forest Landscape Restoration under Global Change- a contribution to the implementation of the Bonn Challenge. "Synthesising and sharing globally available forest-related scientific knowledge". San Juan, Puerto Rico, 6-9 June 2017. Conference Report: https://www.iufro.org/science/special/spdc/flr/flrconf/

  • Mansourian, S. 2017. Governance and Forest Landscape Restoration: A framework to support decision-making. Journal for Nature Conservation 37:21-30. doi:10.1016/j.jnc.2017.02.010

  • Mansourian, S. 2017. Governance and Restoration. In: Allison, SK; Murphy, SD (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Ecological and Environmental Restoration. London: Routledge.

  • Mansourian, S., Dudley, N., Vallauri, D. 2017. Forest Landscape Restoration: Progress in the last decade and remaining challenges. Ecological Restoration 35: 281-288. doi:10.3368/er.35.4.281.

  • Mansourian, S., Stanturf, J., Derkyi, M., Engel, V. 2017. Forest Landscape Restoration: Increasing the positive impacts of forest restoration or simply the area under tree cover? Restoration Ecology 25: 178–183. doi: 10.1111/rec.12489.

  • Expert Workshop on Restoration and Adaptation of Mountain Forests in Central and Northeast Asia; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; 19-22 October 2015. Units involved: 1.06.00, 1.01.05, Task Force on Adaptation and Restoration under Global Change. Book of Abstracts 

  • Douglass F. Jacobs, Juan A. Oliet, James Aronson, Andreas Bolte, James M. Bullock, Pablo J. Donoso, Simon M. Landhäusser, Palle Madsen, Shaolin Peng, José M. Rey-Benayas, John C. Weber. 2015. Restoring forests: What constitutes success in the twenty-first century? Details at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11056-015-9513-5

Send comments to Andreas Bolte (Task Force Coordinator)