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| 2008
Calendar of Forest-related Events |
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| January |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 16 - 19 |
Graz, Austria |
Central European Biomass Conference 2008 |
Austrian Biomass Association |
www.biomassaver
band.at |
| 22-24 |
Beijing, China |
International Conference on Combating Desertification |
State Forestry Administration of the People's Republic of China (SFA) and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) |
www.un.org/esa/ sustdev |
| 28 - 30 |
Geneva, Switzerland |
Australian - Swiss Region-Led Initiative (RLI) on regional processes in support of the UN Forum on Forests
Meeting Report || Presentations
Agenda || Announcement || Concept Note || Thematic Outline
Background Paper:
English | French | Spanish |
Australian Government, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry,
& Swiss Government, Federal Office for the Environment |
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| February |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 17 - 21 |
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
"Old Forests, New Management" - Conservation and use of old-growth forests in the 21st century |
CRC for Forestry, Forestry Tasmania and IUFRO |
www.oldforests.
com.au |
| 18 - 21 |
Khartoum, Sudan |
Near East Forestry Commission - 18th Session |
FAO |
www.fao.org |
| 18 - 22 |
Khartoum, Sudan |
African Forestry and Wildlife Commission - 16th Session |
FAO |
www.fao.org |
| 18 - 22 |
Rome, Italy |
Thirteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 13) |
CBD Secretariat |
www.cbd.int |
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| March |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 20 - 21 |
Casablanca, Morocco |
Forests, Bioenergy and Climate Change |
IUFRO and Sylva-World for Development and the Protection of Forests and the Environment |
www.geocities.com
/sylva.monde/ |
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| April |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 8 - 11 |
Durban, South Africa |
Workshop on Forest Governance and Decentralization in Africa, a South African-Swiss Country-Led Initiative (CLI) in Support of the UN Forum on Forests
Meeting website || Flyer || Announcement |
Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Republic of South Africa and Federal Office for the Environment, Swiss Confederation
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Mr Motsamai Nkosi
Deputy Director, Bilateral and Forestry Relations
Tel: +2712 3367433 Fax: +2712 3367375 Nkosim@dwaf.gov.za
Mr Renny Madula
Deputy Director, Forestry Policy and Strategy
Tel: + 2712 3367383 Fax: +2712 3366663 madular@dwaf.gov.za |
| 21 - 26 |
Hanoi, Viet Nam |
Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission - 22nd Session |
FAO |
www.fao.org/forestry |
| 21 - 26 |
Hanoi, Viet Nam |
Asia-Pacific Forestry Week : Forestry in a Changing World |
FAO |
www.fao.org/forestry |
| 30 - 2 May |
Yokohama, Japan |
International Expert Meeting on
Addressing Climate Change Through Sustainable Management of Tropical Forests |
ITTO |
www.itto.or.jp |
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| May |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 1 - 2 |
Yokohama, Japan |
International Expert Meeting on
Addressing Climate Change Through Sustainable Management of Tropical Forests |
ITTO |
www.itto.or.jp |
| 7 - 8 |
Oslo, Norway |
MCPFE (Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe) Expert Level Meeting |
MCPFE Liaison Unit Oslo |
www.mcpfe.org |
| 5 - 16 |
UNHQ
New York, USA |
16th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development |
UN DESA/ DSD |
www.un.org/esa
sustdev/ |
| 19 - 30 |
Bonn, Germany |
Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 9) |
CBD Secretariat |
www.cbd.int |
| 27 |
Bonn, Germany |
High-level Policy Dialogue on Coping with Today's Global Challenges in the Context of the UNCCD Strategy |
UNCCD Secretariat |
www.unccd.int |
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| June |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 3 - 5 |
FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy |
High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy |
FAO |
www.fao.org |
| 3 - 6 |
Koli, North Karelia, Finland |
Wood Energy Solutions 2008 |
Wood Energy Net (Wenet), European Regional Development Fund and Regional Council of North Karelia |
www.wenet.fi |
| 4 - 13 |
Bonn, Germany |
28th sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) of the UNFCCC |
UNFCCC Secretariat |
unfccc.int |
| 9 - 12 |
San Juan, Puerto Rico |
North American Forest Commission - 24th Session |
FAO |
www.fao.org/forestry |
| 25 - 27 |
Tokyo, Japan |
Workshop on Methodological Issues relating to Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries |
UNFCCC Secretariat |
unfccc.int |
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| July |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 15 - 17 |
Accra, Ghana |
FAO/ITTO Regional Workshop on Improving Forest Law Compliance and Governance in Tropical West Africa |
FAO & ITTO |
www.itto.or.jp |
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| August |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 5 - 8 |
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada |
IUFRO Conference on Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems and Landscapes |
IUFRO |
www.tru.ca/iufro.html |
| 25 - 28 |
Umeå, Sweden |
Adaptation of Forests and Forest Management to Changing Climate with Emphasis on Forest Health: A Review of Science, Policies, and Practices |
FAO, IUFRO and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
www.forest adaptation2008.net |
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| September |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 3 - 5 |
Koli, Joensuu, Finland |
Forests in the Changing Environment: Pan-European workshop as a regional contribution to the United Nations Forum on Forest (UNFF) |
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland |
www.mmm.fi/
forests/koli2008 |
| 7 - 12 |
Murten, Switzerland |
23rd IUFRO Conference for Specialists in Air Pollution: Effects on Forest Ecosystems Air Pollution and Climate Change at Contrasting Altitude and Latitude |
IUFRO |
http://www.wsl.ch/ iufro_ch_2008 |
| 8 - 12 |
Paramaribo, Suriname |
International Dialogue on Financing Sustainable Forest Management; a Country-Led Initiative (CLI) in Support of the United Nations Forum on Forests
Meeting website |
Governments of Suriname, The Netherlands and the United States |
Mr. Henry Mac Donald, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Suriname to the UN;
Fax: 212 980-7029,
suriname@un.int |
| 16 - 18 |
Chengdu, China |
International Conference: Landscape Ecology and Forest Management: Challenges and Solutions |
IUFRO, International Association of Landscape Ecology (IALE) and Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF)
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research.eeescience
.utoledo.edu |
| 17 - 19 |
Toledo, Spain |
Forest Fires 2008: International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Forest Fires |
Wessex Institute of Technology, UK, and University of Castilla - La Mancha, Spain |
www.wessex.ac.uk |
| 18 - 20 |
Orvieto, Italy |
European Forest Institute Annual Conference: Focus on the Adaption of Forest Landscape to Environmental Changes |
European Forest Institute |
www.efi.int |
| 29 - 3 Oct |
Quito, Ecuador |
Latin American and Caribbean Forestry Commission - 25th Session |
FAO |
www.fao.org/forestry |
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| October |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 5 - 9 |
Bali, Indonesia |
International Scientific Conference on Tropical Rainforests and Agroforests under Global Change |
Collaborative Research Center STORMA (Stability of Tropical Rainforest Margins in Indonesia) |
www.globalchange-2008.org/ |
| 5 - 14 |
Barcelona, Spain |
The World Conservation Forum |
IUCN |
cms.iucn.org |
| 13 - 16 |
Accra Ghana |
International Conference on Traditional Forest-related Knowledge and Sustainable Forest Management in Africa |
IUFRO, The Forestry Commission, CSIR, and University of Ghana |
www.iufro.org |
| 13 - 17 |
Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, Korea |
International Conference "Advances in Forest Management and Inventory" |
IUFRO, Kangwon National University, and Korea Forest Research Institute |
iufro.kangwon.ac.kr |
| 20 - 24 |
Rome, Italy |
34th Session European Forestry Commission |
FAO |
www.fao.org/forestry/ |
| 20 - 24 |
Rome, Italy |
European Forest Week |
FAO, UNECE, MCPFE and EC |
www.fao.org/forestry/ |
| 30 - 31 |
Barcelona, Spain |
International Conference on Water and Forests: A Convenient Truth? |
European Forest Institute Mediterranean, Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals (CREAF), Fundació Territori i Paisatge (FTiP), Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya (CTFC), IUFRO, FAO Forestry Department, MCPFE and University of Barcelona |
www.efi.int |
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| November |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 3 - 5 |
Budapest, Hungary |
Russian Speaking Workshop on the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010 |
FAO Forestry Department |
www.fao.org |
| 3 - 7 |
Stellenbosch, South Africa |
Sustainable Forest Management in Africa - African Solutions to African Problems |
Stellenbosch University, Copperbelt University, Eduardo Mondlane University, the Research Institute in Tropical Ecology of the National Centre for Scientific and Technological Research (Gabon), the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and the International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO) |
www.academic.sun.ac.za |
| 3 - 8 |
Yokohama, Japan |
44th Session of the International Tropical Timber Council |
ITTO |
www.itto.or.jp |
| 4 - 6 |
Solsona (Lleida , Spain) |
VI Forum on Forest Policy: Forests and Society in a Global Change Framework: Challenges and Opportunities |
Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya (CTFC); Government of Spain; and Generalitat de Catalunya, Department de Medi Ambient i Habitatge |
www.ctfc.es |
| 4 - 7 |
Foz do Iguaçu, State of Parana, Brazil |
GEO Forest Monitoring Symposium |
National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Brazil and Group on Earth Observations (GEO) |
www.dpi.inpe.br |
| 6 - 8 |
Nancy, France |
The European Forest-Based Sector : Bio-Responses to Address New Climate and Energy Challenges?l |
French Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries |
www.gip-ecofor.org |
| 8 |
Kathmandu, Nepal |
International Workshop on Strengthening Network/Federation of Community Forestry in Asia |
Federation of Community Forestry Users, Nepal (FECOFUN) |
www.forestrynepal.org |
| 10 - 14 |
UNOV, Vienna, Austria |
UNFF Ad-Hoc Expert Group to develop proposals for the development of a voluntary global financial mechanism/portfolio approach/forest financing framework |
UNFF Secretariat |
www.un.org/esa/
forests |
| 12 - 13 |
Geneva, Switzerland |
Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE) Expert Level Meeting |
MCPFE Liaison Unit Oslo |
www.mcpfe.org |
| 12 - 14 |
Baguio, Philippines |
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD): Impacts on Indigenous and Local Communities |
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat, Tebtebba Foundation and United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) |
www.cbd.int |
| 17 - 20 |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Tropical Forestry Change in a Changing World |
Kasetsart University |
www.forest.ku.ac.th |
| 17 - 20 |
Seattle,USA |
Forest Sector Modeling: State-of-the-Art and Future Challenges in an Expanding Global Marketplace |
Center for International Trade in Forest Products (CINTRAFOR) and Oregon State University |
www.cof.orst.edu |
| 17 - 21 |
London, United Kingdom |
First meeting of the Second Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on biodiversity and climate change |
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat |
www.cbd.int |
| 24 - 26 |
Freiburg, Germany |
Figures for Forests: Accountancy Networks and Data Collection Technologies as Tools for Monitoring, Explaining and Supporting Economic Forest Development and Forest Owners' Behaviour |
Forest Research Institute Baden-Württemberg (FVA), Germany and IUFRO |
www.iufro.org |
| 25 |
Brussels, Belgium |
From forest management to wood products and paper: The unique link against climate change |
European Confederation of Woodworking Industries (CEI-Bois), Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF),
and Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) |
www.forest-climate-event.org |
| 26 - 28 |
Nadi, Fiji Islands |
Workshop on the Global Forest Resources Assessement 2010 in the Pacific |
FAO Forestry Department |
www.fao.org |
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| December |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 1 - 5 |
Castries, Saint Lucia |
Workshop on the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010 in the Caribbean |
FAO Forestry Department |
www.fao.org |
| 1 - 12 |
Poznan, Poland |
UN Climate Change Conference (COP 14, CMP 4 and sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies) |
UNFCCC Secretariat |
http://unfccc.int/ |
| 6 |
Poznan, Poland |
Forest Day 2, a UNFCCC COP 14 Parallel Event: Shaping the Global Agenda for Forests and Climate Change |
CIFOR, the Government of Poland & the Polish State Forests NFH, CIFOR, CBD Secretariat, FAO, GEF, ICRAF, ITTO, IUCN, IUFRO Secretariat, UNCCD Secretariat, UNDP, UNEP, UNFCCC Secretariat, UNFF Secretariat, World Bank |
www.cifor.cgiar.org |
| 8 - 10 |
Haikou, Hainan, China |
International Workshop on Promotion of Rubberwood Processing Technology in the Asia-Pacific Region |
Research Institute of Wood Industry, the Chinese Academy of Forestry (CRIWI), the Hainan Wood Industry Co. Ltd. (GBHSF), and Yunnan Natural latex Co |
www.paneltech.cn |
| 10 - 12 |
Bamako, Mali |
Francophone Africa Workshop on the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010 |
FAO Forestry Department |
www.fao.org |
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