International Society of Arboriculture
2011 Annual Meeting
July 23-27, 2011, Sydney Australia

The International Society of Arboriculture is holding its Call for Papers for its 2011 Annual Meeting in Sydney, Australia.  The APPLICATION DEADLINE  is August 31, 2010.

ISA’s International Annual Conference is the premier gathering of arboricultural professionals from around the world. Practicing arborists come together with top researchers and educators to learn the latest in research, technology, and innovation in arboriculture and urban forestry.  Proposals will be accepted for 30- and 60-minute oral presentations, as well as Tree Academy workshops, climbing demonstrations, and poster presentations.  Proposals will be evaluated based on overall quality, appropriateness and timeliness of topic, clear definition of topic focus, potential for practical application of material, and attractiveness of topic to a diverse audience.

Only proposals submitted online will be accepted.
APPLICATION DEADLINE IS AUGUST 31, 2010

To submit a paper, please visit:
http://www.isa-arbor.com/UrgentAnnouncements.aspx#2
To view a reminder postcard for this event, please click visit:
http://www.isa-arbor.com/conference/resources/2011/postcard.pdf

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UPCOMING CONFERENCES & EVENTS

URBAN FORESTRY AT IUFRO WORLD CONGRESS 2010
Seoul, Korea, 23-28 August, 2010 (http://www.iufro2010.com/index.asp)

There will be three dedicated urban forestry sessions at the Seoul event:

Subplenary session SP-13: ‘Promoting urban forest services in partnership between scientists and communities’
Date and time: Tuesday 24 August, 13.30-15.30 hrs
Venue: session room 401

Technical session H-02: ‘Urban forestry: assessing and developing ecosystem services’
Date and time: Tuesday 24 August, 08.30-10.30 hrs
Venue: session room 403

Technical session I-03: ‘Urban forestry combating proverty - building a collaborative stakeholder dialogue’
Date and time: Saturday 29 August, 08.30-10.30 hrs
Venue: session room 318C

Business session of IUFRO’s Urban Forestry research group will be held on Monday August 23, 15.00-15.30 hrs. Venue will be Hall E6 at the conference venue

Apart from these sessions, a series of others will be of interest, e.g. on forests and human health and on forest recreation. Moreover, a business session of our IUFRO Urban Forestry research group will be held on Monday August 23, 15.00-15.30 hrs. Venue will be Hall E6 at the conference venue.  Please check the full conference programme.

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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR URBAN FORESTRY IN CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTS
Beijing, China, 29 August - 1 September 2010

It is still possible to register for this event, which is co-organised by IUFRO’s Urban Forestry group. For more information about the conference’s theme and practicalities, see http://app.bjfu.edu.cn/linxy/icufce_2010/home.html.

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EUROPEAN GREEN CAPITAL SEMINAR - WHAT ABOUT URBAN NATURE: BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES?
Stockholm, Sweden, 14-15 October 2010

This conference will be held in the city of Stockholm, which was awarded the status of EU Green Capital 2010. Click Here for an announcement for this event.  For a copy of the preliminary programme, please Click Here.

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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ‘MANAGING THE URBAN RURAL INTERFACE - STRATEGIES AND TOOLS FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABLE PERI-URBAN LAND USE RELATIONSHIPS’
Copenhagen, Denmark, 19-22 October 2010

This conference includes a session on urban forestry in industrialising countries. Read more and register for this event at www.plurel.net/conference.

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‘TREES, PEOPLE AND THE BUILT ENVIROEMENT’ - URBAN TREE RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Birmingham, UK 13-14 April, 2011

This conference  is being hosted by the Institute of Chartered Foresters and is supported by a wide range of UK professional bodies and agencies in the natural and built environment sector.  Urban trees and woodlands are essential elements of our green infrastructure and have a vital role in promoting liveable and sustainable towns and cities. They can have numerous environmental, economic and social benefits, contributing enormously to the health and welfare of everyone who lives and works in urban areas.

This conference is  hoping to attract a wide range of high quality papers from UK and international researchers covering a range of topics relating to trees, people and the built environment.  To download a PDF copy of the Call for Papers, please Click Here.   For more information on the conference, please visit www.charteredforesters.org/conference/

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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ‘BEST OF BOTH WORLDS’ - EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
Kuching, Malaysia, 8-9 November 2010

More information about this event, including a registration form, can be found by Clicking Here.

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OPEN POSTS

FAO INITIATIVE ‘GROWING GREENING CITIES’

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation has a programme for Urban and Peri-Urban Horticulture, as key component of the organisation’s Food for the Cities programme. A new website, “Growing Greener Cities”, is now available in in English, French and Spanish, at the following URL: www.fao.org/ag/agp/greenercities/.

OPEN POSTS

EDUCATION

Click here the first announcement for the 13th EFUF, to be held in the Austrian town of Tulln near Vienna.  Abstracts of up to 250 words can be submitted until February 22, 2010, under the conference’s seven sub-themes.

These include:

1. Different urban forests for different urban people
2. Urban forests for locals and for newcomers
3. Children and teenagers as urban forest users
4. Quality of recreation experience in urban forests
5. Climate change and urban green
6. Managing urban forest conflicts
7. Developing opportunities for adventurous forest recreation in highly artificial urban environments

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URBAN FORESTRY AT THE IUFRO WORLD CONGRESS 2010
Seoul, Republic of Korea, 23-28 August 2010

IUFRO’s main congress will have as its theme ‘Forests for the Future -

Sustaining Society and the Environment’. You can read more about the event here: http://www.iufro2010.com/. Urban forestry will be well represented at the congress, with the following sessions/meetings:

- Subplenary session on ‘Promoting urban forest services in partnership between scientists and communities’ (hosted by IUFRO 6.14.00)

- Technical sessions (2) on ‘Urban Forestry Combating Poverty - Building a Collaborative Stakeholders Dialogue’ (contact persons: Prof. Giovanni Sanesi (sanesi@agr.uniba.it) and Michelle Gauthier of FAO (michelle.gauthier@fao.org).

- Business meeting of IUFRO’s Research Group on Urban Forestry

Unfortunately the deadline for submitting abstracts for IUFRO 2010 has passed, but you can expect a series of interesting sessions.

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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR URBAN FORESTRY IN CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTS
Beijing, China, 29 August - 1 September 2010

To maintain sustainable urban forests in cities is the ultimate goal of urban forest management. However, this task can be very challenging for cities facing unfavorable natural or anthropogenic influences. In contrast to extensive studies and discussions on managing urban forests in cities under normal conditions, less information is available for urban foresters in those challenging environments. In Fall 2010, a conference organized by the IUFRO’s Research Group on Urban Forestry (6.14.00) and Beijing Forestry University will bring together scientists, policy makers, practitioners, and concerned citizens to share important findings, innovative science and technologies, and daily experience in dealing with various challenges now and in the future. Also, the benefits of urban forests to people living in challenging environments will be discussed.

Click here to download the first announcement and call for abstracts for this event, which will be organised immediately after the IUFRO World Congress in Seoul, Korea (see above). Deadline for submitting abstracts is April 20, 2009.

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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE - MANAGING THE URBAN RURAL INTERFACE - STRATEGIES AND TOOLS FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINBLE PERI-URBAN LAND USE
Copenhagen, Denmark, 18-21 October 2010

The conference is organized jointly by the PLUREL project; ASEM 4th Symposium on Urban Forestry; Landscape Tomorrow; Danish Association of Landscape Ecologists; & Danish Architecture Centre. The event is the final event of the PLUREL project: PERI-URBAN LAND USE RELATIONSHIPS - STRATEGIES AND SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT TOOLS FOR URBAN-RURAL LINKAGES funded by the European Commission*s sixth Framework Programme for research (EC FP6 036921).

IUFRO’s Urban Forestry’s group also acts as co-organiser, specifically of the session ‘Urban Forestry and Urban Greening in Developing Countries’. You can read more about this event at www.plurel.net/conference. Abstracts can be submitted until May 1, 2010.

2010 EUROPEAN FORUM ON URBAN FORESTRY
The first announcement for the 13th European Forum on Urban Forestry, co-sponsored by IUFRO Urban Forestry, has been released and is availble at tinyurl.com/efuf2010. Next year’s EFUF will be held in Tulln, Austria, during May 25-29. Central theme of the event will be “Urban People Meet Urban Forests”. Abstracts can be submitted to the organisers until February 22, 2010. Read more in the file and keep yourself informed through www.efuf.org.

NEW PUBLICATIONS

NEW ISSUE OF URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING
Issue 4, Volume 8 of the scientific journal ‘Urban Forestry & Urban Greening’ (UFUG) has been published. Articles in this issue look at, for example, the restorative properties of small urban parks, contracting out in green space management, and the impact of solar radiation on green roof plants. Access the table of contents at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/16188667/ Since the start of Volume 8, UFUG is included in Web of Science (formerly: ISI-listed). Most universities encourage publication in Web of Science journals.

Please note that there will be two important urban forestry sessions at the upcoming World Forestry Congress in Argentina. The sessions will deal with the themes “Driving the forces towards A Green Agenda for Urbanized Society: A matter of Choice or Destiny?” respectively “Optimizing and mastering the tree cover for healthy cities - learning from practice and science”.  Click Here to view, or download, PDF file outlining these presentation sessions..

In addition to these sessions, there will be an event on “Protecting Urban Watersheds: Technology and Communication” on Tuesday October 20, 12.45-14.15 hrs (Yellow Pavillion). This side event at the World Forestry Congress will share successful efforts to improve, measure, monitor, and communicate the connection between forests, water, and people. Opportunity will be provided for participants to share their strategies and successes, as well. Please join us for this global conversation, hosted by the United States Forest Service.

Malaysian Urban Forestry Conference 2009
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, 17-19 November 2009

The second announcement for the Malaysian Urban Forestry Conference 2009: ‘Lessons for Sustainable Development’ is available by visiting http://www.frim.gov.my/pdf/urban-forestry.pdf. Registration for the event is still possible. For an updated listing of confirmed speakers, please Click Here.

Conference ‘Monitoring and Management of Visitor flows in recreational and protected areas’ (MMV2010)
Wageningen, Netherlands, 30 May - 3 June 2010

This fifth MMV conference will build on the success of four preceding conferences, which have made MMV into a regular meeting for scientists and managers. MMV5 will be the first lustrum and organized in an urbanized country, the Netherlands. Read more about this international conference at http://www.mmv2010.nl/.

Conference ‘Forest Landscapes and Global Change - New frontiers in management, conservation and restoration’ (IUFRO Landscape Ecology conference 2010)
Brangança, Portugal, 21-27 September 2010

After past events in Bari and Chengdu, the IUFRO Landscape Ecology conference will visit Portugal in 2010. Read the first announcement for this event, with a theme on urban forestry, at http://www.ipb.pt/iufro2010/index.php?pai=45&lng=.

This international conference, organised under the Icelandic chairmanship of the Nordic Council of Ministers, will look at e.g. the social and
health services of forests, innovative woodland management, and community forestry approaches. The event is co-organized by the Nordic-Baltic Centre of Advanced Research on Forestry Serving Urbanized Societies, CARe-FOR-US (www.sl.life.ku.dk/care-for-us). A full program is now uploaded on the conference website, http://skogur.is/radstefna-sept-2009.  Here you can also register online for the event.

12th Anniversary Conference of Pro Silva Europe in Slovenia - ‘Linking Practice, Science and Educational Outreach for Advancing Close-to-Nature Forest Management’
Logarska Dolina, Slovenia, 24-27 September 2009

This international conference will include amply attention for urban forests, for example through an excursion day in Celje’s urban forests under the title ‘Close-to-nature forestry in urban and recreational forests’. You can read more about the event and register at http://web.bf.uni-lj.si/go/prosilvaslovenia2009/programme.html.

Malaysian Urban Forestry Conference 2009
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, 17-19 November 2009

The first announcement and call for papers for the Malaysian Urban Forestry Conference 2009: ‘Lessons for Sustainable Development’ is available by visiting http://unri.org/iufro/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/uf_2009_malaysian1.pdf. This international event, which will include a range of leading international speakers on aspects of urban forestry and nature tourism, will be held back-to-back with an FAO workshop on urban and peri-urban forestry. Abstracts for the Malaysian Urban Forestry Conference 2009 can be submitted until August 30, 2009.

Conference ‘Monitoring and Management of Visitor flows in recreational and protected areas’ (MMV2010)
Wageningen, Netherlands, 30 May - 3 June 2010

This fifth MMV conference will build on the success of four preceding conferences, which have made MMV into a regular meeting for scientists and managers. MMV5 will be the first lustrum and organized in an urbanized country, the Netherlands. Read more about this international conference at http://www.mmv2010.nl/.

Conference ‘Forestry Serving Urbanised Societies in the North Atlantic Region’
- submit your abstract now!
Reykjavik, Iceland, 16-19 September 2009

This international conference, organised under the Icelandic chairmanship of the Nordic Council of Ministers, will bring together researchers and practitioners from the North Atlantic Region (as well as others who are interested in the topic) to 1) present and discuss the state-of-art of research on forestry serving urbanised societies; 2) find ways of better implementation of state-of-art knowledge; and 3) developing a joint research agenda for the future. Conference sessions will look at e.g. the social and
health services of forests, innovative forest planning, design and management, benefit valuation, species selection, and community forestry approaches.

The event is co-organised by the Nordic-Baltic Centre of Advanced Research on Forestry Serving Urbanised Societies, CARe-FOR-US (www.sl.life.ku.dk/care-for-us). ABSTRACTS of up to 300 words should be submitted to cck(at)life.ku.dk BY JUNE 30, 2009. Please visit the conference website for further details: http://skogur.is/radstefna-sept-2009, where you can also register online.

International conference ‘Ecology and Forests for Public Health’
Oslo, Norway, 18-20 September 2009

This conferences focuses on environmental, climatic and cultural changes that threaten public health today. This event will analyze the importance of ecology and forests for people on our planet. A wide range of aspects will therefore be addressed through key-note speakers, submitted abstracts, workshops and side events. Subthemes like vocational rehabilitation in nature, recreation, health promotion, physical activity, well-being, out-door life (friluftsliv), farming for health etc. are also part of the programme.

Read more about the event at www.nacuheal.net. ABSTRACTS can be submitted until JULY 15, 2009.

Malaysian Urban Forestry Conference 2009
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, 17-19 November 2009

The first announcement and call for papers for the Malaysian Urban Forestry Conference 2009: ‘Lessons for Sustainable Development’ is available by visiting http://unri.org/iufro/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/uf_2009_malaysian1.pdf. This international event, which will include a range of leading international speakers on aspects of urban forestry and nature tourism, will be held back-to-back with an FAO workshop on urban and peri-urban forestry. Abstracts for the Malaysian Urban Forestry Conference 2009 can be submitted until August 30, 2009.

International Healthy Parks, Healthy People Congress
Melbourne, Australia, 11-16 April 2010

The Call for Proposals for the first International Healthy Parks Healthy People Congress is open until June 22nd 2009. With the increasing recognition of the value of nature to human health and well being worldwide, Parks Victoria will host the inaugural International Healthy Parks Healthy People Congress at the new Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Australia. For further information, visit the conference website at www.healthyparkshealthypeoplecongress.org.

Journal Urban Forestry & Urban Greening now indexed by Thomson Reuters

As of issue 1 of the present Volume (8, 2009), Urban Forestry and Urban Greening is indexed by Thomson Reuters (formerly ISI). This means that the journal has become part of major databases such as Science Citation Index Expanded. Articles published by us from Vol. 9, issue 1 onwards will be part of the Web of Science. The journal’s first impact factor will be granted for 2011.

Find more information about the journal and its indexing at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/701803/description#description.

New publication: ‘GreenKeys @ Your City - A guide for urban green quality’

GreenKeys, an INTERREG III B Project which has developed suggestions for how to improve the planning and management of urban green spaces, has recently issued this interesting manual. It contains recommendations for green space development in European cities and provides guidelines on the preparation and implementation of an urban green space strategy. You can download the report (or order a hardcopy) from the project’s website: www.greenkeys-project.net.

Conference ‘Great Places, Great Cities’
Glasgow, Scotland, 4-5 June 2009

This two-day conference will bring together an international audience to discuss the role of public space and green networks in creating truly sustainable cities – cities which have a reduced impact on the environment, which cope better with the consequences of global climate change and where people want to live and work. For further information, see http://www.greenspacescotland.org.uk/default.asp?page=482.

Conference ‘Forestry Serving Urbanised Societies in the North Atlantic Region’
Reykjavik, Iceland, 16-19 September 2009

This international conference, organised under the Icelandic chairmanship of the Nordic Council of Ministers, will bring together researchers and practitioners from the North Atlantic Region to 1) present and discuss the state-of-art of research on forestry serving urbanised societies; 2) find ways of better implementation of state-of-art knowledge; and 3) developing a joint research agenda for the future. Conference sessions will look at e.g. the social and health services of forests, innovative forest planning, design and management, benefit valuation, species selection, and community forestry approaches.

The event is co-organised by the Nordic-Baltic Centre of Advanced Research on Forestry Serving Urbanised Societies, CARe-FOR-US (www.sl.life.ku.dk/care-for-us).

Abstracts should be submitted before June 30, 2009. Please visit the conference website for further details: http://skogur.is/radstefna-sept-2009. ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! Register at http://skogur.is/radstefna-sept-2009

Malaysian Urban Forestry Conference 2009
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, 17-19 November 2009

Please click here to view the announcement and call for papers for the Malaysian Urban Forestry Conference 2009: ‘Lessons for Sustainable Development’. This international event will be held back-to-back with an FAO workshop on urban and peri-urban forestry.

International Healthy Parks, Healthy People Congress
Melbourne, Australia, 11-16 April 2010

The Call for Proposals for the first International Healthy Parks Healthy People Congress is NOW OPEN and will remain open until June 22nd 2009. With the increasing recognition of the value of nature to human health and wellbeing worldwide, Parks Victoria will host the inaugural International Healthy Parks Healthy People Congress at the new Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Australia. For further information, visit the conference website at www.healthyparkshealthypeoplecongress.org.

Urban forestry session at the IUFRO 2010 World Congress
Seoul, South Korea, 23-28 August 2010

An urban forestry session at this main IUFRO event has just been accepted. The 2-hour session will have as its theme ‘Promoting urban forest services in partnership between scientists and
communities’. Invited speakers such as David Nowak (US Forest Service), Kjell Nilsson (University of Copenhagen), Pepper Provenzano (TreeLink) and Makoto Yokohari (University of Tokyo) will shine their light on successful science-practice collaboration in urban forestry.

Abstracts for all IUFRO 2010 sessions can now be submitted. For further details, visit: http://www.iufro2010.com/. For the mentioned urban forestry session, only poster abstracts can be considered.

 
PUBLICATIONS

Journal Urban Forestry & Urban Greening now indexed by Thomson Reuters

As of issue 1 of the present Volume (8, 2009), Urban Forestry and Urban Greening is indexed by Thomson Reuters (formerly ISI). This means that the journal has become part of major databases such as Science Citation Index Expanded. Articles published by us from Vol. 9, issue 1 onwards will be part of the Web of Science. The journal’s first impact factor will be granted for 2011.

Find more information about the journal and its indexing at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/701803/description#description.

New publication: ‘GreenKeys @ Your City - A guide for urban green quality’

GreenKeys, an INTERREG III B Project which has developed suggestions for how to improve the planning and management of urban green spaces, has recently issued this interesting manual. It contains recommendations for green space development in European cities and provides guidelines on the preparation and implementation of an urban green space strategy. You can download the report (or order a hardcopy) from the project’s website: www.greenkeys-project.net.

12th European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF) - Register now!
Arnhem, The Netherlands, 27-30 May 2009

The 12th edition of the EFUF, an event co-sponsored by IUFRO Urban Forestry, promises to become a good one. The 12th EFUF will have as title: Urban forestry - Working together for green city values, with themes such as green city marketing, children and nature, participatory urban forestry, and strategic and innovative urban forestry.

The call for abstracts is now closed, but don’t forget to register for the event as soon as possible, as limited places are available. For full details about the programme, keynote speakers, excursions, and online registration, visit http://www.arnhem.nl/content.jsp?objectid=69936.

Conference ‘Forestry Serving Urbanised Societies in the North Atlantic Region’
Reykjavik, Iceland, 16-19 September 2009

This international conference, organised under the Icelandic chairmanship of the Nordic Council of Ministers, will bring together researchers and practitioners from the North Atlantic Region to 1) present and discuss the state-of-art of research on forestry serving urbanised societies; 2) find ways of better implementation of state-of-art knowledge; and 3) developing a joint research agenda for the future. Conference sessions will look at e.g. the social and health services of forests, innovative forest planning, design and management, species selection, and community forestry approaches.

Abstracts should be submitted before June 15, 2009. Click Here for detailed information about the event .

Urban forestry session at the IUFRO 2010 World Congress
Seoul, South Korea, 23-28 August 2010

A proposal for an urban forestry session at this main IUFRO event has just been accepted. The 2-hour session will have as its theme ‘Promoting urban forest services in partnership between scientists and communities’. Invited speakers such as David Nowak (US Forest Service), Kjell Nilsson (University of Copenhagen), Pepper Provenzano (TreeLink) and Makoto Yokohari (University of Tokyo) will shine their light on successful science-practice collaboration in urban forestry. More details about this session will be provided in the near future.

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Urban Forestry & Urban Greening now indexed by Thomson Reuters

As of issue 1 of the present Volume (8, 2009), Urban Forestry and Urban Greening is indexed by Thomson Reuters (formerly ISI). This means that the journal has become part of major databases such as Science Citation Index Expanded. Articles published by us from Vol. 9, issue 1 onwards will be part of the Web of Science. The journal’s first impact factor will be granted for 2011.

Find more information about the journal and its indexing at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/701803/description#description.

New publication: ‘GreenKeys @ Your City - A guide for urban green quality’

GreenKeys, an INTERREG III B Project which has developed suggestions for how to improve the planning and management of urban green spaces, has recently issued this interesting manual. It contains recommendations for green space development in European cities and provides guidelines on the preparation and implementation of an urban green space strategy. You can download the report (or order a hardcopy) from the project’s website: www.greenkeys-project.net.
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UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS

12th European Forum on Urban Forestry - Call for abstracts

 Arnhem, The Netherlands, 27-30 May 2009

 Arnhem is a city rich in old and new green spaces, situated at the fringe of the Veluwe, the largest (and heavily visited) forest and nature area of The Netherlands.  In 2008 Arnhem has been granted as the Greenest city of the Netherlands. The 12th EFUF will have as title: “Urban forestry - Working together for green city values”. Abstracts for oral presentations are solicited under four sub-themes:

1. Green city marketing - how can urban forests and other green spaces be used to promote cities?
2. Children and nature  how do we develop urban forests that promote use by children and youths, e.g. for educational and health purposes?;
3. Participatory urban forestry  sharing experiences about collaboration between planners, managers, interest groups and residents;
4. Strategic and innovative urban forestry  how to we successfully develop urban forests for the future, linking up to major political agendas, using concepts such as green infrastructure, marketing of green values, etc.?

Abstracts of up to 300 words and with full authors details should be submitted to Mr. John Raggers, john.raggers@wur.nl, no later than March 11, 2009.

The EFUFs programme will start with an ice-breaker at Tuesday 26 May (evening) and end on Saturday 30 May with an excursion of the Veluwe forest region. Further information (e.g. on how to register) will soon become available from http://www.arnhem.nl/content.jsp?objectid=69936.

International conference Landscape Design in the City: Historical Landscapes in the Modern Era

St. Petersburg, Russia, 1-3 June 2009

St. Petersburg is the most European city in Russia with numerous historical landscapes under UNESCO protection.  At the same time St. Petersburg is one of the largest Russian and European megapolises that experiences all the problems of a modern city and consequences of integration in a global market system. The theme of this conference will allow discussion of very broad questions for example European Influence in Russian monuments of garden art, Methods of Historical landscape restoration: international and Russian experience, Life of historical landscapes in the era of market economy and globalisation: positive and negative experiences, Search of historical landscape integration into modern landscapes and Historical landscapes as an inspiration for modern landscape architecture. For more information about this event, contact Dr. Maria Ignatieva at ignatiem@lincoln.ac.nz.

15th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM 2009)- Call for abstracts

Vienna, Austria, 5-8 July 2009

Abstracts for this event, titled Meet Old and New Worlds in Research, Planning and Management, are due 9 February 2009. Check out the events web-site, with information about transportation, accommodations, post-conference field trips and the spousal program: http://www.issrm09.info. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the organisers at issrm09@boku.ac.at.

ECLAS Conference 2009 - Call for abstracts

Genoa, Italy, 23-27 September 2009

This year’s conference of the European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools will have as its theme Landscape & Ruins - Planning and Design for the Regeneration of Derelict Places. Deadline for abstracts is 23 February 2009; abstracts should be addressed to: eclas2009@arch.unige.it. Read more about the conference at http://www.eclas.org/eclas-conference-details.php?mode=next.

XIII World Forestry Congress - Call for abstracts

Buenos Aires, 18-25 October 2009

The XIII World Forestry Congress (WFC) will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 18-25 October 2009. This Congress can provide a good opportunity to keep high the attention on the role of “Forest and Trees for Healthy Cities  Improving Livelihoods and Environment for All”. There will be several sessions with attention for urban forestry and forests-health links. Hence you are encouraged to submit abstracts of your studies and research to the organizers of the Congress. ABSTRACTS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED BY 15 FEBRUARY 2009. Abstracts should be submitted following the instructions provided on the Congress website: www.wfc2009.org. If the automatic system for uploading the abstracts doesn’t work, please send to: WFC-XIII@fao.org.

The following items should be included: 1) Type of presentation (voluntary paper); 2) Thematic session (in relation with the programme of the WFC); 3) Title; 4)  Author(s); 5) E-mail and mailing addresses of the main author; 6) Abstract (minimum 300 words  maximum 400 words); 7) Between 3 and 5 keywords. Texts must be written in one of the three official languages of the Congress (English, French or Spanish). Abstracts submitted in other languages will not be taken into consideration. The acceptance of abstracts does not imply that the papers will be presented orally at the Congress. The decision of the reviewing committee to this effect will only be taken once the review of the full papers is completed. The authors whose abstracts have been accepted must submit the full papers before 31 May 2009.

 he World Forestry Congress serves as a forum for governments, universities, civil society and the private sector to exchange views and experiences and to formulate recommendations for implementation of environmentally friendly forest policies at national, regional and global levels. The Congress also provides an opportunity for the sector to produce an overview of the state of forests and forestry in order to discern trends, adapt policies and raise awareness of issues among decision-makers, the public and other parties concerned.

NEW PUBLICATIONS

Journal Urban Forestry & Urban Greening publishes first issue of 2009

This scientific journals first issue of Volume 8 is now available online, at www.sciencedirect.com. This issue includes articles on, for example, a decision support system for urban tree planting programs, a new management regime for public green spaces in the Nordic countries, and on exogenous applications of carbohydrates on the growth and vitality of live oaks. As always, new papers are very welcome -  submit at http://ees.elsevier.com/ufug.

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry  - Special issue resulting from ISA-IUFRO event on urban forest structure

A recent special issue of the scientific journal Arboriculture and Urban Forestry focuses on urban forest structure. This issue, compiled by IUFRO Urban Forestry deputy coordinator David Nowak, includes papers presented during a special co-organised by IUFRO at the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) 2008 Congress. For a table of contents, see http://joa.isa-arbor.com/articles.asp?JournalID=1&VolumeID=34&IssueID=6.  IUFRO Urban Forestry and ISA have agreed to jointly host future events of this type as well. For more information, contact David Nowak at dnowak@fs.fed.us.

New book: European Forest Recreation and Tourism, edited by Simon Bell et al.

This new handbook draws on an EU-wide project (COST E33) which over the last four years has collected the expertise of more than 80 professionals and academics, from 24 countries in Europe, on forest recreation and nature tourism research, planning and management. It brings together the most up to date, state of the art knowledge and makes it available to policy makers, planners, managers and students. For more information, see http://www.routledgesport.com/books/European-Forest-Recreation-and-Tourism-isbn9780415443630.

ArborNews Asia  Electronic newsletter

You can download the latest issue of this interesting newsletter on developments and activities in Asian arboriculture and urban forestry (winter 2008) from http://www.asiatreepreservation.com/images/2008%20December%20ARBORNews%20Asia.pdf.

New book: How to put nature into neighborhoods, by Maria Ignatieva et al.

Low Impact Urban Design and Development (LIUDD) is a sustainable living concept. Urban sustainability and health are achieved through effective management of stormwater, waste, energy, transport and ecosystem services. The greening of cities by planting ecologically with local species is also a vital part of the overall well being of ecosystems and citizens. Biodiversity or nature heritage contributes to enduring sense of place or identity - a key element of nationhood. This manual is for the town dweller, developer, landscape designer and planner - and provides practical applications from nearly a decade of LIUDD research across New Zealand. It summarizes and links to information regarding the physical and built environment, but its focal point is nature heritage and overcoming attrition and critical loss. For information on how to obtain this book, published as Landcare Research Science Series No. 35, contact Maria Ignatieva at ignatiem@lincoln.ac.nz.

Paper on Low Impact Urban Design and Development (LIUDD): matching urban design and urban ecology

This article by Ignatieva, Stewart and Meurk was recently published in Landscape Review (12(2). For obtaining a copy of this paper, contact Maria Ignatieva at ignatiem@lincoln.ac.nz.