IUFRO-UNRI Urban Forestry Research

Official approval has been granted by the Elsevier journal Environmental Research (www.journals.elsevier.com/environmental-research/) to publish a Special Issue on the topic: The Provision of Ecosystem Services in Response to Global Change (guest-editors: Raffaele Lafortezza & Jiquan Chen).

The aim of the special issue is to involve authors of original research, reviews, and synthesis studies. These potential authors will contribute to the special issue by illustrating general theories and methods, generating and analyzing natural and social datasets, developing integrated modeling techniques, and presenting state-of-the-art research results. We believe that this focus issue will play a critical role in improving our understanding of current knowledge, research gaps, and future research needs for ecosystem services provision in response to global change.

The full manuscript submission deadline is February 28, 2015. A guest editorial committee will work with the ER handling editors on the review process.

To download the Submission Details, please visit http://unri.org/iufro/?page_id=99

Nominations for the European Young Urban Forester of the Year Award are now being accepted.  The deadline for applications is May 1, 2013.  Click Here for further information and to download an application form.

The Award will be handed out at the European Forum on Urban Forestry in Milan, Italy (http://goo.gl/rZnZm).  

This is the first announcement of the CARe-FOR-US II CONFERENCE to be held in Tarta, Estonia on October 9-11, 2013.  “Urban Forestry in Transition – Addressing the needs of changing societies”.

The conference is organised by CARe-FOR-US II, the second phase of the The Centre of Advanced Research on Forestry Serving Nordic Urban Societies. This Centre, jointly with the Estonian University of Life Sciences, invites researchers and practitioners from the Nordic-Baltic region and beyond to meet and exchange research and practice in all aspects of urban forestry. The conference is excellent value for money and takes place in the charming and historic university town of Tartu in Estonia. The conference includes plenary and parallel sessions and kicks off with a field visit for delegates to orientate themselves to the urban forestry context of Estonia.

To view more information and a call for papers, please Click Here.

Welcome to the IUFRO-UNRI Urban Forestry Research Website. This site is intended to provide access to information on the work of Urban Forestry Research scientists and practitioners around the world, through timely and relevant distribution of research and development activities, tools and findings.

The Urban Natural Resources Institute (UNRI) is pleased to invite your participation in the Urban Forestry Research Group of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). IUFRO is “the” global network for forest science cooperation. It unites more than 15,000 scientists in almost 700 Member Organizations in over 110 countries. Scientists cooperate in IUFRO on a voluntary basis. Its mission is to promote the coordination of and the international cooperation in scientific studies embracing the whole field of research related to forests and trees for the well-being of forests and the people that depend on them.

Please consider becoming part of the IUFRO urban forestry network. Your participation in IUFRO will greatly enhance UNRI’s ability for outreach, product dissemination and technology transfer efforts around the globe.