IUFRO-UNRI Urban Forestry Research

Dear urban forestry colleagues:

A few months after the successful IUFRO World Congress in Seoul, where several urban forestry sessions were arranged, it is time to update you about the Urban Forestry Research Group.

Click Here to view, or download, my presentation from our group’s business session in Seoul. This presentation gives an overview of activities during the past five years, as well as some insight into future plans.

The new coordinator of our Research Group, which after a restructuring in IUFRO now has number 6.07.00, is Dr David Nowak (dnowak@fs.fed.us). Dave has been deputy coordinator for the past five years. Sreetheran Maruthaveeran (sreetheran@frim.gov.my) will stay on as deputy, while the group welcomes Francisco Escobedo (fescobedo@ufl.edu) of the University of Florida as new deputy.

I will continue to work for the group as well, as third deputy. Moreover, as one of the new deputy coordinators of Division 6, I’ll have the opportunity to strengthen collaboration with related research groups within IUFRO.

As always, you can read the latest news about IUFRO at http://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/.

Finally, click here to view, or download, a calendar of urban forestry events to be held in 2011, including the IUFRO European Forum on Urban Forestry in Glasgow. The latter will take place during June 1-4, 2011. A call for abstracts will be issued within the next few weeks.

Kind regards, also on behalf of Dave, Francisco and Sree,

Cecil

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UPCOMING CONFERENCES

‘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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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/.

CALL FOR PAPERS

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

13th EUROPEAN FORUM ON URBAN FORESTRY – ‘Urban Forests meet Urban People’
Tulln, Austria, 25-29 May, 2010

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.

UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS

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.

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OPEN POST
The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences SLU has announced a position as senior lecture in Landscape Planning specialized in the use of plants in the urban outdoor environment. This includes teaching and research on the connection between plant choice, growth site and technical/functional demands in the urban and peri-urban environment. The full application for can be downloaded from: http://personal.slu.se//LEDANS/2009-34447.pdf. Deadline for applications is December 30, 2009.

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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.