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.
The International Federation of Parks and Recreational Administration (IFPRA), ) recently issued a report on urban park benefits. The publication includes a systematic review of the literature on a number of benefits provided by urban parks. Click Here to download the report. For more information, contact Dr. Cecil C. Konijnendijk van den Bosch.
An international conference on the theme of “Water Landscapes and Urbanization: design, ecology and management” will be held in St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 5-7, 2013. For more information, please visit the conference website: http://www.icon-la.org/.
LATEST NEWS FROM IUFRO URBAN FORESTRY
International Conference ‘Urban Forests and Political Ecologies – Celebrating Transdisciplinarity’
Toronto, 18-20 April 2013
A detailed preliminary programme for this conference, also co-hosted by the IUFRO group, is now available at http://www.ufpe.ca/UFPE/Home.html.
15th European Forum on Urban Forestry – ‘The Walking Urban Forest: a dynamic green infrastructure for our cities’.
Milan, Italy, 7-10 May 2013
The website for this event, co-hosted by our IUFRO group, is now updated, see http://www.emonfur.eu/pagina.php?sez=91&pag=554&label=EFUF+2013. The call for abstracts will be opened soon.