The Wood Education and Resource Center (WERC) is accepting applications for cost-share demonstration projects that assist the WERC in meeting its mission of facilitating interaction and information exchange with the forest products industry that will enhance opportunities for sustained forest products production in the eastern hardwood forest region. The funding available this fiscal year is approximately $1 million. Completed applications are due to the WERC on or before February 1, 2006.
It is our pleasure to announce the Call for Papers of the 15th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition - From Research to Market Deployment - to be held from the 7th to the 11th of May 2007, at the International Congress Center (ICC Berlin) in Berlin, Germany, hosted by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) on the occasion of the German Presidency of the European Union.
Dates: August 14-20, 2007 -Mark your calendars and join us for this adventure above the Arctic Circle!
The International Conference on Forest Landscape Restoration will be held 14-19 May 2007. Technical sessions will be held May 14-16, with 1- and 3-day post-conference field trips. The conference venue is the COEX Convention Center in downtown Seoul, Republic of Korea. The conference is hosted by the Korea Forest Research Institute and IUFRO Divisions 1, 6, and 8, with sponsorship from the Korea Forest Service, USDA Forest Service, Northeast Asian Forest Forum, and Seoul National University.
This conference focuses on how the economic, social and environmental returns from small-scale forestry can be improved. The conference is of relevance to both researchers and policy makers from developed and developing countries. There will be a particular focus on using systems-based approaches for improving returns from small-scale forestry and agroforestry
First Call for Papers: Opens September 4, closes December 1 2006, with notification by December 20, 2006. Earlier notification of paper acceptance can be made on request.
-- Leopolds Legacy: Extensions Response to a Changing World --"The land ethic at work today"Conference Date and Location:May 20 – 23, 2008Monona Terrace Community and Convention CenterMadison, WisconsinOur conference will be in Aldo Leopold’s backyard. He was a wildlife biologist, forester, land use prophet, and conservation/environmental visionary. His career, writings and legacy continue to reflect the core values of ANREP. We work in a new era of natural resource outreach opportunities! Extension must respond to a wave of increased environmental-related public interest and activism. Sparked by increased media attention, recognition by elected leaders of environmental threats, and a greater public appreciation of the scientific community on natural resource issues, we can expect an emergence of an increased thirst for knowledge and a greater need for help in making informed decisions by the public in the arenas that Extension natural resource professionals work. Expanding global climate change awareness, energy issues, threats to water resources, loss of open space in communities and more will bring increased demands and teachable moments to Extension natural resource professionals. Our goal for this conference is to ensure participants that they will have up-to-date information, education and tools to meet this opportunity. This land ethic theme calls for a variety of formats for presentations.
Designed to provide students with information on fire ecology, wildlandfire management, prescribed burning, and the expanding role of the firemanager in the wildland/urban interface, the Living on the Edge:Wildland Fire Management Laboratory Manual has been written and reviewed by instructors in 6 different Schools of forestry across the US. Hands-on exercises offer students a laboratory environment to applytheir knowledge, including their understanding of the wildland fire manager's role in the wildland/urban interface.
A seasoned professional of the USDA Forest Service has been selected as the Director of the Fire and Aviation Unit for the Southern Region.
to be held at the Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort, Destin, Florida, March 26-30, 2007. The Conference is hosted by the International Association of Wildland Fire and the National Wildfire Coordinating Group - Fire Environment Working Team.
