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SOUTHEM Online - Issue 201 – 26 August 2008
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FOREST BUSINESS MASTERS DEGREE ASSISTANTSHIP
The University of Georgia Center for Forest Business announces the availability of a Master of Forest Resources Graduate Assistantship in Forest Business beginning January 2009. For details please contact:
Bob Izlar, + 1.706.542.6819, bizlar@warnell.uga.edu
For more information about MFR, MS or PhD degree programs in Forest Business see: http://www.forestry.uga.edu/h/centers/cfb
For University of Georgia Graduate School admission requirements, please see:
http://www.gradsch.uga.edu
DESIGNING FORESTS TO PROVIDE MULTIPLE SERVICES
A Short Course is to be held at the Department of Forest and Wood Science, University of Stellenbosch (17-21 November, 2008) on the topic of "Designing Forests to Provide Multiple Services". The course is aimed at senior students of forestry, geography, agriculture, ecology and related disciplines. Management staff with some experience in quantitative methods are welcome. For further information contact Pierre Ackerman at (tel) +27 (21)8083293 or at packer@sun.ac.za FOREST PLANTING CAUGHT IN FOOD PRICE SPIRAL
The latest edition of the Southern Hemisphere Forest Industry Journal is out and the focus is on how high world food prices are putting pressure on land available for new forest planting. Rising rural land values, due to the demand for dairy products in particular, has seen rural land values rise substantially in many countries where forestry and farming have often competed for the resource. Also, we feature forestry’s role in mitigating tsunami impacts. For more information on the Journal, contact Mike Smith at mike.smith@southem.com or telephone 64-7-3494107. Or go to our publications’ web page at:
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GREENS CLAIM WINS IN EMISSIONS TRADING SUPPORT
The New Zealand Government’s planned Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is set to pass into law after the Green Party came out in support of the climate change measure, in spite of qualms about some aspects. Announcing her party’s support, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said in a statement that the caucus had decided that substantial changes to the ETS the party had won justified voting for it. Revenue from the ETS would be recycled into a billion dollar fund to make New Zealand homes warm, dry and cost-effective to heat.
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KYOTO FORESTERS URGE GREENS TO SUPPORT SCHEME
Earlier, the Kyoto Forestry Association has called for the Green Party to back the legislation so the thousands of New Zealanders who invested their own savings to plant trees in the 1990s can secure the estimated NZ$1.6 billion of carbon credits promised to them by all parties in Parliament. KFA spokesman Roger Dickie said in a statement that the KFA agreed with the Greens that there were serious flaws in the Bill but that the provisions for post-1989 forestry would provide new confidence and investment to plant new forests.
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CARBON MARKETS SET TO DOUBLE DESPITE UNCERTAINTY
Meanwhile, it’s reported that concerns over the makeup of the climate agreement to succeed the Kyoto Protocol - and the likelihood of a worsening worldwide credit crunch - is slowing the development of carbon funds to offset greenhouse gas emissions. But despite the uncertainty the global carbon markets are poised to double in value again to more than $100 billion in 2008, market observers told Daily Planet Media.
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FORESTRY HERBICIDES
The Monsanto group has hosted the recent annual meeting of GTDHS (the Technical Development Group of Herbicides in Forestry), in Barra Bonita – SP, SBS reported. SBS was represented by its president, Carlos Alberto of Fonseca Funcia, who discussed the subject “Brazil: Forests, Environments and Bioenergia”. The event attracted the presence of 100 representatives from Brazilian forest companies.
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ENCE FACES SANCTIONS FOR CUTTING DOWN NATIVE FOREST
Spanish company ENCE has admitted cutting down an area of native forest in Uruguay, where it is building a pulp plant. The government’s agriculture, fishing and forestry agency, MGAP, has accepted the explanation that the damage was caused by accident, Diario El País (Uruguay) reported, but a spokesman has said that sanctions must still apply to the company.
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CAUTION URGED OVER BLACK HOUSING STATS
Caution has been urged over figures in South Africa showing that residential property statistics indicate that black ownership has increased by 63.4 percent in the past 10 years. According to Business Report, the country's only black-owned national real estate company has warned that the figures might be giving the wrong impression because many of the deals were formalisations of township leases and activity in rural poor areas.
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IMPORTANT FOREST AGREEMENT FOR GIPPSLAND SIGNED The government in the Australian state of Victoria has signed what is described as a landmark agreement with HVP Plantations (HVP), permanently protecting more than 20,000 hectares of native forest in Gippsland’s Strzelecki Ranges. Environment and Climate Change Minister Gavin Jennings and HVP’s CEO Linda Sewell announced that under the agreement, native forests across HVP’s entire estate in Gippsland’s Strzelecki Ranges would be protected.
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POSITIVE THOUGHTS FOR WEYERHAEUSER
The US group, Weyerhaeuser Co., which has recently increased its interests in Latin America while drawing back from Australasia, has drawn positive comments from CNBC's Jim Cramer on his Mad Money Lightning Round. The company’s shares have fallen in recent times due to its reliance the US housing market but hedge fund manager turned television superstar Cramer believes the stock and housing market are near a bottom and lumber will be among the first things to rebound
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MANAGERS WANT SECURITY AGAINST MAPUCHE ATTACKS
The managers of companies in Chile’s Araucanía region have urgently called on the government to take responsibility for guaranteeing security following an escalation in attacks by indigenous Mapuche groups on rural properties. Diario El Mercurio reported the business leaders demanded a recovery of security and public order in the zone and an end to the "impunity" of what they called the "terrorist groups".
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RAYONIER PLANS NZ FOREST SALE
The US company Rayonier has announced plans to sell the 140,000 hectares of New Zealand plantation forest assets it manages. Paul Nicholls, Managing Director of Rayonier New Zealand Ltd forest managers for the forest business, Matariki, said in a statement that if the investigations proceed to a sale it is intended to sell the business as a going concern.
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AUSTRALIAN COMPANY SIGNS LUSH SANDALWOOD DEAL
Perth, Australia-based Indian sandalwood grower, TFS Corporation Ltd, has signed a five-year deal with the United Kingdom-based handmade cosmetics company, Lush, to supply oil produced from TFS plantations, Non-Wood News has reported. Lush has agreed to create a new sandalwood-based product range using TFS oil for marketing throughout their worldwide retail network of 500 stores in 44 countries.
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CONSERVATION ON AGENDA FOR PNG, INDONESIA TALKS
Australia’s Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Tony Burke recently visited Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. During the visit, Mr Burke met his counterpart ministers and key business representatives in both countries. Key issues for discussion included joint efforts to stop illegal fishing, to enhance forestry and fisheries conservation and expand agriculture market access.
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FUNDING OPENS FOR MORE CARBON FOOTPRINTING STUDIES
New Zealand’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is accepting applications for its second round of funding allocations aimed to develop greenhouse gas (GHG) footprinting capabilities in the land-based primary sectors, MAF Policy News reported. The report said NZ$500,000 will be allocated to allow primary industries to further develop expertise in measuring and managing GHG emissions across supply chains. The first round of funding is already having significant paybacks for those sectors involved in the wine, kiwifruit, forestry, dairy and lamb sectors.
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SOUTHERN AFRICAN FREE TRADE DEAL LAUNCHED
A free trade area (FTA) is being launched in the Southern Africa region. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has announced the FTA was launched during a recent summit, under the theme: “SADC Free Trade Area for Growth, Development and Wealth Creation”. A statement said the launching of the SADC FTA marked a major milestone in the implementation of the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP).
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FEARS DIESEL SHORTAGE COULD DEVASTATE FOREST SECTOR
The shortage of diesel is beginning to place Bolivia’s forest productive sector in a critical situation, CFB Press reported. Forestry Chamber president Pablo Antelo recently met with government leaders in the main forestry region of Pando to request some assistance with the difficulties being faced with the lack of fuel available, saying it could cause irreversible damage to the sector.
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FILIPINO FOREST HOPES AND REGRETS
The Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific of the UN FAO has launched a stunning new book entitled Forest Faces – Hopes and Regrets in Philippine Forestry. The personal profiles and photographs in the 242-page book not only highlight the link between the Filipino people and their forests but it also underlines the regret over what has been lost in a sometimes surprisingly open and frank way. For more information, contact Patrick Durst, Senior Forestry Officer, FAO Regional Office.
Patrick.Durst@fao.org
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NEW BRISBANE BASED CSIRO RESEARCH HUB Research into climate change, water management and managing Australia's unique ecosystems are some of the world leading CSIRO science to be conducted at a new Ecosciences Precinct in Brisbane, Australia, due for completion in 2011. CSIRO Environment Group Executive Dr Andrew Johnson said in a statement that CSIRO’s co-location with Queensland Government agencies and other organisations at the Ecosciences Precinct represented a significant boost to the future of Australian science.
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BRAZIL TO USE CARBON MARKET TO BOOST FOREST RECOVERY Brazil is looking at a project to stimulate the recovery of large areas of its Mata Atlântica region through providing landowners with access to carbon markets. The move is being proposed by the Ministry of the Environment’s Secretariat of Biodiversity and Forests (SBF). The proposal was announced at a workshop promoted by the SBF in conjunction with other MMA departments, SBS reported. A further meeting will be held in September.
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‘HITMAN’ INNOVATOR RECOGNISED
The New Zealand innovator behind technology creating sonic ways through the global sawmilling and veneering manufacturing industry has received special recognition. Peter Carter, who was the innovator behind the Hitman technology, has been recognised at the Bayer Innovator Awards. Carter, chief executive of Fibre-gen, was named finalist in the manufacturing category for developing automated tools that use sonic technology to measure wood stiffness and improve the efficiency of wood processing, a press release said.
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BELL WANTS IN ON REVISED DEVELOPMENT PLAN
South African earthmoving equipment manufacturer Bell Equipment has said that it was in ongoing discussions with South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) concerning the company’s participation in the revised Motor Industry Development Programme (MIDP), Engineering News reported. “We are doing all the things the MIDP was designed for - we are exporting, we are creating a lot of employment, we are designing and we are adding value locally,” it was reported Bell Equipment CEO Gary Bell said at the company’s interim results presentation in Johannesburg.
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NEW VENTURE TARGETS FINE STATIONERY MARKET
A Chilean company has been established specifically to market fine stationery products. Papelaria was established by its founders after they took many trips to different locations and searched the web over the past year, Diario Financiero has reported.
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‘FITTER, HEALTHIER’ LOG TRUCKERS ON THE WAY
New Zealand’s logging transport industry is to start trialling a programme to help its drivers become fitter and healthier, the Accident Compensation Commission and Transport Engineering Research New Zealand said in a statement. The move comes after an informal survey of 400 logging truck drivers conducted earlier this year showed that 40 - or 10 per cent - had experienced heart-attacks, heart surgery, a stroke, or had died as a result of cardiovascular disease. Two of these drivers had even died while on the job.
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ARTICLES OF INTEREST
DECOMPOSITION IN SOUTHERN CHILE FOREST
G. Guzmana, W. Quilhota and D. J. Gallowaya. Decomposition of Species of Pseudocyphellaria and Sticta in a Southern Chilean Forest. The Lichenologist (1990), 22:325-331 Cambridge University Press.
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=7267B58518E00D8ACC63FACBB47F5980.tomcat1?fromPage=online&aid=774032
FORESTS AND TREES
Tom Griffiths - How many trees make a forest? Cultural debates about vegetation change in Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 50(4) 375 - 389
http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BT01046.htm
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A WINDOW ON OUR WORLD – VIDEOS OF INTEREST
SOLAR KILNS
Enviro-Forest Solutions (EFS) claims these are “The World’s Most Advanced Solar Kiln Control System”. See for yourself…
http://www.enviroforestsolutions.com.au/videos.htm
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND APPOINTMENTS
STUDY TO IMPLEMENT BOLIVIAN FOREST COMPANY
Bolivia’s Rural, Farming and Environment Ministry (MDRAyMA in Spanish) wishes to hire a high-level consultant to prepare a technical, economic, social and environmental study for the Bolivian Forestry Company (Empresa Forestal Boliviana), which has been set up to help develop added value processing of wood products in alliance with peasant and indigenous community organisations.
For more information, go to the web site or email:
www.sicoes.gov.bo
dgrf.vbrfma@gmail.com.
FORESTRY ADVISOR, BOUGAINVILLE
The Bougainville Regional Forestry Office is looking for an experienced Forestry Advisor to assist them in developing forestry policy that supports environmental, economic and socially sustainable management practices that are specific to Bougainville. For more information, go to:
http://vsa.org.nz/volunteer/vacancies/jobs1214354273.html
FORESTRY SALES EXECUTIVE
A Construction Equipment Agent wants to hire a Sales Executive to manage the Forestry Equipment division for the Australian state of Victoria. For more information call 03 9549 5600 (attention Briony).
PLANT AND/OR FORESTRY EXPORTS
This is an opportunity to be involved in determining market access and export conditions for the export of plant or forest products, negotiating export conditions with stakeholders and providing technical advice to exporters. Location: Wellington, New Zealand. For more information, email Nicola Waters:
nicola@capitalrecruitment.co.nz
LAND MANAGEMENT OFFICER If you have tertiary qualification in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, environmental management, applied science etc, you may care to contact Key Recruitment regarding a position in Whangarei, New Zealand. Tel: 07 848 1414; or Fax: 07 848 1418.
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MEETINGS
COMMONWEALTH PRO-POOR FORESTRY AND CARBON FINANCE
1-2 September - The Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit (CPSU) based at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICS), University of London, is hosting a workshop on 'Pro-Poor Forestry and Carbon Finance in the Commonwealth'. The workshop will be held at the ICS London . For more information and registration details, go to:
http://www.cpsu.org.uk/?p=events
VICFORESTS SYMPOSIUM 2008
1-2 September – Vicforests Symposium 2008 – Windows on Wood. RACV Club, 501 Burke Street, Melbourne, Australia. Enquiries to +61-3-9608 9556.
2008 FITEC NATIONAL TRAINING AWARDS 3 September – New Zealand will celebrate forest industry training with the annual FITEC National Training Awards at 6 pm on Wednesday 3 September 2008 at the Energy Events Centre Rotorua. For more information, go to:
https://member.fitec.org.nz/secure/oaXmlQuery.asp?p1=orderform&p5=AWD&usexsl=AWDNZentry.xsl
FORESTRY AND THE COMMUNITY
3-5 September. - IV National Conference on Forest Engineering and the Community. Cobija – Bolivia. Contact:
ivreunion.forestal@gmail.com
SOCIO-ENVRIONMENTAL IMPACTS
11-12 September – A seminar will be held in Brazil on the theme “Socio-Environmental Impacts - Mistakes, Impediments and Contemporary Proposals”. In Piracicaba – SP, with the main target audience being company managers, public institutions, NGO’s; researchers; and post-graduate students. For more information, go to the web site at:
www.casadafloresta.com.br
BIOENERGY WORLD AMERICAS
16-17 September - Bioenergy World Americas 2008. Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. 16-17 September – Conference; 18-20 September - Study Tours. For more information, go to:
www.bioenergy-world.com
LATIN AMERICAN FOREST EDUCATION
26-27 September - Regional Meeting on Forest Education in Latin America. Quito, Ecuador. For more information, contact: Dr. Fernando Drake Aranda, Coordinador General del Taller. Teléfonos: 56-41-2204848 ;2204684 Móvil : 56 - 9 128 51 44. Dirección: Victoria 631 Facultad de Ciencias Forestales. Universidad de Concepción Correo Postal: Casilla 160 C Fax: 56 - 41 2246004
e-mail: fdrake@udec.cl
http://www.udec.cl
AMAZON AND ANDES BOTANICAL MEDICINES WORKSHOP TOUR
26 September-5 October - Two non-profit educational organizations, the American Botanical Council (ABC) and the Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research (ACEER), have announced their 2008 annual Botanical Medicines from the Amazon and the Andes workshop tour.
http://abc.herbalgram.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Ethnobotany_Tours
CHILE FORESTRY SCIENCE CONGRESS
1-3 October – The 4th Chilean Congress of Forestry Science. Location: Talca, Chile. For more information, go to:
www.congresoforestal.cl
BRAZIL SEMINAR ON REMOTE SENSING AND GSI
7-9 October - VIII Seminar on Remote Sensing and GSI applied to Forestry. Curitiba, Paraná State, Brasil. For more information, go to the web site:
www.8seminarioflorestal.com.br
or contact:
disperati@avalon.sul.com.br
NZ PINE MANUFACTURERS AGM AND ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2008
16-17 October – Napier – Te Pania Hotel and the Napier War Memorial Conference Centre. Email: info@pine.net.nz
FORESTRY FOR A BETTER FUTURE
19-22 October - Australian Forest Growers National Conference - Forestry for a better future: Climate, Commerce and Communities, at Albury-Wodonga. Highly acclaimed for the fusion created between the latest science, practical experience and optimism, this years AFG Conference will bring together 350 people passionate about growing Australia’s forests. Three keynote speakers – Barney Foran (distinguished futurist with a career at CSIRO), Rowan Reid (renowned tree grower & lecturer at the University of Melbourne) and Roger Sands (forest scientist & educator) will lead over 40 presenters. For further details and a program visit
Email:
afg@ccem.com.au
or visit
www.afg.asn.au
PULPWOOD RESOURCES AND TRADE CONFERENCE
19-21 October - The 3rd International Pulpwood Resources & Trade Conference is being held in Singapore from 19 - 21 October 2008 followed by a 3 day field trip to North Vietnam. For more information, go to:
www.pulpwoodconference.com
SOUTH AFRICAN FOREST FAIR
30 October-1 November - Forest Fair 2008 will be held at the York Timber sports grounds on the Old Lydenburg Road, Sabie, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
For further information on Forest Fair 2008 contact Lee Raath-Brown at +27 82 371 0190 or on email:
leerb@malnormags.co.za
SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT IN AFRICA
3 – 7 November 2008. International (IUFRO) Symposium. African Solutions to African Problems in Natural Forest Management. Stellenbosch, South Africa. The Symposium Organising Committee hereby invites the submission of abstracts for potential verbal presentation related to the themes to the Symposium Scientific Committee. For more information related to the submission of abstracts for verbal presentations and registration please visit the symposium website at
http://www.sun.ac.za/forestry
EXPO VETAS
5-7 November. An international fair for providers of equipment and services to the industries of lumber, furniture, architecture and decoration. Location: Sheraton Hotel, Buenos Aires, Argentina. For more information, go to:
http://www.expo.vetas.com
BIO-BASED COMPOSITES SYMPOSIUM
5-8 November 2008 - 9th Pacific Rim Bio-Based Composites Symposium. Rotorua, New Zealand. IUFRO Division 5.00.00. Go to: http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-5/50000/activities/en/
BRAZIL FORESTRY CONGRESS
10-12 November – Brazil Forestry Congress. Registrations for presentations open from 30 July to 30 September. For details, go to:
http://www.colheitademadeira.com.br/silvicultura/
STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE FOREST USERS IN THE AMAZON 10-14 November 2008 - Provoking Change: Strategies to promote forest users in the Amazon. Centro Kolping, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. Send expressions of interest to the Congress Secretary, Inka Montero, at
inka.montero@waldbau.uni-freiburg.de Website at
http://www.waldbau.uni-freiburg.de/forlive/05_Events/sc.html
WORLD CONGRESS ON MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS
9-14 November 2008 - 4th World Congress on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants–Using Plants to Benefit People. Cape Town, South Africa. Contact: Kobus Eloff
wocmap@up.ac.za
http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=4943&subid=4943&ipklookid=13&parentid=&ArticleID=15
2008 SOCIETY OF WOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: 51ST ANNUAL CONVENTION
10 – 12 November 2008 - Concepción, Chile. Last Date for abstract: 15 December 2007. For more information, contact Vicky Herian, vicki@swst.orgor go to
http://www.swst.org/annualMeeting.htm
PROVOKING AMAZONIAN FOREST USER CHANGE
10-14 November - Provoking Change: Strategies to Promote Forest Users in the Amazon. Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. IUFRO 6.06.01
Contact: Inka Montero, inka.montero(at)waldbau.uni-freiburg.de ; Becky R. Bittner, bbittner(at)fs.fed.us http://www.waldbau.uni-freiburg.de/forlive/05_Events/sc.html
HARVESTING AND WOOD TRANSPORTATION
11-14 November - XV Seminar on Harvesting and Wood Transportation. Curitiba, Brazil
http://www.colheitademadeira.com.br/
TROPICAL FORESTRY IN A CHANGING WORLD
17-20 November - Kasetsart University Faculty of Forestry (KUFF) is organizing the FORTROP II International Conference “Tropical Forestry Change in a Changing World”, at Kasetsart University, Bangkok. For more information, email:
FORTROP2008@ku.ac.th
or go to the web site at:
http://www.forest.ku.ac.th/fortrop2008
FOCUS ON FOREST ENGINEERING
19-21 November - Focus on Forest Engineering Conference will be held in Punta del Este, Uruguay, with the focus on making mechanisation work, both in field harvest and in transport and logistics organized by SGS Uruguay Ltda. and Forestry Solutions. For more information, contact Elsa Olaso
elsaolaso@gmail.com
ECO BUSINESS SHOW 2008
24-27 November - ECO BUSINESS SHOW – A Fair and International Congress of Eco-business and Sustainability, at Centro de Exposições Imigrantes (São Paulo - SP), Brazil.
http://www.meseventos.com.br/ecobusinessshow.htm.
II LATIN AMERICAN WORKSHOP ON NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF WOOD PRODUCTS 2-4 December – Call for Papers. The event is being held by the Technology Institute of Costa Rica. This workshop is devoted to research, development and application of different non-destructive techniques in wood and wood products: Image scanning, sound and ultrasound, acoustic emission, laser, vision, x-rays, microwaves, signal processing and others. Abstracts must be submitted until 10 October 2008 and complete papers will be received before 30 October. For more information, contact:
Róger Moya Roque; Email: rmoya@itcr.ac.cr
Erik Baradit; Email:
ebaradit@ubiobio.cl
Web site: www.itcr.ac.cr/ndtesting
FOREST BIOSECURITY CONFERENCE
16-20 March 2009 - IUFRO International Forest Biosecurity Conference, Rotorua, New Zealand. Go to:
www.forestbiosecurity.com
WILLOW CONFERENCE IN ARGENTINA
15-17 April 2009 - Jornadas de Salicáceas en Mendoza, Argentina. Key dates: Presentation of summaries, before November 21 of 2008; presentation of papers in text form, until February 13 of 2009; presentation of posters, until February 13 of 2009. For more information, contact:
jornadasalicaceas@gmail.com
FIRST PATAGONIA PLANNING AND FOREST LEGISLATION MEETING
22-24 April 2009 - The Patagonia First Planning and Forest Legislation Conference will be held in April next year. The meeting will be held in Equel, Chubut de En, Argentina between 22 and 24 April 2009. For more information, go to the web site at
www.ciefap.org.ar/eventos/ecogestion
or contact the organising committee at:
ecogestion@ciefap.org.ar
CONGRESO NACIONAL SOBRE SISTEMAS SILVOPASTORILES
14-16 May 2009 - The organising Commission of the National Congress on Silviculture Systems, which will take place in Posadas, Misiones, Argentina, invites you to participate in the event. The event will be a great opportunity to gain a better understanding of these systems and the interactions between the different components of the sector. For more information contact:
info@congresossp2009.com.ar
Or go to the web site at
www.congresossp2009.com.ar
XIII WORLD FORESTRY CONGRESS
18-25 October 2009 - XIIIth World Forestry Congress, Buenos Aires – Argentina, organised by UN FAO and Argentina, see:
http://www.cfm2009.org
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