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Dear all, The UK-based Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is currently advertising two positions for field scientists to work in tropical forests: 1. Research biologist to work in Gola Forest, eastern Sierra Leone. Closing date 25 September 2007. 21 month contract based in Kenema and Gola Forest.
European Forest Institute – EFI – is seeking FLEGT key experts for the EU FLEGT Action coordinated by EFI European Forest Institute is an international organisation established by European States
Dear Colleague, On behalf of the EcoArmenia alliance, I am sending the June 27 news release below and attached, about a groundbreaking new study by the Yerevan-based Economy and Values Research Center on deforestation and illegal logging in Armenia.
Dear Forest-L readers: The APFED Secretariat is pleased to inform you that we have extended the deadline for applications of the APFED Ryutaro Hashimoto Awards 2007. The new closing date for application is 26 June 2007. 1. Ryutaro Hashimoto APFED Awards for Good Practices APFED is pleased to invite all eligible organisations that have made contributions to the promotion of sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific to apply for the 2007 Ryutaro Hashimoto APFED Awards. The applications that satisfy the eligibility requirements and that qualify by means of a peer-review will be registered in the APFED database. After a comprehensive evaluation process, winners will be presented with monetary awards. These awards are the Gold Prize (1xUSD 20,000), the Silver Prizes (2xUSD 7,000) and the Incentive Prizes (5xUSD 2,000).
EMRC and PROGIS have the pleasure to invite you to the AgriBusiness Forum 2007 focusing on "Value Chain & Innovation in the World Global Food System" , which will be held on 3-5 June 2007 at the FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy.
Integrating innovation and entrepreneurship in higher forestry education To whom? For undergraduate and postgraduate students of forestry or related sectors, as for example environment, business or rural development. For students who are interested in new knowledge, international exchange and putting theory into practice by working with real world cases!
Dear Forests-L reader, I would like to inform you about a recent series of CIFOR publications on forest rehabilitation (three in Asia and two in Latin America) that may be of interest to your readers/ members. These include the following:
ANNOUNCEMENT AND INVITATION You are cordially invited to the launching event during the 7th session of the United Nations Forum on Forests of “The Joint CPF Initiative on Science and Technology – Supporting the Intergovernmental Process by Effectively Linking Science and Policy”
Press room IUFRO conference on forest and environmental governance, Goettingen, Germany August 2007 Dear colleagues, we are happy to announce the IUFRO conference on "Scientific framework of environmental and forest governance -- The role of discourses and expertise --" to be held on 27 and 28 of August 2007 in Goettingen/Germany.
Dear Colleagues I’m pleased to announce a new Earthscan forestry title, published with CIFOR: ILLEGAL LOGGING: Law Enforcement, Livelihoods and the Timber Trade Edited by Luca Tacconi Foreword by Frances Seymour, Director-General, CIFOR Illegal logging is massively widespread – more than 50 per cent of all timber in some countries – and hugely damaging, yet how can it be tackled without causing poverty in local communities? Written by the world’s foremost experts, this book examines the key issues including law and enforcement, supply and demand, corruption, forest certification, poverty, local livelihoods, international trade and biodiversity conservation
We are pleased to invite You to the opening reception and inauguration of the European Forestry House through the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Mariann Fischer Boel
Communicating research results is rapidly rising on the science priority list. This is why the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Task Force for Communicating Forest Science has developed a survey with the aim to discover and compare the communication and collaboration behaviour and activities of scientists working in forestry research worldwide.
Dear All, We would like to invite you to participate in this month's UNFF on-line discussion on the benefits and challenges associated with community-based forest management.
Dear Forests-L readers, The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) is due to start its Fourth Phase Strategic Programme from April 2007 following the conclusion of the Third Phase (from April 2004 to March 2007).
Dear friends and colleagues, While wishing all of our friends and colleagues a happy and successful 2007, we present this third edition of ForLive Highlights. Among other matters, in this edition we report on the current situation of forest management in Bolivia ten years after the approval of the new Forest Law and the importance of the forest in terms of economic benefits for small farmers in Ecuador. The harvesting of palm fibre from Aphandra natalia by small farmers provides and example of a promising initiative of sustainable forest management in the Amazon.
INVITATION for the TCP project TCP/HUN/3003 “Support to the Design and Development of Innovative Forest Management Schemes” PROJECT-CLOSING CONFERENCE
Press room Frequency: yearly 28 February - 4 March 2007 HUNGEXPO Budapest Fair Centre
Prominent Jury to Decide upon 2007 ForestLeadership Awards - Nomination Period Officially Open Montreal, 6 February 2007 – ForestLeadership is pleased to announce the official nomination period and the jury composition for its annual awards to be presented on 9 May 2007 at the ForestLeadership Conference in Vancouver, BC.
