Upcoming events

Joensuu Forestry Networking Week 2013: "How to meet the increasing demand for wood in Europe?"

Event
27.05.2013 (All day) - 31.05.2013 (All day)
Location: 
Joensuu, Finland

The event will be organized on 27-31 May 2013 in Joensuu, Finland.

Focus meeting “Buffer zones” - Forestry and Water Network

Event
28.05.2013 (All day) - 30.05.2013 (All day)
Location: 
Kaliningrad, Russia

The Kaliningrad Forest Agency (The Agency on protection, reproduction and use of wildlife objects and forests of the Kaliningrad oblast) and the Swedish Forest Agency have the pleasure of inviting you to a Forestry and Water Network meeting.

The meeting will focus on buffer zones and riparian forests and will take place in Kaliningrad, Russia 28-30 May 2013. Please note that from most countries you will need to arrive already on 27 May to be in time for the meeting.

Conference: Forest Operations in mountainous conditions - IUFRO 3.06.00

Event
02.06.2013 (All day) - 05.06.2013 (All day)
Location: 
Lillehammer, Norway

The mission of IUFRO Research Group 3.06.00 "Forest operations in mountainous conditions" is: to provide forest scientists and engineers with a network and focus for the full range of forest engineering practices for accessing and harvesting in mountainous terrain in an environmentally sound manner.

Baltic Sea Region Conference: Interdisciplinary Research for Higher Socioeconomic Value of Forests

Event
10.06.2013 (All day) - 12.06.2013 (All day)
Location: 
Salaspils, Latvia

The importance of forest ecosystems for human well-being cannot be overestimated. The valuation of ecosystem goods and services has gained much attention both from scientists and policy makers lately.

Latvia State Forest Research Institute “Silava” and other research organizations in the region have joined several national and international projects where various aspects of socio-economic value of forests are the main topics; moreover, close collaboration with enterprises, NGOs and other scientific institutions is involved.

Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference 2013

Event
11.06.2013 (All day) - 13.06.2013 (All day)
Location: 
Copenhagen, Denmark

 

In the time of Anthropocene, where human behaviour irreversibly affects our environment, social science is increasingly often called for as the quick fix to solve problems of excess consumption, conflicts over land use, and lack of effective regulation. But as suggested by Einstein, we cannot solve problems using the same kind of thinking that created them.

St Petersburg Summer School on RUSSIAN FOREST GOVERNANCE IN a EUROPEAN CONTEXT- issues at stake and ways forward

Event
08.07.2013 11:46 - 12.07.2013 11:46

Join the EFI/FTU Summer School on Russian Forest Governance to get a better understanding of policy and governance of the Russian forest sector, while experiencing the magical beauty of St. Petersburg’s summer! 

Workshop on the “Nordic forest sector in the biobased economy – challenges for political science and economics

Event
28.08.2013 (All day) - 29.08.2013 (All day)
Location: 
Uppsala, Sweden

Advancing toward a bioeconomy involves economic and policy challenges: designing of appropriate regulations, stimulating information exchange, getting incentives right, and supporting knowledge development. The private sector must, for its part, innovate green products and develop new competitive and sustainable business concepts. This warrants a better understanding of how policies and market forces shape conditions for the bioeconomy.

Focus meeting "Planning tools" - Forestry and Water Network

Event
10.09.2013 (All day) - 12.09.2013 (All day)
Location: 
Göteborg, Sweden
This meeting in the Forestry and Water Network will focus on different types of planning tools which can be used in the field of forestry and water.

The meeting is one in a row of four meetings, where each meeting is focusing on one specific topic. The topics have been identified by us in the network to be of common interest in the Baltic Sea Region within forestry and water. 

For more information please contact Daniel Thorell.

Conference: Northern Forests in a Changing Climate

Event
17.09.2013 (All day) - 18.09.2013 (All day)
Location: 
Hallormsstaður, eastern Iceland

A Nordgen Forest conference will be held in Hallormsstaður in eastern Iceland on 17-18 September 2013. The conference theme is Northern Forests in a Changing Climate.

The conference will focus on possible developments in northern forest ecosystems in a changing climate and the potential influences on forestry practices. A special emphasis is on how a changing climate may influence our choices of tree species and provenances, now and in the future.

EFI 20 Years Science and Policy Forum

Event
23.09.2013 (All day) - 27.09.2013 (All day)
Location: 
Nancy, France

Our forests in the 21st century – ready for risks and opportunities?

European Forest Institute (EFI) celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2013. This commemoration of its major achievements is also an opportunity to analyse of the future of our forests - and how EFI and its partners can contribute to meet the challenges related to the various changes, risks and uncertainties to which our forests will be exposed.