he Twenty-sixth Session of the Committee on Forestry (COFO26) will be held at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy from 3-7 October, 2022, in a hybrid format for the first time ever. Some meetings and events are planned to be held … Läs mer
IUFRO is pleased to announce that an in-person IUFRO event with hybrid participation will be held in Vienna, Austria, on 21-23 September 2022. The conference will explore the critical roles of research for the conservation and sustainable management of forests … Läs mer
The XV World Forestry Congress will be hosted by the Government of the Republic of Korea from 24 to 28 May 2021 and held at the COEX Convention and Exhibition Center in Seoul. The Congress will bring together global forest … Läs mer
The twenty-sixth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) to the UNFCCC will take place in November 2021 in Glasgow.
<!– wp:paragraph –> <p>Skogen har hamnat i centrum av en gradvis allt hätskare debatt. Ur ett historiskt perspektiv är detta inte något nytt. Skogen har förekommit i samhällsdebatten under flera perioder under 1900-talet, av många skäl. Det finns något positivt … Läs mer
The Forest – Sustainability in practice in the Swedish pavilion. The Swedish pavilion the Forest, located in the sustainability district, has a three-step effect in durability. By using alternative materials instead of concrete and steel, we expect to save 1,000 … Läs mer
The motto of the series of programmes – “One with Nature” – is a reference to the fact that humanity will always remain a part of nature: its fate depends on the global natural ecosystem, which must therefore be protected … Läs mer
The CIC The CIC The International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC) is a politically independent advisory body which aims to preserve wild game and hunting. To achieve this goal, the CIC is promoting the sustainable use of wildlife … Läs mer
GLF Amazonia invites new and traditional knowledge and perspectives from key actors across the Amazon Biome. Scientists, policymakers, activists, youth, investors, restoration practitioners, community and Indigenous groups, organizations, media – all are welcome to join. Leverage of the latest evidence, … Läs mer
The fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will review the achievement and delivery of the CBD’s Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020. It is also anticipated that the final decision … Läs mer
Decade of action har fokus på leverans av resultat för ett antal processer 2030. Klimatförändringar, pandemin och andra oväntade utvecklingar medför att trycket ökar på nya modeller för naturresursförvaltning. Enskilda sektorer har inte längre ensamrätt rörande tolkningen av behov inom … Läs mer
In this seminar, Special Envoy Agnes Kalibata will lay out the emerging vision for how the Food Systems Summit can empower people to leverage food systems as accelerators of progress to realize the vision of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable … Läs mer
UNFF Expert Group Meeting on the Assessment of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sustainable Forest Management The UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) at its fifteenth session, requested the UNFF Secretariat, in consultation with other members of the Collaborative … Läs mer
The Committee on Forestry (COFO) is the highest FAO Forestry statutory body. The biennial sessions of COFO (held at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy) bring together heads of forest services and other senior government officials to identify emerging policy and … Läs mer
The International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC) The International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC) is a politically independent advisory body which aims to preserve wild game and hunting. To achieve this goal, the CIC is promoting … Läs mer
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests (IDF) in 2012. The Day celebrates and raises awareness of the importance of all types of forests. On each International Day of Forests, countries are encouraged to … Läs mer
Created in 1959, the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission (AFWC) is one of six Regional Forestry Commissions established by FAO to provide a policy and technical forum for countries to discuss and address forest issues on a regional basis. It … Läs mer
The Barents region in a biobased future Välkommen till en konferensen med fokus på skogens multifunktionalitet i relation till en framtida biobaserad samhällsekonomi. Under tre dagar kommer deltagare från skogsnäringen, beslutsfattare, forskning och utbildning diskutera Nordeuropas framtida biobaserade samhällen med … Läs mer
In 2019, for the first time Latin America will host a World Congress of the IUFRO (International Union of Forest Research Organizations). This event will take place in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil (at Expo Unimed), from September 29 to October 5, … Läs mer
A symposium to get to know colleagues and their research areas from another international university, to exchange ideas, and to establish new cooperations. During the symposium we will get inspired by four invited speakers within the following four themes: plant … Läs mer
Skog och matsäkerhet nämns sällan tillsammans, men världens skogar spelar en stor roll för människans hälsa, välmående och välstånd. Skogar ger föda åt människor och bete till djur, energi till matlagning och inkomster till människan. FN:s livsmedels- och jordbruksorganisation (FAO) … Läs mer
Can trees help people out of poverty? SLU agronomist Håkan Örberg is involved in the Swedish aid organization Vi-skogen, which plant trees in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania. Four countries with extensive deforestation. Vi-skogen has been active since 1983 and … Läs mer
Kraven på hållbar utveckling och ett starkt fokus på klimatfrågan talar idag för ökad användning av trä, inte minst för industriellt byggande. Det kan förväntas leda till en mycket positiv utveckling för trämekanisk industri. Vi ser redan tydliga tecken på … Läs mer
Urbanization and modern lifestyle changes have diminished possibilities for human contact with nature in many societies. At the same time, many societies today face increasing incidence of poor physical and mental health associated with chronic stress, insufficient physical activity and … Läs mer
Welcome to a workshop at Ultuna in Uppsala, Sweden. Talks and discussions on drones in forest and agricultural field trials will take place in 28 March 2019. https://www.slu.se/en/departments/soil-environment/research/agricultural-water-management-/drones-in-forest-and-agricultural-field-trials/
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests (IDF) in 2012. The Day celebrates and raises awareness of the importance of all types of forests. On each International Day of Forests, countries are encouraged to … Läs mer
Öppet 30-minutersseminarium i fikarummet på plan 4:a vid institutionen för Skogens Ekologi och Skötsel. Seminariet hålls på engelska. Talare: Reimo Lutter– Postdoc vid Institutionen för skogens ekologi och skötsel, SLU Välkommen! Fakta Tid: 2019-03-20 14:30 – 15:00 Ort: Umeå Kontaktinformation … Läs mer
Welcome to a workshop and mini course on relevance, achievements, synergies, conflicts, politics, and research applications around the global sustainable development goals and Swedish environmental quality objectives. The purpose of the mini-course and workshop is to increase PhD students’ awareness … Läs mer
I samarbete med Partnerskap Alnarp anordnas en workshop inom projektet FRAS- Framtidens skogsskötsel i södra Sverige. Häng med på en spännande dag med den senaste forskningen kring digitala verktyg i skogen. Vad har vi för möjligheter, hur ser behoven ut … Läs mer
Regional Consultation Workshop on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework for Asia and the Pacific 28 January – 1 February 2019
Every year the SIANI secretariat organizes a meeting so our members have a chance to interact with each other in person and to provide input for the work-plan of the year ahead. This time we chose Migration, Agriculture and Rural … Läs mer
Ministerial Conference for the Protection of Forests in Europe – FOREST EUROPE For more information, see: https://foresteurope.org/event/14033/
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This joint meeting, promoting the integration between forest ecosystems, water and society now opens the call for abstracts. The conference will help link dynamic developments in Latin American forests to a global community studying environmental change, forests, and water. It … Läs mer
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The 76th session of the ECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry (COFFI) will be held in Vancouver, Canada from 5 to 9 November 2018. The Committee will review and guide activities in data collection and analysis, policy support, … Läs mer
Vår tids stora globala miljöproblem kräver praktisk och tvärvetenskaplig kunskap för att kunna hanteras. Under våren 2018 presenterar IPBES (The Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) – den internationella plattformen för biologisk mångfald fem stora rapporter om läget för … Läs mer
Join the biennial Development Research Conference – Rethinking Development, for two days of discussions, panels and debates on the role of development and aid in a world quite different to when the notion of development emerged. Gothenburg Registration … Läs mer
The five-day congress delves into economic theory to understand the mechanisms behind social change, as well as the many natural science disciplines that help us understand the resource and environmental challenges we face. Gothenburg Registration deadline 30 April 2018.
The European Agroforestry Federation (EURAF) cordially invites you to join the European Agroforestry Conference 2018 in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. The main question of the conference is, how to realise the transition to an agricultural sector that uses the economic and … Läs mer
Next year’s 2018 Biennial Meeting of the Scandinavian Society of Forest Economics (SSFE 2018) will take place in Denmark and is being planned for the week 22-25th of May 2018 – detailed program for SSFE and associated events/meeting will follow … Läs mer
The theme of the day is Sustainable land & forest management in sub Saharan Africa. 8:30 – 9:15 Climate Change Adaptation, experiences from India. Anna Jonsson (SMHI) 9:15 – 10:00 Climate Change Adaptation, experiences from South Africa. Lotta … Läs mer
Assembly in Madrid on the 4th and 5th of May, 2018. Spain is leading the list of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves with 48 protected areas reconciling the conservation of biodiversity with its sustainable use. Spain pioneered the protection of large areas … Läs mer
In the same format as TED-talks, KSLA will arrange a range of presentations of on-going research on the development of future smart materials. A number of ideas and discoveries that have implications for agriculture, forestry and the society as a … Läs mer
Agenda Global trend analysis IUFRO 2024 Market analyse Svensk SkogsData
Representatives from the head quarter of IUFRO in Vienna will come to Stockholm February 28th. On site, they will evaluate the host city, the congress venue, excursions, finances and the management of a suggested hosting, in accordance to the Nordic-Baltic bid … Läs mer
The aim of this 2-day exploratory workshop is to gather SLU researchers focusing on soil science related questions within the area of sustainable agriculture. The workshop should act as a think-tank for future common research proposals both on the national … Läs mer
“Forest tree breeding of broad-leaved species in Sweden – Are we making any progress?” https://www.slu.se/ew-kalender/2017/12/seminarie-lars-goran-stener/
Agenda: Current trends Future trends towards 2050 IUFRO World Congress 2024 Svensk Skogsdata (SSD) Program 2018
EFINORD annual meeting 2017 will take place in Helsinki December 12-13 and is now opened for registration. The theme for the meeting is Sustainable biomass production and the challenges of competing forest use in northern Europe. The participants will have the opportunity … Läs mer
More info: https://www.fao.org/forestry/afwc/31908/en/
Vad hände och vad blev det av det? Under 1960-talet kom det svenska biståndet igång på allvar. Skog och skogsbruk ansågs med rätta vara sektorer där Sverige med sin erfarenhet kunde bidra på ett positivt sätt till fattiga länders utveckling. … Läs mer
För att uppmärksamma Finlands 100-årsjubileum som självständig stat har Sverige överlämnat en gåva, där en del är en bilateral forskningssatsning inom skogsproduktion och skogsindustriell utveckling, benämnd Tandem Forest Values. Satsningen utgörs av 12 stycken tvååriga post doc-tjänster, där universitet eller … Läs mer
Every second session of the European Forestry Commission (i.e., every four years) is held jointly with the session of the Committee on Forest and Forest Industry of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europé. https://www.fao.org/forestry/efc/72568/en/
SLU is celebrating 40 years as a University! httpss://internt.slu.se/en/calendar-originals/2017/9/open-campus-ultuna/
Created in 1948, the Latin American and Caribbean Forestry Commission (LACFC) is one of six Regional Forestry Commissions established by FAO to provide a policy and technical forum for countries to discuss and address forest issues on a regional basis. … Läs mer
The Agricultural Research for Development Conference – Agri4D – is an international bi-annual event that has been held at SLU since 2011. The conference will take place on 20-21 September and this year the theme is Rural Transformation and Urbanization. Swedish … Läs mer
The 125th Anniversary Congress in Freiburg will not only celebrate the accomplishments of the past. It will also establish a dialogue on the future of forestry and forest research. These discussions will focus on globally pressing topics such as how to … Läs mer
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Industrial Scale Bioeconomy and its Requirements More information: https://www.metsateho.fi/lappeenranta-2017/
The International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC) is a politically independent advisory body which aims to preserve wild game and hunting. To achieve this goal, the CIC is promoting the sustainable use of wildlife Resources. The CIC promotes, … Läs mer
Forest Raw Materials from a Customer Perspective Forest industry products are constantly evolving. Market demands, along with research and development, impel brand new products and new features to existing products such as paper, packaging and sawn timber. In order to … Läs mer
Quality of life in European cities and in most of the world is decreasing due to an increase of pollution levels, increase of heat islands, decreased biodiversity, flooding and extreme events also related to climate change. This can have detrimental … Läs mer
The XIX Commonwealth Forestry Conference will be held from 3-7 April in India. Forestry professionals, academicians and all those interested and associated with the forestry sector in the Commonwealth will share their experiences with a view to learn and develop … Läs mer
World Water Day, on 22 March every year, is about taking action to tackle the water crisis. Today, there are over 663 million people living without a safe water supply close to home, spending countless hours queuing or trekking to … Läs mer
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests (IDF) in 2012. The Day celebrates and raises awareness of the importance of all types of forests. On each International Day of Forests, countries are encouraged to … Läs mer
8th Meeting of IUFRO Working Party 7.02.09: Phytophthora in Forests and Natural Ecosystems This event is attributed to IUFRO – International Union of Forest Research Organizations.
The mission of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests is to promote sustainable management of all types of forests and to strengthen long-term political commitment to this end.
Precision Forestry 2017: Producing More from Less. Towards Optimising Value in the Bio-economy from Data Driven Decisions Precision Forestry (PF) 2017 will be the fourth of a series of international symposia aligned to the theme of Precision Forestry and presented … Läs mer
The IUFRO, International Union of Forest Research organizations, opens up for an extensive application process for the IUFRO World Congress every 5th year. The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) has decided to coordinate a bid for the IUFRO World … Läs mer
A strong dialogue takes place with scientists and stakeholders along the application process for the IUFRO 2024 Congress. A national working group for IUFRO supports the work of the Swedish application. During the meeting, a dialogue about global trends will … Läs mer
Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management CPW is a voluntary partnership of international organizations with substantive mandates and programmes for the sustainable use and conservation of wildlife resources. Mission The mission of the CPW is to promote conservation through the sustainable … Läs mer
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Future research topics in forest sciences for Northern Europe The workshop is arranged jointly by EFI North European Regional Office (EFINORD) and Nordic Forest Research (SNS) and supported by Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and Natural Resources Institute … Läs mer
”One Region, One Future – Vision 2030 for the Baltic Sea Region” The 7th Strategy Forum of the EUSBSR will be held on 8-9 November 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden. Two inspiring days about the development and cooperation in the Baltic … Läs mer
2nd Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change httpss://unfccc.int/2860.php
The European Forest Institute Mediterranean Regional Office (EFIMED) will be holding their annual meeting in Calabria Italy 7-9th of November 2016. The topic for the event is: Smart Mediterranean Forestry, bioeconomy and social integration. More information about the event and … Läs mer
Forests for Sustainable Development: The Role of Research Keynote Speakers: Professor Zhang Shougong: Biography – Interview Professor Don Koo Lee: Biography – Interview Dr. Elspeth MacRae: Biography – Interview Dr. Makoto Yokohari: Biography – Interview
The meeting of the ECE Committee will review the programme of work in 2016 and approve plans for 2017
Utbildningsavdelningen berättar om vilka internationaliseringsmöjligheter inom utbildningen som finns för anställda och studenter vid SLU. Målgruppen är i första hand lärare som önskar arbeta med internationella aspekter av undervisningen, men alla anställda och studenter är välkomna. Det kommer att ges … Läs mer
The 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES (CoP17) will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa from 24 September to 5 October 2016 at the Sandton Convention Center. South Africa offered to host CoP17 at the 16th … Läs mer
ESBB & BBMRI-ERIC JOIN FORCES: ONE BIOBANK EVENT FOR EUROPE On 30 September 2015, BBMRI-ERIC and ESBB (European, Middle Eastern and African Society for Biopreservation & Biobanking) have formed a strategic alliance for the benefit of European biobanking efforts. Starting … Läs mer
Tankesmedja med den rådgivande gruppen om strategisk sektorsövergripande omvärldsanalys. SIFI:s vision är att arbeta sektorsövergripande med naturresursförvaltning utifrån en oberoende och strategisk omvärldsanalys gällande skogens framtida användning som resurs.
Swedish Water House på World Water Week I år samorganiserar Swedish Water House fyra seminarier under World Water Week. Registrera dig här! Söndagen den 28 augusti: Malin Falkenmark symposium: A triple green future for humanity fokuserar SIWI tillsammans med SEI … Läs mer
The purpose of the event is to highlight and discuss the role of Swedish authorities in the context of the Swedish Policy for Global Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) listed in the 2030 Agenda; and the coordiation of … Läs mer
Shaping a new agenda for forests The key themes of the Session seek to respond directly to the milestone agreements of 2015 and investigate how forests and sustainable forest management can contribute to the achievement of the internationally agreed development … Läs mer
IUFRO Unit(s) involved: 1.02.02 This meeting provides delegates with the opportunity to collaborate with researchers and meet with key speakers and industry leaders — participation is encouraged for anyone with a passion for tropical biology and conservation. Starts: 19 Jun … Läs mer
There is probably no greater issue than land in the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals that touches everyone. From the food we eat, to the clothes we wear and the houses we live – it all stems from land resources. In … Läs mer
CIFOR’s Strategy 2016–2025 Millions of hectares of tropical forests have been converted to agriculture, degraded landscapes amount to nearly 2 billion hectares, and inequality has grown in countries around the world. Yet, there is reason to be optimistic: forest expansion … Läs mer
The KWF-Tagung is the biggest Forestry Demofair in the world. This is the most important international meeting of the forest sector. The 17th KWF- Meeting will take place from 9th to June 12th, 2016 in the southern Germany (Roding, Bavaria). Traditionally, … Läs mer
This second edition of Global Landscapes Forum – The Investment Case is an invitation-only event designed to connect key experts from the financial services industry with leaders from the corporate sector, senior government officials, project developers and leading thinkers, to … Läs mer