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Digital Coverage/Summary
IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) has produced daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary report from this meeting. To download our repots, please click below on the HTML or PDF icons.
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XXIII IUFRO World Congress
23-28 August 2010 | Seoul, Republic of Korea |
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Highlights for Tuesday, 24 August 2010 |
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Daily web highlights |
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IUFRO theme banners prominently displayed in the exhibition hall. |
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On Tuesday, participants continued discussing forestry issues of every hue, beginning with a keynote speech by Frances Seymour, the Director-General, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) in the main plenary on past and future challenges of forest research. The day continued with three sub-plenaries on urban forests, the next generation of forest research, and forests and climate mitigation. Additionally, 38 technical sessions met, covering all nine Congress themes, along with multiple side and business events, as well as the first of two official poster sessions. |
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Frances Seymour, CIFOR, giving the keynote speech on past and future challenges facing forest research. |
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Niels Elers Koch, Forest and Landscape, Denmark, chaired the plenary session. |
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Sub-Plenary Sessions |
Can forestry and forest sector activities contribute to mitigating climate change? |
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The panel on urban forestry discusses differences in urban forest management needs in developed and developing countries. L-R: Michelle Gautier, FAO; Kjell Nilsson, University of Copenhagen, David Nowak, and Jay Bolthouse, University of Tokyo. |
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Chair and panelist Cecil Konijnendijk, University of Copenhagen, talked about trends affecting urban forestry. |
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IUFRO award winners - the next generation |
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Technical Sessions |
Biodiversity and climate change: direct and indirect linkages in adaptation and mitigtion |
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Eckehard Brockerhoff, New Zealand Forest Research Institute, highlighted the value of mixed forest stands in climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts. |
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David Flaspohler, Michigan Technological University, examined different models for intensive forest management. |
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Md. Danesh Miah, University of Chittagong, explains that carbon credits from afforestation/reforestation activities invite the introduction of alien species. |
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Challenges and issues of forest management and utilization in Asian countries |
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Shirong Liu, Chinese Academy of Forestry Sciences, discussed China’s forest resources, legislation, production and trade. |
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Dar-Hsiung Wang, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, discussed the history of Japanese cedar plantations in Taiwan and current proposals to remove them. |
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Ho Sang Kang, Seoul National University, described an ecotourism training programme developed by the School of Environment Conservation and Ecotourism Management in Indonesia. |
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Innovative approaches to forest restoration |
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Arno Thomaes, Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Belgium, discussed a research project examining tree species as “ecosystem engineers” for restoration. |
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Coert Geldenhuys,
University of Stellenbosch, explained an approach to forest rehabilitation that emulates natural disturbance regimes and recognizes the value of secondary forests. |
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Keiko Nagashima, Kyushu University, presented the findings of a study that investigated abandoned plantation clearcut sites in Japan on vegetation recovery process. |
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Innovative approaches to forest restoration |
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