Dear Participants,
Welcome to the IUFRO-SPDC Pre-Congress Training Workshop Blog on Forests and Climate Change!
Modern social media tools such as this Blog allow us to start with our workshop activities even before we physically meet. The first round of interactions is about getting to know each other. Therefore I herewith cordially invite you to post a short statement including affiliation, country, your background and current focus of your professional work.
In order to add your statement or view the statements of other participants, please click on the comment button above.
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Jun 11, 2010 @ 13:03:21
My name is Michael Kleine (from Austria), working at IUFRO Headquarters in Vienna heading IUFRO’s Special Programme for Developing Countries. I am a professional forester trained in research and education in silviculture, growth and yield and forest management, with expierences over 25 years mostly in sub-tropical and tropical Asia.
Now I look forward to reading your short introductory statements.
Jun 20, 2010 @ 19:13:17
My name is Ernest Foli from Ghana and I shall act as a trainer/resource person in the IUFRO Pre-Congress Training Workshop on Forests and Climate Change. I am a research scientist by profession and have been working with the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana over the last 24 years, currently Head of the Training & Consultancy Unit of the Institute. My specialisation spans Forest Mensuration & Inventory, Forest Growth and Yield Modelling, Natural Forest and Plantation Silviculture, and Carbon accounting. I also teach Forest Resources Management, Environmental Issues in Natural Resources Management, Natural Forest Silviculture and Plantation Silviculture at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology in Ghana. My current research interest is in Climate Change mitigation and adaptation, and I am the Secretary for the FORNESSA Thematic Group on Climate Change.
Jun 22, 2010 @ 09:22:25
My name is Md. Danesh Miah (from Bangladesh), working at Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh. I am a professional forester with the experience of 15 years, presently serving as an associate professor. My research interests are forests and climate change mitigation. Hope this training workshop will be so useful for my career.
Good luck everybody!
Jun 22, 2010 @ 12:02:21
My name is Dr. Emmanuel Opuni-Frimpong from Ghana. I’m working at the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana. My research is focused on Forest Entomology/Health and currently I am working with a couple of communities and timber industries to establish mahogany plantations in degraded landscapes in Ghana using different silvicultural techniques including mixed planting and agroforestry.
Jun 22, 2010 @ 12:05:36
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Jun 22, 2010 @ 14:52:00
My name is Danielle Celentano, I am a forest engineer graduated at the Sao Paulo State University in Brazil. After my undergraduate studies, I worked as research assistant in projects about boreal forest ecology and management in Quebec (Canada). Back to Brazil, I worked during four years as researcher for the Amazon Institute of Human and Environment (Imazon), a Brazilian non-profit research institution. In 2008, I started the Msc program in Management and Conservation of Tropical Forest and Biodiversity at CATIE (Costa Rica). I completed my master degree last February with honorific mention for my project about ecological restoration of tropical forests in degraded areas. I am now back to the Brazilian Amazon and I am working as consultant to the Articulación Regional Amazónica (ARA) a network of Amazonian organizations in Brazil and all neighbor countries that share the biome. My main professional interest is to restore forests and improve livelihood on degraded landscaped. I am seeking to enter in a PhD. program on this topic in the future. Nice to meet you all! See you soon.
Jun 22, 2010 @ 17:03:18
I´m Emilio Vilanova, forestry engineer with a MSc degree on Forest Management. I´ve been working for over 8 years in the Institute for Forest Research and Development, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela. I´m working on several areas: forest management policies; tropical forest monitoring and carbon dynamics in tropical forests. In this regard, I´ve been involved with the international project RAINFOR monitoring long-term permanent plots in several forest-types in Venezuela aiming a collaborative networking on carbon and climate change issues. I´m looking forward to meet you all and have great expectations about this pre-congress workshop. See you soon…
Emilio
Jun 22, 2010 @ 17:20:39
I am Prasit of Chiang Mai, Thailand. I have been a lecturer in ecology and biodiversity at Chiang Mai University (CMU) since 2001 immeidiately after finishing my degree, under the supervision of Prof. Hamish Kimmins, in forest sciences from University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada. My main research focus is on forest restoration with the Forest Restoration Research Unit (http://www.forru.org) of my university. In addition, my graduate students are conducting research works in the field of forest ecology, for example, carbon sequestration of restore forests, ecology of fig species, and ethnoecology of forest management. I look forward to meet you all at the training workshop in August.
Jun 23, 2010 @ 06:43:50
I am Bandumala from Sri Lanka. I work to the Forest Department of Sri Lanka as a research Officer. I mainly involve in natural forest ecology research. My specific interests include tree seedling physiological ecology, adaptation of leaves to their environment, restoration of species diversity of the exotic ground cover, and invasive behavior of introduce species. My recent work includes: the use of different silvicultural treatments for enhance the natural regeneration of degraded forest; soil carbon sequestration studies, conversion of pinus plantation into broad leaves forest, and; development of plantation technologies for selected indigenous trees in the mid country of Sri Lanka.
The results of my research can be applied to the development and testing of silvicultural techniques for restoration of degraded lands and for the management of natural forests for a variety of timber products. Field sites include savanna forests in Sri Lanka
Jun 26, 2010 @ 04:38:44
I am Rahmawaty from Medan, INDONESIA. I have been working as a lecturer in Forest Management study program, faculty of Agriculture, Sumatera Utara University (USU) since 1999. I´m working on several areas: Forest Management, Watershed Management, and Environmental Issues in Natural Resources Management. I´m looking forward to meet you all and have great expectations about this pre-congress workshop. CU…
Jul 01, 2010 @ 04:51:05
Hello All,
I am glad to see that you are already using the blog-site of the course. I can see from these first comments that we will have a great variety of professionals participating!
Let me introduce myself: Bastiaan Louman. I will be the main resource person of the course, together with Ernest Foli from Ghana. I am a Dutchman (at least last time I checked) but have bee working since 1983 in tropical countries in the field of agroforestry and natural forest management. Working on adaptive forest management introduced me to the theme of adaptation to climate change and since 2008 I have been involved in research and training activities in the field of adaptation and mitigation to climate change. Currently I lead CATIE’ s program on climate change with a group of young, yet experienced and dedicated researchers whose experiences will be the basis for this course.
I am looking forward to meeting you all in Seoul and hope that you will make ample use of this blog to get to know each other better and prepare for the course.
See you soon!
Jul 02, 2010 @ 08:58:53
please let me know if the participants have to make presentation on their related activities in the training.
Thanks
Jul 05, 2010 @ 07:50:05
Regarding presentations by participants, please note that each training workshop will include group work and discussion sessions addressing issues related to local research projects. Although there will be no formal presentations by participants required, it would be of advantage if participants could share their past or current research work and in this way “enrich” the content of the workshop.
Kind regards
Michael
Jul 05, 2010 @ 05:14:41
Hi All,
This is Nabaghan Ojha from India. I am extremely happy to know that there is a good mix of experts who are going to attend the training workshop in Seoul shortly. Let me present here a brief introduction on me.
Since 2000 I have been working in the forestry sector with an organisation called Regional Centre for Development Cooperation (RCDC), a development organisation based at Orissa (an eastern Indian state) focusing on community based forest management in India. Presently I am in sabbatical for a year to undertake an independent research on climate change and its impact on forest based livelihood. I have also floated a centre in Bhubaneswar to work especially on forests and climate change. Besides, I am part of some international networks like NTFP Exchange Programme (NTFP EP), Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG) etc. My key expertises are climate governance, sustainable forest management, NTFP market, Participatory Forest Management (PFM), Forest policy research and advocacy etc.
I am anxious to meet the other participants and the resource persons next month. Thanks. See you soon.
Jul 15, 2010 @ 11:44:54
Dear Colleagues!
My name is Almaz Orozumbekov. I am from Kyrgyz Republic, Central Asia. Head of Centre of Innovation Technology in Agriculture of Faculty of Innovation technology of Kyrgyz National Agrarian University.
Address: 68 Mederov Street. 720005 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Research interest: Forest ecology and biodiversity, dendrochronology, forest protection
I do hope looking forward to see all of you in August 15 in Seoul, South Korea.
Best regards, Dr. Almaz Orozumbekov
Jul 15, 2010 @ 11:45:36
Hello and namaskar to the organisers and my fellow participants.
I am Sanjeev K Chauhan, Associate Professor Forestry at Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana (India). My main emphasis of research is on Agroforestry and carbon sequestration potential of fast growing tree species. Presently I am working on European Commission funded project on CDM (please find details at http://www.benwood,eu). The role of forests in climate change mitigation is well known and lot of emphasis have been placed on trees to make use of natural process of photosynthesis in carbon capture through fast growing tree species. The pre-conference training will help in learning the latest on the subject and interaction with fellow participants will be fruitful for future forestry/agroforestry research. Presently I am coordinating IUFRO 1.03.03 section of Short Rotation Forestry.
Jul 15, 2010 @ 11:46:34
Dear Colleagues! My name is Estanislao Salazar. I am from Nicaragua Republic, Central America. I am a forest researcher at the Catholic University of Agriculture in Dry Tropics Address: Estelí, Nicaragua km 166 Northern Highway
Research interest: Forest Management Sustainable, and biodiversity. I have conducted research on the East side of Lake Nicaragua, with the purpose to integrate sustainable forest management with environmental services.
I do hope looking forward to see all of you in August 15 in Seoul, South Korea. Best regards,
Estanislao Salazar Q.
Jul 16, 2010 @ 07:40:43
My name is Girma Abebe Birru (Ethiopia), currently, I am a PhD Fellow at Technical University of Munich, actively participating on a DFG funded project in Ethiopia (Functional Ecology and Sustainable Management of Munessa Forest). I have worked on research and education for more than 14 years in a variety of fields including Forestry (Silviculture), Agronomy and Plant Physiology. Formerly worked for Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (since 1998) and Awassa College of Agriculture (ACA) (1993) and Ethiopian Valleys Studies and Development Authority (1994-95). My research interest is how the afromontane forest/ecosystem get affected and adapt with the changing climate.
Thank You.
Jul 19, 2010 @ 14:10:44
Please refer to your email for update information.
Thanks for detailed information. I am to intimate that I along with Rajni Sharma have to participate in a programme on forest culture and cultural forestry organised by IUFRO 6.07.03 unit on 21.08.2010 at 8.30AM. Please keep in mide to drop at Hotel before 8.30AM.
Thanks
Jul 20, 2010 @ 18:28:34
Dear all,
I was born in Bangladesh and currently a PhD candidate with Ehime University in Japan. I have not-a-long history of working as agroforestry consultant. My PhD research revolves around tropical homegardens. Ongoing research projects I am involved with touch issues like community-based adaptation (CBA), restoration and conservation of cultural-ecological landscapes (including Satoyama and Satoumi), depopulation and aging problem in mid-mountains etc., among others. Also currently working towards producing Bangladesh edition of a conservation biology textbook.
My likely future project will be on adaptation and mitigation role of temperate tree-based intercropping systems, which is why I became interested in this pre-congress training to enrich my understanding of CC issues.
See you all in Seoul soon!!
Jul 28, 2010 @ 01:59:30
Hello, my name is Haruni Krisnawati, from Indonesia. I work as a researcher for the Forest and Nature Conservation Research and Development Centre, under the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry. I received my Bachelor and Master degrees from the Faculty of Forestry, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia and completed my PhD from the School of Forest and Ecosystem Science, the University of Melbourne, Australia. My research is focused on tropical forest dynamics and growth & yield (from measurement/inventory to modelling) in both natural and plantation forests. Since last year I have also been involved in several project activities related with the biomass/carbon accounting and REDD in Indonesia. I hope this pre-congress training workshop will enrich my knowledge on climate change issues. I look forward to meet you all in August 15 in Seoul.
Aug 11, 2010 @ 16:13:41
Hello Everyone!
My name is Priti Chauhan. I am PhD Fellow in the Division of Genetics and Tree Propagation at Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India. My PhD work basically revolves around molecular characterization and genetic variability studies. Presently I am working on molecular characterization of Himalayan pines.
I am very keen to learn the Climate change impacts on Forests and the how can forests adapt to the change.
Looking forward to the Training and meet the participants.
Thank you
Priti.