First announcement: "Forest Landscapes and Global Change" - IUFRO Landscape Ecology International Conference, to be held on September 21-27, 2010, in Bragança, Portugal.
IUFRO, the International Union of Forest Research Organizations, in cooperation with the Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (ipb) and the Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO) are organizing the IUFRO Landscape Ecology International Conference. The conference aims to bring together scientists, planners, and managers in order to share science and experiences on approaches, methods and tools to assess change, to forecast change in structures and processes, and to optimize goods and services provided at multiscale-multifunctional levels under a context of change. Topics addressed are: Scaling in landscape analysis, Patterns and processes in changing landscapes, Disturbances in changing landscapes, Biodiversity conservation and planning in changing landscapes, Monitoring landscape change, Tools of landscape assessment and management, Management and sustainability of changing landscapes, Urban Forestry in changing regions. Submission deadlines: Symposium proposals - September 27, 2009 Abstracts - December 20, 2009 Contact: João Azevedo Email: iufrole2...@ipb.pt For more information, please visit http://www.ipb.pt/iufro2010
