First National Forestry Conference: Second announcement and call for abstracts

sbritwum — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 10:38:22 +0000

First National Forestry Conference: Second announcement and call for abstracts Date: Tue, 2014-09-16 - Thu, 2014-09-18 sbritwum Thu, 04/24/2014 - 05:38

Location

CSIR-FORIG Campus, Fumesua

Theme:
The Contribution of Forests to Ghana’s Economic Development

Objective
The overall goal of the conference is to highlight the role of forests and woodlands on livelihoods, environmental management and economic development in the country and the expected future contribution in the light of current challenges. This conference is being held to commemorate 100 years of forestry practice and 50 years of forestry research in Ghana.

Thematic Areas

Forests, Water and Climate Change
Forests, Food Security and Livelihoods
Forest Policy, Governance and Education
Forest Products Utilization and Trade
Natural Forest, Wildlife and Plantation Management

Organisation
The conference is being organized jointly by the Forestry Commission (FC), CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), College of Agriculture Natural Resources (CANR), KNUST and Tropenbos International Ghana with support from Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources (MLNR), Ministry of Environment, Science Technology and Innovations (MESTI), Ghana Timber Millers Organisation (GTMO), Ghana Timber Association (GTA) and Furniture and Wood Workers Association of Ghana (FAWAG).

Registration
Deadline for registration to participate in the conference is 31 July 2014.

Call For Abstracts
Abstracts should include:
Full names, addresses of authors and email address of corresponding author. Abstract should relate to one of the thematic areas of the conference. Please indicate in the message accompanying the abstract whether you would prefer either oral or poster presentation and the thematic area that is closely related to the topic of your abstract.

Deadlines

Submission of Abstracts: 31 May 2014
Notification of Acceptance of Abstracts: 2 July 2014
Registration: 31 July 2014.

Submission of Abstracts

Please send your abstract of not more than 350 words to the following:
Chair, Conference Scientific Committee
Fax:+233 3220 60121
Email: fcforig2014@yahoo.com
sbacquah@gmail.com

Contact info

Chair, Conference Scientific Committee

Fax:+233 3220 60121

Email: fcforig2014@yahoo.com

sbacquah@gmail.com

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Funding bodies

CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, Forestry Commission, Tropenbos International Ghana, College of Agriculture Natural Resources

Forests and Forest-based Products for a Greener Future / Forests and People / Forests and Climate Change / Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Biological Invasions / Other Information Wildlife and Plantation Management / Water and Climate Change / natural forest / Governance and Education / forests / Forestry Conference / forest policy / Food Security and Livelihoods

Demonstrating techniques of natural forest rehabilitation in Kakamega, Kibiri, Gwassi, Wire & Homa Hills

sbritwum — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:48:43 +0000

Demonstrating techniques of natural forest rehabilitation in Kakamega, Kibiri, Gwassi, Wire & Homa Hills

Description

Deforestation has become one of the greatest threats to biodiversity conservation, rural
livelihoods and wealth creation, particularly in the tropics. On average, the global rate of
deforestation has been estimated at 14.6 million hectares yr-1 over the past decade. In
Kenya, the area under closed-canopy forest decreased from 2.8% to 1.7% during this
period. The main causes of deforestation have been identified as illegal encroachment,
overexploitation of forest products and forest fires. Rehabilitating these degraded forests
requires sound understanding of principles of woody species recruitment and forest
regrowth following deforestation. In particular, forest managers require information on
the spatial and temporal forest community dynamics following site disturbance in order
to initiate intervention strategies necessary to accelerate forest regeneration. Over the past
3 years, the Kenya Forestry Research Institute, working in partnership with the Kenya
Forest Service and local community groups, has initiated research activities aimed at
demonstrating techniques of natural forest rehabilitation in degraded forests in western
Kenya. This report outlines natural forest rehabilitation activities carried out in Kibiri,
Gwassi, Wire and Homa hills during Quarter 3 of 2008 / 09 financial year.

sbritwum Fri, 07/16/2010 - 13:48

Responsible party

Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI)

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Techniques_Natural _Forest_Rehabilitation.pdf	65.73 KB

Forests and Climate Change / Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Biological Invasions rehabilitation of degraded forests / natural forest