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12th Session of United Nations Forum on Forests

sbritwum — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 16:30:16 +0000

12th Session of United Nations Forum on Forests Date: Mon, 2017-05-01 - Fri, 2017-05-05 sbritwum Thu, 02/23/2017 - 10:30

Location

UN Head Office, New York

The 12^th Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests will be held in New York from 1-5 May 2017. The Agenda items include the following:

Implementation of the new United Nations Strategic Plan for Forest (2017-2030). Document can be accessed at the UNFF website
Contribution of Forests to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Enhanced cooperation, coordination and engagement on forest related issues
Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world
Transformation toward sustainable and resilient societies

FORNESSA members are encouraged to send their individual or group contributions on any of the above agenda items to:

Dr. Joe Cobbinah
Coordinator, FORNESSA
c/o Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, Kumasi
Email: joe.cobbinah @ymail.com
Phone +233-244405601

LET US BE PART OF THE GLOBAL DISCOURSE

Contact info

Dr. Joe Cobbinah
Coordinator, FORNESSA
c/o Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, Kumasi
Email: joe.cobbinah @ymail.com
Phone +233-244405601

Pre-Congress Workshop to the XIV World Forestry Congress

sbritwum — Fri, 15 May 2015 09:06:10 +0000

Pre-Congress Workshop to the XIV World Forestry Congress Date: Fri, 2015-09-04 - Sat, 2015-09-05 sbritwum Fri, 05/15/2015 - 04:06

Location

Durban, South Africa

The African Forest Forum in partnership with the African Union Commission, The Network for Natural Gums and Resins in Africa, the Centre for Sustainable Development-University of Ibadan, and the Forestry Research Network of Sub-Saharan Africa is organizing a Pre-XIV World Forestry Congress workshop on the theme: Forests, people and environment: Some perspectives from Africa on 4 to 5 September 2015 in Durban, South Africa, just before the XIV World Forestry Congress. The workshop will bring together African forestry stakeholders including those from national governments, civil society organizations, academia and research; in addition to important groups like youth and women. They will discuss important trends relevant to the African forestry sector with a view to enhancing the roles of forests and trees in national economic development and poverty alleviation; improving food security and nutrition and; enhancing environmental stability and other forest values. The workshop will comprise of plenary sessions on key themes that are also linked to the XIV World Forestry Congress theme, as well as break-out sessions. The workshop will be followed by a meeting, on 6 September 2015, of all AFF members at the workshop

Contact info

Executive Secretary

African Forest Forum (AFF) United Nations Avenue, Gigiri,
P.O. Box 30677 – 00100, Nairobi, Kenya.

Tel.:+254 20 722 4203, Fax: + 254 20 722 4001/ 4181

Email: exec.sec@afforum.org; g.kowero@cgiar.org, Website: www.afforum.org

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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

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Forests and Climate Change

sbritwum — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:25:03 +0000

Forests and Climate Change forests / climate change sbritwum Mon, 07/30/2012 - 08:25

Ecological impacts of uncontrolled chainsaw milling on natural forests

sbritwum — Mon, 30 May 2011 17:47:08 +0000

Ecological impacts of uncontrolled chainsaw milling on natural forests

Description

Logging operations, conventional or otherwise can have both positive and negative ecological impacts on the forest ecosystem. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the ecological impacts of chainsaw milling in terms of its contribution to degradation of forest resources and damage on ecologically sensitive sites. Field assessments of ecological impacts of chainsaw milling were conducted in four Forest Reserves (Asenayo, Nkrabia, Tano Offin and Atiwa Range) and two areas outside forest reserve in the Goaso and Kade districts. We assessed selected ecological impact indicator variables related to illegal chainsaw logging and conventional logging along four transects laid at 400m intervals along the long axis of the compartments in the selected forest reserves. Assessment of the off-reserves was similarly done using the indicator variables applied in the forest reserves. The disturbance around a single felled tree and total area of operational zone disturbed appeared wider in chainsaw milling compared with conventional logging whereas in terms of forest canopy reduction no difference was observed between the impact of chainsaw milling and conventional logging as shown by comparative data from Asenayo Forest Reserve. The study also revealed that chainsaw millers fell wide range of tree sizes, unaware of the felling restrictions on harvestable diameters and more seriously do not pay attention to conservation practices. Our current results though do not support the general view that chainsaw milling is more wasteful than conventional milling (as conducted in Ghana) in terms of residue generation, however, there is strong evidence to indicate that in the short term uncontrolled chainsaw milling will have several negative
impacts on the forest ecosystem.

sbritwum Mon, 05/30/2011 - 12:47

Responsible party

Forestry Research Institute of Ghana

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forests

12th Session of United Nations Forum on Forests

Pre-Congress Workshop to the XIV World Forestry Congress

First National Forestry Conference: Second announcement and call for abstracts

Forests and Climate Change

Session B-1: Overview on Climate Change

Session B-3 REDD+ and Restoration Activities in Africa

Session B-2 Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation

Ecological impacts of uncontrolled chainsaw milling on natural forests