[CANUFNET] World Forestry Congress

[Andy Kenney]

Dear Colleagues with interest in Urban and Periurban Forestry and Greening, 
   
The XIII World Forestry Congress (WFC) will be held in Buenos Aires,
Argentina on 18-25 October 2009. This Congress can provide a good
opportunity to keep high the attention on the role of "Forest and Trees for
Healthy Cities - Improving Livelihoods and Environment for All"; hence we
encourage you to submit abstracts of your studies and research to the
organizers of the Congress. 

  
We apologise for the delay in sending this information to you as the
deadline for submission of abstracts for voluntary papers is 31 January 2009
- however the organisers have confirmed that abstracts arriving by 15
February will be considered. 

  
Abstracts should be submitted following the instructions provided on the
Congress website:  <http://www.wfc2009.org/> www.wfc2009.org  

If the automatic system for uploading the abstracts doesn't work, please
send to:  <mailto:WFC-XIII at fao.org> WFC-XIII at fao.org 

 

The following items should be included:

 

.          Type of presentation (voluntary paper).

.          Thematic session (in relation with the programme of the WFC).

.          Title.

.          Author(s).

.          E-mail and mailing addresses of the main author.

.          Abstract (minimum 300 words - maximum 400 words).

.          Between 3 and 5 keywords.

 

Texts must be written in one of the three official languages of the Congress
(English, French or Spanish). Abstracts submitted in other languages will
not be taken into consideration.

  

The acceptance of abstracts does not imply that the papers will be presented
orally at the Congress. The decision of the reviewing committee to this
effect will only be taken once the review of the full papers is completed.

 

The authors whose abstracts have been accepted must submit the full papers
before 31 May 2009 

 

The World Forestry Congress serves as a forum for governments, universities,
civil society and the private sector to exchange views and experiences and
to formulate recommendations for implementation of environmentally friendly
forest policies at national, regional and global levels. The Congress also
provides an opportunity for the sector to produce an overview of the state
of forests and forestry in order to discern trends, adapt policies and raise
awareness of issues among decision-makers, the public and other parties
concerned.

 

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