The International Conference for Urban Forestry in Challenging Environments will be held in Beijing, China, from August 29th to September 1st , 2010. The conference is organized by Beijing Forestry University and IUFRO-Urban Forestry Unit.
The central theme of the conference is on how to manage urban forests in various challenging environments. To maintain sustainable urban forests in cities is the ultimate goal of urban forest management. However, this task can be very challenging for cities facing unfavorable natural or anthropogenic influences. Those influences include scorching heat in desert cities, freezing temperatures in high-altitude and high latitude cities, damages by natural disasters such as hurricanes in coastal cities, competition for scarce resources in cities in developing countries, vanishing support for urban forestry programs in western cities that are experiencing economic woes, negative impact inflicted by climate change, and destruction by people in conflict zones.
In contrast to extensive studies and discussions on managing urban forests in cities under normal conditions, less information is available for urban foresters in those challenging environments. At the conference in Beijing, scientists, policy makers, practitioners, and concerned citizens are invited to come together and share their findings, innovative science and technologies, and daily experience in dealing with challenges now and in the future. Also, benefits of urban forests to people living in challenging environments will be discussed. It is our hope that information generated from this conference can help to establish sustainable urban forests in more cities.
Call for Papers
Topics
ICUFCE 2010 invites you to submit abstracts and papers covering, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Urban forest management in compact and high-density cities
- Urban forest management in cities in recession
- Urban forest management in conflict zones
- Urban forest management in natural disaster zones
- Plant and maintain urban forests under unfavorable natural conditions
- Adapt urban forests to negative impacts of climate changes
- Benefits of urban forests to people in challenging environments
- Innovative techniques and guidelines that can help establish urban forests in challenging environments
Presentations
Presenters may give one, and only one, of the following presentations:
- Oral presentation
- Poster presentation
Your presentation should describe the purpose, methods, and conclusions of your research.
Oral Presentation
Each oral presentation is allotted 20 minutes for presentation and discussion. A digital projector will be available in each meeting room. If you require other types of audio/visual equipment, please contact Ms. Jingyi Yang at RCUF2010@gmail.com
Poster presentation
Use the poster format for your presentation when your material can easily be communicated visually. Each presentation should make a unified, coherent statement. Materials, both textual and visual, should be of professional quality and be clearly legible from a distance of 1.5 m. Graphic materials will be displayed on a 1.2 x 2.4 m poster board supplied by the conferenc
Papers
Participants are encouraged to submit full-length papers based on presentations. The scientific steering committee will review submitted papers and recommend those in good quality to be included in a special issue of Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. Other papers will be published in a conference proceeding, which will be submitted to Web of Science.
The submitted paper must have not been published in any formats before. Authors are required to follow the instruction for preparing manuscripts strictly. (UFUG_instructions)
Please send your abstracts and papers to the e-mail address: RCUF2010@gmail.com
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