European Tropical Forest Research Newsletter No.15 November 1995

European Tropical Forest Research Newsletter No.15 November 1995 Code Number:NL95035 Size of Files: Text: 105K No associated graphics files European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN) Coordination Unitc/o ATSAF e.V.Ellerstr. 50D-53119 Bonn, Germany Tel: +49-228-98 46-16 Fax: +49-228-98 46-99 Editor: Horst Freiberg Editorial Coordination and Design: Monika ReuleEditorial Assistant: Wilma Kahmer (from Sushil Saigal and Navin Kapor, India) JOINT FOREST MANAGEMENT: The role of research networks Joint Forest Management (JFM) is a new approach to forest management that is being tried in India and several other countries. In JFM, forest department of the Government and local communities jointly manage the state forest lands. In turn, both share the responsibilities and benefits. TREE CITY - Urban Forestry & Arboricultural Program TREE CITY is an initiative of the GWB (Society for Forest Conservation and Manage ment)in Ebersbach/Germany, the Institute for Arboriculture in Hamburg/Germany and the International Institute for the Urban Environment in Delft/The Netherlands. A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED ASIA PACIFIC ASSOCIATION OF FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS (APAFRI) The Asia-Pacific Region is one of the fastest growing regions in the world and the role of forestry sector in conributing to the economic, social and environmental well being of the Region is being redefined. APFT - A Comprehensive Social Scientific Designed Programme Aligned with the Future of Tropical Rainforest Peoples The Myth of the Virgin Forest 1. Research How APFT is different Capacity Building Africa-Caribbean-Pacific Beneficiaries Actors 2. Improving CEC project viability 3. Awareness 4. Database RESEARCH COOPERATIONS IVITA seeks Cooperation for TRopical Integrated systems Research in Peru Research Cooperations in the field of Ecology and Biological Resources in Vietnam The Tanzanian Forestry Research Institute (TAFORI) is looking for Research Partners in Various Fields of Forestry Research ECTF is looking for Industrial Companies interested in Community Forestry Development and Carbon Sequestration in Southern Mexico Fire Ecology Research and Possibilities to Collaborate with the fire Ecology Unit in Ghana NEWS Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships 1996 Intergovernmental Seminar on Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management The 6th Meeting of the General Assembly (GA) of ETFRN took place in Vienna/Austria on 29th and 30th September 1995. The discussion of the next ETFRN 3-year-phase; the definition of objectives and expected outputs; ETFRN`s role as regional sectoral network inrespect to other regional re search networks and international / inter- governmental researchorganizations as well as the further development of ETFRN`s information managementconcept on INTERNET were the main items of the agenda. ETFRN's INTERNET-Homepage Open-Question-Service (OQS) + Bill-Board "European Tropical Forest Research Projects" DECALRATION OF THE IUFRO XX WORLD CONGRESS From 6-12 August 1995 the XXth IUFRO World Congress was held in Tampere, Finland under the topic: Caring for the Forest: Research in a Changing World. Over 2000 participants from about 100 different countries attended this "biggest event in IUFRO shistory". It is a long IUFRO tradition to prepare a Declaration at the end of each Congress with the aim to present IUFRO's position, to serve as a tool for research and policy and to be guidance for the further work of IUFRO. ADDRESSING NATURAL RESOURCES THROUGH COMMUNITY FORESTRY - A Global E-mail Conference from January - March 1996 INFER: A new Computer-based Method of Estimating the Environmental Relationships of Forest Trees and Other Plants PUBLICATIONS Parks, People and Professionals: Putting 'Participation' into Protected Area Management Salvaging Nature: Indigenous Peoples, Protected Areas and Biodiversity Conservation Designing a System of Nomenclature for European Forst Mapping Macroeconomic Aspects of Forestry Sector Planning Tropical Forests: Management and Ecology A Land-Ecological Study of Soils, Vegetation and Plant Diversity in Colombian Amazonia The Role of the Private Sector in Forestry Research VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS Research Possibilities at the Forest Research Insititute of Malaysia IPGRI: Scientist, In Situ Conservation of Agricultural Biodiversity The International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) is looking for a Scientist specialized in In Situ Conservation of Agri cultural Biodiversity. ETFRN NATIONAL NODE