Events
| 7-19 Oct 07 | Innovation approaches for sustainable management of forest ecosystems under a changing biological, physical, and chemical environment - FORCE | ||||||||||||||||
| Summer Academy for young researchers at an early stage of their research education | |||||||||||||||||
| Location: | "Fachschaftshaus am Schauinsland" near Freiburg/Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Contact: | Philipp Duncker | ||||||||||||||||
| Organization: | network NFZ.forestnet (France, Germany, Switzerland) | ||||||||||||||||
| The FORCE Summer Academy aims to provide young researchers with theoretical and practical knowledge on sustainable management of forest ecosystems under consideration of environmental and anthropogenetic changes. In addition to theory, the project also provides opportunities to gain practical experience in various forest ecosystem environments. Several visits and excursions will complete the schedule. The Summer Academy is supported by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service). More details | |||||||||||||||||
| 20-21 Feb 07 | CAMBIFORRUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Kick-off Meeting | |||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Institute for Forest Growth, Freiburg | ||||||||||||||||
| Organization: | Hans-Peter Kahle, Heinrich Spiecker | ||||||||||||||||
| The Kick-off Meeting to the EC research project "Identification and management of environmental risks associated with man-made changes using cambial activity monitoring of trees in forests of North-Western Russia - CAMBIFORRUS" (026310 - INCO) will bring together all project partners to discuss the research programme and define the plan for the implementation of the ecological field measurement station in Komi. More details on the project | |||||||||||||||||
| 6-8 Oct 06 | ConForest Working Session 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| International Meeting | |||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Evora/Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Organization: | Heinrich Spiecker, Stuart Dedrick | ||||||||||||||||
| The conference "Towards sustainablility - forest conversion" will bring together scientists from all over Europe to discuss the relative merits of plantation forestry and converting forests to more natural structures More Details | |||||||||||||||||
| 2-4 Oct 06 | COST Meeting | ||||||||||||||||
| International Meeting | |||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Oxford, UK | ||||||||||||||||
| Organization: | Heinrich Spiecker, Johanna Storch | ||||||||||||||||
| During the meeting the participants will discuss the topic "Provenance Distributions and likely effects of global climate change". | |||||||||||||||||
| 18-19 Sept 06 | EFORWOOD Work Package 2.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| International Meeting | |||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Freiburg, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Organization: | Heinrich Spiecker, Philipp Duncker | ||||||||||||||||
| During the EFORWOOD meeting, about 20 researchers will get together to discuss and plan the next tasks within the working group topic "Sustainable Forest management strategies". | |||||||||||||||||
| 24 May 06 | ConForest Working Session 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| International Meeting | |||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Freiburg/Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Organization: | Heinrich Spiecker, Stuart Dedrick | ||||||||||||||||
| This working session is the fourth in the second phase of ConForest, and is designed to further disseminate the knowledge and research acquired within the working groups, moving the Project Centre forward from the Stift Schlägl workshop in October 2005. It is open to all members of ConForest. If you are not a member of ConForest and wish to find out more about the Project Centre, please go to the Conforest Website, or contact Stuart Dedrick. More Details | |||||||||||||||||
| 21-23 May 06 | ConForest/IEFC Conference "Plantation or Conversion - The Debate!" | ||||||||||||||||
| International Conference | |||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Freiburg/Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Organization: | Heinrich Spiecker, Stuart Dedrick | ||||||||||||||||
| Plantation or Conversion – The Debate! Freiburg-im-Breisgau, 21st – 23rd May 2006. The conference “Plantation or Conversion – The Debate!” will bring together scientists from all over Europe to discuss the relative merits of plantation forestry and converting forests to more natural structures. More Details | |||||||||||||||||
| 14-18 Feb 05 | International Dendroecological Laboratory Week 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Freiburg | ||||||||||||||||
| Organization: | Heinrich Spiecker, Hans-Peter Kahle and Fritz-Hans Schweingruber | ||||||||||||||||
| For students: | course no. 362b | ||||||||||||||||
| The International Dendroecological Laboratory Week is a seminar on applied tree-ring research. It is designed to give beginners to the discipline an introduction to basic principles and methodology, and to provide more advanced participants with an opportunity to engage in discussions with and learn from others. The main focus lies on presentating and discussing the state of the art and recent developments in laboratory tree-ring measurement and analysis methods. | |||||||||||||||||
| 17-19 Nov 04 | Impacts of the Drought and Heat in 2003 on Forests | ||||||||||||||||
| International Conference | |||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Organization: | Institute for Forest Growth (IWW), Faculty of Forest and Environmental Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany Forest Research Institute Baden-Württemberg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany Groupement d’Intérêt Public ECOFOR, Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Co-organizers: | IUFRO Unit 4.01.08: Effects of environmental changes on forest growth European Forest Institute (EFI) | ||||||||||||||||
| Contact: | Regina Lauer | ||||||||||||||||
| 3-6 Oct 04 | "Laser-Scanners for Forest and Landscape Assessment - Instruments, Processing Methods and Applications" | ||||||||||||||||
| International Conference | |||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Freiburg | ||||||||||||||||
| Organized by: | Institute for Forest Growth (IWW) and Department of Remote Sensing and Land Information Systems (FeLis), Faculty of Forest And Environmental Sciences - Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg | ||||||||||||||||
| Information about the current state of and recent changes in landscape-creating elements and scenery (such as forests, lakes, meadows, etc.) are important basics for environmental assessment on different administrative levels. During the last few years airborne as well as terrestrial laser scanning techniques have developed tremendously and now play an important role in landscape assessment. In addition to airborne laser scanning which has been successfully introduced as a means of collecting information on a regional level, terrestrial laser scanners can be used on a smaller scale to derive higher precision information. Recent instruments, processing methods and their possibilities for use in forest and landscape assessment will be presented at this international conference. Further details on http://www.natscan.de/conference/ | |||||||||||||||||
| 19-20 Feb 04 | ConForest | ||||||||||||||||
| Kick-off Meeting | |||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Zvolen, Slovakia | ||||||||||||||||
| Organized by: | the Project Centre CONFOREST | ||||||||||||||||
| Local organizers: | Forest Research Institute Zvolen | ||||||||||||||||
| Co-organization: | European Forest Institute, EFI Headquarters | ||||||||||||||||
| The question of CONversion of coniferous FORESTs on sites naturally dominated by broadleaves for sustainable fulfilment of society’s needs A Project Centre of the European Forest Institute (EFI) | |||||||||||||||||
| 27 Sept- 2 Oct 03 | ConForest The Question of Conversion of Coniferous Forests | ||||||||||||||||
| International Conference | |||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Freiburg | ||||||||||||||||
| Organized by: | RPC-Conforest - Regional Project Centre of the European Forest Institute | ||||||||||||||||
| Co-organized by: | European Forest Institute, EFI Headquarters | ||||||||||||||||
| IUFRO Units: | 1.14.00: Unevenaged silviculture 1.17.02: Temperate and boreal forest restoration 4.04.09: Scenarios for transformation forest management | ||||||||||||||||
| Local organizers: | Institute for Forest Growth (IWW), Faculty of Forest and Environmental Sciences - Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg Forest Research Institute of Baden-Wuerttemberg (FVA) | ||||||||||||||||
| Until the end of the 19th century many European forests were characterised by devastation and soil deterioration which caused fears of timber shortage. In order to counteract shortage in supply, many forest areas were reforested with coniferous trees. Consequently, even-aged coniferous forests were established on many sites naturally dominated by broadleaves. As a result, damages caused by storm, snow, ice, drought, insects, fungi and possibly soil degradation seem to occur more frequently in these secondary coniferous forests than in forests composed by site adapted species. Conversion or restoration of coniferous stands may reduce these risks and upgrade biodiversity and the genetic potential of forests. As the future wood markets, economic results of forestry, and various other goods and services, which forest ecosystems provide to society, are affected by present and future decision making all aspects of conversion must be well understood. | |||||||||||||||||
| 21-25 May 03 | 2nd SUBERWOOD Project Meeting | ||||||||||||||||
| International Meeting | |||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Freiburg | ||||||||||||||||
| Local organizers: | Institute for Forest Growth, Faculty of Forest and Environmental Sciences | ||||||||||||||||
| Contact: | Heinrich Spiecker, Norbert Hansen | ||||||||||||||||
| Language: | English | ||||||||||||||||
| Title of the project: | Strategy and technology development for a sustainable wood and cork forestry chain (SUBERWOOD) | ||||||||||||||||
| During the 2nd project meeting, past activities of the first 18 months of the project will be presented and evaluated. Planned activities during the following year will be discussed and organized. | |||||||||||||||||
| 10-14 Feb 03 | International Dendroecological Laboratory Week 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
| International Conference | |||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Freiburg | ||||||||||||||||
| Local orginizers: | Heinrich Spiecker, Hans-Peter Kahle und Fritz Hans Schweingruber | ||||||||||||||||
| For students: | Block Nr. 362 | ||||||||||||||||
| The International Dendroecological Laboratory Week is a seminar on applied tree-ring research. It is designed to give beginners to the discipline an introduction to basic principles and methodology, and to provide more advanced participants with an opportunity to engage in discussions with and learn from others. The main focus lies on presentating and discussing the state of the art and recent developments in laboratory tree-ring measurement and analysis methods. | |||||||||||||||||
| 5-9 May 02 | 'Management of Valuable Broadleaved Forests in Europe' | ||||||||||||||||
| International Conference | |||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Freiburg, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Organized by: | Institute of Forest Growth, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg the European Forest Institute, and the IUFRO units 1.00.00 and 1.05.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Course no.: | 531b | ||||||||||||||||
| Contact person: | Regina Lauer | ||||||||||||||||
| 30 Sep-3 Oct 01 | Effects of Climate Change on Forest Growth and Implications on Forest Management | ||||||||||||||||
| International Seminar | |||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Freiburg, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Organized by: | Institute of Forest Growth, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg the European Forest Institute, and the IUFRO unit 4.01.08 | ||||||||||||||||
| Further information: | Contact: Ms. Regina Lauer | ||||||||||||||||
| 22-26 Sep 01 | The Future of Dendrochronology "Tree rings and people" | ||||||||||||||||
| International Conference | |||||||||||||||||
| Organized by: | Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL and IUFRO unit 4.01.08 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ort: | Davos, Schweiz | ||||||||||||||||
| further information | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 May 01 | European Forests in a Changing Environment | ||||||||||||||||
| Open Seminar | |||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Alnarp, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
| Organized by: | the Swedish University of Agricultural Science, the European Forest Institute, and the IUFRO unit 4.01.08 | ||||||||||||||||
| Further information | |||||||||||||||||
| contact person: | Folke Andersson | ||||||||||||||||
| 26-30 Mar 01 | Forest Management Tools for Ecological and Economical Sustainability | ||||||||||||||||
| Field Week | |||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Rhine Valley, Palatinate Forest, Saar-Region | ||||||||||||||||
| Contact: | Heinrich Spiecker, Sebastian Hein | ||||||||||||||||
| For students: | Course No. 234b | ||||||||||||||||
| Partners from various universities from Germany, France, Switzerland, Hungary, USA and Canada have been invited. | |||||||||||||||||
| 19-23 Feb 01 | International Dendroecological Laboratory Week 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
| International Conference | |||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Freiburg and Zürich | ||||||||||||||||
| Organized by: | Heinrich Spiecker, Hans-Peter Kahle und Fritz Hans Schweingruber ( WSL, Birmensdorf) | ||||||||||||||||
| For Students: | Course No. 362b | ||||||||||||||||
| The International Dendroecological Laboratory Week is a seminar on applied tree-ring research. It is designed to give beginners to the discipline an introduction to basic principles and methodology, and to provide more advanced participants with an opportunity to engage in discussions with and learn from others. The main focus lies on presentating and discussing the state of the art and recent developments in laboratory tree-ring measurement and analysis methods. | |||||||||||||||||
| 16-17 Dec 00 | Spruce Growth Meeting | ||||||||||||||||
| International Meeting | |||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Freiburg | ||||||||||||||||
| Contact: | Heinrich Spiecker, Hans-Peter Kahle | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 Aug 00 | 'Effects of environmental changes on forest growth' | ||||||||||||||||
| IUFRO WORLD CONGRESS; Group: 4.01.08 | |||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Kuala Lumpur | ||||||||||||||||
| Moderator: | Kari Mielikainen | ||||||||||||||||
| 1) Heinrich Spiecker: 'Accelerating forest growth in Europe' 2) Peter Kahle: 'Recent changes in climatic conditions and their potential role in accelerated tree growth on sites in Central Europe' 3) Joerg Prietzel: 'Recent changes in atmospheric deposition, soil chemistry, and stand nutrition as possible causes for an increased forest growth in Europe' 4) Miko U.F. Kirschbaum: 'The likely effects of increasing CO2 and temperature on forest growth in different regions of the world'. | |||||||||||||||||
| Contact: | Heinrich Spiecker | ||||||||||||||||
| 8-11 Jun 00 | Growth Changes of Norway Spruce under Varying Climate Conditions on Sites in Northern and Central Europe - SPRUCE GROWTH | ||||||||||||||||
| Project Coordination Meeting | |||||||||||||||||
| Location: | SAARISELKÄ,FINLAND | ||||||||||||||||
| Organized by: | Finnish Forest Research Institute, METLA | ||||||||||||||||
| Contact: | Hans-Peter Kahle | ||||||||||||||||
| 20-25 May 00 | IMPROVEMENT OF WOOD QUALITY AND GENETIC DIVERSITY OF OAKS, 'OAK 2000'. | ||||||||||||||||
| International Conference | |||||||||||||||||
| Organized by: | IUFRO Working Groups 1.06.00 Improvement and Silviculture of Oaks and 2.08.05 Genetics of Quercus | ||||||||||||||||
| Location: | ZAGREB, CROATIA, IUFRO Unit 1.06.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Contact: | Heinrich Spiecker, Institute for Forest Growth, University of Freiburg, Bertoldstr. 17, D-79085, Freiburg, GERMANY; tel. +49 761 2033737; fax: +49 761 2033740. | ||||||||||||||||
| 27-29 Apr 00 | Relationships Between Recent Changes of Growth and Nutrition of Norway Spruce, Scots Pine and European Beech Forests in Europe - RECOGNITION | ||||||||||||||||
| Programme Coordination Meeting, Open Seminar and Inter-Project Meeting | |||||||||||||||||
| Location: | FREISING, GERMANY | ||||||||||||||||
| Organised by: | European Forest Institute and Chair of Soil Science, Munich University of Technology, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Contact: | Hans-Peter Kahle, Institute for Forest Growth, University of Freiburg, Bertoldstr. 17, D-79085, Freiburg, GERMANY; tel. +49 761 2033737; fax: +49 761 2033740. | ||||||||||||||||
| 24-26 Feb 00 | Growth Changes of Norway Spruce under Varying Climate Conditions on Sites in Northern and Central Europe - SPRUCE GROWTH | ||||||||||||||||
| STAT-Group Workshop | |||||||||||||||||
| Location: | THARANDT/DRESDEN, GERMANY | ||||||||||||||||
| Organized by | Institut für Waldwachstum and Forstliche Informatik, Technische Universität Dresden | ||||||||||||||||
| Contact: | Hans-Peter Kahle, Institute for Forest Growth, University of Freiburg, Bertoldstr. 17, D-79085, Freiburg, GERMANY; tel. +49 761 2033737; fax: +49 761 2033740. | ||||||||||||||||
| 24-25 Oct 99 | "Effects of environmental changes on forest growth" | ||||||||||||||||
| International Meeting | |||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Portland, Maine | ||||||||||||||||
| Organized by: | IUFRO Unit 4.01.08 | ||||||||||||||||
| Co-sponsored by: | NCASI Forestry Research | ||||||||||||||||
| Contact: | Heinrich Spiecker, Institute for Forest Growth, University of Freiburg, Bertoldstr. 17, D-79085, Freiburg, GERMANY; tel. +49 761 2033737; fax: +49 761 2033740. | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 Apr 99 | Causes of Growth Changes in European Forests | ||||||||||||||||
| Half-day Public Seminar | |||||||||||||||||
| 15-18 Apr 99 | Causes of Growth Changes in European Forests | ||||||||||||||||
| Public seminar and start-up meeting EU Research Project RECOGNITION in Freiburg | |||||||||||||||||
| The Institute for Forest Growth, together with the European Forest Institute, EFI Joensuu Finland, is organising a public seminar and the start-up meeting on the EU research project "Relationships Between Recent Changes of Growth and Nutrition of Norway Spruce, Scots Pine, and European Beech Forests in Europe - RECOGNITION" in Freiburg. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1-5 Feb 99 | Internationale Dendroecological Laboratory Week 1999 in Freiburg | ||||||||||||||||
| International Conference | |||||||||||||||||
| Organization: | Heinrich Spiecker, Hans-Peter Kahle und Fritz Hans Schweingruber ( WSL, Birmensdorf) | ||||||||||||||||
| The International Dendroecological Laboratory Week ( VS5 LBII 362b) is a seminar on applied tree-ring research. It is designed to give beginners to the discipline an introduction to basic principles and methodology, and to provide more advanced participants with an opportunity to engage in discussions with and learn from others. The main focus lies on presentating and discussing the state of the art and recent developments in laboratory tree-ring measurement and analysis methods. | |||||||||||||||||
| 25-29 Jan 99 | Forestry in Russia, Forest Resources and Their Use | ||||||||||||||||
| International Course | |||||||||||||||||
| The objective of this course ( LBII VS7 361b) is to provide basic information about the importance, management, and use of forests in Russia in view of the specific natural and social conditions. Main points of emphasis are the increasing globalization of timber markets, joint-venture networks and the consequences for forestry in Europe. This course will be carried out in cooperation with Russian and Finnish teachers (Prof. Chertov and colleagues, and Mrs. Myllynen) . It is open to students (in their 4th semester or higher) and professionals wishing to study the peculiarities of forestry in Russia in great detail. In the future we will try to initiate regular student exchange programmes with Russia and Finland. This course is an interesting first step in helping to bring about the necessary cooperation in the near future. | |||||||||||||||||
| Contact: | Heinrich Spiecker and Michael Thies | ||||||||||||||||
| 24-26 Jun 98 | Third Year Plenary Meeting at INRA in CHAMPENOUX/France | ||||||||||||||||
| Project: "New Silvicultural Alternatives in Young Oak High Forests - Consequences on High Quality Timber Production" | |||||||||||||||||
| Contact: Heinrich Spiecker and Leif Nutto | |||||||||||||||||
| 22-25 Jun 98 | "Spruce Monocultures in Central Europe - Problems and Prospects" | ||||||||||||||||
| International Workshop | |||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Brno, Tschechische Republik | ||||||||||||||||
| Organized by: | European Forest Institute Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology University of Agricultural Sciences, Vienna IUFRO Research Group 8.01 | ||||||||||||||||
| Presentation by H. Spiecker: Growth Changes of Norway Spruce under Varying Climatic Conditions at Sites in Northern and Central Europe" and H.-P. Kahle: „Have Changes in Air Temperature and Precipitation Affected Spruce Growth? Long-Term Observations". | |||||||||||||||||
| Contact: | Heinrich Spiecker and Hans-Peter Kahle | ||||||||||||||||
| 20 May 98 | "Private Property Rights and National Ressources: A Potential for Conflict in the USA?" | ||||||||||||||||
| Lecture by Robert Rogers and discussion at 20 Uhr c.t. | |||||||||||||||||
| Ort: | Unterer Hörsaal Alte Universität; Eingang Brunnenstraße | ||||||||||||||||
| Co-Organisator: | Carl-Schurz-Haus, Freiburg | ||||||||||||||||
| Contact Person: | Robert Rogers | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-22 May 98 | "Experimental Design" | ||||||||||||||||
| Lecture and practical training at IWW/ Freiburg - Germany for students and professionals | |||||||||||||||||
| Contact Person: | Robert Rogers | ||||||||||||||||
| 17-19 May 98 | „Causes and Consequences of Accelerating Tree Growth in Europe" | ||||||||||||||||
| International Workshop | |||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Nancy, Frankreich | ||||||||||||||||
| Organized by: | European Forest Institute ECOFOR IUFRO Research Group 4.01.08 | ||||||||||||||||
| Presentation by Heinrich Spiecker: „Growth Trends in European Forests - Do we Have Sufficient Knowledege"? | |||||||||||||||||
| Contact: | Heinrich Spiecker | ||||||||||||||||
| 14-15 May 98 | Second Working Meeting "SPRUCE GROWTH" at Institute of Forest Growth in Freiburg | ||||||||||||||||
| Project: | EU-Projekt FAIR3-CT96-1310 | ||||||||||||||||
| Contact: | Hans-Peter Kahle | ||||||||||||||||
| 03-16 May 98 | International Field Camp in Forestry | ||||||||||||||||
| From 3 to 16 May 1998, a common course in Freiburg and Vienna took place in cooperation with the Faculty of Forestry at the University of Toronto, the Faculty of Forestry at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, as well as the Faculty of Forestry at the University of Freiburg. In Freiburg, the course was mainly organized by and held at the Institute for Forest Growth. A group of 25 students from Toronto/Canada, Sopron/Hungary, Brno/Czech Republic und Freiburg/Germay were given the opportunity to learn essential aspects of forestry in the partner countries and to compare them to the experiences made in their home countries. In addition, the course was embedded in the course of studies of the respective faculties, so that the students were able to attain ECTS grades. Altogether, the Field Camp was very successful. The favourable feedback - especially from the students - is a motivating factor to maintain and extend the cooperation in the future. The corresponding visit in Canada is supposed to take place already in 1999. | |||||||||||||||||